Patent ID: 9058468
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting digital media content from unauthorized use on a client, comprising the steps of: receiving from a server via a network at the client a blacklist identifying a plurality of piracy threatening items that pose a piracy threat such that if installed and active simultaneously with playback of the digital media content on the client the piracy threatening items facilitate unauthorized use of the digital media content, each piracy threatening item having an associated weighting value; provisioning the digital media content for playback on the client, the provisioning comprising receiving digital rights including decryption keys for the digital media content on the client; while receiving the digital rights and during delivery of digital media content: aborting the provisioning of the digital media content responsive to the resultant weighting exceeding the threshold; and not aborting the provisioning of the digital media content responsive to the resultant weighting not exceeding the threshold.