Patent ID: 9202045
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing access control in a content distribution system, the system comprising: an organization for providing content data and related meta data; and a rendering device for rendering the content data and related meta data and executing an application, said rendering device having controlled access to resources for supplying necessary information for the rendering device to effect performance of predetermined rendering operations; said method comprising the steps of: setting an access policy required to be adhered to by the organization according to a predefined data access format, the access policy comprising access parameters for controlling access by the rendering device to said necessary information; providing, in accordance with an access policy actually adhered to by the organization, content data and related meta data and an organization application for manipulating the content data and related meta data, said access policy actually adhered to providing authorization for the rendering device to access said necessary information; regardless of whether the access policy actually adhered to by the organization complies with the access policy required to be adhered to, setting a user policy for the rendering device that, while executing the organization application, further restricts access by the rendering device to said necessary information relative to the access policy actually adhered to by the organization; and adjusting the user access policy, based on trust data applicable to the organization, for selectively determining what, if any, of said necessary information will be made accessible to the rendering device.