Patent ID: 9083726
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a network device associated with a service provider, an order from a client device for digital content provided by a content provider that differs from the service provider; determining, by the network device and based on receiving the order, that the client device is authorized to access the digital content; forwarding, by the network device and based on determining that the client device is authorized to access the digital content, authentication data to the content provider, the authentication data including information identifying the client device and an indication that the client device is authorized to access the digital content, wherein the content provider establishes a session with the client device based the authentication data and provides access by the client device to the digital content via the session, and wherein the service provider does not receive access to the session; receiving, by the network and from the client device, status information identifying a portion of the digital content being accessed by the client device from the content provider during a time period; and providing, by the network and concurrently with the access by the client device to the digital content via the session, application data related to the portion of the digital content.