Patent ID: 8788361
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. At least one computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, in response to execution, cause at least one computer processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a request for content, the request is received from a customer device and comprises a client identifier associated with the customer device; receiving access rights information from one or more rights locker devices associated with one or more content providers, each of the one or more rights locker devices is external to the at least one computer processor; identifying a billing account associated with the customer device based at least on the client identifier; identifying a plurality of users associated with the billing account; determining a set of one or more access rights based at least on a portion of the access rights information, the set of one or more access rights comprising respective rights for each of the plurality of users; and determining, if access to the content is authorized based at least on the set of one or more access rights.