Patent ID: 8671458
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: generating data indicative of one or more timestamps at which to sample digital content; receiving, from a client device, information indicative of a sampling of the digital content at the one or more timestamps and a request to verify ownership of the digital content; accessing, in a data repository, information indicative of another sampling of the digital content at the one or more timestamps; comparing the received information indicative of the sampling of the digital content to the accessed information indicative of the other sampling of the digital content at the one or more timestamps; determining, based on comparing, that the received information corresponds to the accessed information; verifying, based on determining, ownership of the digital content; generating, based on a verifying, a user key specifying ownership of the digital content; and transmitting the user key to the client device.