Patent ID: 8886565
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A63F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing conditional access to electronic content, the method comprising acts of: providing electronic content as a content data stream via a server to at least one user by transmitting the electronic content to a controller provided to the at least one user through a network; providing via the server, to the at least one user, authorization information associated with the electronic content; separately entering the authorization information, by the at least one user, into the controller; inserting the authorization information, by the server, into the electronic content in the content data stream; monitoring the content data stream, by the controller, for the authorization information; controlling access to the electronic content; and permitting use of the electronic content by the at least one user if the authorization information is detected in the content data stream and corresponds with the authorization information entered by the at least one user in the controller.