Patent ID: 9059995
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a resource by multiple access devices, comprising: detecting one or more access devices within a distance from a gatekeeper device; determining automatically one or more detected access devices from which to access the resource, each of the one or more detected access devices having varying capabilities; receiving first access information from the gatekeeper device by one or more of the access devices, the first access information representing a right to access the resource subject to at least one restriction associated with a relationship between the gatekeeper device and the one or more access devices; determining by one or more of the access devices whether the one or more access devices has the right to access the resource based on the first access information and the relationship between the gatekeeper device and the one or more access devices; receiving the resource associated with the access information at the one or more access devices from a resource server responsive to the one or more access devices requesting the resource from the resource server when the one or more access devices has the right to access the resource; accessing the resource by the one or more access devices in compliance with the at least one restriction as defined by the first access information and in a format respectively accessible by the one or more access devices; and terminating access to the resource by the one or more access devices responsive to a change or termination of the relationship between the gatekeeper device and the one or more access devices.