Patent ID: 8365295
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a plurality of protected segments of a media content segment; selectively providing access to at least a portion of said plurality of protected segments in response to an access of a gating media segment for a predefined finite duration, wherein said predefined finite duration is included in metadata, the metadata further including information indicating where gating segments are placed in a temporal ordering of said plurality of protected segments in a timeline; setting said predefined finite duration in response to a selection by a user to access said media content segment; enabling presentation of said portion following said access of said gating media segment for said predefined finite duration; and inhibiting access to said media content segment, after said selection to access said media content segment by said user, until an expiration of said predefined finite duration.