Patent ID: 8862754

Claim:
A method for controlling access to media assets during streaming, the method comprising: commencing transmission of a media asset to a first computerized device, wherein transmission of the media asset comprises transmission of a plurality of media segments; receiving, during transmission of the media asset, beaconing data from the first computerized device, wherein the beaconing data is based on chunk requests, index fix requests, or both, received from the first computerized device; storing session information linked with the first computerized device, wherein the session information is at least partially based on the beaconing data received from the first computerized device; receiving authentication information linked with a second computerized device while transmission of the plurality of media segments to the first computerized device is occurring; determining the second computerized device is not permitted to receive the media asset based on the session information; and denying access to the second computerized device based on the session information linked with the first computerized device.