Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for protecting media content rights
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Application No.: US15052180Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US10235502B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Lee Chow , David Piepenbrink , James Sofos
- Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Jay Anderson
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00 ; G06F21/10 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N21/2225 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/6405 ; H04N21/643 ; H04N21/8355

Abstract:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to maintain content rights parameters associated with media content and a user where the content rights parameters include limits to distribution of the media content to a plurality of communication devices associated with the user and where a portion of the plurality of communication devices use different communication protocols from another portion of the plurality of communication devices, monitor for access to the media content by one communication device of the plurality of communication devices of the user, and obtain rights control data that is adapted to allow for presentation of the media content by the one communication device of the user where the rights control data is generated based on the content rights parameters. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160171188A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING MEDIA CONTENT RIGHTS Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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