公开(公告)号：US10235502B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-19

申请号：US15052180

申请日：2016-02-24

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP

Inventor： Lee Chow ,  David Piepenbrink ,  James Sofos

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.