Piksel, Inc.

Prj Holding Company, LLC

Giorgio Tornielli

Stefano Valsecchi

Gabriele Ferrari

The invention relates to a user device comprising: an output component for outputting media content to a user; computer storage holding a user model of a user, the user model comprising personal information of the user; an input component configured to receive a content identification document identifying pieces of content to be output to the user by the output component: a content modifier configured to modify the document received by the input component based on the user model of the user, the content modifier operable to filter out at least one piece of content identified by the content document to generate a modified identification document, wherein the output component is configured to interpret each piece of content identified in the modified identification document for outputting to the user, wherein the filtered out piece(s) of content is not provided to the user.

Delivering content

The invention relates to a method for implementing forwarding in playback of video content, in which the video content is associated with commercials, the method comprising: determining a set of commercials that are skipped in forwarding the video content; and applying a function to determine the playback of the set of commercials when the forwarded video content is played, wherein the function is programmable.

Forwarding video content

There is disclosed a video player comprising a Widevine decoder, further comprising: a receiver for receiving an asset and an associated manifest file; a search engine for searching the manifest file to identify a KeyID field; a Widevine header creation module for creating a Widevine header including: a KeyID field corresponding to the identified KeyID field of the asset manifest file; and a ContentID field based on the identified KeyID field of the asset manifest file, wherein the format of the KeyID field and the created ContentID field of the created Widevine header are different; an interface for transmitting a request for a license to a Widevine license server, the request including the created Widevine header, and for receiving a Widevine license from the Widevine license server responsive to the request; and a controller for accessing video content associated with the asset using the Widevine license. There is disclosed a Widevine license server configured to: receive a license request including a Widevine header from a video player; transmit the Widevine header to a Widevine processing function; receive the ContentID field of the Widevine header from the Widevine processing function; parse the ContentID field, and in dependence on identification of the syntax of said field, using the KeyID field to obtain a Widevine license; and transmit the accessed Widevine license to the video player.

Header translation modification

There is provided a client device comprising a content protection decoder according to a first standard, comprising: a receiver for receiving an asset associated with content protection; a creation module for creating a content protection for the asset in accordance with the first standard, and including a parameter identifying information additional to the information associated with said standard; an interface for transmitting a request for a license to a license server based on said standard, the request including that parameter, and for receiving a license in response; and a controller for accessing content associated with the asset using the license. There is also provided a license server configured to: receive a license key request in accordance with a standard from a client device; transmit the request to a processing function associated with the standard; receive a parameter associated with the standard from the processing function; parse the parameter to retrieve additional information; process the additional information; access a license in accordance with the standard based on the parsed information; and transmit the accessed license in accordance with the standard to the client device.

DRM addition authentication

The invention relates to a computer guard system for controlling delivery of encrypted media assets in a service which governs the delivery of a set of media assets to a group of authorized users comprising: an administrator interface configured to receive configuration data from an administrator to define at least one environment defining how media assets in that service are to be delivered to authorized users, wherein the configuration data defines, for each environment, (a) multiple DRM technologies for decrypting the same asset at multiple end user platforms, each DRM technology being associated with its own set of default license properties; (b) at least one software plug-in to be instantiated to perform a verification method to verify if an end user request for delivery of an asset is valid; a store for holding defined environments with respective environment identifiers; a key server module having an interface connectable to an encryption module and configured to: exchange (i) an asset identifier, which identifies an asset to be encrypted, (ii) a secret key for use in encrypting the asset, and (iii) a key identifier which is to be located in the encrypted asset and which identifies the secret key; execute a set of rules to compare a characteristic associated with the asset with multiple environments to associate at least one environment with the asset wherein the characteristic represents the service for which the asset is provided; and store an association between the asset and at least one determined environment, whereby multiple assets for the same service intended for delivery on different end users platforms are associated with a single environment, and wherein the configuration data for each environment identifies the default license properties and software plug-in to be applied to the asset, in dependence on the DRM technology used at the end user platform to enable the computer system to automatically respond to end user requests to play out an asset.

Controlling delivery of encrypted media assets

Disclosed is a content delivery system of networked computer systems, the content delivery system for effecting transmission of media assets to a user device having an output interface available to a user, the media asset being transmitted as a media stream for outputting to the user while the media stream is still being received at the user device. The content delivery system comprises a first computer system operated by a first operator and a second computer system operated by a second operator. Each of the first and second computer systems is configured to execute a respective instance of contract software for effecting the transmission of the media asset to the user device as the media stream. The contract software embodies a contract between the first operator and the second operator defining permitted interactions of their computer systems.

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Mortara, Italy

Giorgio Tornielli