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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, New York, NY (US);
Gary Cronk, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Jonathan Putsch, Westminster, CO (US);
James Boutilier, Denver, CO (US);
Paul L. Miller, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael Dillon, Aldie, VA (US);
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing protected content to subscribers of a managed (e.g., MSO) network via a content source accessible via an internetwork such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a user accesses a programmer website, and requests content. The programmer determines whether the requesting user is permitted to access the content, and what rights or restrictions are associated with the user. This includes authenticating the user as a subscriber of the MSO, and determining the subscriber's subscription level. In another embodiment, a user's account with the MSO and programmer may be federated, thus a given user will have MSO-specific information regarding its identity (such as login information, GUID, etc.) and/or information regarding subscription level and service details, stored at the programmer. Messages received from the MSO representing permission for the user to access content may also be stored at the programmer site for later reference.