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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Jian Huang, Sudbury, MA (US);
Susan Kelly, Maynard, MA (US);
Fred Scheer, North Andover, MA (US);
Chunyan Du, Bedford, MA (US);
Gong Zhang, Waltham, MA (US);
Fnu Bongu Huma Shankar Rao, Waltham, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device may determine a resource identifier for accessing a segment of streaming media content. The device may determine that a signature associated with the resource identifier is not stored in memory. The signature may be generated based on a character string of the resource identifier. The device may request validation of the resource identifier based on determining that the signature is not in memory. The device may receive the signature associated with the resource identifier based on requesting validation. The device may store the signature based on receiving the signature. The device may request the segment of streaming media content using the resource identifier and the signature, stored in memory, to receive toll-free access to the segment of streaming media content.