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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Gary P. Noble, Broadway, GB;
Timothy A. Graham, Alresford, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for streaming digital content. A content stream and metadata relating to the content stream are provided, and the content stream is encrypted with an encryption dependent on at least some of the metadata to provide an encrypted content stream. The metadata is embedded in readable form in the encrypted content stream and the encrypted content stream is transmitted together with the metadata in readable form such that the metadata is readable during transmission of the encrypted content stream and the readable metadata necessary for use in decryption of the encrypted content stream is provided.