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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);

Inventors:

Ananth Seetharam, Bangalore, IN;

Sean J. Higgins, Auckland, NZ;

Paul R. Osborne, Auckland, NZ;

Assignee:

ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/105 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); H04L 63/062 (2013.01); H04L 63/205 (2013.01); H04L 63/0442 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 2463/062 (2013.01); H04L 2463/101 (2013.01); H04L 2463/103 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for protecting content, comprising receiving, from a client device, a request for an encryption key for encrypting the content comprising a reference associated with the client device, identifying a set of supported security capabilities corresponding to the reference associated with the client device, identifying a set of required security capabilities corresponding to the content associated with the key request, determining if the set of supported security capabilities satisfy the set of required security capabilities, and in response to determining that the supported security capabilities satisfy the set of required security capabilities, transmitting the encryption key to the client device.


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