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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Here Global B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Zahid Ahmed, Westborough, MA (US);
Jarno Malmstrom, Berlin, DE;
Alexandru Paul Pasca, Berlin, DE;
Andreas Bogk, Chicago, IL (US);
James Hesby, Chicago, IL (US);
Donald Perrier, Paris, FR;
HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An approach is provided for providing digital rights management within a connected service and content ecosystem. The approach involves receiving a request for content for use at at least one device, wherein the request originates from at least one companion device. The approach also involves causing at least in part, a packaging of the content according to at least one digital rights management format based, at least in part, on identification information associated with at least one of: the at least one device; the at least one companion device; at least one user associated with the at least one device, the at least one companion device, or a combination thereof; and the content. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a transmission of the packaged content, at least one link to the packaged content, or a combination thereof to the at least one device, the at least one companion device, or a combination thereof. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, an activation of the packaged content for use at the at least one device.