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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:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

William L. Thomas, Evergreen, CO (US);

Walter R. Klappert, North Hollywood, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2543 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/762 (2022.05); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/2407 (2013.01); H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); H04N 21/4112 (2020.08); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some aspects, control circuitry receives, at a content provider server that is associated with a first subscription service, a first authentication key from a content aggregator server that is associated with a second subscription service, prior to the user subscribing to the first subscription service. The control circuitry generates and stores, at the content provider server, the first user account after comparing the first authentication key to acceptable authentication. In response to storing the first user account, the control circuitry receives a request from the content aggregator server to subscribe the user to the first subscription service, wherein the request includes a second authentication key. The control circuitry compares the first authentication key to the second authentication key, and in response to determining that the first authentication key matches the second authentication key, validates the first user account and grants access to the first subscription service through the first user account.


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