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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2010
Yi Cheng, Sundbyberg, SE;
Ulf Björkengren, Bjärred, SE;
Daniel Catrein, Würselen, DE;
Frank Hartung, Herzogenrath, DE;
Yi Cheng, Sundbyberg, SE;
Ulf Björkengren, Bjärred, SE;
Daniel Catrein, Würselen, DE;
Frank Hartung, Herzogenrath, DE;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses, in terms of a client device () and a server () and to methods in the client device () and in the server () respectively for enabling a user to consume content provided by a content provider. According to the method in the client device () the method comprises: assembling a request for rights for consuming a content and indicating in the request which content to consume; determining if an upgrade key, associated with the content, is present in the client device; including, in such a case, in the request, an identifier of the upgrade key that is associated with the content, sending the request to the content provider; receiving, a response comprising an encrypted rights object; decrypting the encrypted rights object and starting to use the rights object for consuming the content.