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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
David Kimbal Dorwin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrew Scherkus, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen John Lacey, Kirkland, WA (US);
Nabila Lacey, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christian Kaiser, San Jose, CA (US);
David Kimbal Dorwin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrew Scherkus, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen John Lacey, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christian Kaiser, San Jose, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and manufacture for content protection for HTML media elements is provided. A client media player is employed to determine whether media content is protected. The client media player includes an application, and further includes a media engine that is a distinct program from the application. Upon determining that the media content is protected, the application is employed to get a key and/or a license for the protected media content. The application is employed to instruct the media engine to play the media content. The key and/or the license is sent from the application to the media engine.