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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Hong Xiao, Acton, MA (US);
Jian Huang, Sudbury, MA (US);
Guillermo Ortiz, Woburn, MA (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Method, device, and storage medium for providing a program service based on identifying a user at a user level versus at an account level or a device level. The user is identified based on an identifier associated with a mobile device. The program service allows the user to store program session information according to various user settings including location, time of day, user device used during previous session, type of program, and service provider that provides access to the program service. The program service allows the user to share program session information with other users or prevent other users from accessing the program session information. The program service provides digital rights management at the user level.