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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2016
Verimatrix, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Handal, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew E. Messerman, San Diego, CA (US);
Akinwale Olugbemiga Olugbile, San Diego, CA (US);
Petr Peterka, San Diego, CA (US);
Niels J. Thorwirth, San Diego, CA (US);
Verimatrix, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed that authenticate devices or users, and enable playback of secured streaming content through a media player. In one embodiment, the invention is a system for receiving secure content over an unmanaged network, including a security application configured operate on a user device with access to a network, where the security application is configured to receive a request for playlist data from the media player, send a playlist request to a content server, receive playlist data from the content server, send playlist data to a media player, receive a security access request from the media player, send a security access request to a security server, receive security access data from the security server; and send security access data to a media player.