Geolocation-Independent Content Rights Management via Token Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current content rights management systems restrict content access to specific geolocations, limiting user flexibility and not allowing access to content using devices registered to different locations, while still needing to comply with content owner policies.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a geolocation-independent content rights management system that allows content access devices to register with a user's account, enabling access to content regardless of location by using tokens and digital rights management policies, ensuring compliance with content owner restrictions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If geolocation content rights management is used to restrict content access to specific locations, then content owner obligations are fulfilled, but user flexibility and device portability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the geolocation restriction into two independent components: (1) the account is associated with a home geolocation for compliance verification, and (2) multiple content access devices can be registered to the account for flexible access. This segmentation allows the system to simultaneously satisfy content owner obligations through geolocation association while enabling user flexibility through device registration, resolving the contradiction between compliance reliability and user adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a token as an intermediary mechanism that mediates between geolocation restrictions and device access. The token is generated based on the account's home geolocation compliance verification but can be used to authenticate access from any registered device regardless of current location. This intermediary token allows the system to maintain geolocation-based obligation compliance while enabling portable access across multiple devices.
2Reliability
If content access is restricted to specific geolocations, then contractual obligations to content owners are met, but access portability across devices is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the access control mechanism into two separate functions: geolocation-based account verification for contractual compliance, and device-based token authentication for access portability. The account remains tied to a home geolocation to fulfill content owner obligations, while registered devices can access content anywhere using their unique tokens, thus resolving the contradiction between obligation fulfillment and access portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of the access authorization in the form of a token that can be stored and used by multiple registered devices. Instead of requiring physical presence at a specific geolocation, the system copies the access rights into a portable token format that travels with the user's devices, enabling access portability while the original geolocation restriction remains enforced for compliance purposes.
3Reliability
If traditional geolocation management is used, then content protection is ensured, but user convenience and mobility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The token serves as an intermediary that decouples content protection from continuous geolocation verification. The system performs geolocation-based compliance checks during account setup and token generation, then uses the token as a mediator for subsequent access decisions. This eliminates the need for continuous location monitoring during content access, thereby maintaining content protection while significantly improving user convenience and mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs geolocation verification and compliance checks in advance during account registration and device pairing, generating tokens that encode the authorized access rights. This preliminary action eliminates the need for repeated geolocation checks during content access, ensuring content protection through pre-verified compliance while greatly enhancing user convenience by allowing seamless access from any registered device without location verification overhead.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device for providing geolocation independent content rights management includes a non-transitory storage medium and a processing unit. The processing unit executes instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium to receive a request for content from a content access device and, if the content access device is registered to an account associated with a geolocation, provides access to the content. In some implementations, the processing unit may determine if the content access device is registered using a token corresponding to the request. In various implementations, the processing unit may verify that one or more digital rights management and/or persistence policies allow the access, such as where access may be provided to one copy of the content at a time.