Device-Level Authorization for Content Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
User interaction with electronic devices is inefficient due to the need for separate authorization of each application with a primary content provider for accessing content, leading to complex and time-consuming processes.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device is authorized with a primary content provider, allowing multiple applications to share this authorization, reducing the need for individual authorization with each secondary content provider, thereby simplifying the content access process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each application is authorized separately with the primary content provider, then content access security is maintained, but user interaction time increases and authorization process becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate authorization operations into a single device-level authorization. Instead of requiring individual authorization for each application, the system performs one authorization operation at the device level that covers multiple applications, thereby reducing user interaction time while maintaining security through the unified authorization token.
Solution Approach 2:
The device-level authorization mechanism serves multiple applications simultaneously with a single authorization token. This universal authorization approach allows any secondary content provider application to access content without requiring separate authorization, making the authorization system multi-functional and efficient.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate authorization is performed for each application, then application-specific control is maintained, but device complexity and authorization process complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary authorization token that mediates between the primary content provider and multiple secondary content provider applications. This token serves as a universal credential that simplifies the authorization process while maintaining the ability of applications to access content, thereby reducing process complexity without sacrificing adaptability.
3Reliability
If multiple separate authorizations are required, then content access control is precise, but energy consumption increases in battery-operated devices
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs authorization in advance at the device level before actual content access is needed. This preliminary authorization establishes a valid token that can be reused by multiple applications, eliminating the need for repeated authorization operations and thereby reducing energy consumption while maintaining precise content access control.
Data Source
AI summary
In some embodiments, an electronic device organizes and selectively grants access to its authorization with a primary content provider to applications downloaded on the electronic device for viewing content from secondary content providers. In some embodiments, an electronic device prompts a user to download applications associated with a primary content provider in response to the user authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider.