Entitlement Ledger Mediates Cross-Domain Media Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
International relocation often disrupts users' access to media content they have entitlement to, as different countries use separate content delivery networks, preventing access to acquired media even with subscription services.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for mediating entitlement transfers between affiliated domains, using a computing platform with an entitlement ledger and authentication module to automate the transfer of access rights across networks, allowing users to access media content across different domains without human intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If separate content delivery networks are used in different countries, then local content delivery performance is improved, but user access to media content across borders is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that mediates between separate content delivery networks in different countries. This intermediary enables entitlement portability by translating and recognizing entitlements across domain boundaries, allowing users to access content abroad without direct connection to the original content delivery network.
2Reliability
If manual entitlement transfer processes are used, then security and control are improved, but user convenience and access speed are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated self-service mechanisms where entitlement transfers occur automatically when users travel to different countries. The portable entitlement system automatically detects the user's location and transfers necessary access rights without requiring manual user action or administrator intervention, thus maintaining security while improving convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring portable entitlements that can be automatically activated when needed. Entitlement data is prepared in advance and stored in a portable format, enabling immediate activation upon cross-border travel without requiring real-time manual processing.
3Ease of operation
If automated entitlement transfer is implemented, then user convenience is improved, but system complexity and authentication requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal authentication framework that works across multiple content delivery networks and countries. The portable entitlement system uses a standardized authentication mechanism that can verify user rights across different domains without requiring separate authentication systems for each country or network, thus managing complexity through universality.
4Reliability
If entitlements are tied to specific domains, then domain control and security are improved, but user mobility and access flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments entitlement data into portable, transferable units that can be independently verified across different domains. By dividing the entitlement system into separate authentication, entitlement data, and verification components, the system maintains domain-specific security controls while enabling cross-border portability of individual entitlement elements.
Data Source
AI summary
According to one implementation, a system for mediating entitlement transfers among affiliated domains includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code and an entitlement ledger. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive a request on behalf of a user. The user has an entitlement to an asset in a first of the affiliated domains. The request is received from a second domain where the user does not have the entitlement. The hardware processor further executes the software code to authenticate the second domain as one of the affiliated domains, authenticate the entitlement in the first domain, transfer the entitlement to the second domain to enable the user to access the asset in the second domain, and generate a ledger entry corresponding to the transfer in the entitlement ledger.