Method for scalable access control decisions
US10140432B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N7/163
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Content access may be provided and processed by assigning responsibility for obtaining entitlement data to the client's browser. Thus, in one example, the client may be configured to synchronize and coordinate data lookups associated with a content request, rather than relying on the server to do so. The network architecture may use a mediator design pattern, in which the client's browser acts as the mediator (i.e., middleman) between a content server and an entitlement data server. Accordingly, synchronous calls between server-side services might not be required. Instead, data necessary for the content server to process a client request for access to protected content may be received in the incoming request from the client's browser.
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