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Validating toll-free access to streaming media content using a signature

US10728248B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

Jian Huang · Sudbury, US
Susan Kelly · Maynard, US
Fred Scheer · Bradford, US
Chunyan Du · Bedford, US
Gong Zhang · Nanhu, CN
Fnu Bongu Huma Shankar Rao · Waltham, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 2015
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 11, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L65/612
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device may determine a resource identifier for accessing a segment of streaming media content. The device may determine that a signature associated with the resource identifier is not stored in memory. The signature may be generated based on a character string of the resource identifier. The device may request validation of the resource identifier based on determining that the signature is not in memory. The device may receive the signature associated with the resource identifier based on requesting validation. The device may store the signature based on receiving the signature. The device may request the segment of streaming media content using the resource identifier and the signature, stored in memory, to receive toll-free access to the segment of streaming media content.

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