Credential delegation

US10785221B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• David C. Graham · Cupertino, US
• Taylor G. Carrigan · San Francisco, US
• Nicholas J. Paulson · San Francisco, US
• Johannes P. Schmidt · Aachen, DE
• Thomas Alsina · Mountain View, US
• Bob Bradley · San Jose, US
• Haishan Ye · Sunnyvale, US
• James C. Grandy · Redwood City, US
• Pierre De Lastic · Belmont, US
• Julien Lerouge · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 22, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2221/2145
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In some implementations, a computing system can be configured so that a first user device can delegate a first user's media account credentials to second user device corresponding to a second user. For example, a playback device may be configured with the second user's media account credentials for accessing media items through a network media service. A first user may wish to play media items associated with the first user's media account credentials on the playback device. To do so, the first user device can request a device identifier for the playback device, request and obtain a delegate token for the device identifier from the media service, and provide the delegate token along with media item information to the playback device. The playback device can then use the delegate token to request the media item associated with the first user's media access account.