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System and method for signaling and verifying URL signatures for both URL authentication and URL-based content access authorization in adaptive streaming

US9794240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Yongliang Liu · Beijing, CN
Xin Wang · Sichuan, CN
Shaobo Zhang · Nanhu, CN
Tingfang Tang · Nanhu, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2014
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/168
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Signaling and verifying URL signatures for accessing URL addressable content in adaptive streaming. A plurality of URL authentication and URL authorization descriptors are provided for a plurality of URLs, wherein each URL authentication descriptor comprises information for verification key acquisition and for accessing an authentication tag for authenticating a given URL in the plurality of URLs according to an associated URL authentication scheme. Each URL authorization descriptor is for verification key acquisition and for accessing an authorization tag for authorizing access to content addressable by a given URL in the plurality of URLs according to an associated URL authentication scheme. A plurality of URL authentication and URL authorization descriptors for the plurality of URLs are communicated and each descriptor is verified in the communicated plurality of URL authentication and URL authorization descriptors for its given URL in the plurality of URLs according to its associated scheme.

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