System and method for accessing private digital content

摘要

Method for providing access to private digital content installed on a content server C(s), wherein a content manager server C(a) has a number of clients potentially interested in the private content; the method comprising the following steps performed at the content management server C(a): establishing a first communication channel with a client C(b) of the number of clients; receiving a query for private digital content from the client C(b) and sending an appropriate response, causing the client to establish a second communication channel with the content server; establishing a secure session with the content server C(s) over the first and second communication channel; establishing a new session key for the secure session and transmitting said new session key to the client C(b), so that the client can obtain the queried private digital content from the content server as if the client is the content management server.