AUTOMATED DEVICE AUTHORIZATON AND DEAUTHORIZATION

摘要

A process verifies, with a processor, a user account for content delivery with a rolling slot configuration. The rolling slot configuration has a maximum quantity of available slots for devices authorized to receive content. The rolling slot configuration has a plurality of ordered slots that are ordered based upon priority. The process receives a request for content from the user account at a device. The process automatically registers the device in an available slot of the rolling slot configuration based upon a determination of slot availability. The process authorizes the device to play content associated with a user entitlement. The process automatically deauthorizes the device to play the content based upon a deauthorization parameter being met. The process removes a registration of the device from the available slot. The process moves a registration of an additional device with a higher priority than the device to the available slot.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
verifying, with a processor, a user account for content delivery with a rolling slot configuration, the rolling slot configuration having a maximum quantity of available slots for devices authorized to receive content, the rolling slot configuration having a plurality of ordered slots that are ordered from lowest to highest based upon priority; receiving a request for content from the user account at a device; automatically registering the device in an available slot of the rolling slot configuration based upon a determination of slot availability; automatically assigning the device a first priority that is based on a position of the available slot in the rolling slot configuration; authorizing the device to play content associated with a user entitlement; automatically deauthorizing the device to play the content based upon a deauthorization parameter being met; removing a registration of the device from the available slot after the deauthorization of the device; and moving a registration of an additional device with a higher priority than the device to the available slot.