Enablement of premium content for internet video client

摘要

A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server and receiving back from the server a user token and a service list of predefined content servers. A user can select a content server on the service list which causes the device to upload its user token to the management server, which in turn sends back the network path to the content server along with a content server-user-unique service token (SUIT) that the device uses to access the content on the content server, in some embodiments on per-title PPV access, per-content category PPV access, or per-service PPV access.

主权项

1. Method comprising:
providing a respective client-unique service user identification token (SUIT) to a management server for each of plural user accounts identified by the management server, the SUIT not being received, by plural user accounts identified by the management server, from the management server prior to being provided to the management server for each of the plural user accounts identified by the management server; receiving from a client device over a network path obtained by the client device from the management server at least a request for a content list and the SUIT; determining whether the SUIT is valid; and at least in part responsive to a determination that the SUIT is valid and only if the SUIT is valid, providing a content list to the client device, wherein the content list is transmitted to the client device only if both the SUIT and a user token received from the client device are valid.