A SYSTEM FOR ENFORCING AN ACCESS POLICY FOR CONTENT ITEM CONSUMPTION

摘要

Enforcing a global access policy, comprising a global access rule for a user's devices, for consumption of a content item. The user's devices advantageously comprise a set-top box (112), a tablet (140) and a gateway (111). The gateway (111) is configured to split the global access rule into local access rules for the set-top box (112) and thetablet (140) so that independent consumption of the content item by the set-top box (112) and the tablet (140) according to the respective local access rules does not violate the global access rule; and to send the local access rules to a first and a second enforcement point (1121; 151; 141; 123), which are configured to receive a request to access the content item from a user device (112; 140); and allow or inhibit access to the content item depending on whether or not access to the content item is authorized by the local access rule for the user device (112; 140) from which the request was received.