Described herein are techniques for providing one or more users with access to content obtained from a plurality of content providers. In some embodiments, such techniques may comprise maintaining a number of access credentials associated with a plurality of different content providers, obtaining access to a plurality of media content libraries, each of the plurality of media content libraries managed by a content provider of the plurality of different content providers, and providing the plurality of media content libraries to at least one user device as a single library of media content. Such techniques may further comprise receiving, from the user device, a selection of a media content from the single library of media content and providing, to the user device, access to the selected media content within a corresponding media content library of the plurality of media content libraries using an access credential.

Systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms or apparatus for streaming content toward client devices, comprising a content delivery system configured to automatically ingest content asset packages and publish identifying data associated with content assets encrypted and stored therein at a content delivery network (CDN), a virtualized Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform configured to provide content encryption keys to the content delivery system and to authorized client devices, and a virtualized services platform configured to interact with client devices to authenticate client devices, receive client device content requests, and cause the CDN to transmit requested content to an authorized client device.

Techniques for enhancing security for thin client devices in hybrid edge cloud systems are described. In accordance with various embodiments, the hybrid system includes a cloud computing platform (e.g., the cloud) and an edge device (e.g., the edge). The cloud extracts key(s) for authentication and session establishment. The cloud also utilizes the key(s) to establish a session between the edge and a client device. The cloud additionally authorizes a content request from the client device for a media content item over the session and extracts a content key upon successful authorization. The edge caches the key(s), obtains the content key at the time of receiving the content request from the client device and transmits the content key and the key(s) with the media content item to the client device.

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor streaming media content. Example apparatus disclosed herein include means for determining whether a streaming media flag is asserted in a payload of a watermark detected in media presented by a media presentation device, the streaming media flag to indicate whether the media was distributed to the media presentation device as streaming media. Disclosed example apparatus also include means for discarding the detected watermark from collected data in response to a determination that the streaming media flag is asserted. Disclosed example apparatus further include means for reporting the collected data to a remote server via a network.

Systems and methods for optionally restricting the rendering of particular content items. An example method comprising: receiving a plurality of content rendering options supported by a client device; determining a content item to be rendered, the content item being associated with a restriction attribute; selecting a content rendering option supported by the client device in view of the restriction attribute; generating a token comprising data associated with the selected content rendering option and the content item; receiving a client request from the client device, wherein the client request is associated with the content item and indicates a chosen content rendering option; comparing the data of the token with the chosen content rendering option indicated by the client request to determine a match; and granting the client device access to perform the chosen content rendering option on the content item based on the outcome of the determination of the match.

A streamlined workflow for digital rights management (DRM) licensing for content such as media assets is achieved via an authentication server establishing an authenticated session that is referenced by other processes, whereby a content grant may include a key to desired encrypted content with a portion of the content or content meta-data. The authentication server verifies the user's identity and provides a session grant including a session security mechanism, such as a token, session key, or negotiated secret. The session grant may be used to obtain a content authorization from a content router. The content authorization includes an address at which the content may be found and may be decorated with security mechanisms. The session grant and/or content authorization may include an entitlement record reflecting the user's entitlements to access content. The session grant and/or content authorization may be used to obtain a content grant from a content server.

A method and system are disclosed for automated utilization of vulnerability databases for consumer electronic (CE) devices. The method includes deploying one or more customer-premise equipment or customer-provided equipment (CPE) broadband devices, each of the one or more broadband devices having one or more software components; loading a database of software component on each of the one or more broadband devices, the database of software components having a functional use case associated with each software component; periodically performing an automated reading of one or more published vulnerability databases; and comparing a list of vulnerabilities from the one or more published vulnerability databases against the database of software components for each of the one or more broadband devices.

An information processing system includes multiple information processing apparatuses for providing a multitenant service. The information processing system is configured: to store a user account for each user belonging to one of a plurality of tenants provided by the multitenant service, the user account including a tenant ID of the tenant, and a role representing privilege of the user; to store license information assigned to each of the tenants, the license information including a license type representing a type of task allowed to be performed by the tenant; to receive a first request, from a first user belonging to a first tenant, for performing a task concerning a second tenant; and to determine, based on the role of the first user and the license information assigned to the first tenant, whether the performing of the task concerning the second tenant is allowed.

A method for temporary and local content release of digital data stored on a personal electronic device including a first personal electronic device authenticated on a server of an on-board entertainment system on board a transport structure or vehicle and a network connection between the authenticated first personal electronic device and the server is established. Media data stored on the first personal electronic device are transferred to the server over the network connection and are temporarily stored in a memory of the server. Some of the temporarily stored media data can be selected by a second personal electronic device, which is connected to the server over a network connection, and the selected media data are streamed from the server to the second personal electronic device.

The invention enables digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device. An application running on the wireless device has been automatically adapted to parameters associated with the wireless device without end-user input (e.g. the application has been configured in dependence on the device OS and firmware, related bugs, screen size, pixel number, security models, connection handling, memory etc.. This application enables an end-user to browse and search music content on a remote server using a wireless network; to download music content from that remote server using the wireless network and to playback and manage that downloaded music content. The application also includes a digital rights management system that enables unlimited legal downloads of different music tracks to the device and also enables any of those tracks stored on the device to be played so long as a subscription service has not terminated.