US 11,941,089 B2
Pairing devices to prevent digital content misuse
James Armand Baldwin, Palo Alto, CA (US); Prem Akkaraju, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Giorgio Vanzini, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to SR LABS, INC., West Hollywood, CA (US)
Filed by SR Labs, Inc., West Hollywood, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/666,276.
Application 17/666,276 is a continuation of application No. 17/547,049, filed on Dec. 9, 2021.
Application 17/547,049 is a continuation of application No. 16/520,178, filed on Jul. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,227,031.
Application 16/520,178 is a continuation of application No. 15/344,278, filed on Nov. 4, 2016, granted, now 10,409,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/250,945, filed on Nov. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0164414 A1, May 26, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/42 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 50/18 (2012.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 21/10 (2013.01) [G06F 21/105 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/42 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 50/184 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); G06F 21/1078 (2023.08); G06F 2221/2101 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
initiating presentation of a digital movie to an in-theatre digital projector or in-home movie accessing system in response to receiving, from a client-side device, a first request to initiate the presentation;
querying the in-theatre digital projector or in-home movie accessing system for a unique identifier of the in-theatre digital projector or the in-home movie accessing system;
receiving the unique identifier from the in-theatre digital projector or the in-home movie accessing system;
comparing the unique identifier to a stored unique identifier, yielding a comparison;
in response to determining, based on the comparison, that the received unique identifier matches the stored unique identifier:
initiating distribution of a stream of the digital movie for delivery from a remote content delivery system or via a distribution server;
providing the stream of the digital movie to the in-theatre digital projector or the in-home movie accessing system;
receiving from a client-side computing device, a second request to initiate presentation of the digital movie, the client-side computing device being connected to a second in-theatre digital projector or second in-home movie accessing system;
in response to receiving the second request, querying the second in-theatre digital projector connected to the client-side computing device for a unique identifier of the second in-theatre digital projector or the second in-home movie accessing system; and
in response to determining that the unique identifier received from the second in-theatre digital projector or the second in-home movie accessing system does not match the stored unique identifier, denying the second request to initiate presentation of the digital movie.