Inventors:
John D. Koscheka - Los Angeles CA, US
Michael Scott Bessolo - Glendale CA, US
Mark L. Simpson - Monterey Park CA, US
Jean L. Yuan - Manhattan Beach CA, US
J. Craig D. Russell - Playa Vista CA, US
Christopher M. Bettes - Los Angeles CA, US
Greg McCarthy - Santa Monica CA, US
Srinivas Kundula - Portola Hills CA, US
Venkata Nagaraju Mantena - Irvine CA, US
Assignee:
Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. - Los Angeles CA
International Classification:
G06F 21/60
Abstract:
A system, method, and computer readable storage medium provide multi-platform accessibility of media content in a global computer network. Media content is selected in a client computer. Based on a format of the content, a media content player is loaded. If the content is not digital rights managements (DRM) protected, it is loaded and played in the player. If the content is DRM protected, a license to play the content is requested via an API and obtained via a server process. A web server computer creates/updates an authorized client user by communicating with a DRM server. The web server then creates a session with the DRM server and enables authorization to play by communicating with the DRM server that transmits the license to the client computer. Based on the license, the client loads and plays the content in the player.