Authenticated content delivery platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016337134-A1
Application number	US-201615217781-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 22, 2016
Priority date	Apr 13, 2011
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and systems for authenticated supplemental content delivery are disclosed herein. The systems can include a first requestor and a second requestor. The system can include a plurality of networked servers. The plurality of networked servers can: receive a first supplemental content request including a digital certificate from the first requestor; determine the inclusion of the digital certificate in the first supplemental content request; validate the digital certificate; determine a supplemental content class from a set of supplemental content classes based on the digital certificate; select first supplemental content based on: the determined supplemental content class; and provide the selected first supplemental content in an electronic form to the first requestor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for distributing supplemental content over a network to which computer devices can connect, comprising:
receiving a first supplemental content request including a digital certificate from a first requestor via a communication subsystem connected to an application programming interface of a supplemental content platform server via a web server, wherein the first requestor comprises a computing device that presents content and supplemental content to viewers; identifying, by the supplemental content platform server, the digital certificate in the first supplemental content request; determining, by the supplemental content platform server, the validity of the digital certificate indicating that the first requestor is a legitimate requestor based on the determined inclusion of the digital certificate in the first supplemental content request; determining a supplemental content class from a set of supplemental content classes based on the digital certificate for the first requestor, wherein each of the set of supplemental content classes is associated with a plurality of requestors, and wherein the first requestor is associated with the determined supplemental content class; selecting, by the supplemental content platform server, a first supplemental content based on the determined supplemental content class, the determined inclusion of the digital certificate in the first supplemental content request, and the determined validity of the digital certificate, wherein the selected supplemental content is preapproved for the supplemental content class, and wherein the selected supplemental content is preapproved for the legitimate requestor; retrieving the selected first supplemental content from a data storage device; and providing the selected first supplemental content in an electronic form to the first requestor via the application platform interface.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a second supplemental content request excluding a digital certificate from a second requestor via the application programming interface of the supplemental content platform server, wherein the second requestor comprises a second computing device that presents content and supplemental content to viewers; determining the absence of the digital certificate in the second supplemental content request; selecting, by supplemental content platform server, second supplemental content based on the determined absence of the digital certificate in the second supplemental content, wherein the second supplemental content is selected from a set of default supplemental content, wherein the default supplemental content are unrestricted; and providing the selected second supplemental content in an electronic form to the second requestor.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving metadata associated with at least one of the first and second supplemental content.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting is further based on the received metadata.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the metadata includes supplemental content class information.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving supplemental content data from a supplemental content provider server, wherein the supplemental content data includes at least one piece of supplemental content and metadata associated with the at least one piece of supplemental content; and
wherein the selecting is further based on the metadata associated with the at least one piece of supplemental content.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the supplemental content provider server is associated with a supplemental content provider.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the metadata includes digital certificate criteria information.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein supplemental content in the set of default supplemental content is flagged as not requiring a digital certificate to be included in a supplemental content request.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the supplemental content class includes identifying the supplemental content class based on information provided by the digital certificate.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the supplemental content class comprises:
determining a certificate type for the digital certificate; and identifying the supplemental content class based on the certificate type.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the supplemental content class includes identifying the supplemental content class based on classification information provided by the digital certificate.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein an at least one class in the set of supplemental content classes is based on a Motion Picture Association of America movies ratings system.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting further includes selecting based on information about a website with which the digital certificate is associated.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital certificate is formatted according to an X.509 standard.

16 . A system for authenticated supplemental content delivery comprising:
a first requestor comprising a computing device that presents content and supplemental content to viewers via a display subsystem; a second requestor comprising a computing device that presents content and supplemental content to viewers via a display subsystem; a plurality of networked servers configured to:
receive a first supplemental content request including a digital certificate from the first requestor;
determine the inclusion of the digital certificate in the first supplemental content request;
validate the digital certificate indicating that the first requestor is a legitimate requestor based on the determined inclusion of the digital certificate in the first supplemental content request;
determine a supplemental content class from a set of supplemental content classes based on the digital certificate for the first requestor, wherein each of the set of supplemental content classes is associated with a plurality of requestors, and wherein the first requestor is associated with the determined supplemental content class;
select first supplemental content based on: the determined supplemental content class, the determined inclusion of the digital certificate in the first supplemental content request, and the determined validity of the digital certificate, wherein the selected supplemental content is preapproved for the supplemental content class, and wherein the selected supplemental content is preapproved for the legitimate requestor; and
provide the selected first supplemental content in an electronic form to the first requestor.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of networked servers are further configured to:
receive a second supplemental content request excluding a digital certificate from the second requestor; determine the absence of the digital certificate in the second supplemental content request; select second supplemental content based on the determined absence of the digital certificate in the second supplemental content, wherein the second supplemental content is selected from a set of default supplemental content, wherein the set of default supplemental content is unrestricted; and provide the selected second supplemental content in an electronic form to the second requestor.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of networked servers are further configured to receive metadata associated with at least one of the fi

Assignees

• Disney Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Robert Arnaud
• Brandeau Gregory Thomas

Classifications

• H04L9/3268 Primary

  using certificate validation, registration, distribution or revocation, e.g. certificate revocation list [CRL] · CPC title

• H04L2209/60

  Digital content management, e.g. content distribution · CPC title

• G06Q30/0257 Primary

  User requested · CPC title