Application usage policy enforcement

    公开(公告)号:US11475106B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16177250

    申请日:2018-10-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for enforcing application usage policies. As part of an application purchase transaction, the application distributor creates a unique proof of purchase receipt. This receipt can be bundled with the application and delivered to the purchaser. Each machine can maintain an authorization file that lists the users authorized to use applications on that machine. A system configured to practice the method verifies that a user is authorized to use an application on a machine based on an application proof of purchase receipt and the authorization file. If the application proof of purchase receipt and the authorization file are both valid, the system checks if the user account identifier in the receipt is contained in the authorization file. If so, the user can be considered authorized to use the application on the machine.

    Provision of a lease for streaming content

    公开(公告)号:US10979529B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16539512

    申请日:2019-08-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: This application relates to embodiments for providing a content stream to a device from a content server based on a protocol that is established between the device and an account server. The account server can initiate a session with the device and provide the device with a list of channels available for a user account associated with the device. When a channel is selected at the device, conditional access information can be provided from the account server to the device, which can thereafter relay the conditional access information to the content server. The content server can use the conditional access information to verify that the device has the appropriate permission to receive streaming content. In this way, because the conditional access information originates at the account server, permission to access streaming content can be managed by correspondence between the account server and the device, rather than the content server.

    Device activation
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10042989B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US14872112

    申请日:2015-09-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The embodiments set forth systems and techniques to activate and provide other device services for user devices. An activation manager is configured to activate a user device by receiving an activation request for the device, accepting previously stored and encrypted trusted data for the device, getting current data for the device, determining whether the current data compares with the trusted data, and sending an authorization to activate the device when the current data compares favorably with the trusted data. Data can include a seed component divided into seed segments that are each combined with a unique device identifier using varying cryptographic primitives. Each encrypted seed segment and unique device identifier combination can be dedicated to a different device use or service, and can be used separately for device identification for that use or service.

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