Authorized domain policy method
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a method and a device for determining access to multimedia content from an entry identifier, in a domain which comprises a number of entry identifiers, and where the multimedia content is assigned an access number n indicating the number of entry identifiers which may access the multimedia content. This is obtained by accessing a domain list indicating at least some of said entry identifiers in said network domain and by further determining that the entry identifier may access said multimedia content if said entry identifier is between the n entries in said domain list determined by an evaluation rule.
1. A method for determining access to multimedia content from an entry identifier in a network domain comprising:
a total number of entry identifiers, said method being performed by a system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer medium coupled to the processor storing executable program instructions that, when executed by the processor, are configured to cause the system to perform said method, said method further comprising:
retrieving an access number n indicating a number of entry identifiers selected from said total number which may access said multimedia content;
obtaining an evaluation rule based on determining a category of said multimedia content;
accessing a domain list linked to said category of said multimedia content, wherein said domain list indicates at least some of said entry identifiers in said network domain; and
determining that said entry identifier may access said multimedia content if said entry identifier is an entry identifier within a range of n entries in said domain list as determined by the evaluation rule linked to said category of said multimedia content.
2. The method according to claim 1 , said method further comprising:
updating said domain list according to said total number of entry identifiers being connected to or available on a network at the time of update.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the updating of said domain list is prevented while a device that has been registered as member of the network domain is no longer connected to or available on the network.
4. The method according to claim 1 , said method further comprising:
updating said domain list according to which of said total number of entry identifiers which has been used most at the time of update.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said evaluation rule is determined by the device which accesses said multimedia content.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said evaluation rule is determined by the provider of said content.
7. A method according to claim 1 , in which the domain list is an ordered domain list comprising all of said total number of entry identifiers, and in which the range of the n entries are the first n entries in said ordered domain list.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions that when executed by a processor cause a processing unit to execute a method for determining access to multimedia content from an entry identifier in a network domain comprising a total number of entry identifiers, said method comprising:
retrieving an access number n indicating a number of entry identifiers selected from said total number which may access said multimedia content;
obtaining an evaluation rule based on determining a category of said multimedia content;
accessing a domain list linked to said category of said multimedia content, wherein said domain list indicates at least some of said entry identifiers in said network domain; and
determining that said entry identifier may access said multimedia content if said entry identifier is an entry identifier within a range of n entries in said domain list determined by the evaluation rule linked to said category of said multimedia content.
9. A device for determining access to multimedia content from an entry identifier in a network domain, said device comprising:
a processing unit, and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processing unit storing instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the device to:
retrieve an access number n indicating a number of entry identifiers selected from said total number which may access said multimedia content;
obtain an evaluation rule based on determining a category of said multimedia content;
access a domain list linked to said category of said multimedia content, wherein said domain list indicates at least some of said total number of entry identifiers in said network domain; and
determine if said entry identifier may access said multimedia content by evaluating if said entry identifier is an entry identifier within a range n entries in said domain list determined by the evaluation rule linked to said category of said multimedia content.
10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the device to:
apply an evaluation rule linked to said category of said multimedia content in determining if said entry identifier may access said multimedia content.
11. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the device to:
update said domain list according to said total number of entry identifiers being connected to a network at the time of update.
12. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the device to:
update said domain list according to said total number of entry identifiers being available on a network at the time of update.
13. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause to the device to:
update said domain list according to said total number of entry identifiers being used the most at the time of update.
14. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the device to:
change said domain list by adding, deleting or reordering said at least some entry identifiers.