SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PREAUTHORIZING CONTENT
A system and method for managing timely delivery of content is disclosed wherein, to prevent delays caused by pre-delivery processing, such as entitlement or payment processing, the system can initiate delivery of at least a portion of the content. In an aspect, an authorization system can receive a request for content. The authorization system can queue an authorization request and/or an entitlement check for processing in response to the request for content. The authorization system can pre-authorize the request and initiate delivery of at least the portion of content prior to processing the authorization request and/or the entitlement check.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving a request for content;
determining whether a system condition is satisfied;
queuing an authorization request for processing in response to the system condition being satisfied;
providing at least a first portion of the content prior to processing the authorization request;
processing the authorization request;
revoking authorization for the content if processing the authorization request fails; and
terminating providing of the content after providing the first portion of the content has completed.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the request for content comprises payment information.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein queuing the authorization request for processing in response to the system condition being satisfied comprises:
determining a processing priority of the authorization request in relation to a plurality of authorization requests, wherein the processing priority is based on user information; and
positioning the authorization request in a queue based on the processing priority.
4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
periodically receiving a request to determine whether authorization to access the content has been revoked; and
sending a notification that authorization to access the content has been revoked in response to determining authorization to access the content has been revoked.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein providing at least a first portion of the content prior to processing the authorization request comprises, sending an authorization message to a content server to transmit content.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein providing at least a first portion of the content prior to processing the authorization request comprises, sending a request to an entitlement system to grant an entitlement for the content prior to processing the authorization request.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein revoking authorization for the content if processing the authorization request fails comprises, sending a request to the entitlement system to remove the entitlement for the content when the authorization request fails.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the system condition is a threshold number of authorization requests during a time interval.
9 . A method comprising:
receiving a request for content from a device, wherein the content requires an entitlement check before being accessed and the request for content comprises user information of a user of the device;
determining whether a system condition is satisfied;
determining whether one or more criteria are satisfied based on the user information;
in response to the system condition being satisfied and the one or more criteria being satisfied, granting an entitlement to access the content prior to performing the entitlement check;
providing at least a first portion of the content to the device;
performing the entitlement check;
revoking the entitlement to access the content if the entitlement check determines that there is no entitlement to access the content; and
terminating providing of the content after providing the first portion of the content has completed.
10 . The method of claim 9 further comprising queuing the entitlement check for the content, in response to the system condition being satisfied.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein queuing the entitlement check for the content comprises:
determining an entitlement priority of the entitlement check in relation to a plurality of entitlement checks for the content, wherein the entitlement priority is based on user information; and
positioning the entitlement check in a queue based on the entitlement priority.
12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein terminating providing of the content after providing the first portion of the content has completed comprises:
periodically receiving a request to determine whether the entitlement to access the content has been revoked; and
sending a notification that the entitlement to access the content has been revoked in response to determining that the entitlement to access the content has been revoked.
13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein granting the entitlement to access the content prior to performing the entitlement check of the request for content further comprises, sending an entitlement message to a content server to transmit the content.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein terminating providing of the content after providing the first portion of the content has completed comprises, sending a termination message to the content server to end transmission of the content when the entitlement check results in a determination there is no entitlement to access the content.
15 . A method comprising:
receiving a request for content, wherein the content requires an entitlement check before being accessed;
determining whether a system condition is satisfied;
in response to the system condition being satisfied, granting an entitlement to access the content prior to performing the entitlement check based on the request for content;
providing at least a first portion of the content prior to performing the entitlement check;
determining an entitlement priority based on user information;
positioning the entitlement check in a queue based on the entitlement priority;
performing the entitlement check when the entitlement check has a highest entitlement priority in the queue;
revoking the entitlement to access the content if the entitlement check determines that there is no entitlement to access the content; and
terminating providing of the content after providing the first portion of the content has completed.
16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
periodically receiving a request to determine whether the entitlement to access the content has been revoked; and
sending a notification that the entitlement to access the content has been revoked in response to determining that the entitlement to access the content been revoked.
17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the system condition is a threshold number of entitlement checks during a time period.
18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein granting the entitlement to render the content prior to performing the entitlement check based on the request for content further comprises, sending an entitlement message to a content server to transmit the content.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein terminating providing of the content after providing the first portion of the content has completed comprises sending a termination message to the content server to end transmission of the content when the entitlement check results in a determination there is no entitlement to access the content.
20 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the entitlement check comprises processing an authorization request for the content.