Microsoft patents a new type of DRM protection - tracking users who view content
This is a Microsoft patent with an unambiguous name CONTENT DISTRIBUTION REGULATION BY VIEWING USER , which deals with the methods of distributing content and accessing a certain number of people to it.
In essence, a device for DRM protection is a kind of Kinect console, which should be located so that the sensors of the device can “recount” the number of people watching the media broadcast and, if their number exceeds a certain value, then take the necessary - issue a window with a warning or stop the transfer altogether.
This is schematically represented in the patent as follows:
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In principle, DRM-protection is able to perform control on the following parameters and on their combinations:
The patent specifically emphasizes that we are talking about the user segment of content consumption - there is no intention to track individuals or groups of them yet.
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In essence, a device for DRM protection is a kind of Kinect console, which should be located so that the sensors of the device can “recount” the number of people watching the media broadcast and, if their number exceeds a certain value, then take the necessary - issue a window with a warning or stop the transfer altogether.
This is schematically represented in the patent as follows:
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In principle, DRM-protection is able to perform control on the following parameters and on their combinations:
- Restrict access to content by the number of views
- Restrict access to the number of views in a certain period of time
- Restrict access to the number of people watching content simultaneously
- Restrict access by age
The patent specifically emphasizes that we are talking about the user segment of content consumption - there is no intention to track individuals or groups of them yet.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/157953/
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