ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,971, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC (Philadelphia).
"Systems and methods for entitlement management" was invented by Alfred Joseph Stappenbeck (Seattle) and Joseph Lesh (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for managing data are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving a first request for a service, wherein the first request is associated with a first rights package. The first rights package can be processed to determine access to the service. An evaluation key can be generated, wherein the evaluation key represents the determination of access relating to the p...