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System and method for accessing private digital content

TLDR
In this article, the authors proposed a method for providing access to private digital content owned by an owner and installed on a content server, wherein a content manager server has a number of clients potentially interested in the private content.
Abstract
Method for providing access to private digital content owned by an owner and installed on a content server, wherein a content manager server has a number of clients potentially interested in the private content, the method comprising the following steps performed at a content management server being informed that the owner has installed private content on a content server; obtaining a delegate token from the content server; receiving a query for the private digital content from a client of the number of clients of the content management server; providing said client with a token using the delegate token enabling the client to access the private content.

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