Whether the claims at issue in Maxell's patents are patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. 101

QUESTION PRESENTED Maxell, Ltd., is a leading manufacturer of digital media. It owns patents that disclose solutions for managing access to audio/video content sent over networks, such as videos provided through online rental and streaming services. The patents describe two time controls and a series of rules to restrict access to audio/visual files that are sent with the files, in order to limit access to the files even when the user is offline. The question presented is: Whether the claims at issue in Maxell’s patents are patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. 101, as interpreted in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014).