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US 10,771,830 B2Granted
Systems and methods for managing content distribution to an in-transit media system
AssigneeViaSat, Inc.
InventorsNirmalkumar Velayudhan, Brian T. Sleight
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Abstract
Embodiments relate to methods and systems for managing media content distribution rights to a media client on a craft to ensure that the distribution of media content items is consistent with media content distribution rights.
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A method for managing media content distribution rights to a media client located on a transport craft, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a rights location manager, a media content distribution region definition for a media content item from a content server in response to a request for the media content item from the media client located on the transport craft, wherein the media content distribution region definition indicates one or more media content distribution regions for the media content item;
- comparing a current location of the transport craft to the one or more media content distribution regions to determine a current region of the one or more media content distribution regions that includes the current location of the transport craft;
- and
- sending, from the rights location manager, data indicating the current region to the content server for determining whether distribution of the media content item to the media client located on the transport craft is authorized, wherein the data is based on the comparison.
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A system for managing media content distribution rights to a media client located on a transport craft, the system comprising:
- at least one processor
- a memory in data communication with the at least one processor and comprising computer-executable code which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
- receive, at a rights location manager, a media content distribution region definition for a media content item from a content server in response to a request for the media content item from the media client located on the transport craft, wherein the media content distribution region definition indicates one or more media content distribution regions for the media content item;
- compare a current location of the transport craft to the one or more media content distribution regions to determine a current region of the one or more media content distribution regions that includes the current location of the transport craft;
- and
- send, from the rights location manager, data indicating the current region to the content server for determining whether distribution of the media content item to the media client located on the transport craft is authorized, wherein the data is based on the comparison.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.