Method and system for controlling media conveyance by a device to a user based on current location of the device

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for execution by a computing device at a head end, wherein execution of the set of instructions by the computing device causes the head end to execute a method comprising:

• respectively releasing, from the head end towards each of a plurality of receivers, an authorized geographic region identifier associated with the respective receiver, the authorized geographic region identifier comprising information regarding a respective geographic region within which the receiver is authorized to output original media streams for conveyance to a user of the receiver, wherein geographic regions in which different ones of the plurality of receivers are authorized to operate define coverage areas of different sizes;
• receiving an original media stream at the head end;
• generating, at the head end, a corrupted media signal by impairing one or both of a media signal comprising the original media stream, or the original media stream, with a removable artifact configured to be removed by respective receivers if a location of the respective receiver is within the authorized geographic region;
• and
• releasing, from the head end towards the plurality of receivers, the corrupted media signal,
• wherein the plurality of receivers are authorized to output the original media stream for conveyance to users of the receivers if a current location of a respective receiver corresponds to the respective geographic region indicated by the authorized geographic region identifier associated with the respective receiver, and wherein different ones of the plurality of receivers are authorized to output the original media stream independent of being associated with different authorized geographic region identifiers.

A head end for distributing media to a plurality of receivers, comprising:

• a memory storing a plurality of receiver identifiers in association with respective authorized geographic region identifiers, the receiver identifiers identifying individual receivers, the authorized geographic region identifiers defining respective coverage areas of different sizes in which the respective receivers are authorized to output original media streams for conveyance to a user;
• and
• a processing entity configured to:
• consult said memory based on a particular one of the receiver identifiers in order to identify a particular one of said authorized geographic region identifiers that is associated with said particular one of the receiver identifiers;
• release toward a particular receiver identified by the particular one of the receiver identifiers the particular one of said authorized geographic region identifiers;
• receive an original media stream;
• generate a corrupted media signal by impairing one or both of a media signal comprising the original media stream, or the original media stream, with a removable artifact configured to be removed by the individual receivers if a location of a respective receiver is within the authorized geographic region indicated by the authorized geographic region identifier associated with the respective receiver;
• and
• release towards the individual receivers the corrupted media signal,
• wherein the individual receivers are authorized to output the original media stream for conveyance to users of the receivers if a current location of a respective receiver corresponds to the respective geographic region indicated by the authorized geographic region identifier associated with the respective receiver, and wherein different ones of the individual receivers are authorized to output the original media stream independent of being associated with different authorized geographic region identifiers.