# US 11,445,250 B2 · Content distribution device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,445,250 B2 - Document ID: US11445250B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/299,605 - Filed: 2019-03-12 - Published: 2019-09-19 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-19 - Assignees: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Naoto Takada; Masanori Ujino; Shinsuke Matsumoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11445250B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/454: Content {or additional data} filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements - H04N 21/4181: {for conditional access} - H04N 21/43615: {Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805)} - H04N 21/43632: {involving a wired protocol, e.g. IEEE 1394 (high-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus H04L12/40052)} - H04N 21/4755: {for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre (retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306)} - H04N 21/4825: {using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists} - H04N 7/163: {by receiver means only} - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/4627: Rights management {associated to the content (security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A content distribution device includes a communication component and a controller. The communication component communicates with an access point device having a plurality of identifiers. The controller sets a distribution related condition related to a distribution of content for each of the identifiers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A content distribution device comprising: a communication component that communicates with an access point device having a plurality of identifiers, the identifiers including SSIDs (service set identifiers) that are wirelessly broadcast by the access point device and indicative of network names of wireless LANs that are established by the access point device and a stealth SSID that is set to stealth and indicative of a network name of a wireless LAN that is established by the access point device; a controller that sets a distribution related condition related to a distribution of content for each of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs; and a storage component that stores the distribution related condition in association with each of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs, in response to the controller receiving a content distribution request from a distribution terminal via the access point device, the controller obtaining, from the access point device, one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs used by the distribution terminal to establish a wireless LAN between the distribution terminal and the access point device, searching, based on the obtained one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs, a distribution related condition associated with the obtained one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs from among the distribution related condition that has been stored in the storage component in association with each of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs, and executing the distribution of the content to the distribution terminal according to the searched distribution related condition that has been searched based on the obtained one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls a display component to display information for setting the distribution related condition for each of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The content distribution device according to claim 2, wherein the controller controls the display component to display the stealth SSID and the SSIDs for selecting one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs for which the distribution related condition is set. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The content distribution device according to claim 3, wherein the controller controls the display component to display a setting screen for setting the distribution related condition of the selected one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the access point device includes a wired LAN connection component to which a cable of a wired LAN is connected, and the controller sets the distribution related condition for a connection path of the wired LAN via the wired LAN connection component. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the access point device is connected to an external network, and the controller sets the distribution related condition for a connection path of the external network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the distribution related condition includes a viewing age condition for setting a viewing age. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The content distribution device according to claim 7, wherein the viewing age condition is settable for each age. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the distribution related condition includes a genre condition for setting a genre. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the distribution related condition includes a distribution time period condition for setting a time period in which the distribution of the content is permitted. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, further comprising a receiver that receives broadcast signal of a selected channel, the distribution related condition including a channel condition for setting a channel whose distribution is permitted. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the distribution related condition includes an operation condition for setting a permitted operation related to the content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The content distribution device according to claim 12, wherein the permitted operation related to the content includes at least one of programmed recording, deletion, editing, and copying. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the controller creates a title list of the content based on the distribution related condition. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether or not the distribution of the content is permitted based on the distribution related condition. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the controller performs control to distribute the content when the distribution of the content is permitted, and performs control to notify that the content cannot be distributed when the distribution of the content is refused. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein in response to the controller receiving a title list request from a distribution terminal, the controller transmits to the distribution terminal a title list of the content according to the distribution related condition corresponding to the one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs used by the distribution terminal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The content distribution device according to claim 1, wherein in response to the controller receiving a content operation request from a distribution terminal, the controller determines whether or not an operation related to the content is permitted according to the distribution related condition corresponding to the one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs used by the distribution terminal.