Geofencing for media content presented on a transport craft
AssigneeViaSat, Inc.
InventorVijay A. Suryavanshi
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Abstract
A method of controlling media content provided to an on-board media system in a transport craft is provided The method includes receiving data representing a location of the transport craft from a location system of the transport craft, providing, by an on-board content management system including a geofence monitor, the media content, the providing including. The operation of providing includes determining the media content the on-board media system provides based on a determination of whether the transport craft satisfies a geofence condition, the satisfaction of the geofence condition based on the received data representing the location of the transport craft and instructing the on-board media system to provide determined media content.
Claims46
A method of controlling media content provided to an on-board media system in a transport craft for distribution to a plurality of client devices aboard the transport craft, comprising:
- receiving data representing a location of the transport craft from a location system of the transport craft;
- providing, by an on-board content management system including a geofence monitor, the media content for distribution to the plurality of client devices aboard the transport craft, the providing including:
- determining the media content the on-board media system provides for distribution to the plurality of client devices aboard the transport craft based on a determination of whether the transport craft satisfies a geofence condition, wherein satisfaction of the geofence condition is based on the received data representing the location of the transport craft;
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- instructing the on-board media system to provide determined media content for distribution to the plurality of client devices aboard the transport craft;
- receiving predefined geographic data representing a path the transport craft will take;
- determining whether the predefined geographic data satisfies a geofence activation condition;
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- activating the geofence monitor responsive to satisfaction of the geofence activation condition, wherein the operation of providing is responsive to the operation of activating.
A system for controlling media content provided to an on-board media system in a transport craft for distribution to a plurality of client devices aboard the transport craft, comprising:
- an on-board content management system located on the transport craft, the on-board content management system communicatively coupled with the on-board media system, the on-board content management system including:
- a location data module executable by a processor and operable to receive data representing a location of the transport craft from a location system of the transport craft;
- a geofence monitor executable by the processor and operable to determine the media content the on-board media system may provide for distribution to a plurality of client devices aboard the transport craft based on a determination of whether the transport craft satisfies a geofence condition, wherein satisfaction of the geofence condition is based on the received data representing the location of the transport craft, the geofence monitor further operable to:
- receive predefined geographic data representing a path the transport craft will take;
- determine whether the predefined geographic data satisfies a geofence activation condition;
- and
- activate the geofence monitor responsive to satisfaction of the geofence activation condition, wherein the provision of the determined content is
- responsive to the activation;
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- a media control module executable by the processor and operable to instruct the on-board media system (500150) to provide the determined media content for distribution to a plurality of client devices aboard the transport craft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.