US 12,615,398 B2Granted

Centralized content access management

AssigneeViaSat, Inc.

InventorsStephen O'Neal, Sandeep Moorthy, Wesley A. Konderla, Anton Hoffman

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Abstract

A media content management server is configured to receive, from a first remote server, first metadata associated with a first set of content items, the first metadata representing a first parameter for each of the first set of content items in a first data format, and further to receive, from a second remote server, second metadata associated with a second set of content items, the second metadata representing a second parameter for each of the second set of content items in a second data format different than the first data format. Reformatted metadata is generated by reformatting the first parameter and the second parameter to a common data format. Rules engine circuitry is configured to generate a data transfer package by comparing the reformatted first and second parameters to content access rule data to determine subsets of content items for inclusion in the data transfer package.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A content presentation system for a vehicle, the content presentation system comprising:

non-volatile data storage media configured to store a media content library and content access rule data, wherein the content access rule data applies one or more restrictions to the media content library based on one or more mobile platform status parameters associated with the vehicle, and wherein each of the one or more mobile platform status parameters comprises a respective parameter type and a respective parameter value;
a network interface;
and
an onboard media management server, the onboard media management server comprising control circuitry configured to:
determine a first subset of the media content library that is authorized for presentation based on the content access rule data and a status associated with the vehicle;
present the first subset of the media content library to one or more media presentation devices disposed onboard the vehicle;
determine an updated status associated with the vehicle based on a change to at least one parameter value corresponding to at least one of the one or more mobile platform status parameters, wherein the status and the updated status are associated with a same parameter type corresponding to the at least one of the one or more mobile platform status parameters;
in response to the updated status, determine a second subset of the media content library that is authorized for presentation based on the content access rule data and the updated status, the second subset of the media content library being different, at least in part, from the first subset of the media content library;
and
present the second subset of the media content library to the one or more media presentation devices.

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A method for content presentation in a vehicle comprising:

determining a first subset of a media content library that is authorized for presentation based on content access rule data and a status associated with the vehicle, wherein the content access rule data applies one or more restrictions to the media content library based on one or more mobile platform status parameters associated with the vehicle, and wherein each of the one or more mobile platform status parameters comprises a respective parameter type and a respective parameter value;
presenting the first subset of the media content library to one or more media presentation devices disposed onboard the vehicle;
determining an updated status associated with the vehicle based on a change to at least one parameter value corresponding to at least one of the one or more mobile platform status parameters, wherein the status and the updated status are associated with a same parameter type corresponding to the at least one of the one or more mobile platform status parameters;
in response to the updated status, determining a second subset of the media content library that is authorized for presentation based on the content access rule data and the updated status, the second subset of the media content library being different, at least in part, from the first subset of the media content library;
and
presenting the second subset of the media content library to the one or more media presentation devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/220,714Filed 11 Jul 2023 · division
Published: US 2023/0388559 A130 Nov 2023
Granted: 28 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04N 21/2146
Specialised server platform, e.g. server located in an airplane, hotel, hospital: located in mass transportation means, e.g. aircraft, train or bus
H04N 21/2353
Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors: specifically adapted to content descriptors,…
H04N 21/41422
Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance: located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle
H04N 21/45
Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof: management…

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PCT/US2018/066901Parent of this division · filed 20 Dec 2018
US 2023/0388559 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Nov 2023
Application17/413,848Parent of this division
US 11,743,511 B2Parent of this division
US 2022/0060758 A1Published application
US 12,615,398 B2This patent

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