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US 2008/0168487 A1Published application
Software-based conditional access to IPTV content
AssigneeAt&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorsLee Chow, Adam Klein, Stephen Rys, Timothy Thomas Gronkowski
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Abstract
Systems and methods receive data representing geographic areas and blackout events. The data is used by a software module in an IPTV system to determine whether content is to be provided to subscribers.
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A method for geographically restricting content, the method comprising:
- receiving data representing one or more geographic boundaries;
- receiving data representing a blackout event;
- receiving content subject to geographic restriction to one or more geographic boundaries;
- and
- determining within a conditional access software module whether a subscriber is within the one or more geographic boundaries according to the data representing one or more geographic boundaries and the data representing the blackout event.
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An IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) system comprising:
- a service delivery platform operable to receive data representing one or more geographic boundaries and data representing a blackout event;
- an acquisition service operable to receive content subject to geographic restriction to one or more geographic boundaries;
- a conditional access software module operable to determine whether a subscriber is within the one or more geographic boundaries according to the data representing one or more geographic boundaries and the data representing the blackout event.
A machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions, that when executed, cause the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving data representing one or more geographic boundaries;
- receiving data representing a blackout event;
- receiving content subject to geographic restriction to one or more geographic boundaries;
- and
- determining whether a subscriber is within the one or more geographic boundaries according to the data representing one or more geographic boundaries and the data representing the blackout event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.