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US 2010/0138855 A1Published application
Video Service Blackout Events
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames T. Sofos, Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink, Michael Reid
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Abstract
A method is disclosed that includes receiving a command to blackout a full screen version of content at a component of a multimedia content distribution system. The method includes updating a first entry within a control matrix to reflect that the full screen version of the content is to be blacked out. The method also includes automatically updating a second entry within the control matrix to reflect that a picture-in-picture (PIP) version of the content is to be blacked out.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a command to blackout a full screen version of content at a component of a multimedia content distribution system;
- updating a first entry within a control matrix to reflect that the full screen version of the content is to be blacked out;
- and
- automatically updating a second entry within the control matrix to reflect that a picture-in-picture (PIP) version of the content is to be blacked out.
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A system, comprising:
- a user interface;
- and
- a control system operatively coupled to the user interface and adapted to receive a command to blackout a full screen version of content at a component of a multimedia content delivery platform, update a first entry within a control matrix to reflect that the full screen version of the content is to be blacked out, and automatically update a second entry within the control matrix to reflect that a picture-in-picture (PIP) version of the content is to be blacked out.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a command to blackout a first version of content at a media distribution system;
- generating first control data to blackout the first version of the content distributed by the media distribution system in a blackout geographic region;
- and
- automatically generating second control data to blackout a second version of the content distributed by the media distribution system in the blackout geographic region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.