Content distribution regulation by viewing user
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsKathryn Stone Perez, Alex Aben-Athar Kipman, Andrew John Fuller
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Abstract
A content presentation system and method allowing content providers to regulate the presentation of content on a per-user-view basis. Content is distributed an associated license option on the number of individual consumers or viewers allowed to consume the content. Consumers are presented with a content selection and a choice of licenses allowing consumption of the content. The users consuming the content on a display device are monitored so that if the number of user-views licensed is exceeded, remedial action may be taken.
Claims20
A method of distributing content to a user, comprising:
- providing a selection of content available to the user;
- for each content, presenting a licensing option comprising associating a performance of the content with an individual user's consumption of the content at a display device;
- receiving a selection of one of the content and a license display option for said content;
- presenting the content to the display device if a number of user performances allowed for the content is equal to or less than the license option for which the selection is received;
- and
- monitoring the presentation of the content at the device to determine the number of users consuming the content during the performance.
A computer implemented method for distributing limited play content to a user, comprising:
- transmitting a selection of audiovisual content to a display device, each content having one or more associated license option, each license option allowing a specified number one or more presentations to one or more users on the display device;
- receiving a selection of one of the content and a selection of a licensing option for said content;
- determining a number of users at the display device prior to presenting the content;
- presenting the content on the display device if the number of users at the display device is equal to or lower than that specified in the licensing option;
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- monitoring the presentation of the content to determine a number of viewers of the content during presentation of the content at the display device.
A computer readable medium including instructions providing a processing device to perform the steps of:
- providing a selection of display content, each content having one or more associated licenses allowing a limited number of user views of the content;
- receiving a selection of one of the content and a license display option for said content;
- scanning a display area of a display device selected for performance of the content;
- determining a number of users capable of viewing the performance at the display device;
- determining if the license display option is met;
- presenting the content on the device if a number of user views allowed for the content within a specific time period is equal to or less than the selection of the license display option;
- continuously monitoring the presentation of the content to determine the number of users consuming the content during the performance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.