Video Assets
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsDavid J. Piepenbrink, James T. Sofos, Lee M. Chow
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Abstract
A method and system for controlling viewing of multimedia content includes collecting viewing control profiles and associated viewing control passwords via an Internet-protocol television portal, a web portal, and a mobile portal. The viewing control profile may be usable to restrict access to certain multimedia programs. The viewing control may be applied using a unified storefront application, providing access to multimedia content via the Internet-protocol television portal, the web portal, and the mobile portal, to offer and provide controlled access to the multimedia assets.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- streaming, by a server, video content to a client device;
- retrieving, by the server, a profile associated with the client device, the profile specifying a viewing control setting;
- synchronizing, by the server, according to the viewing control setting, an electronic storefront to the video content streamed to the client device;
- receiving, by the server, a request for media sent from the client device, the media selected from the electronic storefront;
- and
- selecting, by the server, a network of multiple networks for a routing of the media to the client device, the network selected based on the media selected from the electronic storefront.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- streaming video content to a client device;
- retrieving a profile associated with the client device, the profile specifying a viewing control setting;
- synchronizing, according to the viewing control setting, an electronic storefront to the video content streamed to the client device;
- receiving a request for media sent from the client device, the media selected from the electronic storefront;
- and
- selecting a network of multiple networks for a routing of the media to the client device, the network selected based on the media selected from the electronic storefront.
A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- streaming video content to a client device;
- retrieving a profile associated with the client device, the profile specifying a viewing control setting;
- synchronizing an electronic storefront to the video content streamed to the client device according to the viewing control setting;
- receiving a request for media sent from the client device, the media selected from the electronic storefront;
- and
- selecting a network of multiple networks for a routing of the media to the client device, the network selected based on the media selected from the electronic storefront.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.