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US 2019/0174195 A1Published application
Technologies for on-demand content player selection
AssigneeZype Inc.
InventorsEdward Laczynski, Chris Bassolino, Brian Dorry
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Abstract
A technology for presenting content enables a receipt of a request over a network for a content from a computer, a determination of a characteristic of the computer and a location of the computer based at least in part on the request, a match of the characteristic and the location against a rule, a selection of a player based at least in part on the match, and a facilitation of a stream of the content via the player over the network to the computer based at least in part on the selection.
Claims67
A method comprising:
- receiving, via a first server, a request for a content from a client;
- determining, via the first server, a technical characteristic of the client based on the request;
- matching, via the first server, the technical characteristic against a rule relating to the technical characteristic;
- selecting, via the first server, a player from a plurality of players based on the matching;
- and
- facilitating, via the first server, a stream of the content via the player to the client based on the selecting, wherein the stream is from a second server to the client via the player.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, via a first server, a request for a content from a client;
- determining, via the first server, a location of the client based on the request;
- matching, via the first server, the location against a rule relating to the location;
- selecting, via the first server, a player from a plurality of players based on the matching;
- and
- facilitating, via the first server, a stream of the content via the player to the client based on the selecting, wherein the stream is from a second server to the client via the player.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, via a first server, a request for a video content from a mobile application running on a mobile client;
- determining, via the first server, a technical characteristic of the mobile client based on the request;
- matching, via the first server, the technical characteristic against a rule relating to the technical characteristic;
- selecting, via the first server, a video player from a plurality of video players based on the matching;
- and
- enabling, via the first server, a stream of the video content from a second server to the mobile client such that that the video player plays the video content within the mobile application based on the selecting.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, via a first server, a request for a video content from a client;
- determining, via the first server, whether the client is permissioned to access the video content;
- selecting, via the first server, a player from a plurality of players based on the determining, wherein the players are programmed to play the video content;
- and
- facilitating, via the first server, a stream of the video content to the client based on the selecting such the video content is accessed on the client via the player, wherein the stream is from a second server to the client.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.