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US 9,894,078 B2Granted
Location-based regulation of access
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsGilbert G. Weigand, Scott J. Levine
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Abstract
Generally, access to content may be regulated by receiving a content request initiated at a jukebox for access to a content selection, identifying a jukebox location corresponding to a location of the jukebox, determining a permissible location for rendering the content selection, relating the jukebox location to the permissible location, and enabling the content request when the permissible location supports access to the content selection from the jukebox location.
Claims19
An apparatus for enabling a wireless device to access content, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions configured to cause the processor to:
- receive, from the wireless device and across a wireless communications network, a content request from the wireless device wherein the wireless device administers a content regulation system;
- receive, in association with the content request and from the wireless device, a coordinate location of the wireless device;
- determine whether the wireless device is permitted to access content associated with the content request;
- enable the wireless device to access the content;
- generate a permissible location for the wireless device to access the content;
- store an association between the content and the permissible location, wherein the association enables identification of the permissible location based on the content;
- configure the content regulation system to identify, using the association, the permissible location so the content can be accessed by the wireless device within the identified permissible location;
- and
- when the coordinate location of the wireless device is not in the generated permissible location, prompt the wireless device to enroll with the content regulation system to enable the wireless device to access the content.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
- processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to:
- send, from a wireless device, a content request to a host;
- send, in association with the content request and from the wireless device, a coordinate location of the wireless device to the host;
- identify, based on content associated with the content request, a permissible location for the wireless device to access the content, wherein the permissible location is generated by the host;
- wherein an association, stored by the host, between the content and the permissible location enables the identification of the permissible location;
- access the content within the identified permissible location;
- and
- when the coordinate location of the wireless device is not in the identified permissible location, prompt the wireless device to enroll with the host to enable the wireless device to access the content.
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A method of enabling a wireless device to access a song from a host, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the host and from the wireless device:
- a request for a song, and
- a coordinate location of the wireless device;
- generating a permissible location for the wireless device to access the song;
- enabling the request for the song, when the coordinate location is within the permissible location;
- and
- when the coordinate location of the wireless device is not in the generated permissible location, prompting the wireless device to enroll with the host to enable the wireless device to access the content.
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An apparatus for enabling a wireless device to access a song from a host, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions configured to cause the processor to:
- receive, at the host and from the wireless device:
- a request for a song, and
- a coordinate location of the wireless device;
- generate a permissible location for the wireless device to access the song;
- enable the request for the song, when the coordinate location is within the permissible location;
- and
- when the coordinate location of the wireless device is not in the generated permissible location, prompt the wireless device to enroll with the host to enable the wireless device to access the content.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
- processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to:
- receive, at a host and from a wireless device:
- a request for a song, and
- a coordinate location of the wireless device;
- generate a permissible location for the wireless device to access the song;
- enable the request for the song, when the coordinate location is within the permissible location;
- and
- when the coordinate location of the wireless device is not in the generated permissible location, prompting the wireless device to enroll with the host to enable the wireless device to access the content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.