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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Paul D. Heitlinger, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
David Brown, Lehi, UT (US);
David Frederick Brueck, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);
Kenneth Alan Brueck, Draper, UT (US);
Tyler Willey, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);
Calvin Ryan Owen, Draper, UT (US);
Verizon Digital Media Services Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide server-side implementation and enforcement of blackout rules for streaming content. A server receives a request from an end user device and extracts a first identifier identifying the end user device and a second identifier identifying the requested stream from the request. The server determines if blackout rules identified for the requested streaming content using the second identifier apply to the end user device based on the first identifier. The blackout rules may restrict IP addresses, IP address subnets, or geographic regions defined using zip codes or DMAs. The first identifier can be an IP address that directly or indirectly maps to the blackout rules. If the first identifier is restricted by a blackout rule, the server identifies the restrictions of the rule, when they apply, and how they are to be applied before dynamically altering the content that is streamed to the end user device.