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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Louis D Williamson, Denver, CO (US);
Tom Gaebel, Lexington, SC (US);
Assignee:
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/26208 (2013.01); H04N 21/2221 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/266 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for controlled distribution of program content are described where program content for certain regions may be selectively blocked. The described methods and apparatus allow content distribution to authorized regions while providing control to the content provider to effectively block program content delivery to regions not entitled to receive the program content.