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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ultan O'Brien, Carrickmines, IE;

Niall O'Sullivan, Dundrum, IE;

Fergal Murray, Tomhaggard, IE;

Assignee:

Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/214 (2011.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/435 (2019.01); H04B 7/18508 (2013.01); H04N 21/2146 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing selectable content offerings to mobile users via mobile terminals over a satellite system. In embodiments, a database of access profiles for accessing a network via the satellite system may be maintained. Each access profile corresponds to a respective content category of a plurality of content categories and is associated with a respective set of content sources available via the network. Devices may be provided with a respective set of content categories for display based at least in part on a device-specific profile associated with the corresponding device. In embodiments, a request is received from particular device for a particular content category. An access profile may be identified from the database that is associated with the particular content offering. Communications may be permitted between the device and the respective set of content sources associated with the content category associated with the access profile.


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