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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2023
Applicant:
Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25435 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/2143 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for managing a media viewing session, e.g., by associating a media content access level of a first user account with a subscription tier of a second user account. This process includes detecting a login event over a network associated with the second user account and adjusting the first account's access to media content based on the second account's subscription capabilities.