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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Richard G. Jankins, San Antonio, TX (US);
Thomas Scott Webster, San Antonio, TX (US);
Eric Cabading, Spring Branch, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for distributing geographically restricted video data in an internet protocol television system, the method including but not limited to determining at a television server computer at least three geographic restriction zones for the geographically restricted video data and instructions to determine at least three different duration time delays for each of at least three geographic restriction zones, wherein the at least three geographic restriction zones are based on physical proximity of a television client device to a geographic origin of the geographically restricted video data.