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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:
Apr. 03, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2015
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Richard G. Jankins, San Antonio, TX (US);

Thomas Scott Webster, San Antonio, TX (US);

Eric Cabading, Spring Branch, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); H04N 21/2543 (2013.01); H04N 21/262 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01);
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.


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