Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to distribute media content
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Application No.: US15463848Application Date: 2017-03-20
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Publication No.: US11336624B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Anthony A. Haeuser , Mary McCarthy , Scott A. Pettit , Christopher A. Lee , Roland Noll
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Main IPC: G06F16/74
- IPC: G06F16/74 ; G06F16/172 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/6334 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F16/43 ; G06F16/951 ; H04N7/173 ; H04N21/2347 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/414 ; H04N21/426 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/658 ; H04W12/069 ; H04W12/086 ; H04N21/435 ; H04N21/643

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to distribute media content are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a client interface to receive a request from a wireless communication device for authorization to present media, the media received at the wireless communication device in an encrypted format. A database is to store an association of the wireless communication device and a wired network termination unit. A record interface is to, in response to the request for authorization, query the database based on an identifier of the wireless network communication device to determine whether the wired network termination unit is authorized to receive the media via a wired communication path, and in response to determining that the wired network termination unit is authorized to receive the media via the wired communication path authorize the wireless communication device to decrypt and present the transmitted media.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170195740A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DISTRIBUTE MEDIA CONTENT Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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