DETECTING ILLICIT VIEWING OF PREMIUM CONTENT THROUGH LOCATION DETECTION BY A TELEVISION RECEIVER DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20180220192A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15859450

    申请日:2017-12-30

    Abstract: A television set top box (STB) or similar receiver device uses information obtained from a wireless interface to automatically detect when the device has been moved to a different location. The device may initially obtain a list of wi-fi zones or in-range wireless devices that can be quantified or stored for later comparison. If the device later finds that the original zones/devices are no longer present or that substantial numbers of new zones/devices are present, then the device can recognize that it has been moved to a new location. The device may respond to the detected location change by disabling premium content, by reporting back to a security service, by simply recording the change in location, or by taking other actions as appropriate.

    Detecting illicit viewing of premium content through location detection by a television receiver device

    公开(公告)号:US10674211B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-02

    申请号:US15859450

    申请日:2017-12-30

    Abstract: A television set top box (STB) or similar receiver device uses information obtained from a wireless interface to automatically detect when the device has been moved to a different location. The device may initially obtain a list of wi-fi zones or in-range wireless devices that can be quantified or stored for later comparison. If the device later finds that the original zones/devices are no longer present or that substantial numbers of new zones/devices are present, then the device can recognize that it has been moved to a new location. The device may respond to the detected location change by disabling premium content, by reporting back to a security service, by simply recording the change in location, or by taking other actions as appropriate.

    CONTENT DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION USING ADAPTIVE AND DYNAMIC DNS

    公开(公告)号:US20190342259A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US16514074

    申请日:2019-07-17

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining network characteristics are provided. The network characteristics may be used to facilitate changes to how content is delivered over a network, such as to avoid network congestion, to provide improved throughput, or to provide a good (or better) user experience, such as when streaming media. For example, the network characteristics may be determined, in part, by tracking domain name resolution requests by using specially formulated domain names that require resolution at an authoritative name server.

    Sports bar mode automatic viewing determination

    公开(公告)号:US10462516B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-29

    申请号:US15963494

    申请日:2018-04-26

    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for automatically selecting television channels for display on one or more televisions based on the viewing preferences of the viewers. The viewers can enter their viewing preferences in a database through a user interface that a controller can access. The controller can receive, for a premises (e.g., a sports bar), a list of viewers. Based on the viewing preferences of the list of viewers, the controller can determine a single or a ranked list of television channels for display on the televisions. If there are multiple televisions, the controller can assign each of the televisions a television channel from the ranked list based on the ranking. The controller can send an instruction to the STB controlling the television(s) to set the assigned television channel to the assigned television.

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