Patents Assigned to SBC Knowledge Ventures I..P.
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING GEOGRAPHICALLY RESTRICTED VIDEO DATA IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100287583
    Abstract: A method for distributing geographical restriction data in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system is disclosed. The method includes accepting at an IPTV server, a request from an IPTV client for the geographical restriction data related to geographically restricted video data, determining at the server, a plurality of geographic restriction zones for the geographically restricted video data and sending from the server to the client a message containing the restriction data related to at least one of the restriction zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures I..P.
    Inventors: Richard G. Jankins, Thomas Scott Webster, Eric Cabading