Patents by Inventor Eric Cababing

Eric Cababing has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING GEOGRAPHICALLY RESTRICTED VIDEO DATA IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110173650
    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: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures L.P.
    Inventors: Richard G. Jankins, Thomas Scott Webster, Eric Cababing