System and/or Method for Distributing Media Content
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Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution of media content.
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122 Claims
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1-102. -102. (canceled)
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103. A method comprising:
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providing a plurality of protected segments from a media content to a device of a user; classifying the user as one of a plurality of classes including a first class user and a second class user; if the classifying classifies the user as the first class user, selectively providing access to the user to each one of the protected segments in response to the user accessing each associated one of a plurality of gating media segments preceding its associated one of the protected segments according to a timeline profile; if the classifying classifies the user as the second class user, providing access to the user to each one of the protected segments without requiring the user accessing each associated one of the plurality of gating media segments preceding its associated one of the protected segments according to the timeline profile. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112)
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113. An apparatus comprising:
a computing platform, the computing platform being adapted to; provide a plurality of protected segments from a media content to a device of a user; classify the user as one of a plurality of classes including a first class user and a second class user; if classifying classifies the user as the first class user, selectively providing access to the user to each one of the protected segments in response to the user accessing each associated one of a plurality of gating media segments preceding its associated one of the protected segments according to a timeline profile; if classifying classifies the user as the second class user, providing access to the user to each one of the protected segments without requiring the user accessing each associated one of the plurality of gating media segments preceding its associated one of the protected segments according to the timeline profile. - View Dependent Claims (114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122)
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