GEOGRAPHIC INTERNET ASSET FILTERING FOR INTERNET VIDEO CLIENT
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1. Device comprising:
- processor configured for controlling a display and communicating with the Internet through a network interface;
the processor configured for accessing instructions on a computer readable storage medium to configure the processor for;
contacting a management server;
providing a network address to the management server, the address being associated with a geographic location associated with the device;
receiving from the management server a user token and at least one geographically associated service list, the service list containing only content server addresses that have been approved for access in a geographic region indicated by the address of the device, the server addresses being uniform resource locators (URLs);
presenting the service list on the display; and
responsive to a user selection of an entry on the service list, accessing a content server associated with the entry, wherein as part of the accessing of a content server the processor when executing the instructions is also configured for providing the user token such that the device receives a content list of available content from the content server only responsive to the content server receiving the user token, the processor when executing the instructions being configured for checking the user token against a local database of active tokens, and the processor when executing the instructions is configured for receiving from the content server the content list at the device such that no further authentication is required between the device and content server beyond the provisioning of a valid user token by the device, and further wherein the device trusts the content server without need for any further authentication on the part of the content server, the processor when accessing the instructions being configured for permitting no access to Internet sites using the device other than to the management server and content servers on the service list.
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Abstract
A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server with a secret unique ID and receiving back from the server, assuming the ID is approved, a user token and a service list of content servers with knowledge of the user token. A user can select a content server which causes the device to upload its user token and in response receive a content list from the content server, from which content can be selected for display. Neither list may be modified by the device and the device can access only content on a content list. The service list may be tailored for the geographic location of the device.
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19 Claims
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1. Device comprising:
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processor configured for controlling a display and communicating with the Internet through a network interface; the processor configured for accessing instructions on a computer readable storage medium to configure the processor for; contacting a management server; providing a network address to the management server, the address being associated with a geographic location associated with the device; receiving from the management server a user token and at least one geographically associated service list, the service list containing only content server addresses that have been approved for access in a geographic region indicated by the address of the device, the server addresses being uniform resource locators (URLs); presenting the service list on the display; and responsive to a user selection of an entry on the service list, accessing a content server associated with the entry, wherein as part of the accessing of a content server the processor when executing the instructions is also configured for providing the user token such that the device receives a content list of available content from the content server only responsive to the content server receiving the user token, the processor when executing the instructions being configured for checking the user token against a local database of active tokens, and the processor when executing the instructions is configured for receiving from the content server the content list at the device such that no further authentication is required between the device and content server beyond the provisioning of a valid user token by the device, and further wherein the device trusts the content server without need for any further authentication on the part of the content server, the processor when accessing the instructions being configured for permitting no access to Internet sites using the device other than to the management server and content servers on the service list. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Management server comprising:
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processor configured for communicating with the Internet through a network interface; the processor configured for accessing instructions on a computer medium to configure the processor for; storing plural geographic-specific service lists, each service list containing a list of network addresses of content servers approved for access by CE devices in a respective geographic region, wherein a first address of a first content server for a first geographic location is on a first service list but not on a second service list and a second address of a second content server for a second geographic location is on the second service list but not the first service list; obtaining a geographic indicator from a CE device contacting the management server; correlating the indicator to a geographic region; returning the first service list to the CE device responsive to a determination that the CE device is in a first geographic region and returning the second service list to the CE device responsive to a determination that the CE device is in a second geographic region; and providing to the content servers on the service lists a respective user token for each authorized user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. Method comprising:
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receiving, from a client audio-video presentation device to a management server, an identification indicating a geographic location of the device; responsive to a determination that the device is in a first geographic location, returning, from the management server to the device, a first list of content servers at which the device may access content along with a user token required to be presented by the audio-video presentation device to a content server to access content therefrom; and responsive to a determination that the device is in a second geographic location, returning, from the management server to the device, a second list of content servers at which the device may access content. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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