METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE DELIVERY AND STORAGE OF HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT

• US 20160182931A9
• Filed: 11/04/2014
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Setos Family Trust
• Original Assignee: Setos Family Trust
• Inventors: Setos, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 10,116,979 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1073 Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/103 applying security measure for protecting copyright
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2225 Local VOD servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2396 characterized by admission policies admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for network security using user profiles for access control H04L63/102; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2662 Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/274 Storing end-user multimedia data in response to end-user request , e.g. network recorder
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4332 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4516 involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4623 Processing of entitlement messages, e.g. ECM [Entitlement Control Message] or EMM [Entitlement Management Message] arrangements for conditional access to broadcast information or to broadcast-related services H04H60/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 : involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/835 : Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 : Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 : by receiver means only

Abstract

A system for permitting temporary access for delivery of owned Content to a location selected by a Subscriber is provided. An enhanced progressive download system for High Definition audio-visual Content is also provided.

Claims

1. A system for permitting temporary access for delivery of Content owned by the Subscriber to a location selected by the Subscriber, the system comprising:

a central facility for the storage of a list of all Content owned by the Subscriber;

a plurality of local networks operatively connected to the central facility for receipt of the Content; and

a temporary access protocol comprising;

entering a unique ID of an STB at the selected location into a temporary access application so that the Subscriber can select the Content to be accessed from a list of all Content owned by the Subscriber;

sending a message to the central facility from the temporary access application, wherein the message includes the name of the selected Content, the unique ID of the selected location, the location of the temporary access application, and a unique ID of the Subscriber;

comparing at the central facility, the selected Content with the unique ID of the Subscriber, wherein if the selected Content is determined to be owned by the Subscriber, the central facility queries a local network that has the STB identified by the unique ID at the selected location so the local network supplies the location of the STB to the central facility;

comparing at the central facility the location of the STB to the location reported by the temporary access application and determining whether the location of the STB and the reported location are adequately proximate to each other to determine that there is no fraudulent activity; and

informing the local network, if there is no fraudulent activity, to play the desired Content on the STB of the desired location.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the temporary access application is on an appliance.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the message can include the appliance on which the temporary access application is running on.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the comparing at the central facility to determine that there is no fraudulent activity includes comparing the street address or geocode of the unique ID with the street address or the geocoding information of the reported location.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein Content owned by the Subscriber includes Content licensed or loaned by another to the Subscriber.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the message sent to the central facility is via a common communication network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication network is the public internet.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the location of the STB is provided by the local network operation.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the location of the appliance is provided by the location services in the appliance.

10. An enhanced progressive download system for High Definition audio-visual Content, comprising:

inquiring what is the download speed of the Subscriber and the amount of local storage in an appliance of the Subscriber. using the equation;

11. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 10, further comprising assigning a probability to each piece of Content that the Subscriber will choose to view it.

12. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 10, further comprising calculating wait times based on a number of factors, wherein the number of factors include amounts of local storage and the file size of the Content based on location on a Content list.

13. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 10, wherein when the Subscriber selects to play a desired Content, the appliance commences downloading the part of the desired Content not in local storage and, after the wait time, plays the desired Content that is in local storage.

14. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 11, wherein the appliance seamlessly switches between local storage and a file of the progressive downloaded so that the entire Content plays seamlessly.

15. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 11, wherein the entire Content plays seamlessly is with the appearance of one complete file.

16. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 11, wherein the master list is created from multiple lists of Content according to certain criteria.

17. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 16, wherein the criteria includes Content most recently purchased by the Subscriber and Content most viewed by the Subscriber.

18. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 17, wherein the criteria further includes the genre(s) the Subscriber most views, and types of Content that are popular with their release dates and genre.

19. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 11, wherein the criteria further comprises:

Contents in descending order of its availability date;

theatrically released Content in descending order of its popularity during its previous run;

TV released Content in descending order of its popularity;

Content that has been purchased by the universe of Subscribers; and

Content that has been viewed by the universe of Subscribers.

20. The enhanced progressive download system of claim 11, wherein the master list of Content uses an algorithm that orders the Content from the most probable to the least probable the Subscriber will select to view.