Apparatus and methods for ensuring delivery of geographically relevant content
First Claim
1. A method of delivering content that is geographically relevant to an Internet Protocol-enabled client device, the method comprising:
- obtaining content which has a geographic relevance associated therewith;
receiving a request for the content from the client device, the client device having a geographic context associated therewith;
generating a playlist for the requested content, the generated playlist having at least one trigger contained therein; and
providing the playlist to the client device, the client device configured to display the requested content via the playlist, and when the trigger is reached obtain a redirection link, alternate content to which the redirection link is associated being related to the geographic context of the client device;
wherein the redirection link is provided to the client device irrespective of an actual geographic location thereof.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for ensuring delivery of geographically relevant content to IP-enabled user devices associated with a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the network (or designated content source) determines a geographic context or location of the user device, and uses this information to manage the packaging and delivery of content thereto so as to obey blackout restrictions and/or provide content which is relevant to the geographic context/location. In one variant, the user device comprises a mobile device such as a tablet computer or smartphone, and the content is delivered thereto over either a managed or unmanaged network infrastructure.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of delivering content that is geographically relevant to an Internet Protocol-enabled client device, the method comprising:
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obtaining content which has a geographic relevance associated therewith; receiving a request for the content from the client device, the client device having a geographic context associated therewith; generating a playlist for the requested content, the generated playlist having at least one trigger contained therein; and providing the playlist to the client device, the client device configured to display the requested content via the playlist, and when the trigger is reached obtain a redirection link, alternate content to which the redirection link is associated being related to the geographic context of the client device; wherein the redirection link is provided to the client device irrespective of an actual geographic location thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of delivering content that is geographically relevant to an Internet Protocol-enabled client device, the method comprising:
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obtaining content; packaging a plurality of versions of the content, the plurality of versions of the content each comprising respective triggers having different geographic contexts associated therewith; and providing individual ones of the plurality of versions to respective ones of IP-enabled client devices, the act of providing being based at least in part on geography-specific identification information associated with the respective ones of the IP-enabled client devices, the geography-specific identification information being established at a time of registration of the respective ones of the IP-enabled client devices and not subject to variance concurrent with a variance of the physical location of the respective ones of the IP-enabled client devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Mobile apparatus configured to receive Internet Protocol media via a media distribution network, the mobile apparatus comprising:
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an interface; a storage device configured to store an identifier of a geographic location of a subscriber account to which the mobile apparatus is registered thereon; and a processor in data communication with the storage device and configured to execute a computer program stored thereon, the computer program comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed; generate a request for user-selected media for transmission to a first entity of the network, the request comprising at least the identifier, the first entity configured to determine the geographic location of the subscriber account to which the mobile apparatus is registered based at least in part on the identifier provided therefrom; receive from the network a manifest of one or more content elements of the user-selected media, the manifest further comprising one or more markers; and utilize at least one of the one or more markers to obtain one or more replacement content elements from a second entity. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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