Preview-based content monitoring and blocking system
First Claim
1. A device comprising:
- a communication interface; and
a controller associated with the communication interface and associated with at least one processor, the controller configured to;
obtain usage data defining usage of media content;
detect a pattern in media segments in the media content based on the usage data, the pattern detected when the media segments satisfy at least one defined criterion and are consumed at least a predefined threshold amount; and
block usage of at least one of the media segments.
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Abstract
Systems and devices are disclosed for monitoring and controlling usage of media content by blocking usage of media segments. In one embodiment, usage data defining usage, or consumption, of the media content is obtained. A pattern in media segments in the media content based on the usage data is detected when the media segments satisfy at least one defined criterion and are consumed at least a predefined threshold amount. Usage of at least one of the media segments is blocked. In one embodiment, one or more additional media segments accessible to the one or more media devices that are similar to the at least one of the one or more media segments for which usage is blocked at the one or more media devices is identified. Usage of at least one of the one or more additional media segments at the one or more media devices is blocked.
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19 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
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a communication interface; and a controller associated with the communication interface and associated with at least one processor, the controller configured to; obtain usage data defining usage of media content; detect a pattern in media segments in the media content based on the usage data, the pattern detected when the media segments satisfy at least one defined criterion and are consumed at least a predefined threshold amount; and block usage of at least one of the media segments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for monitoring and blocking usage of media content, the system comprising:
at least one media broker sending communications to and receiving communications from one or more mobile devices, the at least one media broker configured to; obtain usage data defining usage of media content at one or more of the one or more mobile devices; detect a pattern including at least one media segment in the media content consumed based on the usage data and one or more predefined pattern detection rules; and lock usage of the at least one media segment included in the pattern. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A device comprising:
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a communication interface; and a controller associated with the communication interface and associated with at least one processor, the controller configured to; obtain usage data defining usage of media content accessible to one or more media devices; identify one or more media segments that contain media content based on the usage data, the one or more media segments satisfying at least one defined criterion and consumed at least a predefined threshold amount; block usage of at least one of the one or more media segments at the one or more media devices; identify one or more additional media segments of the media content accessible to the one or more media devices that are similar to the at least one of the one or more media segments for which usage is blocked at the one or more media devices; and block usage of at least one of the one or more additional media segments at the one or more media devices.
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