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Exclusive Delivery of Content Within Geographic Areas

  • US 20160148268A1
  • Filed: 01/29/2016
  • Published: 05/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • registering an application program for having content of a designated content provider delivered to one or more application program instances thereby designating the application program as a registered application program;

    receiving, from the registered application program, a request to obtain an interest in a designated geographic area for having content of the designated content provider delivered to the one or more application program instances after it is determined that the object of interest has crossed a boundary defining the designated geographic area;

    after it is determined that the interest in the designated geographic area is to be granted to the registered application program, storing a reservation associating the designated geographic area with the registered application program;

    restricting content delivery to the one or more application program instances to being content of the designated content provider after it is determined that the object of interest has crossed the boundary defining the designated geographic area; and

    after it is determined that the object of interest has crossed the boundary defining the designated geographic area, causing content of the designated content provider to be provided for use by the one or more application program instances.

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