Patent ID: 9288246
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing proximity-based quality for multimedia content, comprising: transmitting the multimedia content; intentionally controlling a quality level of a presentation of the multimedia content based on geographic proximity of a user to a particular location including intentionally controlling the quality level of the presentation of the multimedia content in accordance to a defined quality level for each of a plurality of geographic proximity zones associated with the particular location with at least one first one of the plurality of geographic proximity zones having a first defined quality level that is higher than a second defined quality level of at least one second one of the plurality of geographic proximity zones; and wherein a degree of controlling of the quality level of the presentation of the multimedia content is reduced as the user moves closer to the particular location, with the user receiving a full quality level of the presentation of the multimedia content at the particular location.