Patent ID: 7877767
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing geographically restricted video data in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system, the method comprising: determining at the server, a plurality of geographic restriction zones for the geographically restricted video data, wherein the closer a geographic restriction zone is to an event, the longer duration delay imposed on viewing video data from a physical event over the IPTV system and, wherein in a first geographic restriction zone closest to the event, the geographically restricted video data for the event is blocked out for a first duration delay, in a second geographic restriction zone farther from the event than the first geographic restriction zone the geographically restricted video data is blocked out for a second duration delay shorter than the first duration, in a third geographic restriction zone farther from the event than the second geographic restriction zone the geographically restricted video data is blocked out for a third duration delay shorter than the second duration delay.