Patent ID: 8566859
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for distributing geographically restricted video data in an internet protocol television system, the system comprising: an internet protocol television server in data communication with an internet protocol television system; a non-transitory machine readable medium in data communication with the internet protocol television server; a first internet protocol television server interface for accepting a request from an internet protocol television client device for geographic restriction data for the geographically restricted video data; a first computer program embedded in the machine readable medium comprising instructions to determine a plurality of geographic restriction zones for the geographically restricted video data and instructions to determine a plurality of different duration time delays for each of a plurality of geographic restriction zones, wherein the plurality of geographic restriction zones are based on physical proximity of an internet protocol television client device to a geographic origin of the geographically restricted video data; and a second internet protocol television server interface for sending electronic program guide data containing the geographic restriction data for at least one of the plurality of geographic restriction zones wherein the geographically restricted video data is available with a shorter time delay in a geographic restriction zone farther from a geographic origin of the geographically restricted video data.