Patent ID: 8943610
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: maintaining a database of user profile information associated with a user; providing a plurality of protected segments from a media content to a device of the user; classifying the user as one of a plurality of classes including a first class user and a second class user; if the classifying classifies the user as the first class user, selectively providing access to the user to each one of the protected segments in response to the user accessing each associated one of a plurality of gating media segments preceding its associated one of the protected segments according to a timeline profile, wherein the selectively providing includes providing at least one gating media segment associated with the plurality of protected segments based, at least in part, on the user profile information; and if the classifying classifies the user as the second class user, providing access to the user to each one of the protected segments without requiring the user accessing each associated one of the plurality of gating media segments preceding its associated one of the protected segments according to the timeline profile.