Patent ID: 8423004
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06F,H04H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering geographically restricted content over a network to a recipient device in response to a content server coupled to the network receiving a request for the geographically restricted content, comprising: receiving a request for delivery of geographically restricted content from a recipient device over a network at a content server; continued receiving over-air signal acquisition information from the recipient device indicative of a physical location of the recipient device; determining if the over-air signal acquisition information indicates a location of the recipient device as being within a geographically restricted area for the requested geographically restricted content as a condition for continued delivery of the requested geographically restricted content, wherein the geographically restricted area is defined within a broadcast range of at least one broadcast antenna representative of a geographic area where the recipient device is only permitted to receive the geographically restricted content; and wherein the received over-air signal acquisition information comprises a selectively tuned over-air signal containing embedded information to be extracted for identifying a location associated with the at least one broadcast antenna indicative of a geographic area location of the recipient device; and delivering the requested geographically restricted content to the recipient device over the network only if the over-air signal acquisition information indicates a location within the geographically restricted area for the requested geographically restricted content.