Temporary Content Licensing for Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often miss content when leaving a venue before it finishes, as their mobile devices may not be licensed to consume the content outside the original location where it was started, leading to incomplete viewing experiences.
Innovation Solution
A system that temporarily licenses content for consumption on a mobile device while the user is traveling to or within a threshold distance of a location where the content is licensed, using location monitoring and server-based licensing to ensure continuous viewing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If content is licensed for consumption only at the original venue, then licensing control is maintained, but users cannot continue consuming content when traveling to another location
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic license validation by continuously monitoring the mobile device's location and comparing it against authorized consumption locations. The system transitions from static venue-based licensing to dynamic location-aware licensing, allowing content consumption to adapt as the user moves between authorized locations while maintaining license control through real-time position verification.
2Ease of operation
If content is temporarily licensed for travel, then continuous content consumption is enabled, but additional system complexity is introduced for location monitoring and license management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the content delivery system and mobile devices. This server handles complex license validation, location verification, and consumption tracking, offloading the complexity from individual devices while enabling seamless content consumption continuity. The server acts as a central coordinator that manages the interaction between multiple components without requiring complex local implementation on each device.
3Duration of action of moving object
If location monitoring is implemented to enable temporary licensing, then content consumption continuity is maintained, but additional data processing and communication overhead is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic location reporting where mobile devices transmit their position to the server at scheduled intervals rather than continuously. This approach maintains content consumption duration by periodically verifying the device remains within authorized locations while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring. The system balances license validation needs with power conservation through time-based sampling of location data.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are described herein for providing content for consumption on a mobile device by temporarily licensing the content to the mobile device while the mobile device is travelling between two locations having media devices licensed to provide the content for consumption, or while temporarily outside a location having a media device licensed to provide the content for consumption. Upon detecting that the mobile device is leaving a location at which the content is being provided it is determined whether the mobile device is within a threshold distance of the location, or if the content is licensed to be provided for consumption by a media device at an identified destination. The content is temporarily licensed for consumption on the mobile device to allow the mobile device to provide the content for consumption while outside the first location or while travelling to the second location.