Methods and systems for monitoring content subscription usage
US10178421B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/44204
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some aspects, control circuitry detects a plurality of instances in which the number of requests to simultaneously stream media from a subscription service to different devices exceeds a number of streams available to the user from the subscription service. The control circuitry generates a plurality of timestamps corresponding to the plurality of instances, and compares each timestamp to a range of timestamps that corresponds to a subscription period for the subscription service in order to determine a number of instances that occurred during the subscription period. The control circuitry compares the number of instances that occurred during the subscription period to a threshold number for the subscription period. Control circuitry transmits a message, from the server to one of the different devices, if the threshold is exceeded.
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