Patent · US Active

Method and system for control of broadcast content access

US7895614B2 · kind B2 · utility

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38References

18Claims

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Assignee

NDS LIMITED · GB

Inventors

Yossi Tsuria · Jerusalem, IL
Moshe Shlissel · Jerusalem, IL
Ezra Darshan · Bet Shemesh, IL
Stephanie Wald · Ramat HaSharon, IL
Reuven Wachtfogel · Jerusalem, IL
Aharon Rozenhauz · Jerusalem, IL
Leonid Sandler · Jerusalem, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 2009
Grant date	Feb 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 20, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/4627
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling access to content, the method comprising: receiving content in an area in which access to the content is blacked out, the content corresponding to a blacked out event; preventing display of the content at the time of receipt; recording the received content; and allowing access to the recorded content after a time criterion is met, wherein the time criterion comprises an elapse of a predetermined period of time measured from a specified one of the following: commencement of the blacked out event and termination of the blacked out event.

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