IP Library Granted Patent US 9,143,515
Granted Patent B2
US 9,143,515 · App. 12/786,037 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

Location-based regulation of access

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Patent No.
US 9,143,515
App. No.
12/786,037
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Generally, access to content may be regulated by receiving a content request initiated at a jukebox for access to a content selection, identifying a jukebox location corresponding to a location of the jukebox, determining a permissible location for rendering the content selection, relating the jukebox location to the permissible location, and enabling the content request when the permissible location supports access to the content selection from the jukebox location.

Claims (46)

1. A method of enabling a wireless device to access content on a host, the method comprising:

receiving, from a wireless device and across a wireless communications network, a content request from an application on the wireless device that administers a content regulation system;

receiving, in association with the content request and from the wireless device, a coordinate location for the wireless device from the application on the wireless device that administers the content regulation system;

determining whether the wireless device is permitted to access content associated with the content request;

enabling the wireless device to access the content;

generating, based on the coordinate location, a permissible location for the wireless device to access the content;

storing an association between the content and the permissible location, the association enabling identification of the permissible location based on the content; and

configuring the content regulation system to identify, using the association, the permissible location so that the content may be accessed by the application within the identified permissible location.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the content request includes receiving a description of the content and a user identifier.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the permissible location is a region within a radius around the coordinate location.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the permissible location is a street address based on the coordinate location.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the association is stored in a database that relates an identifier of the content to the permissible location.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions for performing, when executed by at least one processor, a method comprising:

receiving, from a wireless device, a content request from an application on the wireless device that administers a content regulation system;

receiving, in association with the content request and from the wireless device, a coordinate location for the wireless device from the application on the wireless device that administers the content regulation system;

determining whether the wireless device is permitted to access content associated with the content request;

enabling the wireless device to access the content;

generating, based on the coordinate location, a permissible location for the wireless device to access the content;

storing an association between the content and the permissible location, the association enabling identification of the permissible location based on the content; and

configuring the content regulation system to identify, using the association, the permissible location so that the content may be accessed by the application within the identified permissible location.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein receiving the content request includes receiving a description of the content and a user identifier.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the permissible location is a region within a radius around the coordinate location.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the permissible location is a street address based on the coordinate location.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the association is stored in a database that relates an identifier of the content to the permissible location.

11. A method of accessing content on a host, the method comprising:

sending, from a wireless device, a content request to a host;

sending, in association with the content request and from the wireless device, a coordinate location for the wireless device to the host;

identifying, based on content associated with the content request, a permissible location for the wireless device to access the content, the permissible location generated by the host based on the coordinate location,

wherein an association, stored by the host, between the content and the permissible location enables the identification of the permissible location; and

accessing the content within the identified permissible location.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein sending the content request includes sending a description of the content and a user identifier.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the permissible location is a region within a radius around the coordinate location.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the permissible location is a street address based on the coordinate location.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the association is stored in a database that relates an identifier of the content to the permissible location.

16. An apparatus for accessing content on a host, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions which cause the processor to:

send, from a wireless device, a content request to a host;

send, in association with the content request and from the wireless device, a coordinate location for the wireless device to the host;

identify, based on content associated with the content request, a permissible location for the wireless device to access the content, the permissible location generated by the host based on the coordinate location,

wherein an association, stored by the host, between the content and the permissible location enables the identification of the permissible location; and

access the content within the identified permissible location.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein sending the content request includes sending a description of the content and a user identifier.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the permissible location is a region within a radius around the coordinate location.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the permissible location is a street address based on the coordinate location.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the association is stored in a database that relates an identifier of the content to the permissible location.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044334/0466 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2015
From: BRIGHT SUN TECHNOLOGIES
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 035197/0460 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2014
From: MARATHON SOLUTIONS LLC
To: BRIGHT SUN TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 031900/0494 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2012
From: AOL INC.
To: MARATHON SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 028911/0969 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2010
From: WEIGAND, GILBERT G.; LEVINE, SCOTT J.
To: AMERICA ONLINE, INC.
Reel/Frame 024431/0464 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2010
From: AMERICA ONLINE, INC.
To: AOL LLC
Reel/Frame 024431/0513 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2010
From: AOL LLC
To: AOL INC.
Reel/Frame 024431/0566 →