Content distribution device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11445250-B2
Application number	US-201916299605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	Mar 19, 2018
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

A content distribution device includes a communication component and a controller. The communication component communicates with an access point device having a plurality of identifiers. The controller sets a distribution related condition related to a distribution of content for each of the identifiers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A content distribution device comprising:
a communication component that communicates with an access point device having a plurality of identifiers, the identifiers including SSIDs (service set identifiers) that are wirelessly broadcast by the access point device and indicative of network names of wireless LANs that are established by the access point device and a stealth SSID that is set to stealth and indicative of a network name of a wireless LAN that is established by the access point device;
a controller that sets a distribution related condition related to a distribution of content for each of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs; and
a storage component that stores the distribution related condition in association with each of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs,
in response to the controller receiving a content distribution request from a distribution terminal via the access point device, the controller
obtaining, from the access point device, one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs used by the distribution terminal to establish a wireless LAN between the distribution terminal and the access point device,
searching, based on the obtained one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs, a distribution related condition associated with the obtained one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs from among the distribution related condition that has been stored in the storage component in association with each of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs, and
executing the distribution of the content to the distribution terminal according to the searched distribution related condition that has been searched based on the obtained one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs.

2. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller controls a display component to display information for setting the distribution related condition for each of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs.

3. The content distribution device according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller controls the display component to display the stealth SSID and the SSIDs for selecting one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs for which the distribution related condition is set.

4. The content distribution device according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller controls the display component to display a setting screen for setting the distribution related condition of the selected one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs.

5. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the access point device includes a wired LAN connection component to which a cable of a wired LAN is connected, and
the controller sets the distribution related condition for a connection path of the wired LAN via the wired LAN connection component.

6. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the access point device is connected to an external network, and
the controller sets the distribution related condition for a connection path of the external network.

7. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the distribution related condition includes a viewing age condition for setting a viewing age.

8. The content distribution device according to claim 7 , wherein
the viewing age condition is settable for each age.

9. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the distribution related condition includes a genre condition for setting a genre.

10. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the distribution related condition includes a distribution time period condition for setting a time period in which the distribution of the content is permitted.

11. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a receiver that receives broadcast signal of a selected channel,
the distribution related condition including a channel condition for setting a channel whose distribution is permitted.

12. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the distribution related condition includes an operation condition for setting a permitted operation related to the content.

13. The content distribution device according to claim 12 , wherein
the permitted operation related to the content includes at least one of programmed recording, deletion, editing, and copying.

14. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller creates a title list of the content based on the distribution related condition.

15. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller determines whether or not the distribution of the content is permitted based on the distribution related condition.

16. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller performs control to distribute the content when the distribution of the content is permitted, and performs control to notify that the content cannot be distributed when the distribution of the content is refused.

17. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
in response to the controller receiving a title list request from a distribution terminal, the controller transmits to the distribution terminal a title list of the content according to the distribution related condition corresponding to the one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs used by the distribution terminal.

18. The content distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
in response to the controller receiving a content operation request from a distribution terminal, the controller determines whether or not an operation related to the content is permitted according to the distribution related condition corresponding to the one of the stealth SSID and the SSIDs used by the distribution terminal.

Assignees

• Funai Electric Co

Inventors

• Takada Naoto
• Ujino Masanori
• Matsumoto Shinsuke

Classifications

• H04N21/26241

  involving the time of distribution, e.g. the best time of the day for inserting an advertisement or airing a children programme · CPC title

• H04N7/163

  by receiver means only · CPC title

• H04N21/4181 Primary

  for conditional access · CPC title

• H04N21/4755

  for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre (retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306) · CPC title

• H04N21/4668

  for recommending content, e.g. movies · CPC title