/Real-time Geo-locked Content Delivery Network Tokens
Abstract

Techniques for providing streaming content include receiving, from a first user and at a first point in time, a first request for a link to streaming content. These techniques further include determining a geographic location of the first user based on the first request, generating a geo-specific token describing the geographic location of the first user, where the geo-specific token is periodically re-evaluated, and transmitting the link to the content to the first user, the link including the token. The techniques further include receiving, from the first user at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, a second request for the streaming content comprising the token, determining a current geographic location of the first user based on the second request, and in response to determining that the current geographic location does not satisfy a geographic access condition associated with the token, denying the second request.

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What is claimed is:

Techniques for providing streaming content include receiving, from a first user and at a first point in time, a first request for a link to streaming content. These techniques further include determining a geographic location of the first user based on the first request, generating a geo-specific token describing the geographic location of the first user, where the geo-specific token is periodically re-evaluated, and transmitting the link to the content to the first user, the link including the token. The techniques further include receiving, from the first user at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, a second request for the streaming content comprising the token, determining a current geographic location of the first user based on the second request, and in response to determining that the current geographic location does not satisfy a geographic access condition associated with the token, denying the second request.
Timeline
Filed
05/20/2026
Published
09/17/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(3)
H04N 21/266:Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system or merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel
H04N 21/239:Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. prioritizing client requests
H04N 21/258:Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics or processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data