US 12,143,655 B2
Device location determination
Thiru balaji Somasundaram, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to NAGRAVISION S.A., Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Filed by Nagravision S.A., Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,383.
Application 18/062,383 is a continuation of application No. 17/309,608, granted, now 11,570,499, previously published as PCT/EP2019/086312, filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18215300 (EP), filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098925 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2541 (2013.01) [H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/42684 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first device, first location verification data from a server, the first location verification data indicating a stored location of the first device;
receiving, by the first device, a first control key code from a second device comprising a remote control;
receiving, by the first device, second location verification data in the form of a second control key code from a smart device, the second location verification data indicating a location of the smart device, the location of the smart device determined using a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver; and
verifying, by the first device, that a location of the first device is within a predetermined range of the stored location by comparing the second location verification data with the first location verification data.