Craig C Walter

US Patent:

20140280266, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 13, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/798996

Inventors:

Craig Evan Walter - Houston TX, US
Erica Michelle Walter - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707758

Abstract:

Applicants have created systems, methods, and apparatuses for tracking the display of media-based content in real time. The inventions can include a first media device adapted to output media, a first display unit adapted to display the outputted media, and an apparatus adapted to receive metadata associated with the outputted media and compare the metadata with data. The apparatus can further be adapted to output the media and one or more of a warning indicator and a status indicator if at least a portion of the metadata and the data match as a result of the comparison of the metadata with the data. By tracking the display of media-based content, the inventions described herein can prevent an end user from accessing previously accessed media-based content, restrict the content a given end user is permitted to access, and ensure the licensing terms of a copyright owner's content are properly enforced.