San Francisco: Tech large Sony is reportedly planning to launch a monitoring software on sensible TVs and streaming gadgets that can block sideloaded piracy purposes.

The tech large has filed a brand new patent software to dam piracy purposes on sensible TVs and streaming gadgets, which is prone to be for Android TV as the corporate makes use of this platform for its sensible TVs, stories AndroidAuthority.

According to the corporate, the system-level “monitor” software incorporates a block record of recognized pirated community sources, akin to URLs and IP addresses, in consequence, it should determine third-party purposes.

After identification, the monitor software is anticipated to dam the third-party purposes from working, throttle it to offer a degraded expertise or pause the content material at irregular intervals.

However, that is only a patent so it isn’t positive if this anti-piracy function will truly roll out on business Sony gadgets.

It additionally raises loads of questions akin to whether or not this monitor software program would eat too many system sources, making Android TV lag, the report stated.