Patent ID: 11889150
Assignee: TIVO CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a distribution device via a computing device, a command associated with delivery of a media asset to a user device configured to consume a plurality of media assets, wherein the user device is prevented from upstream communication by an operational condition;
causing the computing device to send a portion of first control information to the user device, wherein the user device is configured to render payload data contained in the first control information and a first identifier representative of a rendering capability of the user device;
sending, to the computing device, the first identifier representative of the rendering capability of the user device; and
causing the computing device to determine based on the first identifier if the media asset is suitable to be consumed via the user device by comparing a type of the media asset with the rendering capability of the user device.