Patent ID: 11863823
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A system comprising:
input/output (I/O) circuitry configured to receive, from a first device associated with a user profile, a request to transmit a content item to the first device;
control circuitry communicably coupled to the I/O circuitry and configured:
to determine that the content item is subject to a blackout in a blackout region during a blackout period and that a second device associated with the user profile is in the blackout region; and
in response to determining that the first device is outside the blackout region:
to cause the second device to store the content item during the blackout period; and
to cause the second device to transmit the stored content item to the first device via a communication network after expiration of the blackout period.