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

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
means for receiving, from a first device associated with a user profile, a request to transmit a content item to the first device;
means for determining 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
means for causing, in response to determining that the first device is outside the blackout region, the second device to store the content item during the blackout period; and
means for causing, in response to determining that the first device is outside the blackout region, the second device to transmit the stored content item to the first device via a communication network after expiration of the blackout period.