Patent ID: 11971964
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for providing access to content, the method comprising:
determining that a device on which a profile is in use is no longer accessing a content item, wherein the profile has access to the content item;
in response to determining that the device is no longer accessing the content item:
generating a content access bookmark based on a content timeline, and
storing a content access authorization comprising the content access bookmark and an identifier from the profile;

determining whether a subsequent content access request for the content item is approved based on the content access authorization; and
in response to determining that the subsequent content access request is approved based on the content access authorization, transmitting access information corresponding to segments of the content item based on the content access bookmark.