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

Claim 10:
11. A system for providing access to content, the system comprising:
communication circuitry; and
control circuitry coupled to the communication circuitry and configured to:
determine 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:
generate a content access bookmark based on a content timeline, and
store a content access authorization comprising the content access bookmark and an identifier from the profile;

determine 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, transmit, via the communication circuitry, access information corresponding to segments of the content item based on the content access bookmark.