Patent ID: 11861564
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A system comprising:
control circuitry configured to:
retrieve, via a communications network and from a user device, user schedule information related to a user selected movie scheduled to be shown at a movie theater;
retrieve, via the communications network and from a media asset information database, movie schedule information related to a movie scheduled to be shown at the movie theater that matches the user selected movie;
retrieve, via the communications network, current location information of the user device;
retrieve, via the communications network, location information of the movie theater;
determine, based on a comparison of the retrieved user schedule information, the retrieved movie schedule information, the retrieved current location information of the user device, and the retrieved location information of the movie theater that the user device will arrive late to the movie theater; and
in response to the determining that the user device will arrive late to the movie theater:
identify a portion of the movie that will be missed; and

communications circuitry configured to:
transmit the portion of the movie to the user device for display on the user device.