Patent ID: 9414093
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method performed at an intermediate video supplier for providing access to a video program, the intermediate video supplier substantially simultaneously receiving the video program from a video supplier from a beginning, broadcasting and recording the video program, the method comprising: broadcasting, over a first channel, the video program to a plurality of subscribers starting at or about a scheduled time for a period corresponding to a duration of the video program; checking information associated with the broadcasted video program to determine if a permission to restart the broadcasted video program from its beginning is associated with the broadcasted video program; if permission to restart the broadcasted video program from its beginning is associated with the broadcasted video program, enabling a restart feature; during the duration period of the broadcasted video program, receiving a request from a subscriber to restart the broadcasted video program from its beginning, the request being associated with the restart feature; and transmitting the restarted video program, over a second channel, from its beginning to the subscriber for presentation at the subscriber's location in response to the request, wherein transmitting the restarted video program comprises transmitting the copy of the restarted video program stored in a video buffer.