Patent ID: 8041643
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing media content access, the method comprising: providing a list of available media content from a set-top box device to a display device; receiving a selection related to the list of available media content; sending data related to the selection to a content management system; receiving selected media content from a content source based on the selection; receiving an access rule related to the selected media content from an access rule source; identifying a restriction of the access rule that limits access to the selected media content to a first portion of the selected media content that is less than an entirety of the selected media content; altering the selected media content at the set-top box device based on the access rule, wherein the altered selected media content includes the first portion of the selected media content without disruption and wherein the altered selected media content does not include a second portion of the selected media content without disruption; sending the first portion of the selected media content from the set-top box device to the display device; and restricting viewing of the first portion of the selected media content to a pre-determined number of viewings based on the access rule.