Patent ID: 7530085
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling access to content, the method comprising: receiving content in a first geographical area in which access to the content is blacked out, the content corresponding to a blacked out event, the content being distributed by a content delivery system both to the first geographical area in which access to the content is blacked out and to a second geographical area in which access to the content is not blacked out; preventing display of the content at a first user unit in the first geographical area at the time of receipt based, at least in part, on the first user unit being located in the first geographical area; recording the received content at the first user unit; and allowing access to the recorded content at the first user unit after a time criterion is met, wherein said receiving content in the first geographical area occurs during at least a portion of time that display of the content at the first user unit in the first geographical area is being prevented in accordance with the preventing step, and said time criterion comprises waiting until after the event is over.