Patent ID: 8490126
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of restricting access to video content, the method comprising: sending a request for video content to a set-top box device from a remote user device via a video distribution network, the request causing recording of the video content in response to the video content being unrestricted at a location of the set-top box device while the video content is restricted at a location of the remote user device when the request is sent; analyzing, at the remote user device, data of video content received at the remote user device in response to the request to determine whether the video content is subject to a location restriction; receiving location data at the remote user device when the video content is subject to the location restriction, the location data indicating a location estimate of the remote user device; and sending a restriction notice to a display device of the remote user device when analysis of the location estimate indicates that the remote user device is within a region where the video content is location restricted.