Patent ID: 9191624
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at an end-user media playback device, positioning data associated with a location of the end-user media playback device, wherein the positioning data is received from a global positioning system receiver integrated into the end-user media playback device; while reception of media content at the end-user media playback device from a residential gateway is disabled, making a determination, at the end-user media playback device, whether the end-user media playback device is authorized to receive the media content at the location; when the determination indicates that the end-user media playback device is authorized to receive the media content at the location, enabling reception of the media content at the end-user media playback device via a wireless transmission from the residential gateway; and when the determination indicates that the end-user media playback device is not authorized to receive the media content at the location: