Patent ID: 9027066
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering video content, the method comprising: determining, by a pre-load server comprising a processor, a television program having a scheduled broadcast time that occurs during a peak viewing period; receiving, by the pre-load server an indication of a request to record the television program at a multimedia storage device; obtaining data to prevent viewing of the video content prior to the broadcast time; and selectively sending, by the pre-load server and responsive to the receiving of the indication of the request, video content associated with the television program to the multimedia storage device during a non-peak viewing period prior to the peak viewing period, wherein the video content includes the data to prevent the multimedia storage device from sending the video content to another device prior to the time when the television program is scheduled to be broadcast, wherein the data allows the multimedia storage device to send a denial of access indicator to a second device, responsive to a request for access to the television program preceding the scheduled broadcast time and wherein the data further causes the multimedia storage device to send the video content to the second device only at or after the scheduled broadcast time.