Patent ID: 8064818

Claim:
A method of distributing content data to a mobile station of a communication system adapted for distributing content data, the method comprising: receiving at a distribution device a first request for content data from the mobile station, the first request comprising a mobile station identifier of the mobile station; determining by the distribution device that the first request for the content data includes a roaming identifier, the roaming identifier indicating that the mobile station is outside of a home communications network; determining by the distribution device that the content data requested in the first request for content data is not allowed to be distributed outside the home communications network; receiving at the distribution device data indicating a future time when the mobile station will be at a location at which distribution to the mobile station of the content data requested with the first request is authorized; determining by the distribution device that the distribution of content data is authorized for download to the mobile station at the indicated future time; and storing by the distribution device the requested content data correlated to the mobile station identifier, the requested content data stored for download to the mobile station at the indicated future time in response to the determination that the distribution of content data is authorized for download to the mobile station at the indicated future time.