Patent ID: 7676823

Claim:
A method of providing access to a subscription service in a signal distribution system to a system user at a location remote from a home location of the user, the subscription service comprising a plurality of selectable channels available to the user at the home location, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request for initiation of a roaming session; and generating responsive to initiation of the roaming session at least one user interface for presentation on a device at the remote location, wherein the generated user interface is configured to provide access at the remote location to one or more of the channels available to the user at the home location and represents an at least partial alteration of a normal user interface that is presented on the device at the remote location prior to initiation of the roaming session; wherein the normal user interface presented on the device at the remote location prior to initiation of the roaming session comprises an identifier of at least one predetermined generic roaming channel which is allocated for presentation of roaming content even if no such roaming content is available, and the generated user interface replaces said identifier with an identifier of one of the channels available to the user at the home location.