Enforcing content blackout

One or more devices, comprising:

• one or more network interfaces to:
• communicate, over a network, with a user device associated with a user;
• and
• one or more processing devices configured to:
• receive, from the user device via the one or more network interfaces, a request for content;
• initiate an upload of the requested content to the user device in response to the request;
• receive a request for a license key from the user device in response to the initiation of the upload;
• determine whether the user device is outside a blackout region associated with the content;
• determine whether one or more criteria associated with entitlement rights to play the requested content by the user device are met;
• generate a license key when the one or more processing devices determine that the user device is outside the blackout region and the one or more criteria associated with the entitlement rights to play the requested content by the user device are met;
• and
• send the license key to the user device,
• wherein the one or more criteria include at least one of a device registration token, a maximum number of concurrent viewing sessions for the user, a maximum number of total viewing sessions for the user, and a video quality right.

A device comprising:

• a network interface to communicate with a remote system;
• and
• at least one processing device configured to:
• register the device with the remote system when the device is not registered with the remote system;
• send a request, to the remote system, for content;
• initiate a download of the content from the remote system;
• send a request, to the remote system, for a license key for the content based on information provided in a header of the content being downloaded;
• receive the license key from the remote system when the remote system determines that the device is outside a blackout region of the requested content, and when the remote system determines that the device satisfies one or more criteria associated with the license key;
• use the license key to decrypt the content;
• and
• output the decrypted content to an output device,
• wherein the one or more criteria include at least one of a device registration token, a maximum number of concurrent viewing sessions for the user, a maximum number of total viewing sessions for the user, and a video quality right.