| CPC H04N 21/4383 (2013.01) [H04N 21/442 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first content platform administered by a first provider, an access token from a second content platform administered by a second provider, wherein the access token enables access to the second content platform by the first content platform;
determining, using the access token, an access duration for which access to the second content platform is enabled;
retrieving a plurality of content identifiers of content items that will be available on the second content platform during the access duration;
receiving, at the first content platform, a selection of a content identifier of the plurality of content identifiers;
determining whether a content item corresponding to the selected content identifier is currently available on the first content platform; and
in response to determining that the content item corresponding to the selected content identifier is not currently available on the first content platform, reducing the access duration to the second content platform.
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