US Patent 9936264 Method of restricting offline video playback to include advertisements

A method may include receiving, by a processing device of a user device, a media item and storing the media item in a local store for offline playback of the media item on the user device, responsive to a user request to play the media item, identifying one or more offline playback settings associated with the media item, determining, based on the offline playback settings, whether the media item is to be played with an advertisement, and if the media item is to be played with the advertisement, providing playback of the media item from the local store with the advertisement on the user device.