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20080253564 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILE SHARING OF MISSING CONTENT BETWEEN A GROUP OF USER DEVICES IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - A communication system | 10-16-2008 |
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20080256084 | Method and system for using a website to perform a remote action on a set top box with a secure authorization - A communication system | 10-16-2008 |
20080256246 | Method and apparatus for file sharing between a group of user devices with crucial portions sent via satellite and non-crucial portions sent using a peer-to-peer network - A communication system | 10-16-2008 |
20080256359 | Method and apparatus for file sharing between a group of user devices with encryption-decryption information sent via satellite and the content sent separately - A communication system | 10-16-2008 |
20080256615 | Method and apparatus for file sharing between a group of user devices with separately sent crucial portions and non-crucial portions - A communication system | 10-16-2008 |
20080279386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCRYPTING MEDIA PROGRAMS FOR LATER PURCHASE AND VIEWING - A system and method for storing and retrieving program material for subsequent replay is disclosed. The method includes accepting a receiver ID associated with a receiver key stored in a memory of the receiver, determining a pairing key for encrypting communications between the conditional access module and the receiver, encrypting the pairing key with the receiver key, and transmitting a message comprising the encrypted pairing key to the receiver. The apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a data stream transmitting a media program encrypted according to a media encryption key and an encrypted media encryption key and a conditional access module, communicatively coupleable with the receiver. | 11-13-2008 |
20080313474 | SUPER ENCRYPTED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF MEDIA PROGRAMS WITH SMARTCARD GENERATED KEYS - A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving program material for subsequent replay is disclosed. In summary, the present invention describes a system and method for storing and retrieving program material for subsequent replay. The method comprises the steps of accepting encrypted access control information and the program material encrypted according to a first encryption key, the access control information including a first encryption key and control data; decrypting the received access control information to produce the first encryption key; decrypting the program material using the first encryption key; re-encrypting the program material using according to a second encryption key; encrypting the second encryption key according to a third encryption key to produce a fourth encryption key; and providing the re-encrypted program material and a fourth encryption key for storage. The apparatus comprises a conditional access module, for accepting encrypted access control information and the program material encrypted according to a first encryption key, the encrypted access control information including the first encryption key and temporally-variant control data, the control access module comprising a first decryption module, for decrypting the access control information to produce the first encryption key; a first encryption module, for encrypting a second encryption key with a third encryption key to produce a fourth encryption key; and a second decryption module for decrypting the fourth encryption key to produce the second encryption key. | 12-18-2008 |
20090028328 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A CONTENT STREAM WITH CONDITIONAL ACCESS INFORMATION AND A CONTENT FILE - A communication system includes a content repository | 01-29-2009 |
20090031360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING A SERVICE USING A WELCOME VIDEO - A communication system | 01-29-2009 |
20090086969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR A MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT USING AN ENCRYPTION - A communication system | 04-02-2009 |
20090086970 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY PROVIDING AND STORING CONTENT IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT SYSTEM - A communication system | 04-02-2009 |
20090089843 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR A MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT USING AN AUTHORIZATION LIST - A communication system | 04-02-2009 |
20090172722 | SERVICE ACTIVATION OF SET-TOP BOX FUNCTIONALITY USING BROADCAST CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to activate functionality in a set-top box | 07-02-2009 |
20090178069 | INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER CALLBACK FOR SATELLITE SYSTEMS - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for delivering purchase information comprising storing purchase information for a purchase of a user in a set top box. The set top box (STB) is configured to receive and display the broadcast signals through a tuner onto a display device. The STB establishes a connection to the Internet through a user initiated action (e.g., when the user accesses the Internet using the STB). A new transmission control/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) connection is obtained using the established user-initiated Internet connection without the user requesting the connection. A secure electronic connection is established with a server through the new TCP/IP connection. The purchase information is then transmitted from the STB through the secure electronic connection to the server. | 07-09-2009 |
20100180291 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO OPERATE THE SAME - Content delivery systems and methods to operate the same are disclosed. A disclosed example content delivery system comprises: a receiver station; a content server to transfer a file to a receiver via a point-to-point communication signal; and a transmission source that includes a computer readable medium to store the file containing pre-packetized content data and a controller to send the file containing the pre-packetized content data to a broadcast transmitter and to the content server. | 07-15-2010 |
20110066679 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT - A system and method for controlling a communication system includes a local area network, a first client device and a first server device in communication with the first client device through the local area network. The first server device communicates an audio-visual stream and remote user interface data to the first client device through the local area network. The first client device renders a display using the audio-video stream and the remote user interface. The first client device generates a key command and communicates the key command to the first server device in response to the remote user interface data. | 03-17-2011 |
20110161396 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING A CLIENT DEVICE IN A MULTI-ROOM DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM - A system and method for registering a client device with a server device includes the server device having a display. The display displays a first identifier in response to entering a registration mode. A client device is in communication with the server device. The client device detects that the server device is in registration mode and communicates a second identifier to the client device. The server device compares the first identifier and the second identifier and, after comparing, registers the client device at the server device. | 06-30-2011 |
20110162020 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MULTI-ROOM DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM - A system and method for allocating tuner resources in a multi-room digital video recording system, wherein the system includes a server device having a plurality of tuners therein and a first client device in communication with the server device and allocated at least a first tuner from the plurality of tuners. A second client in communication client device generates a tuner request. The server device allocates the first tuner to the second user device and communicates a content signal through the first tuner to the second client device. | 06-30-2011 |
20110185168 | Method and Apparatus for File Sharing Between a Group of User Devices with Separately Sent Crucial Portions and Non-Crucial Portions - A communication system and method for operating the same includes a group of user devices and a content delivery network in communication with the group of user devices. The content delivery network selects a plurality user devices from the group of user devices, divides the content into a crucial portion and a non-crucial portions, and encrypts the crucial portions differently for each of the user devices in the group using conditional access encryption. The content delivery network communicates the non-crucial portions to the plurality of user devices, communicates the encrypted crucial portion to the plurality of user devices separately from the non-crucial. The plurality of user devices assembles the crucial portion and the non-crucial portions to form the content. | 07-28-2011 |
20110261959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY INSERTING WATERMARK INTO ENCRYPTED COMPRESSED VIDEO BITSTREAM - A method and apparatus for remote watermarking of a media program is disclosed. The method inserts a pattern of substituted second versions of media program portions that are invisible to the viewer, into reproduced copies of the media program. The method permits the watermarking of encrypted media programs. | 10-27-2011 |
20110271306 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE CONTENT ON DEMAND IN CONTENT BROADCAST SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systems are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a first portion of a program via broadcast signal and receiving a second portion of the program via an Internet protocol (IP) based signal. The example method may further comprise combining the first and the second portions and at least one of store the combined first and second portions in a file or playback the combined first and second portions. | 11-03-2011 |
20110289522 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF BUILDING A WANTED LIST QUEUE FOR A USER IN A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A system and method for communicating content to a user device includes a head end that communicates metadata for a plurality of content including the content titles. The system also includes the user device that generates a screen display comprising the plurality of content titles from the metadata and generates a selection corresponding to a first content title from a user interface, the user device adds metadata for the first content title to a queue and displays the queue in a priority order on the screen display. The user device is tuned to receive content corresponding to the first content title and stores the content in a storage device. | 11-24-2011 |
20120155837 | SECURE STORAGE AND REPLAY OF MEDIA PROGRAMS USING A HARD-PAIRED RECEIVER AND STORAGE DEVICE - A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving program material for subsequent replay is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving a data stream comprising the program material encrypted according to a first (CW) encryption key, decrypting the program material; re-encrypting the program material according to a second encryption key, and storing the re-encrypted material in a media storage device. The program material is played back by retrieving the re-encrypted material from the media storage device and decrypting the re-encrypted program material. In one embodiment, the media storage device also stores the second encryption key which has been further encrypted by a key that is unique to the device used to receive the program material. | 06-21-2012 |
20120213367 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR A MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT USING AN ENCRYPTION - A communication system includes a head end. The head end communicates with a system gateway. A plurality of user devices is coupled to the gateway. The gateway receives the plurality of first encrypted signals, decrypts the plurality of first encrypted signals to form unencrypted signals and encrypts the unencrypted signals with a second encryption to form a plurality of second encrypted signals and communicates the second encrypted signals to the plurality of user devices. The signals may also be super-encrypted signals. That is, rather than un-encrypting at the gateway, the first encrypted signals may be again encrypted. | 08-23-2012 |
20120331494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING VIEWING DATA AND PROVIDING CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS AT A SET TOP BOX - A system and method for generating television recommendations includes a viewer tracking module that tracks viewer events to form a viewer tracking log. A recommendation module that determines a timeslot, generates a timeslot viewing profile based on the timeslot. The viewer tracking log corresponds to television programs watched previously at the user device during the timeslot. The recommendation module compares the timeslot viewing profile with available content for the timeslot and generates a content recommendation list. | 12-27-2012 |
20130117379 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILE SHARING OF MISSING CONTENT BETWEEN A GROUP OF USER DEVICES IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - A communication system includes a first user device and a group of user devices. A peer-to-peer network is formed from the group of user devices and the first user device. A content request is communicated to the group of user devices through a terrestrial network. At least one of the group of user devices communicates the media content file corresponding to the content request to the first user device through the peer-to-peer network. The media content file communicated to the first user device from at least one of the group of user devices comprises a missing portion of the media content file. | 05-09-2013 |
20130125176 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A WEBSITE TO PERFORM A REMOTE ACTION ON A SET TOP BOX WITH A SECURE AUTHORIZATION - A conditional access system generating a permission packet in response to the content request. The permission packet has information for a user device to access content through a connection of a content delivery network so that in response to the permission packet, a first connection from the content delivery network to the user device may be opened by the user device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130198404 | PRESENTATION MODES FOR VARIOUS FORMAT BIT STREAMS - A system, method, and apparatus for processing media content for display on a monitor. A home media center (HMC), that includes a server receiver, acts as a central location for recording, distribution, and scheduling of tasks and system resources. The HMC receives a client request from a first client receiver and a legacy request or informs the receiver that the request cannot be fulfilled. Different coding technologies are used to provide video, audio, and data services to the client receiver and the legacy receiver. | 08-01-2013 |
20130282879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING A CLIENT DEVICE IN A MULTI-ROOM DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM - A system and method for registering a client device with a server device includes the server device having a display. The display displays a first identifier in response to entering a registration mode. A client device is in communication with the server device. The client device detects that the server device is in registration mode and communicates a second identifier to the client device. The server device compares the first identifier and the second identifier and, after comparing, registers the client device at the server device. | 10-24-2013 |
20130332570 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY PROVIDING AND STORING CONTENT IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT SYSTEM - A communication system | 12-12-2013 |
20140109154 | DIGITAL STORAGE MEDIA COMMAND AND CONTROL DATA INDEXING - A system for receiving satellite signals for display on a monitor. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises an antenna, a server receiver, coupled to the antenna, and at least one client receiver, coupled to the server receiver, wherein the server receiver maintains a list of satellite video signals to be recorded by the server receiver, the satellite video signals including network recorded data and metadata associated with the network recorded data, and wherein the list can be accessed by the server receiver and the at least one client receiver. | 04-17-2014 |
20140208344 | INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER CALLBACK FOR SATELLITE SYSTEMS - A receiver and method for operating the same includes a memory storing purchase information therein and a communication module. A controller is in communication with the memory and the communication module. The controller determines whether an existing Internet connection is present at the communication module when the existing Internet connection is present and communicates purchase information to a service provider through the existing Internet connection. The controller determines whether a subscriber-initiated Internet connection has occurred within a mandatory callback time period, when purchase information has been communicated within the mandatory callback time period and advances the mandatory callback time period. The controller initiates the communication module to initiate a new Internet connection when there is no existing Internet connection present or no subscriber-initiated Internet connection has occurred within the mandatory callback time period. | 07-24-2014 |
20140279781 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING RECOMMENDED CONTENT USING CLUSTERING - A method and system for storing push content includes a user device having a memory and a viewer tracking module generating a viewed content history for content corresponding to viewed content at the user device. A recommendation recording module compares the viewed content history and push content and stores at least one push content at the user device in response comparing to form a recorded content push list. A display displays the recorded content push list corresponding to the content stored in the user device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280140 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING RECOMMENDED CONTENT SUCH AS MOVIES ASSOCIATED WITH A CLUSTER - A method and system for recommending content includes a user device having a memory storing a taxonomy table having content cluster identifiers therein. The user device receives an external recommendations list for the content cluster at the user device. The recommendations list has a plurality of content identifiers each having one content cluster identifier. A viewer tracking module generates a viewed content history for content relative to the content clusters identifiers that correspond to viewed content at the user device. A recommendation module generates an internal recommendations list by comparing the external recommendations list to the viewed content history at the user device. The internal recommendation list also presents recommendations capturing the distinct user tastes in a family viewing device. A display displays the internal recommendations list, with section headers of different granularity describing the nature of the recommended content at cluster, sub-genre and genre levels. | 09-18-2014 |