Method and system for providing conditional access authorizations to a mobile receiving device

• US 20070280477A1
• Filed: 11/07/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Norin, John, Casavant, Scott, Guzman, Jorge, Lee, Sean S., Jupin, Brian
• Application Number:
  US11/593,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20070280477A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/240
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2143 located in a single building, e.g. hotel, hospital or museum arrangements specially adapted for plural spots in a confined site in broadcast systems H04H20/63; adaptations for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution in television systems H04N7/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26606 for generating or managing entitlement messages, e.g. Entitlement Control Message [ECM] or Entitlement Management Message [EMM] arrangements for conditional access to broadcast information or to broadcast-related services H04H60/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6143 involving transmission via a satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/20 Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite

Abstract

A system and method for providing conditional access authorizations in a satellite-receiving system includes generating a conditional access signal at a head-end 20, receiving the conditional access signal at a fixed satellite receiver 54. The conditional access signal is communicated from the fixed satellite receiver 54 to a mobile satellite receiver 28. Conditional access is stored in the mobile satellite receiver 28 and enables the use of the signals by the mobile satellite receiver in response to the conditional access signal.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating a conditional access signal;

receiving the conditional access signal at a fixed satellite receiver;

communicating the conditional access signal to a mobile playback device from the fixed satellite receiver;

storing the conditional access signal on a mobile satellite receiver; and

enabling use of satellite signals by the mobile satellite receiver in response to the conditional access signal.

2. A method as in claim 1 wherein generating comprises generating the conditional access signal through a satellite.

3. A method as in claim 1 wherein communicating comprises wirelessly communicating conditional access signal.

4. A method as in claim 3 wherein wirelessly communicating the conditional access signal comprises communicating the conditional access signal through a wireless network.

5. A method as in claim 3 wherein wirelessly communicating the conditional access signal comprises communicating the conditional access signal through a WiFi network.

6. A method as in claim 3 wherein wirelessly communicating the conditional access signal comprises communicating the conditional access signal through an extender of a wireless phone network.

7. A method as in claim 3 wherein wirelessly communicating the conditional access signal comprises communicating the conditional access signal through a cellular phone network.

8. A method as in claim 3 wherein communicating comprises storing the conditional access signal on a memory device and further comprising coupling the memory device to a mobile playback device.

9. A method as in claim 1 wherein the mobile satellite receiver comprises a mobile integrated receiver decoder.

10. A method as in claim 1 wherein generating the call-back signal comprises generating the conditional access signal at a head end.

11. A method comprising:

generating a call-in signal;

wirelessly communicating the call-in signal to a mobile satellite signal receiving device; and

operating a mobile satellite signal receiving device in response to the call-in signal.

12. A method as in claim 11 wherein wirelessly communicating comprises wirelessly communicating through a wireless network.

13. A method as in claim 11 wherein wirelessly communicating comprises wirelessly communicating through a WiFi network.

14. A method as in claim 11 wherein wirelessly communicating comprises wirelessly communicating through an extender of a wireless phone network.

15. A method as in claim 11 wherein wirelessly communicating wherein wirelessly communicating comprises wirelessly communicating through a cellular phone network.

16. A system comprising:

a fixed satellite receiver receiving a conditional access signal, said fixed receiver communicating a conditional access signal; and

a mobile satellite receiver receiving the conditional access signal and enabling use of a satellite signal in response to the conditional access signal.

17. A system as recited in claim 16 further comprising a wireless network communicating the conditional access signal to the mobile satellite receiver.

18. A system as recited in claim 16 wherein the wireless network comprises a WiFi network

19. A system as recited in claim 16 wherein the wireless network comprises an extender of a wireless phone network.

20. A system as recited in claim 16 wherein the wireless network comprises a cellular phone network.

21. A system as recited in claim 16 further comprising a portable storage device storing the conditional access from the fixed satellite receiver.

22. A system as recited in claim 16 wherein the fixed satellite receiver comprises a home-based satellite television receiver.

23. A system as recited in claim 16 wherein the mobile satellite receiver comprises a vehicle-based satellite television receiver.