PERSONALIZING ANY TV GATEWAY

• US 20090328092A1
• Filed: 08/24/2007
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Company KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Uytterhoeven, Luc, Goeman, Stefan
• Application Number:
  US12/439,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20090328092A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4182 for identification purposes, e.g. storing user identification data, preferences, personal settings or data restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code in combination with an additional device, e.g. dongle or smart card G06F21/123
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4381 Recovering the multiplex stream from a specific network, e.g. recovering MPEG packets from ATM cells transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6334 for authorisation, e.g. by transmitting a key wireless communications network key management H04W12/04; wireless communications network access security H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• 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 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A system and method for personalizing a TV gateway is disclosed. Specifically, the disclosed system includes a TV gateway authentication infrastructure and a user authentication infrastructure in communication with external networks. The TV gateway authentication infrastructure accesses the external networks and authenticates the TV gateway. The user authentication infrastructure authenticates an end-user via end-user credentials contained in a personal tamper resistant device, which is in communication with the TV gateway. When an end-user is authenticated, an end-user profile containing TV service credentials is loaded on the TV gateway enabling the fruition of authorized end-user TV content on a TV display.

Claims

1. A method for personalizing a TV gateway of a digital TV system, the digital TV system including the TV gateway, which is connected to external networks, a TV display connectable to the TV gateway, and a TV gateway authentication infrastructure and a user authentication infrastructure in communication with the external networks, the method comprising:

a) authenticating the TV gateway by the TV gateway authentication infrastructure accessing the external networks;

b) authenticating an end-user via end-user credentials contained in a personal tamper resistant device in communication with the TV gateway by the user authentication infrastructure;

c) loading an end-user profile on the TV gateway as a result of the end-user being authenticated;

d) enabling the fruition of authorized end-user TV content on the TV display, by the TV gateway using TV service credentials contained in the end-user profile.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein step a is achieved via gateway specific credentials.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein step b is achieved via end-user specific credentials stored on a tamper resistant device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the personal tamper resistant device is at least one of (i) in wired communication with the TV gateway via a reader integrated within the TV gateway and (ii) in wireless communication with the TV gateway via a reader external to the TV gateway.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the TV gateway is selected from a group consisting of:

set top boxes;

home gateways; and

residential gateways.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the personal tamper resistant device is selected from a group consisting of:

smart cards;

SIM cards;

USIM cards;

electronic ID cards; and

social security cards.

7. An apparatus for personalizing a TV gateway of a digital TV system, comprising:

a TV gateway authentication infrastructure in communication with the external networks, the TV gateway authentication infrastructure accessing the external networks and authenticating the TV gateway, which is connected to the external networks;

a user authentication infrastructure in communication with the external networks, the user authentication infrastructure including a personal tamper resistant device in communication with the TV gateway, the personal tamper resistant device authenticating an end-user via end-user credentials contained in the personal tamper resistant device at a first time;

an end-user profile, the end-user profile loadable after the first time onto the TV gateway; and

a TV display connectable to the TV gateway, the TV display enabling the fruition of authorized end-user TV content on the TV display by the TV gateway using TV service credentials contained in the end-user profile.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the gateway authentication infrastructure uses gateway specific credentials.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the personal tamper resistant device stores end-user specific credentials.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the personal tamper resistant device is at least one of (i) in wired communication with the TV gateway via a reader integrated within the TV gateway and (ii) in wireless communication with the TV gateway via a reader external to the TV gateway.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the TV gateway is selected from a group consisting of:

set top boxes;

home gateways; and

residential gateways.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the personal tamper resistant device is selected from a group consisting of:

smart cards;

SIM cards;

USIM cards;

electronic ID cards; and

social security cards.