INTERACTIVE MEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY USING ENHANCED WIRELESS BACKCHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS
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1. A system comprising:
- a media provider for providing media and at least one entitlement key;
media processing equipment operative to receive the media from the media provider; and
a wireless communication device operative to receive an entitlement key based on a selected asset from the media provider and transmit the received entitlement key to the media processing equipment, the entitlement key enabling the media processing equipment to access the selected asset included in the media received from the media provider.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for granting access rights to specific media processing equipment. Such access rights may be provided to specific media processing equipment using an interactive wireless device as a backchannel. The interactive wireless device may be operative to retrieve, from an entitlement key source, an entitlement key corresponding to programming of interest and provide that entitlement key to the media processing equipment, thereby enabling the media processing equipment to access the programming of interest.
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1. A system comprising:
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a media provider for providing media and at least one entitlement key; media processing equipment operative to receive the media from the media provider; and a wireless communication device operative to receive an entitlement key based on a selected asset from the media provider and transmit the received entitlement key to the media processing equipment, the entitlement key enabling the media processing equipment to access the selected asset included in the media received from the media provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for authorizing access to media, the method comprising:
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transmitting, from a first user equipment to a media provider, a selection of an asset; receiving, at the first user equipment, an entitlement key from the media provider; and providing the entitlement key to a second user equipment, the entitlement key enabling the second user equipment to access the asset. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system comprising:
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a distribution facility for transmitting television programming over an over-the-air communications link; user television equipment operative to receive the television programming over the over-the-air communications link; and a wireless communication device operative to; communicate with the user television equipment and a source that provides at least one entitlement key; and authorize the user television equipment to display a program by providing an entitlement key corresponding to the program to the user television equipment. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system comprising:
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a wireless communication device configured to; allow a user to select an asset from a plurality of asset listings, receive a random number associated to the selected asset, transmit the selection of the asset and the random number to an entitlement key source, receive an entitlement key from the entitlement key source, and transmit the entitlement key to a user equipment device; the user equipment device operative to use the entitlement key to access the selected asset. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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