Preventing a non-head end based service provider from sending media to a media processing system
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1. A system for preventing unauthorized access to a network device, comprising:
- a headend coupled to a communications network; and
a network device deployed in a home environment and communicatively coupled to the communications network via the headend,wherein the headend is adapted to determine whether a request to access the network device is authorized.
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Abstract
Systems and methods that prevent unauthorized access in a communications network are provided. In one embodiment, a system that prevents unauthorized access to a network device may include, for example, a network device and a headend. The headend may be coupled to a communications network. The network device may be deployed in a home environment and may be communicatively coupled to the communications network via the headend. The headend may be adapted, for example, to determine whether a request to access the network device is authorized.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for preventing unauthorized access to a network device, comprising:
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a headend coupled to a communications network; and a network device deployed in a home environment and communicatively coupled to the communications network via the headend, wherein the headend is adapted to determine whether a request to access the network device is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for preventing unauthorized access in a communications network, comprising:
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(a) receiving, at a headend, a request to access a first device in a home network, the request originating from a second device; (b) determining, by the headend, whether the second device is authorized to access the first device; and (c) blocking the second device from accessing the first device if the headend determines that the second device is not authorized to access the first device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for preventing unauthorized access in a communications network, comprising:
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(a) disposing a headend between a first network device of a home network and a second network device such that a communications path between the second network device and the first network device passes through the headend; and (b) adapting the headend to determine whether the second device is authorized to access the first device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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