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IPTV follow me content system and method

  • US 8,819,720 B2
  • Filed: 07/02/2012
  • Issued: 08/26/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for distributing access-restricted content in an internet protocol-based television environment, the system comprising:

  • a decoder unit, in operative communication with a network and locatable in the network by an internet protocol address, and configured to;

    receive a key from a key store configured to store the key, the key being associated with a set of access rights for an account; and

    transmit, over the network, entitlement information relating to the set of access rights; and

    a network entitlement handler unit, in operative communication with the network, and configured to;

    receive, over the network from the decoder unit, a request for a requested content set;

    receive, over the network, a set of access-restricted content, the set of access-restricted content having limited accessibility based at least in part on the set of access rights and comprising at least a portion of the requested content set;

    receive the internet protocol address corresponding to the requesting decoder unit; and

    transmit the set of access-restricted content over the network to the network address using the internet protocol.

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