Preventing a non-head end based service provider from sending media to a media processing system
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1. A system comprising:
- a network device configured to be deployed in a home environment; and
a cable television headend configured to be coupled to a communications network, the cable television headend in data communication with the network device and configured to determine whether a particular service provider seeking access from the communications network to the network device is authorized to communicate data defining digital media for playback on the network device from the communications network to the network device.
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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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1. A system comprising:
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a network device configured to be deployed in a home environment; and a cable television headend configured to be coupled to a communications network, the cable television headend in data communication with the network device and configured to determine whether a particular service provider seeking access from the communications network to the network device is authorized to communicate data defining digital media for playback on the network device from the communications network to the network device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system that prevents unauthorized access comprising:
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one or more network devices in a home network; a television headend coupled to the one or more network devices and configured for data communication between the one or more network devices and an external communications network;
the television headend being operative to determine whether a request received from the communications network to provide data defining digital media from a remote location over the external communications network to the one or more network devices is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for controlling access from a communications network, the method comprising:
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at a television headend, communicating data between the communications network and a network device; at the television headend, receiving a request to provide digital media data from a remote source over the communications network to the network device; at the headend;
determining if the request to access the network device is authorized; andat the headend;
denying the request to access the network device if the request is not authorized. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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