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Unified management and control of users and devices of a service network

  • US 9,084,030 B1
  • Filed: 02/06/2013
  • Issued: 07/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method executing with a portable computing device comprising:

  • submitting login credentials with a unified control (UC) interface associated with a subscribed to service network to access television programming and network services;

    identifying other portable computing devices with the UC interface to manage and allow access to features of the subscribed to service network, including identifying multiple portable computing devices to automatically login and automatically logout with respect to the television programming and network services, and control access to greater or fewer numbers of the features of the subscribed to service network based in part on the login credentials, wherein the UC interface is configured to;

    display information associated with other users and devices of each of the other users associated with the television programming and network services, and display selectable automatic login and automatic logout options for each of the multiple portable computing devices that enables use of the UC interface to select one or more of the multiple portable computing devices at the same time to automatically login and automatically logout such that the login credentials are not required to be entered each time in order for the multiple portable computing devices to access the television programming and network services; and

    displaying an overview with the UC interface of authorized users and authorized portable computing devices associated with the subscribed to service network, the UC interface configured to display personalization information associated with one or more television components, set-top box (STB) components, or other program viewing components.

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