Method and apparatus for providing remote access to subscription television services
First Claim
1. A method of providing access to one or more of a plurality of subscription services of a signal distribution system to a system user at a location remote from a home location of the user, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving from the remote location authentication information relating to the user; and
determining one or more of the plurality of subscription services that are accessible to the user at the home location;
wherein one or more media streams are delivered to the remote location based on the determination as to which of the plurality of subscription services are accessible to the user at the home location.
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Abstract
A subscriber or other user is provided with access to one or more of a plurality of subscription services of a signal distribution system at a location remote from a home location of the user. The subscription services may be subscription television services, such as cable, satellite or Internet protocol television (IPTV) services, subscription audio services delivered via digital satellite radio, or other types of subscription services. Authentication information relating to the user is received, for example, in head end equipment, and processed to determine one or more of the plurality of subscription services that are accessible to the user at the home location. One or more media streams are then delivered to the remote location based on the determination as to which of the plurality of subscription services are accessible to the user at the home location.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of providing access to one or more of a plurality of subscription services of a signal distribution system to a system user at a location remote from a home location of the user, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving from the remote location authentication information relating to the user; and
determining one or more of the plurality of subscription services that are accessible to the user at the home location;
wherein one or more media streams are delivered to the remote location based on the determination as to which of the plurality of subscription services are accessible to the user at the home location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for providing access to one or more of a plurality of subscription services of a signal distribution system to a system user at a location remote from a home location of the user, the apparatus comprising:
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an interface device comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor;
wherein the processor is operative to control the transmission from the remote location of authentication information relating to the user, the authentication information being utilizable in determining of one or more of the plurality of subscription services that are accessible to the user at the home location; and
wherein one or more media streams are delivered to the remote location based on the determination as to which of the plurality of subscription services are accessible to the user at the home location. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A signal distribution system for providing access to one or more of a plurality of subscription services to a system user at a location remote from a home location of the user, the system comprising:
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a plurality of interface devices, at least one of which is at the remote location;
head end equipment operative to receive from the interface device at the remote location authentication information relating to the user, and to determine one or more of the plurality of subscription services that are accessible to the user at the home location;
wherein one or more media streams are delivered from the head end equipment to the interface device at the remote location based on the determination as to which of the plurality of subscription services are accessible to the user at the home location. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable medium storing one or more programs for use in providing access to one or more of a plurality of subscription services of a signal distribution system to a system user at a location remote from a home location of the user, the one or more programs when executed in a processor performing the steps of:
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receiving from the remote location authentication information relating to the user; and
determining one or more of the plurality of subscription services that are accessible to the user at the home location;
wherein one or more media streams are delivered to the remote location based on the determination as to which of the plurality of subscription services are accessible to the user at the home location.
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21. An apparatus for providing access to one or more of a plurality of subscription services of a signal distribution system to a system user at a location remote from a home location of the user, the apparatus comprising:
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head end equipment operative to receive from the remote location authentication information relating to the user, and to determine one or more of the plurality of subscription services that are accessible to the user at the home location;
wherein one or more media streams are delivered to the remote location based on the determination as to which of the plurality of subscription services are accessible to the user at the home location. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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