AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING RESTORED AVAILABILITY OF MULTI-CHANNEL MEDIA DISTRIBUTORS FOR AUTHENTICATION OR AUTHORIZATION

AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING RESTORED AVAILABILITY OF MULTI-CHANNEL MEDIA DISTRIBUTORS FOR AUTHENTICATION OR AUTHORIZATION

An entitlement service that communicates with a multichannel media distributor (e.g., a cable provider) to authenticate viewers requesting content from programmers, such as providers of videos or other media content on a channel, or to confirm that authenticated viewers are authorized to receive con...

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Hauptverfasser: Mares, Robert, Galatanu, George Horia, Popa, Alexandru, Scurtu, Tudor
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:An entitlement service that communicates with a multichannel media distributor (e.g., a cable provider) to authenticate viewers requesting content from programmers, such as providers of videos or other media content on a channel, or to confirm that authenticated viewers are authorized to receive content from the programmers. The entitlement service is positioned between multiple programmers and the multi-channel media distributor, the entitlement service can determine whether the multi-channel media distributor that has recently experienced reduced availability has been restored to normal operation. 1/9 Docket No. 05808310964954 (P5735) Device Device Device Device Device 106a 10b106C 106d 106e Network 1.08 Test Server Programmers110 Entitlement Service Multi-Channel Media Distributo~r