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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Brant L. Candelore, Escondido, CA (US);
Henry Derovanessian, San Diego, CA (US);
Brant L. Candelore, Escondido, CA (US);
Henry Derovanessian, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a configurable CableCARD adaptable for use by multiple conditional access (CA) providers. CableCARD comprises core logic configured to descramble incoming scrambled content, a first CA logic block and a second CA logic block. Connected to the core logic, the first CA logic block uses a first CA function associated with a first CA provider. The second CA logic block is also connected to the core logic. The second CA logic block uses a second CA function associated with a second CA provider. Where the incoming content is scrambled according to the second CA function, the connection between the first CA logic block and the core logic is disabled.