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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Dan Kikinis, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gene Feroglia, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yakov Kamen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian Kimball, Burlingame, CA (US);
Dan Kikinis, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gene Feroglia, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yakov Kamen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian Kimball, Burlingame, CA (US);
JLB Ventures, LLC, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for enabling users visiting a friend or family member to subscribe to a TV programming package that the friend or family member currently subscribes to. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a user-interface (UI) via the friend's set-top box to enable entry of visitor user identification information. This information, along with programming identification information is then sent to the service provider for the programming package. The service provider retrieves or generates information by which a UI may be generated to easily enable the visitor to setup and activate the programming package and sends it to the visitor's home set-top box. In another embodiment, programming package identification information is stored on a portable storage medium and carried to the visitor's home set-top box, where it is read to retrieve the identification information. The information is then sent to the service provider, which sends back appropriate data to generate the UI.