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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2001
Paul Thomas Watson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Scott R. Swix, Duluth, GA (US);
James H. Gray, Atlanta, GA (US);
Paul Thomas Watson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Scott R. Swix, Duluth, GA (US);
James H. Gray, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property, I, L.P., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are disclosed for discouraging unauthorized modifications to set top boxes and gateways. Resource information is received that describing the number of disk drives and/or the capacity of each disk drive. A processor communicates with a database that stores configuration information. The processor compares the resource information to the configuration information. When the resource information differs from the configuration information, then the processor detects unauthorized modifications to the set top box.