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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Lawrence D. Vince, Lansdale, PA (US);
Raymond C. Bontempi, Jamison, PA (US);
Arthur P. Jost, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Lawrence D. Vince, Lansdale, PA (US);
Raymond C. Bontempi, Jamison, PA (US);
Arthur P. Jost, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for enabling at least one of a plurality of user devices to provide a service flow is described. In one example, a code is transmitted to a home identification device (HID) to be combined with an HID identification number. The combined response, which is comprised of the code and the HID identification number, is then transmitted from the HID and received by the user device(s). If the combined response is equivalent to at least one predetermined match key, which is stored in the user device(s), that user device(s) provides the service flow to a respective television(s).