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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2006
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephen P. Dulac, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Hanno Basse, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Peter M. Klauss, Torrance, CA (US);
Deanna R. Kidd, Long Beach, CA (US);
Maria G. Popoli, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephen P. Dulac, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Hanno Basse, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Peter M. Klauss, Torrance, CA (US);
Deanna R. Kidd, Long Beach, CA (US);
Maria G. Popoli, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at receivers in pay delivery systems are disclosed. An example receiver station includes a receiver interface to receive a broadcast signal, and a controller to, for a selected program, generate an authorization request and a content request. The example receiver station also includes a network interface to transmit the authorization request, to transmit the content request to point-to-point content delivery server, and to receive the program from the point-to-point content delivery server.