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Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Kapil Chaudhry, Cerritos, CA (US);

Jin H. Chung, Fullerton, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kapil Chaudhry, Cerritos, CA (US);

Jin H. Chung, Fullerton, CA (US);

Assignee:

The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/167 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for providing digital rights to a user device is set forth. The user device forms a selection signal from guide data. The user device communicates a digital rights determination signal to a first authentication module in response to selecting. The first authentication module communicates a query signal to a second authentication module to determine whether the user device is authorized to receive content associated with the selection signal. The second authentication module communicates an address of a content delivery module to the user device through the first authentication module when the user device is authorized. A digital rights management server communicates a request for content to a content delivery module using the address of the content delivery module. The content delivery module communicates content to the user device corresponding to the selection signal. The user device displays content on the display associated with the user device.


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