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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2007
Applicants:

Marc Blommaert, Temse, BE;

Qi Guan, Vienna, AT;

Inventors:

Marc Blommaert, Temse, BE;

Qi Guan, Vienna, AT;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/167 (2011.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

When the set-top box (STB) has been switched on, registration and authentication with the provider (IDP) are carried out (). Following successful authentication, a piece of authentication information is then sent () to the set-top box (STB), which the set-top box (STB) sends () to a service provider (SP) for registration. The service provider (SP) then sets up () a connection to the provider (IDP) of the registration and authentication function in order to verify the authentication information and to request guidelines for charging, and the provider (IDP) of the registration and authentication function sends () confirmation to the service provider.


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