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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2013
Applicant:

Nagravision S.a., Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, CH;

Inventor:

Guy Moreillon, Bioley-Orjulaz, CH;

Assignee:

NAGRAVISION S.A., Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/4623 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/266 (2013.01); H04N 7/162 (2013.01); H04N 21/26606 (2013.01); H04N 21/4623 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device to reduce bandwidth necessary for renewal of subscriptions for reception of broadcast services including: defining a plurality of sets of subscriber identification numbers, each set being associated with a product; splitting a set of subscriber identification numbers into groups of subscribers; searching for an available subscriber identification number related to the desired product at the time of initialization of a new subscriber; confirming that an inhibit duration has elapsed between the end of the previous subscription and the start of the new subscription; sending an initialization message to the new subscriber addressed with his unique identification address and containing the subscriber identification number of, and rights to, his product; preparing a group rights renewal message for the product to the group containing the subscriber identification number, this message comprising the group header containing this subscriber and a compressed bitmap for individually addressing each of the group members.


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