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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Seetharama R. Durbha, Louisville, CO (US);
Oscar Marcia, Broomfield, CO (US);
Stuart Hoggan, Longmont, CO (US);
Simon Krauss, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/70 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0706 (2013.01);
Abstract
A authenticating system and process for authenticating user devices to a access a media service where access to certain portions of the media service may be limited according to a gateway or other device used by a user device to facilitate interfacing a user with the media service. The authentication may be achieved without directly assessing a trustworthiness of the user devices, and optionally, without requiring a user thereof to complete a sign-on operation.