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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Applicant:
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephen P. Dulac, Santa Clara, 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);
Assignee:
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/254 (2011.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4782 (2011.01); H04N 21/6334 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04N 7/167 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 7/162 (2013.01); H04N 21/2221 (2013.01); H04N 21/2396 (2013.01); H04N 21/2543 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/42646 (2013.01); H04N 21/42661 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/4782 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6334 (2013.01); H04N 21/64715 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 7/1675 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at broadcast headends in pay delivery systems are disclosed. An example method includes generating a broadcast signal, receiving an authorization request to download a program from a receiver station, determining an authorization for the download and sending the authorization to a point-to-point content delivery server.