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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Kapil Chaudhry, Cerritos, CA (US);
David N. Schlacht, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kapil Chaudhry, Cerritos, CA (US);
David N. Schlacht, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4622 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling access to content stream includes a user device and a service provider in communication with the user device. The service provider receives a request for a requested content stream associated with the user device and determines an access number corresponding to a number of content streams active by a user device. When the access number associated with the user device exceeds a predetermined number, the service provider denies access to a requested stream for the user device.