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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2010
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dien L. Nguyen, Torrance, CA (US);
Joseph T. Hayes, Torrance, CA (US);
Jianming Yu, Norwalk, CA (US);
Kapil Chaudhry, Cerritos, CA (US);
An T. Lam, Alhambra, CA (US);
Don E. Cansino, Brea, CA (US);
Yeung K. Chan, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Charles C. Debergh, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Lonnie Scott Clabaugh, San Pedro, CA (US);
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dien L. Nguyen, Torrance, CA (US);
Joseph T. Hayes, Torrance, CA (US);
Jianming Yu, Norwalk, CA (US);
Kapil Chaudhry, Cerritos, CA (US);
An T. Lam, Alhambra, CA (US);
Don E. Cansino, Brea, CA (US);
Yeung K. Chan, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Charles C. DeBergh, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Lonnie Scott Clabaugh, San Pedro, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for accessing content includes a user device and a subscription manager that generates a first identifier associated with a first content in a first format and a second identifier associated with the first content in a second format. The system also includes a conditional access system that communicates a first identifier, the second identifier and rules to the user device. The user device accesses the first content with the first format in response purchasing the first content in the first format. The user device selects the first content in the second format and accesses the first content in the second format in response to purchasing the first content in the first format and the rules.