Robert A Booth

US Patent:

20070178884, Aug 2, 2007

Filed:

Dec 5, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/566905

Inventors:

Patrick Donovan - Westford MA, US
Robert Booth - Ivyland PA, US
Colin Hayward - Newton MA, US

Assignee:

GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION - Horsham PA

International Classification:

H04M 1/66

US Classification:

455411000, 455432300

Abstract:

An arrangement is provided for remotely provisioning a commonly-utilized PIN from a wide area network (“WAN”) to one or more terminals to thereby enable content to be securely shared over a local area network (“LAN”). The LAN and WAN share portions of a common network infrastructure, but operate at different frequencies. A billing system at the headend of the WAN identifies particular terminals associated with a subscriber who orders a networked DVR service. A PIN server at the headend generates the common PIN that is transmitted to the identified terminals over the WAN. The terminals are able to form a secure LAN through an authentication process utilizing the common PIN. Terminals which are not authenticated are denied access to the LAN thus ensuring that content stored on the DVR is not unintendedly consumed by terminals that are not authorized to receive it.