Patent ID: 9456253
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a subscription request in a content delivery network from a consumer to receive television service during a subscription period from a particular television service provider among a plurality of television service providers that each provide different respective television service; responsive to the subscription request, allocating, for the subscription period, for a client device associated with the consumer: provisioning a secure communication channel between the allocated portion of the controller and a decryption processor communicatively coupled to the client device; streaming the encrypted data stream carrying the television service from the particular television service provider to the client device via the secure communication channel; receiving a second subscription request from the consumer to subscribe to another television service provider; de-allocating the first remote access point for the consumer; allocating a second remote access point in the content delivery network connected to a data feed from the other television service provider, the second remote access point being previously configured to process encoded television service specifically from the other television service provider; configuring the portion of the controller to be connected to the second remote access point instead of the first remote access point to encrypt a data stream carrying the encoded television service from the other television service provider; and streaming the encrypted data stream carrying the television service from the other television service provider to the client device via the secure communication channel.