Patent ID: 9247422
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of communicating content over a wireless communication link between a base station set-top (BSS) and one or more hosts, the method comprising: transmitting, from the base station set-top (BSS) a conditional access (CA) encrypted data packet stream to a cable card apparatus (CCA) that is physically connectable to the BSS and complies with at least a subset of a copy protection standard; wherein the BSS is configured to wirelessly communicate data packet streams to a plurality of hosts, each of the plurality of hosts interfaced with the BSS via a respective wireless interface apparatus (WIA) using an interface protocol corresponding to the copy protection standard associated with the CCA, and wherein the BSS is configured to perform conditional access operations at the request of the respective WIA; receiving, at the BSS, a copy protected (CP) encrypted data packet stream generated by the CCA by decrypting the CA encrypted data packet stream, via an authorized CA decryptor, and CP encrypting the CA decrypted data packet stream via a CP encryption unit in accordance with the copy protection standard; wirelessly transmitting the CP encrypted data packet stream from the BSS to one of the plurality of hosts via a respective WIA not physically coupled to the BSS and interfaced with the host through the interface protocol, wherein at least one of the plurality of hosts or its respective WIA is configured to decrypt the CP encrypted data packet stream via a CP decryption unit that corresponds to the CP encryption unit.