Patent ID: 9413798
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a multi system operator (MSO), a request from a companion device for a video-on-demand (VOD) session, the request comprising a subscriber identity (ID); sending, at the MSO and in response to the received request for the VOD session, a catalog of VOD content to the companion device; receiving, at the MSO, a selection of VOD content listed in the catalog of VOD content from the companion device; identifying, at the MSO, a plurality of digital transport adaptors (DTAs) within a trusted-domain associated with the subscriber ID received in the request for the VOD session; receiving, at a Client Proxy service on the MSO, a selection of a first DTA from the plurality of identified DTAs within the trusted-domain associated with the subscriber ID; generating, at the Client Proxy service on the MSO and in response to receiving the selection of the first DTA from the plurality of DTAs within the trusted-domain associated with the subscriber ID, a unique purchase token for the selected VOD content and the first DTA; setting up the VOD session with the first DTA and a second DTA, at the Client Proxy service on the MSO, wherein the first DTA and the second DTA both comprise one-way communication devices operated to only process data received on a down-stream data path from a headend and not enabled to communicate with external devices, wherein the setting up the VOD session comprises, identifying the first DTA from the unique purchase token, identifying the second DTA from a request of the VOD session from the companion device and as being within the trusted-domain, and providing an up-stream data path from the identified first DTA to the headend via the companion device; and streaming simultaneously the selected VOD content to the first DTA and the second DTA.