Patent ID: 9438946
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a video processing device for use in a content distribution network, comprising: polling a set of components of said video processing device for video display capabilities and conditional access capabilities thereof via at least one application on said video processing device; receiving one or more video display capabilities and conditional access capabilities in response to said act of polling; providing information describing said video display capabilities and said conditional access capabilities supported to a session resource manager (SRM) of said content distribution network via a session-based protocol comprising a descriptor parameter describing a particular resource descriptor; a descriptor length parameter; and a data field; receiving a list of a plurality of available content for viewing, said plurality of available content being provided to said video processing device based at least in part on said video display capabilities supported; and receiving a multicast comprising at least one of said plurality of available content selected by a user from among said list in a first format and having a first conditional access scheme, said format being selected by said network entity based at least in part on a determination thereby that said video processing device shares at least one video display capability with a plurality of devices also receiving said multicast, said shared at least one video display capability associated to said first format; wherein said multicast further comprises a key data stream comprising decryption data configured to enable individual ones of said plurality of devices having different conditional access capabilities than said conditional access capabilities of said video processing device to access said content.