Patent ID: 9407967
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A service startup system, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: submitting the internet protocol address of the gateway and the certificate of the media processor to an authentication system for authenticating the media processor, wherein the authentication system determines if the media processor is a reused device, wherein, in accordance with detecting an entry in a database that includes the certificate and a stored internet protocol address and detecting a match between the internet protocol address submitted by the media processor to a media content system and the stored internet protocol address, the authentication system determines that the media processor is being reused and undergoing a power cycle in a same property assigned to the gateway, and wherein, in accordance with detecting an entry in the database that includes the certificate and a stored internet protocol address and detecting a mismatch between the internet protocol address submitted by the media processor to the media content system and the stored internet protocol address, the authentication system determines that the media processor is being reused and is being transferred to another property by a same customer or between customers, and wherein the media processor is authenticated and provisioned without user input.