Patent ID: 9654719
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04H,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for identifying a user in a network of at least a first broadcast communication receiver and a second broadcast communication receiver, the method comprising: analyzing, at the first broadcast communication receiver, a physical characteristic of the user in association with the user accessing the first one of the broadcast communication receivers; generating, at the first broadcast communication receiver, first biometric information based on the analyzed physical characteristic as analyzed in association with the user accessing the first one of the broadcast communication receivers; generating data, at the first broadcast communication receiver, wherein the data is associated with account information maintained with a service provider that authorizes the user to receive content from the service provider, and wherein the data is associated with authorization information that authorizes the user to purchase a product provided by a third party operating through the service provider; associating, at the first broadcast communication receiver, the data with the first biometric information; communicating the first biometric information in conjunction with the data from the first broadcast communication receiver to the second broadcast communication receiver over a communication interface established between the first broadcast communication receiver and the second broadcast communication receiver; analyzing, at the second broadcast communication receiver, the physical characteristic of the user in association with the user accessing the second broadcast communication receiver; generating, at the second broadcast communication receiver, second biometric information based on the physical characteristic as analyzed in association with the user accessing the second broadcast communication receiver; comparing, at the second broadcast communication receiver, the second biometric information with the first biometric information; and if the first and second biometric information indicate the physical characteristic of the same user, the method further comprising: