Patent ID: 9674224
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. Network apparatus disposed substantially at a first location of a content delivery network and configured to provision a security device at a second location of said network, said apparatus comprising: a provisioning subsystem comprising both a cable modem and a video provisioning apparatus; a conditional access apparatus in communication with said provisioning subsystem; an authentication apparatus in communication with at least said conditional access apparatus; and a personalization server (PS) apparatus in communication with said conditional access system, wherein said provisioning apparatus is configured to maintain: wherein at least said authentication apparatus and said conditional access apparatus are configured to cooperate to transmit to said security device: (i) at least one cryptographic key, and (ii) an encrypted code configured to provide at least protection of content at said security device, and wherein said PS apparatus is configured to select said at least one cryptographic key and said encrypted code based at least in part on a communication received from said security device.