Patent ID: 8387138
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions, executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising instructions to: invoke, by a backbone server residing on a network via which a provider of television services provides the television services, a first television service scanning program to remotely scan a first television service application for use in providing the television services, the first television service scanning program residing on a server of a provider of the first television service application program, wherein the first television service application program comprises a set-top-box control panel application configured to enable a user to access a set-top-box remotely to navigate and select content; invoke a second television service scanning program to remotely scan a second television service application for use in providing the television services, the second television service scanning program residing on a web server; and invoke, by the backbone server, a program to correlate security vulnerabilities identified by the first television service scanning program with security vulnerabilities identified by the second television service scanning program, wherein the first television service scanning program accesses the set-top-box via a digital subscriber line using a pass-through connection on a residential gateway locally coupled to the set-top-box.