Patent ID: 8332657
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for managing access to a scrambled program, within a network comprising a first device and a second device, the method comprising: (a) receiving, from a service provider, said scrambled program in said first device, said scrambled program comprising a scrambled data component and an encrypted descrambling key; (b) rebundling, in said first device, said descrambling key using a unique key associated with said first device, wherein said first device is an access device; (c) receiving, in said second device, said scrambled data component and said rebundled descrambling key, wherein said second device is a terminal device interconnected to said access device; (d) obtaining in said second device said descrambling key from said rebundled descrambling key; and (e) descrambling, in said second device, said scrambled data component using said descrambling key.