Patent ID: 8824680
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a network device of a content provider, a request for a first secret key and a second secret key, generating, by the first network device and based on the request, the first secret key and the second secret key; sending, by the network device and by using a multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY) protocol, the first secret key and the second secret key to a first broadcast/multicast service (BM-SC) device that provides service in a first coverage area of a network, sending, by the first network device and by using the MIKEY protocol, the first secret key and the second secret key to a second BM-SC device that provides service in a second coverage area of the network, sending, by the first network device and by using the MIKEY protocol, the first secret key and the second secret key to the wireless user device,