Patent ID: 7747721
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A broadband residential gateway (BRG) management system, comprising: a communications interface coupled to a plurality of broadband residential gateways (BRGs) and one or more content service providers (CSPs); a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to: establish a content profile for each of the BRGs according to one or more attributes of the BRGs and the CSPs; receive a content access request from one or more BRGs; and supply each BRG access to selectable content from one or more of the CSPs according to the content profile, wherein the processor is programmed to: auction access to BRG users of at least one of the BRGs; receive consideration offers from the CSPs for said access; respond to the consideration offers according to predetermined business criteria; receive a content selection from a user of a first BRG; retrieve the selected content from a first CSP; secure the selected content; supply the first BRG access to the secured content; receive a request from the user of the first BRG to transfer rights to the secured content to a user of a second BRG; terminate access to the secured content with the first BRG of the requesting user; and supply the second BRG access to the secured content.