Patent ID: 6937729
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for representing entitlements for instances of services having entitlement IDs associated therewith in a receiver, the apparatus comprising: a port for receiving instances of service and at least a first message having an entitlement ID associated with a given instance of service; a memory having a starting entitlement ID and an indexed map of entitlement values for entitlements associated with instances of service, wherein the starting entitlement ID is used with the entitlement ID associated with the given instance of service to determine an index into the map for determining the entitlement value associated with the given instance of service, responsive to the entitlement value being a predetermined value, the receiver is entitled to the given instance of a service, and responsive to the receiver being entitled, the receiver grants access to the given instance of service.