Patent ID: 8910224
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for providing server based control of dynamic channel mapping, comprising: a headend for providing content to a subscriber, the headend including a profile services server; a conditional access device disposed at a subscriber's premise; and a network coupling the headend to the conditional access device; wherein the conditional access device includes a privileged application and an associated application, the associated application retrieves channel data from the profile services server, the privileged application calls an API to insert the application channel data into the channel map and a channel addition interface for adding a channel to a channel map associated with the conditional access device, the channel addition interface adding the channel to the channel map when the channel addition interface receives a request from the associated application to create the channel, the created channel being added to a channel map to create an modified channel map individualized for the user.