Patent ID: 8255981
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An authentication method, comprising: prompting a user of a computing device to transmit a first authentication token associated with an Internet account; performing a first authentication in response to receiving the first authentication token via the computing device; in response to the first authentication indicating an invalid first authentication token was received, prompting the user to transmit a second authentication token associated with the Internet account; performing a second authentication in response to receiving the second authentication token via the computing device; in response to the second authentication indicating a valid second authentication token was received via the computing device, transmitting a temporary authentication token to a set-top box device associated with the user via a private access network of an Internet Protocol Television system; prompting the user to input a set-top box authentication token via a display interface that is displayed at a display device coupled to the set-top box device, wherein the set-top box authentication token is required to access the Internet Protocol Television system, and wherein the set-top box authentication token is different from the temporary authentication token; and displaying the temporary authentication token via the display interface in response to receiving the set-top box authentication token at the set-top box device.