Patent ID: 8321904

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising operational instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: receive a request to receive one or more broadband services at a second network location via a set-top box device associated with a second subscriber, the request received on behalf of a first subscriber; determine that the first subscriber has a first subscription enabling the first subscriber to receive the one or more broadband services at a first network location that is different than the second network location; determine that the set-top box device is capable of accessing at least one of the one or more broadband services at the second network location; receive a permission to enable the first subscriber to access the one or more broadband services from the second subscriber via the set-top box device; authenticate the permission from the second subscriber; and send a configuration message to the set-top box device to enable access to the one or more broadband services at the second network location when the permission is authenticated.