Patent ID: 8170931

Claim:
A service center for interfacing a plurality of media devices associated with a user to a plurality of media content providers, comprising: one or more processors; and one or more computer readable storage devices storing the following: an account management module that stores account information for a user, the account information including: an identification of each of a plurality of media devices associated with the user; and configuration settings to apply to each of the plurality of media devices such that each of the plurality of media devices is configured similarly, the configuration settings specifying a plurality of media content providers from which the user desires to receive media content, and including settings to enable each of the plurality of media devices to access content from each of the plurality of media content providers; and a billing module that stores billing information for the user, the billing information including: a payment account for the user; and an indication of at least one of the plurality of media content providers at which the service center is authorized to use the payment account to purchase media content for the user; wherein when the user accesses media content requiring purchase, from any of the plurality of media content providers, on any of the plurality of media devices, the billing module automatically arranges for payment to the media content provider for the access using the payment account.