Patent ID: 8555057

Claim:
A system comprising: a residential gateway device to communicate with a remote internet protocol television network; and a gaming console device to: receive a private encryption key from the remote internet protocol television network before data packets are sent from the gaming console device to the residential gateway device, wherein the private encryption key is received in response to authorization by an administrator of the remote internet protocol television network; and send the data packets to the residential gateway device, wherein the data packets are sent to request access to video content from the remote internet protocol television network, wherein the request to access the video content includes a multicast group loin request for a channel, and wherein the data packets include authentication information comprising an IPSec authentication header that includes an integrity check value encrypted using the private encryption key; wherein the residential gateway device authenticates the data packets using a decryption key in response to receipt of the data packets, wherein the decryption key is received from the remote internet protocol television network, wherein the residential gateway device inhibits the request to access the video content until the residential gateway device authenticates the data packets to determine that the gaming console device is a trusted device and wherein the residential gateway device authenticates the data packets by verifying the integrity check value using the decryption key.