Patent ID: 8924999

Claim:
A method of providing services, the method comprising: operating a customer premise device located at a customer premise to detect one or more service subscribers in proximity to the customer premise device; identifying a highest priority detected subscriber in proximity to the customer premise device by i) identifying, as the highest priority detected subscriber, a detected subscriber corresponding to the customer premise where the customer premise device is located when it is determined that a detected service subscriber includes a service subscriber corresponding to said customer premise where the customer premise device is located and ii) identifying, as the highest priority detected subscriber, a service subscriber who does not correspond to said customer premise as the highest priority service subscriber in the absence of detecting a subscriber corresponding to said customer premise where the customer premise device is located; accessing stored service information corresponding to a detected service subscriber, said stored service information including a subscriber record corresponding to the detected service subscriber, said subscriber record including premium channel entitlement information indicating one or more premium channels which are to be provided to a customer premise of said detected service subscriber in accordance with a service agreement; generating an updated list of program channels including channels that are to be supplied to the customer premise based on program guide settings corresponding to the highest priority detected subscriber and at least some of the accessed stored service information; and providing a service to the detected service subscriber via the customer premise device in accordance with the stored service information corresponding to the detected service subscriber.