Patent ID: 8869290

Claim:
A method for networking, the method comprising: in a broadband gateway that enables communication with a plurality of devices, wherein said broadband gateway is operable to handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one network access service provider: determining a security boundary for at least one of said plurality of devices based in part on a security profile associated with said at least one of said plurality of devices; negotiating, with said at least one network access service provider, conditional access information for a service provided by said at least one network access service provider based on said security boundary; receiving content for said service utilizing said conditional access information; determining a content distribution security scheme for distributing said content to said at least one of said plurality of devices by comparing said conditional access information with said security profile associated with said at least one of said plurality of devices; and distributing said content to said at least one of said plurality of devices based on said content distribution security scheme.