Patent ID: 8127326

Claim:
A system for distributing program services by transmitting said program services in the form of a plurality of audio/video signals from a headend facility to a plurality of receiving devices, the system comprising: a primary device for receiving and distributing the plurality of audio/video signals from said headend facility to at least one remote device and including a wireless accessory for wireless communication with said at least one remote device to distribute said audio/video signals, wherein the primary device, in response to receiving a proximity detection request from said headend facility, determines a distance between the primary device and each remote device via the wireless accessory to identify each remote device with said determined distance from said primary device exceeding a predetermined distance, communicates said each identified remote device to said headend facility to facilitate disablement of said program services to said each identified remote device, and selectively disables said program services to said each identified remote device in accordance with direction from said headend facility.