Patent ID: 8713597

Claim:
A mobile device comprising: a mobile interface operable to establish a connection to an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network via a mobile access network; a network interface operable to establish a connection to an external fixed viewing device; and a processor coupled to the mobile interface and the network interface and operable to authenticate the mobile device to the IPTV network and receive a decryption key for decrypting IPTV content via the mobile interface, the processor being further operable to provide the decryption key and an identifier associated with the mobile device to the viewing device via the network interface, the viewing device using the identifier to emulate the mobile device in order to access the IPTV network independent of the mobile device and request and receive the IPTV content as the mobile device, the viewing device further using the decryption key to decrypt and render the IPTV content thereon.