Patent ID: 7926074

Claim:
A broadcast data receiver system, said system comprising: a first broadcast data receiver located at a first location in a premises, receiving video, audio and/or auxiliary digital data broadcast from a remote location via cable, satellite or terrestrial means and processing and displaying said data on a display screen and/or audio data via speakers connected thereto; at least a second broadcast data receiver provided at at least a second location in the same premises as said first broadcast data receiver; said premises being provided with a telephone line and at least two access points to said telephone line; said first and said at least second broadcast data receivers together being connected to said telephone line in parallel via respective access points; one of said first and second broadcast data receivers being made functional to receive broadcast data by a signal received from the other of said first and second broadcast data receiver via the telephone line; said signal only being transmitted after an authorization code has been communicated to at least one of said first and said at least second broadcast data receivers from a broadcast head end transmitter, said authorization code priming the broadcast data receivers to allow communication therebetween via said telephone line for a limited period; and said first and said at least second broadcast data receivers are provided in a same premise and are registered to the same user, such that use of the broadcast data receivers independently in different premises is prevented by the requirement for periodic authorization via the telephone line in said same premise.