Patent ID: 8284936

Claim:
A method of providing a service to one or more specific end-users out of a plurality of end-users for accessing content information in a controlled manner, wherein: the content information is provided to the one or more specific end-users in an encrypted format in such a manner that generic entitlement control data and specific entitlement management data are needed in order for the one or more specific end-users to decrypt the encrypted content information and such that the generic entitlement control data is the same for the all of the one or more specific end-users and the specific entitlement management data is specific to each of the one or more specific end-users; and the generic entitlement control data is provided to all of the one or more specific end-users after the encrypted content information has been provided to the one or more specific end-users; wherein the content information is provided to the one or more specific end-users at non-peak hours in regard to bandwidth availability on the first communication network, and the generic entitlement control data is provided to the one or more specific end-users during peak hours in regard to bandwidth availability in the first communication network.