Patent ID: 7649949

Claim:
A multi-function module apparatus for use in a host television device, the host cable television device having a connector, comprising in combination: a removable module; an application execution engine residing on the removable module suitable for execution of code; a conditional access (CA) decrypter that decrypts content entering the module using a conditional access decryption mechanism; a first encrypter that selectively receives the decrypted content from the CA decrypter and re-encrypts the decrypted content; a second encrypter that selectively receives the decrypted content from the CA decrypter and re-encrypts the decrypted content; a module side connector having a plurality of programmable connections, the connector being affixed to the removable module and suitable for mating with the connector of the host device; a processor residing on the module, said processor being programmed to configure a function of the connections after executing a boot sequence, the processor being further programmed to configure at least one of the first or second encrypter to encrypt the decrypted content from the CA decrypter; and the processor further being programmed to enable or disable the application execution engine.