Patent ID: 7181010

Claim:
A method of providing content to a client-receiver in a local area network coupled to a headend of a subscriber television system, the method implemented in a web-server in the local area network, the web-server in communication with the headend and the client-receiver, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at the web-server a plurality of streams of packets from the headend, wherein each packet includes a payload having content that is formatted according to a first protocol; receiving at the web-server a request from a client-receiver in the local area network for a service made up of a specific stream of packets, wherein the request is a message that is formatted according to a second protocol; determining at the web-server whether the client-receiver is entitled to receive the requested service; and responsive to determining the client-receiver is entitled to receive the requested service, providing the requested service to the client-receiver, wherein the specific stream of packets of the requested service are included in the received plurality of streams of packets.