Patent ID: 7930703

Claim:
A multimedia access method, comprising: receiving an authorization from a multimedia distribution system of a multimedia distribution network at a multimedia receiver having a universal serial bus interface, wherein the authorization includes authorization data identifying a peripheral device that is authorized to transfer content data via the universal serial bus interface; in response to receiving the authorization at the multimedia receiver, providing the universal serial bus interface with access to a selectively inaccessible peripheral device driver that is associated with the peripheral device that is authorized to transfer the content data via the universal serial bus interface; receiving, at the multimedia receiver, a request to transfer the content data between a particular peripheral device and the multimedia receiver via the universal serial bus interface; determining, based on the authorization data, whether the particular peripheral device is authorized to transfer the content data via the universal serial bus interface; and transferring the content data via the universal serial bus interface when the particular peripheral device is authorized to transfer the content data via the universal serial bus interface.