Patent ID: 8413256

Claim:
A system providing content delivery to devices over a managed multimedia home network, comprising: a domain manager for receiving content from a conditional access system, the domain manager being configured to communicate with a managed client device and a non-managed client device on the multimedia home network, the domain manager providing a secure domain for communication with the managed client device, the domain manager including a cable card, conditional access component and a DRM system, wherein the DRM system includes a first content protection scheme and a second content protection scheme, the first content protection scheme allowing communication with the non-managed client device via the multimedia home network, the non-managed client device being operative to provide viewing of a selected portion of the content from the conditional access system, and the second content protection scheme providing encrypted communication with the managed client device via the secure domain, the managed client device being coupled to and registered with the domain manager, the domain manager and the managed client device being operative to instantiate the second content protection scheme as an overlay on top of the first content protection scheme, the managed client device being operative to provide viewing of all of the content from the conditional access system.