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US 10,462,501 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for installing conditional access system information
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyejin Lee, Myungjin Eom, Heejeong Lee
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Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to method and an apparatus a broadcast receiver for a conditional access system (CAS) information download. The CAS information download method includes acquiring broadcast provider information. The method also includes, selecting a broadcast provider based on the broadcast provider information. The method further includes, transmitting a subscription request including identity information of the broadcast reception device to a broadcast provider server of the selected broadcast provider. The method also includes, downloading CAS information from a CAS server.
Claims20
A method for downloading conditional access system (CAS) information by a broadcast reception device, the method comprising:
- acquiring, from a broadcast provider list server, broadcast provider information including a list of broadcast providers available to the broadcast reception device and at least one payment plan supported by broadcast providers;
- selecting a broadcast provider among the list of broadcast providers and a payment plan of the broadcast provider among the at least one payment plan;
- transmitting a subscription request including identity information of the broadcast reception device to a broadcast provider server of the selected broadcast provider, wherein a CAS installation request is transmitted from the broadcast provider server to a CAS server based on the subscription request;
- and
- downloading, from the CAS server, CAS information generated based on the CAS installation request, the CAS information including key information for broadcast information to be received from the broadcast provider server,
- wherein the at least one payment plan is associated with at least one of a channel type, a channel quality, and a content type.
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A broadcast reception device, comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a security domain;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- acquire, via the transceiver from a broadcast provider list server, broadcast provider information including a list of broadcast providers available to the broadcast reception device and at least one payment plan supported by broadcast providers,
- select a broadcast provider among the list of broadcast providers and a payment plan of the broadcast provider among the at least one payment plan,
- transmit, via the transceiver, a subscription request including identity information of the broadcast reception device to a broadcast provider server of the selected broadcast provider, wherein a CAS installation request is transmitted from the broadcast provider server to a CAS server based on the subscription request,
- download, from the CAS server via the transceiver, CAS information generated based on the CAS installation request, the CAS information including key information for broadcast information to be received from the broadcast provider server, and
- install the CAS information on the security domain,
- wherein the at least one payment plan is associated with at least one of a channel type, a channel quality, and a content type.
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A method by a conditional access system (CAS) server, the method comprising:
- receiving a CAS installation request based on a subscription request of a broadcast reception device from a broadcast provider server that is selected by the broadcast reception device based on broadcast provider information including a list of broadcast providers that is provided by a broadcast provider list server and available to the broadcast reception device;
- generating CAS information for the broadcast reception device based on the CAS installation request;
- receiving a CAS information download request from the broadcast reception device;
- and
- transmitting, to the broadcast reception device, the CAS information including key information for broadcast information to be received from the broadcast provider server,
- wherein the broadcast provider information further includes at least one payment plan supported by broadcast providers,
- wherein a broadcast provider of the broadcast provider server is selected among the list of broadcast providers and a payment plan of the broadcast provider is selected among the at least one payment plan, and
- wherein the at least one payment plan is associated with at least one of a channel type, a channel quality, and a content type.
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A conditional access system (CAS) server, comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive, via the transceiver, a CAS installation request based on a subscription request of a broadcast reception device from a broadcast provider server that is selected by the broadcast reception device based on broadcast provider information including a list of broadcast providers that is provided by a broadcast provider list server and available to the broadcast reception device,
- generate CAS information for the broadcast reception device based on the CAS installation request,
- receive, via the transceiver, a CAS information download request from the broadcast reception device, and
- transmit, to the broadcast reception device via the transceiver, the CAS information including key information for broadcast information to be received from the broadcast provider server,
- wherein the broadcast provider information further includes at least one payment plan supported by broadcast providers,
- wherein a broadcast provider of the broadcast provider server is selected among the list of broadcast providers and a payment plan of the broadcast provider is selected among the at least one payment plan, and
- wherein the at least one payment plan is associated with at least one of a channel type, a channel quality, and a content type.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.