Systems and methods for detecting and interfering with compromised devices and unauthorized device relocation in a communication network
AssigneeMaxxian Technology Inc.
InventorRene Juneau
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Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting and interfering with compromised devices and unauthorized device relocation in a communication network are disclosed. The described embodiments may be deployed in a content delivery network where receivers have been compromised in a manner that renders the conditional access system (CAS) inoperative at controlling the receivers' ability to receive content. In some embodiments, alternate commands not protected by the CAS system may be used to detect hacked devices and interdict same. In some embodiments, service devices in the content delivery network may allow for detection of unauthorized device relocation.
Claims10
A method of interfering with operation of a pirated computing device in a content delivery network, the pirated computing device having unauthorized access to content available on the content delivery network, the method comprising
- identifying the pirated computing device to be targeted for interference, the pirated computing device being responsive to alternate commands when an associated secure element of the pirated computing device is unresponsive to protected commands;
- transmitting by a control server an alternate command to the pirated computing device, the alternate command being a command other than the protected commands that the secure element is configured to receive from the control server;
- and
- executing the alternate command by the pirated computing device, wherein execution of the alternate command invokes at least one of a function and a feature that exist in the pirated computing device that interfere with the operation of the pirated computing device to thereby disrupt access by the pirated computing device to the content available on the content delivery network.
An inspection device comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- identifying the pirated computing device to be targeted for interference, the pirated computing device being responsive to alternate commands when an associated secure element of the pirated computing device is unresponsive to protected commands;
- and
- transmitting by a control server an alternate command to the pirated computing device, the alternate command being a command other than the protected commands that the secure element is configured to receive from the control server,
- wherein executing the alternate command by the pirated computing device invokes at least one of a function and a feature that exist in the pirated computing device that interfere with the operation of the pirated computing device to thereby disrupt access by the pirated computing device to the content available on the content delivery network.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for execution by a processor of an inspection device, wherein when the instructions are executed by the processor, the processor performs operations comprising:
- identifying the pirated computing device to be targeted for interference, the pirated computing device being responsive to alternate commands when an associated secure element of the pirated computing device is unresponsive to protected commands;
- and
- transmitting by a control server an alternate command to the pirated computing device, the alternate command being a command other than the protected commands that the secure element is configured to receive from the control server,
- wherein executing the alternate command by the pirated computing device invokes at least one of a function and a feature that exist in the pirated computing device that interfere with the operation of the pirated computing device to thereby disrupt access by the pirated computing device to the content available on the content delivery network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.