Apparatus and methods for device authorization in a premises network

A computerized client device, comprising:

• a first data interface configured to communicate with a network;
• a processor apparatus;
• and
• a storage apparatus in data communication with the first interface and the processor apparatus and comprising at least one computer program, the at least one computer program comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed by the processor apparatus, cause the computerized client device to:
• transmit identifier data to a network entity for delivery to an authentication process, the identifier data configured to enable the authentication process to determine whether the computerized client device is granted or denied at least access to at least one network resource based on at least of (i) a white list or (ii) a black list, the white list comprising a list of authorized devices and the black list comprising a list of unauthorized devices;
• receive second data originated from the authentication process, the second data indicative of the computerized client device being granted the access to at least one network resource;
• and
• based on the second data:
• initiate a request for the access to the at least one network resource to the network entity;
• cause display, via a user interface of the computerized client device, of information descriptive of one or more other computerized client devices;
• and
• enable, via the user interface, a user of the computerized client device to revoke the access to the at least one network resource for the one or more other computerized client devices.

Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium, said non-transitory storage medium comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions, said plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on a digital processing apparatus, implement access control for a digital data delivery network by at least:

• obtainment from a network edge resource (i) first data representative of a unique identifier of a computerized client device;
• and (ii) second data representative of a unique identifier of a user or subscriber account;
• utilization of at least one of the first data or second data to determine whether the computerized client device is specifically authorized or unauthorized to access the network edge resource, the utilization comprising access of both white list data and a black list data to determine whether the at least one of the first data and second data is present therein;
• based on a presence of the at least one of the first data or second data is present in the white list data and not present in the black list data, generation of at least one computerized message and cause delivery of the at least one message to the network edge resource granting or denying the computerized client device the access to the network edge resource.

Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium, the non-transitory storage medium comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on a digital processing apparatus, cause a computerized network apparatus to:

• receive a plurality of individual ones of first data representative of respective requests for access by respective computerized client devices to an edge network, the plurality of individual ones of first data each comprising respective data relating to a request for access to a particular digitally rendered content element by the respective computerized client device associated with the respective first data;
• use at least a core network function to:
• evaluate at least one of a data structure of authorized devices and a data structure of unauthorized devices using at least the identifier, the evaluation comprising, for each identifier of each respective computerized client device, evaluation of at least one of:
• (i) a data structure of devices authorized to access the particular digitally rendered content element requested by the respective computerized client device;
• or (ii) a data structure of devices not authorized to access the particular digitally rendered content element requested by the respective computerized client device;
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• grant or deny the request for the access to the at least one edge network to the respective computerized client device based at least in part on a result of the evaluation;
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• based at least on a grant of the request:
• generate data configured to allow the respective computerized client device to access the edge network;
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• cause delivery of the generated data to the respective computerized client device via the edge network and utilization of a different delivery transport channel than a delivery transport channel used for delivery of content or data to one or more other ones of the respective computerized client devices.