Preventing A Non-Head End Based Service Provider from Sending Media to a Media Processing System
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsJeyhan Karaoguz, James D. Bennett
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Abstract
Systems and methods that prevent unauthorized access in a communications network are provided. In one embodiment, a system that prevents unauthorized access to a network device may include, for example, a network device and a headend. The headend may be coupled to a communications network. The network device may be deployed in a home environment and may be communicatively coupled to the communications network via the headend. The headend may be adapted, for example, to determine whether a request to access the network device is authorized.
Claims2
A system for preventing unauthorized access to a network device, comprising:
- a headend coupled to a communications network;
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- a network device deployed in a home environment and communicatively coupled to the communications network via the headend,
- wherein the headend is adapted to determine whether a request to access the network device is authorized.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.