Method and apparatus for content protection and billing for mobile delivery of satellite content
AssigneeMaxLinear, Inc.
InventorsCurtis Ling, Brenndon Lee, Prithvi Thomas
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AssigneeMaxLinear, Inc.
InventorsCurtis Ling, Brenndon Lee, Prithvi Thomas
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A satellite dish assembly may comprise a reflector, feed horn, receive module, and wireless module. The reflector and feed horn may be operable to receive satellite signals. The receive module may be operable to recover content from the received satellite signals. The wireless module may be operable to communicate the content directly to a mobile device via a wireless connection between the mobile device and the system. The wireless module may be operable to communicate directly with a service provider network via a wireless connection between the satellite dish assembly and the service provider network. The communications with the service provider network may be to obtain security information for descrambling and/or decrypting the content and/or for providing billing information.
A system comprising:
Circuitry for use in a satellite dish assembly, the circuitry being operable to:
A method performed by a satellite dish assembly, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.