Receiver Apparatus and Method for Controlling the Access to Contents Broadcasted Via Satellite
AssigneeSaronikos Trading and Services, Unipessoal LDA
InventorRobert James
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Abstract
A receiver apparatus and a method for controlling the access to at least a portion of a content broadcasted via satellite, wherein the receiver apparatus includes a receiver for receiving broadcast signals configured for receiving at least a broadcast signal having at least a content, a receiver for receiving terrestrial signals configured for receiving at least a terrestrial signal, and a processor configured for determining access information on the basis of at least the received terrestrial signal, and allowing or blocking, on the basis of at least the access information, the access to the at least one content of the broadcast signal.
Claims13
A receiver apparatus for controlling the access to at least a portion of a content broadcasted via satellite, comprising
- means for receiving broadcast signals configured for receiving at least a broadcast signal comprising at least a content,
- means for receiving terrestrial signals configured for receiving at least a terrestrial signal,
- further comprising processing means configured for:
- determining access information on the basis of at least said received terrestrial signal, and
- allowing or blocking, on the basis of at least said access information, the access to said at least one content of said broadcast signal.
A method for controlling the access to at least a portion of a content broadcasted via satellite, comprising the phases of:
- a. receiving, by means for receiving broadcast signals, at least a broadcast signal comprising at least a content,
- b. receiving, by means for receiving terrestrial signal, at least a terrestrial signal,
- c. determining, by processing means, access information on the basis of at least said received terrestrial signal,
- d. allowing or blocking, by the processing means, the access to said at least one content of said broadcast signal on the basis of at least said access information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.