Method and Device for Identifying and Verifying the Illegitimate Use of Residential Set-Top Boxes

A device comprising:

• a display;
• one or more input devices;
• one or more processors;
• a non-transitory memory;
• and
• one or more programs stored in the non-transitory memory, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:
• display, on the display, a graphical user interface identifying a plurality of residential set-top boxes suspected of commercial usage;
• detect, via the one or more input devices, selection of one of the plurality of residential set-top boxes suspected of commercial usage;
• display, on the display, proof of work related to the selected residential set-top box;
• detect, via the one or more input devices, a verification trigger;
• and
• verify commercial usage of the selected residential set-top box.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by one or more processors of a device including a display and one or more input devices, cause the device to:

• display, on the display, a graphical user interface identifying a plurality of residential set-top boxes suspected of commercial usage;
• detect, via the one or more input devices, selection of one of the plurality of residential set-top boxes suspected of commercial usage;
• display, on the display, proof of work related to the selected residential set-top box;
• detect, via the one or more input devices, a verification trigger;
• and
• verify commercial usage of the selected residential set-top box.