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US 9,967,513 B2Granted
Password control for multi-room digital video recorder
AssigneeCox Communications, Inc.
InventorsHui Zhao, Craig Smithpeters
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Abstract
A multi-room media network includes a network for providing device interconnectivity for receiving and sending data and a plurality of content control devices coupled to the network. Password control for multi-room digital video recorder is provided through the resetting and/or resynchronization of a password for a multi-room digital video recorder.
Claims31
A master multi-room digital video recorder (MR-DVR), comprising:
- memory for storing data;
- and
- a processor, coupled to the memory, for providing capture and presentation of content, for providing a trusted rights list including a network control parameter for controlling device access, for running applications, the applications controlled solely by a service provider, and for providing gateway management of transmission of content and the trusted rights list between the service provider and additional set top box devices (STBs), the processor provisioning an interface for managing the network control parameter, the interface providing communication with additional STBs to reset the network control parameter for the STBs in communication with the MR-DVR and to coordinate management of the network control parameter between the MR-DVR and STBs.
A multi-room media network, comprising:
- a network for providing device interconnectivity for receiving and sending data;
- and a plurality of content control devices coupled to the network, wherein the plurality of content control devices include:
- a master multi-room digital video recorder (MR-DVR) for providing for capture and presentation of content received by the network, for running applications, the applications controlled solely by a service provider, for providing a trusted rights list including a control parameter for controlling device access, and for providing gateway management of transmission of the content and the trusted rights list between the service provider and additional non-DVR devices;
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- at least one non-DVR device, coupled to the MR-DVR, the at least one non-DVR device configured to communicate with the MR-DVR, wherein the at least one non-DVR device includes a reset interface for resetting a the control parameter on the at least one non-DVR device to a default value, the MR-DVR includes a reset interface for resetting a control parameter on the MR-DVR and for resetting any of the at least one non-DVR device in communication with the MR-DVR to a default value, the MR-DVR further including a resynchronization interface for initiating a setting of the control parameter on the MR- DVR and the at least one non-DVR to a new value after the control parameter for the MR-DVR and the at least one non-DVR has been reset.
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A method for providing a multi-room media network, comprising:
- providing a network for establishing device interconnectivity for receiving and sending data;
- providing a plurality of content control devices coupled to the network, wherein the providing of the plurality of content control devices include providing a master multi-room digital video recorder (MR-DVR) to capture and present content received by the network, to run applications, the applications controlled solely by a service provider, to provide a trusted rights list including a control parameter for controlling device access, and to provide gateway management of transmission of content and the trusted rights list between the service provider and non-DVR devices, and providing at least one non-DVR device coupled to the MR-DVR to communicate with the M R-DVR;
- providing the plurality of content control devices with a reset interface for resetting the control parameter on the at least one non-DVR device to a default value;
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- providing the MR-DVR a resynchronization interface for resetting the control parameter on the MR-DVR and for resetting any of the at least one non-DVR device in communication with the MR-DVR to a default value and for setting the control parameter on the plurality of content control devices after the control parameter for the plurality of content control devices has been reset.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for implementing a multi-room media network, the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- establish a network for establishing device interconnectivity for receiving and sending data;
- configure a plurality of content control devices coupled to the network, wherein providing the plurality of content control devices include configuring a master multi-room digital video recorder (MR-DVR) to capture and present content received by the network, to run applications, the applications controlled solely by a service provider, to provide a trusted rights list including a control parameter for controlling device access, and to provide gateway management of transmission of content and the trusted rights list between the service provider and non-DVR devices, and configuring at least one non-DVR device coupled to the MR-DVR to communicate with the MR-DVR;
- create a reset interface for the plurality of content control devices for resetting the control parameter on the at least one non-DVR device to a default value;
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- create a reset interface for resetting the control parameter on the MR-DVR and for resetting any of the at least one non-DVR device in communication with the MR-DVR to a default value and a resynchronization interface for the MR-DVR for initiating a setting of the control parameter on the plurality of content control devices after the control parameter for the plurality of content control devices has been reset.
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