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Irdeto Access B.V.

24Patents
12Active
24Granted
39Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 30, 1999 → Jul 21, 2009 · 12 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7107462B2 Method and system to store and distribute encryption keys Electricity 233 Expired
US7058809B2 Method and system to uniquely associate multicast content with each of multiple recipients Electricity 66 Expired
US8090104B2 Method of descrambling a scrambled content data object Electricity 26 Active
US7376829B2 Terminal, data distribution system comprising such a terminal and method of re-transmitting digital data Electricity 22 Expired
US8300812B2 Methods of scrambling and descrambling units of data Electricity 20 Active
US7739496B2 Secure packet-based data broadcasting architecture Electricity 18 Expired
US7116892B2 System for providing scrambled content, and system for descrambling scrambled content Electricity 16 Expired
US7552457B2 Method of controlling descrambling of a plurality of program transport streams, receiver system and portable secure device Electricity 12 Active
US7171553B2 Method for providing a secure communication between two devices and application of this method Electricity 9 Expired
US7050588B1 System for processing an information signal Electricity 9 Expired
US7155611B2 Method of operating a conditional access system for broadcast applications Electricity 8 Expired
US8135949B2 Digital content distribution Electricity 7 Active
US7245720B2 Method for controlling the use of a program signal in a broadcast system, and control device for a receiver for carrying out such a method Electricity 6 Expired
US7433472B2 Digital content distribution system Electricity 5 Expired
US7336789B1 System for providing encrypted data, system for decrypting encrypted data and method for providing a communication interface in such a decrypting system Electricity 5 Expired
US7296162B2 Time validation system Electricity 4 Expired
US7467284B2 Method and system of externalising/internalising data record that allow processing of part or all of the record Physics 4 Active
US8006249B2 Method of implementing a state tracking mechanism in a communications session between a server and a client system Electricity 3 Active
US8165293B2 Method and system providing scrambled content Electricity 3 Active
US8213604B2 Signcryption scheme based on elliptic curve cryptography Electricity 2 Active
US7676598B2 Method of controlling communication between a head-end system and a plurality of client systems Electricity 2 Active
US7992211B2 Method and device for authorising conditional access Electricity 1 Active
US7978852B2 Method of partially scrambling a data stream Electricity 1 Active
US7814269B2 Method and system of externalising / internalising a data record that allow processing of part or all of the record Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.