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Embedded blacklisting for digital broadcast system security

US7039955B2 · kind B2 · utility

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35Claims
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Filing dateSep 14, 2001
Grant dateMay 2, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 3, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4623
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for transmission security is presented. A receiver communicatively coupleable to an identifiable conditional access module (CAM) to enable reception of the service uses an authenticator to control the operability of the receiver according to a comparison between the identified conditional access module and a list of conditional access modules.

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