New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications address aspects of conditional access systems and of IPTV systems. Assigned to Syphermedia International, the first application discloses techniques for controlling a group of the client devices to switch at least one client device of the group of client devices from a first conditional access system to a second conditional access system. Assigned to ATT, the second application discloses techniques for configuring media services.
20180145988, "Signaling conditional access system switching and key derivation," assigned to Syphermedia International, Inc.
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a group of the client devices to switch at least one client device of the group of client devices from a first conditional access system to a second conditional access system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating a group identifier identifying the group of the client devices, transmitting a first client device signaling message having the group identifier only to each client device of the identified group of client devices, the group identifier for storage in each client device of the identified group of client devices in non-volatile memory, and transmitting a second client device signaling message to plurality of client devices, the second client device message comprising the group identifier and signaling a switch of each of the identified group of client devices from the first conditional access system to the second conditional access system.
20180131989, "System and method for configuring media services," assigned to AT&T.
Abstract
A system and method for configuring media services is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a portal having a controller element to detect an installation of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) media receiver in an IPTV media system and adapt at least a portion of the portal according to the installation. Other embodiments are disclosed.
