SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE TRANSMISSION OF MEDIA CONTENT

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a gateway comprising a controller to receive from a communication device a request for media content, receive a key and a record associated with the communications device from an interactive television system, wherein the record comprises a list of entitled media content, determine whether the requested media content is in the list of entitled media content, retrieve the requested media content from the interactive television system when the requested media content is determined to be in the list of entitled media content, encrypt the retrieved media content utilizing the key, and transmit the encrypted media content to the communications device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
storing, by a home location register, subscription information about subscribers authorized to access a communication system; receiving, by the home location register, a query from a gateway concerning a request for requested media content from a communications device of a subscriber; and providing, by the home location register, an encryption key and a record comprising the subscription information to the gateway in response to the query concerning the requested media content,
wherein the communications device does not have access to the record,wherein the gateway determines whether the requested media content is associated with the subscription information,wherein the gateway signals a content provider system to send the requested media content responsive to determining the requested media content is associated with the subscription information,wherein the gateway encrypts the media content received from the content provider system by using the encryption key to generate encrypted media content and transmits the encrypted media content to the communications device, andwherein encrypted media content is decrypted using a decryption key limited for use by the communications device.