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1. A system for permitting temporary access for delivery of Content owned by the Subscriber to a location selected by the Subscriber, the system comprising:
a central facility for the storage of a list of all Content owned by the Subscriber; a plurality of local networks operatively connected to the central facility for receipt of the Content; and a temporary access protocol comprising:
entering a unique ID of an STB at the selected location into a temporary access application so that the Subscriber can select the Content to be accessed from a list of all Content owned by the Subscriber;sending a message to the central facility from the temporary access application, wherein the message includes the name of the selected Content, the unique ID of the selected location, the location of the temporary access application, and a unique ID of the Subscriber;comparing at the central facility, the selected Content with the unique ID of the Subscriber, wherein if the selected Content is determined to be owned by the Subscriber, the central facility queries a local network that has the STB identified by the unique ID at the selected location so the local network supplies the location of the STB to the central facility;comparing at the central facility the location of the STB to the location reported by the temporary access application and determining whether the location of the STB and the reported location are adequately proximate to each other to determine that there is no fraudulent activity; andinforming the local network, if there is no fraudulent activity, to play the desired Content on the STB of the desired location. |
