| 摘要 |
The present invention teaches a universal STB operative to prevent unauthorized access to digital broadcast data including a databus (622); a first communication device (602) suitable for coupling to a digital broadcast communications medium, the first communication device operable to receive digital broadcast data; memory (608) bi-directionally coupled to the databus, the memory including computer executable instructions for: a) determining whether the STB is authentic or counterfeit; b) performing anti-counterfeit measures upon the STB when the device is determined to be counterfeit; and c) updating a communications protocol of the STB when the STB is determined to be authentic; a digital data decoder (612) bi-directionally coupled to the databus; a CPU (604) bi-directionally coupled to the databus, the CPU implementing a STB control process controlling the memory, the first communications device and the digital decoder, the STB control process operable to process digital data received at the first communications device. |
