Patents Assigned to NDS Group Ltd.
  • Patent number: 7797552
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that selectively pairs a receiver (132) configured to receive a media program encrypted according to a media encryption key and a conditional access module. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a security module (508) for receiving and modifying the media encryption key, and a transport module (412), comprising a decryptor (524) for decrypting the media program. The media encryption key has a portion indicating a first state in which the media program is to be viewable by a set of receivers or a second state in which the media program is to be viewable only by a subset of the set of receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: The DIRECTV Group, Inc., NDS Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Raynold Kahn, Jordan Levy