CPC H04N 21/4627 (2013.01) [H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/26613 (2013.01); H04N 21/4181 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/441 (2013.01); H04N 21/4415 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4753 (2013.01); H04N 21/6334 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01); H04L 2463/101 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a chassis, wherein a key storage, a key receiver, and a key provider are disposed within the chassis;
the key storage configured to store a first key that is associated with a set of access rights for an account associated with a user;
the key receiver configured to receive a second key;
the key provider configured to:
validate the first key within the key storage using the second key; and
provide, in response to the validating, the first key to a decoder configured to:
retrieve, via a network, account entitlement information associated with the first key; and
provide, based on a determination that the account entitlement information comprises access rights for the account associated with the user to access access-restricted content, access to the access-restricted content;
an interface, wherein the key provider provides the first key to the decoder via the interface; and
a switch that is coupled between the key provider and the interface that allows provision of the first key when closed, and that prevents provision of the first key when open, wherein the switch comprises one or more of a push-button switch, a toggle switch, a rocker switch, a pressure sensitive switch, a heat sensitive switch, an optical switch, or a biometric-based switch.
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