| US 7,549,160 B1 | ||
| Method and system for authenticated access to internet protocol (IP) multicast traffic | ||
| Sunil Podar, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); Sunil K. Chandrupatla, San Jose, Calif. (US); Sandeep Saksena, San Jose, Calif. (US); Kali Prasanna Mishra, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Sampath Kumar Sthothra Bhasham, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 21, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/745,909. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/167 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 726—4 [726/3; 726/12; 726/26; 713/153; 713/161; 713/165; 713/168; 380/229; 380/232; 380/241; 705/51; 705/59; 709/213; 709/225; 709/231] | 43 Claims |
| 1. A method for authenticated access to multicast traffic, comprising:
receiving an Internet group management protocol request at an access network router operable to authenticate a plurality of
requests received from a plurality of customer premise systems, the received request identifying a user requesting to join
an IP multicast channel, the IP multicast channel selected from a bundle of IP multicast channels offered for receipt by the
user as a multicast package on a subscription basis;
authenticating access privileges of the user to the multicast channel, wherein authenticating access privileges of the user
comprises:
determining whether the user is logged in to a service provider providing a service including the multicast channel;
determining whether the user is logged in to the service including the multicast channel; and
successfully authenticating access privileges of the user to the multicast channel in response to at least the user logged
in to the service provider and the service; and
disallowing the request in response to at least an unsuccessful authentication.
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