Automatic identification of a set-top box user to a network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8209735
APP PUB NO 20080216146A1
SERIAL NO

12101923

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Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are disclosed for enabling a user of data services over a network to automatically register for such services by plugging in a set-top box, such as an advanced set-top box, or other IP clients such as a Web pad, and entering certain information through a member services screen. The invention also allows a user to have several accounts distributed over several set-top boxes or IP clients and have all accounts map to a single network identity. That is, it allows a user to have multiple viewer identities for different purposes yet have all of them map back to a single network identity for that user.

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AT HOME BONDHOLDERS' LIQUIDATING TRUSTC/O FLEMMING ZULACK WILLIAMSON ZAUDERER LLP 1 LIBERTY PLAZA 35TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10006-1404

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Gautier, Taylor S Foster City, US 10 204

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