A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREMIUM CHANNEL AND PAY PER VIEW VIDEO RESELL

• Main Authors: LOCKRIDGE TERRY WAYNE, DERRENBERGER MIKE ARTHUR, TRZYBINSKI ROBERT EUGENE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.08.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for providing data in a multiple dwelling facility (16). The system (10) may comprise a headend unit (12) that receives a data stream that comprises a plurality of programs, and a multiple dwelling unit network (14) that is adapted to receive at least a portion of the data stream from the headend unit (12) and provide at least a subset of the plurality of programs to individual users in the multiple dwelling facility (16). The method may comprise the acts of receiving a data stream that comprises a plurality of programs, distributing at least a portion of the data stream to a multiple dwelling unit network (14), and providing access to a specific one of the plurality of programs to each of a plurality of individual users within the multiple dwelling facility (16) via the multiple dwelling unit network (14) depending on whether each of the plurality of individual users has met at least one predetermined condition.