Interactive television security through transaction time stamping
US5519433A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/532
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for providing security on an interactive television system. Two sets of interactive data, with time stamps, are separately sent to a remote location. At the remote location, the time stamps are checked against a remote clock, a time difference being noted for both sets of data. The two time differences are compared to determine if one set of data has been delayed as compared to the other. Non-delayed data can be used to update a game score for an interactive game. After the game is completed, the remote clock is compared to a central clock. The difference between the two clocks are compared to the time difference for non-delayed data to determine whether the entire aggregate of interactive data was delayed.
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