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Controlled-access broadcast signal receiving system

US5796828A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1995
Grant dateAug 18, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2005/91364
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for transferring from a broadcaster to a receiver a limited reproduction right in data. A signal indicating the limited reproduction right is transmitted by the broadcaster and stored by the receiver with the data. The receiver reproduces and processes the data as a function of this signal.

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