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Secure media on demand system whereby charge is determined in part from the periodicity of an encryption key

US6061452A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 25, 1997
Grant dateMay 9, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/6581
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide a transmitting system of which data is difficult to be tapped and which is suitable for flexibly determining a watching and listening fee. In order to achieve the object, there is provided a combination of a transmitting method comprising steps of, transmitting encoded data which has been encoded, to a receiving side, changing the encoding in a predetermined unit, and performing recording according to requirement, from the receiving side of information concerning decoding of the encoded data, and a receiving method comprising steps of, receiving the encoded data which has been encoded, from a transmitting side, requiring the information concerning the decoding of the encoded data, to the transmitting side, and decoding the encoded data by using the obtained information concerning the decoding.

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