Accounting device, communicating apparatus, and communication system
US6144946A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 25, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/16
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An accounting device of the invention cooperates with a terminal station to allow one to use information from an information provider, and includes a first input unit for inputting first data PIDi and PIDj regarding the contents of providing information, a second input unit for inputting second data TIDi and TIDj regarding the use of hardware to carry out the use of the providing information at the terminal station, a third input unit for inputting third data PPC indicative of money information, and a checking unit for discriminating between a permission and an inhibition (prohibition) of the use of the information at the terminal station by using at least one of the first and second, and third data. The checking unit outputs a discrimination result about the permission or inhibition of the use to the external of the accounting device, thereby properly prohibit illegal use of the terminal station and contributing to a spread of network terminal apparatus.
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