System for enabling access to a body of information based on a credit value, and system for allocating fees
US6272535A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/16
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An accounting apparatus has a money input, by which a user can input an amount of money into the apparatus. A receiver receives a body of information transmitted over a communication medium, and a register is arranged to store at least two data received with such body of information. A control unit processes the at least two data in the register received with such body of information, and the amount input by the user via the money input, and an indicator indicates to the user whether the user is permitted access to the body of information, based on a result of processing provided by the control unit.
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