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Terminal apparatus, information service center, transmitting system, and transmitting method

US6477506B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 1999
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2250/575
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmitting system in which a data once downloaded in a memory of a terminal apparatus from an information service center is returned to the information service center while the returned data is deleted from the memory of the terminal apparatus, and a fee for a next new data purchased by the terminal apparatus from the information service center is discounted or not charged.

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