DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DATA DISTRIBUTION METHOD, PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH DATA RECEIVING CAPABILITY, PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH DATA TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CAPABILITY, RECORDING MEDIUM ONTO WHICH DATA CONTENT IS RECORDED, ENCODING APPARATUS, AND DECODING APPARATUS
US7113927B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 6, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/06
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data distribution system has a portable user terminal, which sends a portable terminal ID or memory card ID and electronic money are sent to a store-based terminal (10) and receives data content, a store-based terminal (11), which receives the portable terminal ID or memory card ID and electronic money from the portable user terminal (10), and which sends these to a billing center (12), along with a content ID and a store-based terminal ID, a billing center (12) that receives the content ID, the portable terminal ID or memory card ID, the store-based terminal ID, and the electronic money from the store-based terminal (11), and a content center (13), which receives the content ID, the portable terminal ID or memory card ID, and the store-based terminal ID, and which distributes data content, via the store-based terminal (11), to the portable terminal (10).
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