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System and methods for transmitting encrypted data with encryption key

US7454618B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 2002
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4623
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for transmitting information between a transmitter station and a plurality of receiving stations in which encrypted information is transmitted from the transmitter station to the receiver station with a first key and at least a control message bearing a second key. The first key used for decryption is restored in each receiving station from the second key and from at least one datum selected from a set of data available in the receiving stations, according to a selection command periodically transmitted between the transmitting station and the receiving station. Such a system may find particular application to pay television.

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