CA1229385A - Method and apparatus for subscription broadcast - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for subscription broadcast

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Publication number
CA1229385A
CA1229385A CA000473159A CA473159A CA1229385A CA 1229385 A CA1229385 A CA 1229385A CA 000473159 A CA000473159 A CA 000473159A CA 473159 A CA473159 A CA 473159A CA 1229385 A CA1229385 A CA 1229385A
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Prior art keywords
program
signal
unit
deciphering
subscriber
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CA000473159A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Thomas L. Russell, Jr.
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AT&T Corp
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/254—Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server
    • H04N21/2543—Billing, e.g. for subscription services
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/487—Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17345—Control of the passage of the selected programme
    • H04N7/17363—Control of the passage of the selected programme at or near the user terminal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N2007/1739—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal the upstream communication being transmitted via a separate link, e.g. telephone line

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)
  • Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
CA000473159A 1984-02-23 1985-01-30 Method and apparatus for subscription broadcast Expired CA1229385A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US58296684A 1984-02-23 1984-02-23
US582,966 1984-02-23

Publications (1)

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CA1229385A true CA1229385A (en) 1987-11-17

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CA000473159A Expired CA1229385A (en) 1984-02-23 1985-01-30 Method and apparatus for subscription broadcast

Country Status (9)

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JP (1) JPS61501301A (xx)
BE (1) BE901801A (xx)
CA (1) CA1229385A (xx)
DE (1) DE3590072T1 (xx)
FR (1) FR2560473A1 (xx)
GB (1) GB2173379B (xx)
NL (1) NL8520023A (xx)
SE (1) SE8504939D0 (xx)
WO (1) WO1985003830A1 (xx)

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JPH0646419A (ja) * 1992-07-27 1994-02-18 Lsi Japan Kk Ｔｖ課金システム
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FI113314B (fi) * 2000-04-17 2004-03-31 Teliasonera Finland Oyj Menetelmä lähetyksen ohjaamiseksi
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Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
SE8504939L (sv) 1985-10-21
JPS61501301A (ja) 1986-06-26
WO1985003830A1 (en) 1985-08-29
GB8525575D0 (en) 1985-11-20
FR2560473A1 (fr) 1985-08-30
BE901801A (fr) 1985-06-17
GB2173379B (en) 1988-01-20
DE3590072T1 (de) 1986-05-15
SE8504939D0 (sv) 1985-10-21
NL8520023A (nl) 1986-01-02
GB2173379A (en) 1986-10-08

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