The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001

Filed:

Apr. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Risto Lehtinen, Helsinki, FI;

Harri Okkonen, Espoo, FI;

Pekka Heinonen, Espoo, FI;

Ari Ikonen, Raisio, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 ; H04N 7/14 ; H04H 1/14 ; H04H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 ; H04N 7/14 ; H04H 1/14 ; H04H 1/00 ;
Abstract

Equipment (,) is used for the reception of multimedia presentations and for their playback to the user, said equipment comprising a storage and presentation apparatus such as a computer (,) or television (,) and a terminal of a bidirectional communications system such as a mobile phone (,) or cordless phone (,). The multimedia information is loaded dynamically, and keys needed to descramble scrambled transmissions are delivered to the user via a bidirectional communications system. In the terminal equipment a local agent (,) which uses only a little of system capacity takes care of information loading and checks the available resource. Bidirectional communications can also be used for making payments to the producer and/or distributor of the multimedia service in the form of operations similar to telebank services.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…