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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Kazuhiko Yoshikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoaki Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tadasu Otsubo, Chigasaki, JP;
Kyoichi Hosokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A billing system for use in a chargeable program broadcasting is capable of reliably billing a subscriber for program reception while preventing unauthorized reception thereof. A receiving terminal includes a primary terminal,and a secondary terminal,. The primary terminal,receives a compressed video signal and confirms by an error checker,thereof whether there is a transmission error and bills, by a billing device,thereof, the receiving subscriber on the basis of an error information and a program information, etc., separated from the video signal by a separation circuit,. The compressed video data is time-axis multiplexed with a terminal identifying code and a key signal and transmitted to the secondary terminal,. In the secondary terminal,, a bill for the subscriber is confirmed by the terminal identifying code and the compressed data is decoded by a decoder circuit,thereof.