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Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2002
Applicants:

Klaus Miethe, Darmstadt, DE;

Jens Johann, Griesheim, DE;

Wolfgang Oberndorfer, Darmstadt, DE;

Joerg Schwenk, Bad Sassendorf, DE;

Inventors:

Klaus Miethe, Darmstadt, DE;

Jens Johann, Griesheim, DE;

Wolfgang Oberndorfer, Darmstadt, DE;

Joerg Schwenk, Bad Sassendorf, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A terminal device for using different services offered via a telecommunications network includes at lest one receiving device for image and sound information, at least one transmitting device for data which is used to select the received image and sound information, an input unit, a decoder for the image and sound information, and outputs for audio and video signals. A server for such terminal devices includes devices for connection to a telecommunications network, devices for carrying out authorization checks using the respective data received from a terminal device, and devices for receiving and processing service requests of the terminal devices. The services used may include television programs, such as pay TV and interactive television, and Internet applications.


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