User-related charging for transmitted TV, video, radio or games programs in restricted access system involves exchanging payment, identification, decoding data by telecommunications

摘要

The method involves establishing a link between a controller and provider, requesting the user to add a credit to an account and enter ID data and a program into the controller, entering the credit to a provider account associated with user data, entering user data into the controller and sending to the provider, debiting an amount if data match, allocating a decoding key to user ID data, sending to the controller and releasing a reception channel. The method involves establishing a telecommunications connection between a controller (6) and provider (1), requesting the user to add a credit to an account and enter user identification data and the desired program into the controller, entering the credit to a provider account associated with the user data, entering the user data into the controller and sending to the provider, comparing the entered and stored user identification data, debiting an amount associated with a program if the data match, allocating a decoding key to the user identification data and sending to the controller and releasing a channel enabling reception of the program. Independent claims are also included for the following: a restricted access system with user-related charging for transmitted TV, video, radio or games programs and a controller for controlling access to TV, video, radio or games programs for implementing the method.