SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING INFORMATION BETWEEN A TRANSMITTING CENTRE AND RECEIVING STATIONS, THE SYSTEM BEING PROVIDED WITH CONTROL MEANS FOR GAINING ACCESS TO THE CONVEYED INFORMATION

摘要

A system for transmitting information between an emitting center and receiving stations, comprising: a subscription administration center generating a plurality of subscriber's keys Ci changing randomly at relatively long intervals of the order of a month; in the emitting center: a generator of an operating key K changing randomly at relatively short intervals of the order of a few minutes; a circuit for forming messages Mi obtained from said subscriber's keys Ci and from the operating key K by means of an algorithm, all the messages Mi then being directed towards the emitting center; and automatic encryption means using the operating key K, in each receiving station: a subscription holder on which is recorded a signal corresponding to at least one of the subscriber's keys Ci; a circuit for restoring the operating key receiving the messages Mi and the subscriber's key Ci, this circuit working out an algorithm for restoring the signal corresponding to the operating key K used in the emitting center; an automatic decryption means; and at least one charging station capable of temporarily receiving the subscription holders and permanently recording one of the subscriber's key Ci thereon.