Patent ID: 7478069
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for selective billing at least one of a plurality of access-controlled programs and data, which are broadcast unidirectionally and encrypted by a broadcast transmitter, comprising: receiving a selected one of the plurality of access-controlled programs and data by at least one mobile receiving device, the selected one of plurality of programs and data being decrypted in the mobile receiving device upon received access conditions data for the at least one of the plurality of access-controlled programs and data coinciding with authorization data of the user of the mobile receiving device; transmitting access request data, for access to the at least one of the plurality of access-controlled programs and data, from the mobile receiving device over a mobile radio network to a central unit, at least part of the access request data being specified by the user on the basis of the received access conditions data; transmitting, via the central unit, at least part of the authorization data over the mobile radio network to the mobile receiving device in accordance with the transmitted access request data, transmitting clearing data based on the data of the mobile receiving device, via the central unit, to a clearing module, wherein the clearing data includes billing data for the access to the selected one of the plurality of access-controlled programs and data, as well as user data, and wherein the user data includes information about the access; at least one of crediting and debiting, via the clearing module, at least one of services and payments to the vendor of the selected one of the plurality of access-controlled programs and data and to the user, in accordance with the received clearing data, the at least one of crediting and debiting being performed without prepayment or subscription by the user, and/or making available information to the vendor, wherein the information is generated by the central unit, based on the user data, according to specified conditions on further use; generating, via the central unit, a data token for decryption of a selected one of the plurality of access-controlled programs and data in accordance with the received access request data; and transmitting the data token to the receiving device, wherein an access authorization for a key for decryption of the selected one of the plurality of access-controlled programs and data.