Patent ID: 8151302
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A receiver comprising: receiving means for receiving digital content and attributive information from a broadcast station, the attributive information including an accounting amount for the digital content, and the receiving means including an infra-red radiation receiving unit; remote controller means, which includes an infra-red radiation emitting unit, for remotely controlling the receiving means by transmitting an infra-red radiation signal from the infra-red radiation emitting unit to the infra-red radiation receiving unit in the receiving means, the remote controller means having a display unit and a removable recording medium, selecting means for comparing first selective information with the attributive information, a filtering means for filtering the attributive information on the basis of the first selective information to select the digital content; a code decoding means for decoding a code of the digital content filtered by the filtering means using a predetermined cipher key, the cipher key being possessed by a registered user of the broadcast station, wherein upon decoding the code of the digital content by the code decoding means, transmitting an accounting data to the broadcast station; recording means for recording digital content on the receiver, said digital content selected on the basis of the first selective information; and removable recording medium control means for recording at least one of said selected digital content, and for storing address information of digital content to the broadcast station, on the removable recording medium,