Patent ID: 8010977
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A pay program providing system, comprising: a broadcast receiving apparatus receiving a broadcast signal containing video image information representing a video image, pay program identifying information indicating whether or not the video image is a pay program video image, and address information indicating a predetermined communications server, the broadcast signal containing the video image information, the pay program identifying information, and the address information in a predetermined format, the broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a display portion displacing the video image; a pay program judging portion judging whether or not the video image information is pay program video image information based on the pay program identifying information; a recording portion recording the video image information, wherein, if the pay program judging portion judges that the video image information is pay program video image information, the recording portion records the address information in addition to the video image information; a matrix barcode producing portion producing, based on the address information, a matrix barcode indicating the address information; a video image playback portion making the display portion play back the video image of the video image information recorded in the recording portion according to a playback start instruction; a pay program guide displaying portion producing a display of a predetermined pay program guide image if the video image to be played back is a pay program video image, wherein the pay program guide displaying portion produces a display of the pay program guide image including the matrix barcode, and if the video image to be played back is a pay program video image, the video image playback portion temporarily suspends playback of the video image; a communications terminal that can read a matrix barcode, and that stores identifiable information by which an individual or organization can be identified; and a communications server having a key required to lift a suspension of playback, wherein the pay program providing system performs a first step in which the communications terminal reads the matrix barcode displayed by the broadcast receiving apparatus, and makes access to a communications server identified by the address information, a second step in which the communications server transmits the key to the communications terminal only when the communications server receives the identifiable information from the communications terminal, a third step in which the communications terminal transmits the key to the broadcast receiving apparatus, and a fourth step in which the broadcast receiving apparatus lifts a suspension of playback when obtaining the key.