Patent ID: 8874918
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for conditionally allowing fruition of broadcast contents, broadcast by a contents broadcaster and received by a user by means of receiving equipment, comprising: performing, locally at the receiving equipment of the user, a first fruition entitlement check based on first fruition entitlement data available locally at the receiving equipment; at the receiving equipment, conditioning the fruition of the broadcast contents based on a result of said first fruition entitlement check; providing to the contents broadcaster second fruition entitlement data exploiting a return communications channel of the receiving equipment, wherein the return communications channel is a messaging service of the mobile telephony network; conditioned on a result of a second fruition entitlement check, receiving a fruition entitlement confirmation notification from the contents broadcaster via the return communications channel, wherein the second check is based on a comparison between the second fruition entitlement data and third fruition entitlement data available locally to the contents broadcaster.