Patent ID: 6094482
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
A transmission/reception system comprising:transmitting means for transmitting pay information;charging means for selling a storage element at a predetermined cost, said storage element pre-storing charging information for permitting reception of said pay information; anda plurality of receivers each including a mounting portion in which said storage element sold by said charging means is removably mounted, determining means for determining whether each said receiver is allowed to receive said pay information transmitted from said transmitting means, in accordance with the charging information stored in said storage element mounted in said mounting portion, and means for receiving and reproducing said pay information when said determining means determines that each said receiver is allowed to receive said pay information;wherein said transmitting means includes a service center for editing contents to be transmitted, and a transmitting station for receiving said contents from said service center and transmitting said contents, andwherein said charging means includes means for remitting or electronically sending said cost to one of said service center and an account of said service center, and means for remitting another part of said cost to one of said transmitting station and an account of said transmitting station.