Patent ID: 7209893
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A multimedia content delivery system, comprising: a content provider providing multimedia files; a first integrated circuit card interface in a multimedia terminal for receipt of a host integrated circuit card containing first authorization information; a second integrated circuit card interface in said multimedia terminal for receipt of a user integrated circuit card containing second authorization information; an input device for selecting at least one multimedia file from the plurality of multimedia files, wherein information regarding the selected at least one multimedia file comprises authorization information stored on the first integrated circuit card or the second integrated circuit card; an output device for providing the content of at least one authorized multimedia file provided by the content provider to a user of the user integrated circuit card; and a control unit in said multimedia terminal, responsive to the host and user integrated circuit cards being received in the first and second integrated circuit card interfaces, which compares the first and second authorization information and when the first and second authorization information is found to be compatible actuates said output device to provide the content of the at least one multimedia file from the content provider selected by said input device under control of the authorization information which authorizes downloading of the at least one authorized multimedia file through the output device, contained in the first and second authorization information; and wherein the content is provided from a database external from the integrated circuit cards.