Patent ID: 6282293
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A system for charging a fee for a video information, comprising:a recording and reproducing circuit which records scrambled signals including a main video information with a first charging information and an auxiliary video information with a second charging information, having a different charging level from that of the first charging information, on a recording medium and reproducing the scrambled signals from said recording medium;a descrambler which descrambles the scrambled signals reproduced by said recording and reproducing circuit so as to reproduce original unscrambled video information; anda detector which detects the charging information in the scrambled signals reproduced from said recording medium,wherein a first fee based on said first charging information is charged each time the original unscrambled main video information is reproduced from the recorded scrambled signals, and a second, different fee based on said second charging information is charged each time both of the original unscrambled main and auxiliary video information are reproduced from the recorded scrambled signals.