Patent ID: 7835992

Claim:
A telecommunication terminal including hardware and software for processing encrypted data objects, comprising: a communication entity programmed to receive at least one data object in encrypted form; a management entity programmed to receive and manage at least one rights object assigned to the at least one data object, said at least one rights object including a key and usage rights for the at least one data object; and a user interface including at least one of a speaker and a display for outputting information to a user, wherein the communication entity is also programmed: to process time information, which is received along with the at least one data object and specifies a time when the at least one rights object assigned to the at least one data object will arrive at the management entity, and to output a signal via the user interface indicating that the received at least one data object is usable by the user only if the management entity receives the at least one rights object assigned to the at least one data object before the time specified by the time information.