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H04N 7/16 (2006.01) H04N 1/00 (2006.01) H04N 7/167 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1277764

SYSTEM FOR ENABLING DESCRAMBLING ON A SELECTIVE-SUBSCRIPTION BASIS IN A SUBSCRIBER COMMUNICATION NETWORK ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A system in a subscriber television network for enabling descrambling of a received scrambled signal on a prepaid basis and/or an impulse-purchase basis. A received mask signal uniquely related to the scrambled signal is compared with a received authorization signal indicating whether the subscriber is authorized to receive the scrambled signal on a prepaid basis and a prepaid signal for enabling descrambling is provided when the compared signals match, A not-prepaid signal is provided when they do not match, A received cost signal indicating the charge for descrambling the scrambled signal and a received credit signal indicating the subscriber's accumulated credit are processed with reference to a stored record of the subscriber's prior accumulated charges to determine whether the subscriber has sufficient available credit to pay for descrambling of the scrambled signal. If a program is not prepaid and if sufficient credit is available, the subscriber is given the option of causing the signal to be descrambled on an impulse-purchase basis. To prevent a subscriber from obtaining descrambling through such deceit as changing the mask, authorization, cost and/or credit signals, these signals are processed with key signals which are used in scrambling and descrambling the television signal such that descrambling is prevented if any of the mask et al signals is changed.

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