Pay per view entertainment system
January 13, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References Re31639 3718906 Method and system for subscription television billing and access Method and apparatus for video recording Ordering terminal Self-service terminal Cryptographic decoder for computer programs Codified field polarity television system Programming-on-demand cable system and method Community antenna television arrangement for the reception and distribution of TV - and digital audio signals InventorApplicationNo. 07/145645 filed on 01/13/1988US Classes:340/5.9, Commodity (e.g., vending)340/5.74, Access to electrical information340/825.25, Audio system (e.g., by pulse signal)379/101.01, Audio program distribution379/91.02, At switching station380/234, Including display of supplemental information705/53, Including third party for collecting or distributing payment (e.g., clearinghouse)705/78, Including third party725/110, Connection to external network at receiver (e.g., set-top box)725/134, Having particular storage feature725/5, Payment method or scheme725/8Having variable cost or free preview periodExaminersPrimary: Yusko, Donald J.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04H 1/02 (20060101)H04H 1/10 (20060101) H04N 7/16 (20060101) AbstractIn a pay per view entertainment system, prerecorded entertainment such as musical works are distributed to subscribers over a cable network. The subscribers are able to listen to edited versions or previews of the complete musical works and to select desired musical works for recording. Before the musical work is recorded on a special receiver, the subscriber is billed for the service.Other References
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