Method of managing the display of event specifications with...

Cryptography – Video cryptography – Video electric signal modification

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C380S231000, C713S193000

Reexamination Certificate

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07831046

ABSTRACT:
The object of the invention is a method of managing the display of event specifications with conditional access, particularly to display an electronic program guide for Pay-TV.This aim is reached by a method including the following steps:sending data forming an electronic program guide (EPG) to a decoder (STB), this electronic guide serving to display the events which will be broadcasted, these data including, for each event, at least one identifier, textual data and a condition block comprising the conditions required for the access to this event,sending at least one authorization message (EMM) to a security module (SC) associated with the decoder, this message defining access rights to an event;sending the condition block (PECM) to said security module (SC),processing, in the security module, the access condition contained in said condition block (PECM), andreturn by the security module of a message indicating, according to the access condition for each event and to the access rights contained in the security module, if the right exists or not for each event in the security module.This method allows the management of requests in structured language and makes it possible to manage complex access conditions.

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