Public communication system comprising distributed stations, and station and sub-station for use in such a communication system

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PATENT NO 4980912
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07474966

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A public communication system for encrypted audio/video information has various selective entitlement organizations with respect to its distributed receiver station. Such receiver station comprises one or more receiver sub-stations for decrypting the received encrypted information by means of a decrypting key. Furthermore, the receiver station comprises one or more decription key sub-stations that may be interrogated by the receiver sub-stations and thereupon may verify a conditional access requirement, and in case of positive verification, forward decryption key information the interogating received sub-station. All said sub-stations are interconnected by a serial standard bus, so that the configuration of a station is flexible and may even be altered dynamically.

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IPG ELECTRONICS 503 LIMITEDTRAFALGAR COURT LES BANQUES ST PETER PORT GY1 3DA

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Welmer, Harm J Eindhoven, NL 7 212

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