Terminal device, accounting system and data processing method
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Abstract
This invention relates to a terminal device capable of communicating with an accounting center, an accounting system, and a data processing method. A point memory 45 of a recording/reproducing device 10 stores accounting point information. An HDD 15 stores information distributed from an external source. A CPU 11 updates the accounting point information stored in the point memory 45 and updates attributes of the distributed information when the distributed information is stored onto the HDD 15. Thus, such inconvenience that communication with a distribution/accounting center 1 is carried out every time information is distributed to the recording/reproducing device 10 is avoided.
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13. A method for receiving chargeable information to a terminal device comprising the steps of:
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storing accounting point information representing a monetary balance in a first memory of the terminal device;
receiving chargeable information from an external source;
recording the chargeable information along with a management file having an information use permission flag corresponding to the received information to a second memory of the terminal device;
determining whether the first memory has sufficient points to pay for the received chargeable information;
subtracting points from the first memory to pay for the received chargeable information and setting the information permission flag to the AVAILABLE state when it is determined that the first memory has sufficient points to pay for the received chargeable information; and
initiating an actual accounting process to an accounting center to pay for the received chargeable information and setting the information permission flag to the AVAILABLE state when it is determined that the first memory does not have sufficient points to the pay for the received chargeable information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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