Method for downloading content from a server onto a recording medium as well as recording medium being suitable therefor
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1. A method for receiving content via a network, the method comprising:
- establishing, by a network device, a connection with a server via the network;
storing, by the network device, a currency balance on a recording medium of the network device;
receiving, by the network device, the content from the server according to a streaming process such that parts of the content that have already been received from the server are written onto the recording medium, by the network device, before all remaining parts of the content have been received from the server;
receiving, by the network device from the server, a command to update the currency balance by a credit amount associated with the received content;
decreasing, by the network device according to the command, the stored currency balance by the credit amount; and
storing, by the network device according to the command, the decreased currency balance on the recording medium.
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Abstract
A method for transferring content from a server (2) onto a recording medium (14), said server (2) being accessible via a communication network (4), comprises the following steps:
- a) connecting said recording medium (14) to a networkable device (3),
- b) establishing a connection between the networkable device (3) and said server (2) via said communication network (4), and
- c) transferring content from said server (2) onto said recording medium (14) via said networkable device (3),
wherein at least one of steps b) and c) is managed by an application which is provided on said recording medium (14) and which is activated or is activatable after said recording medium (14) has been connected to said networkable device (3).
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1. A method for receiving content via a network, the method comprising:
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establishing, by a network device, a connection with a server via the network; storing, by the network device, a currency balance on a recording medium of the network device; receiving, by the network device, the content from the server according to a streaming process such that parts of the content that have already been received from the server are written onto the recording medium, by the network device, before all remaining parts of the content have been received from the server; receiving, by the network device from the server, a command to update the currency balance by a credit amount associated with the received content; decreasing, by the network device according to the command, the stored currency balance by the credit amount; and storing, by the network device according to the command, the decreased currency balance on the recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A network device, comprising:
circuitry configured to establish a connection with server via a network; store a currency balance on a recording medium; receive content from the server according to a streaming process such that parts of the content that have already been received from the server are written onto the recording medium, by the circuitry, before all remaining parts of the content have been received from the server; receive from the server, a command to update the currency balance by a credit amount associated with the received content; decrease, according to the command, the stored currency balance by the credit amount; and store, according to the command, the decreased currency balance on the recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by circuitry of a network device, cause the circuitry to:
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establish a connection with a server via a network; store a currency balance on a recording medium; receive content from the server according to a streaming process such that parts of the content that have already been received from the server are written onto the recording medium before all remaining parts of the content have been received from the server; receive, from the server, a command to update the currency balance by a credit amount associated with the received content; decrease, according to the command, the stored currency balance by the credit amount; and store, according to the command, the decreased currency balance on the recording medium.
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