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`This invention is gene:-oily concerned with data storage and access systems. More .
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`particularly, it relates to a ponoble_data carrier for storing and paying for data and to
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`computer systems for providing access to data to be stored.
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`corresponding methods and computer progems. The invention is particnlariy useful for
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`managing stored audio and video data, but may aiso be applied to storage and access of
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`text and sofiware, including games, as well as other types of date
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`Once problem associated with the increasingly wide use ofthe intense! is the gowing ‘
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`prevalence of 5o—cal}e<i data pirates. Such pirates obtain data either by unauthorised or
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`legitimate means and then make this data available essentially world-wide over the
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`internal without authorisation. Data can be a very valuable oommodity, but once it has
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`been published on the Internet it is difficult to police access to and use of it by interned
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`. users who may not even reaiise that it is pirateé. This is a particular problem with audio
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`recordings, and, once the bandwidth becomes available, is also likely to be evident with
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`Over the past three or four years compressed eudio sources have become increasingly
`widely available on web pages. One widely‘ used audio dale compression fon-not is MP3
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`compressed audio information such as speech or-music.
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`Ii: relies on psychomzoustic
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`_ properties of human hearing to achieve very large data compression factors. It is thus
`feasible to download usefully long passages ofzmrsic in a practically convenient short
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`time. Pirate data suppliers have not been slow to realise the potential of this and many
`unauthorised websites have sprung up ofiering popular music including recent neieases
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`and there is an urgent need to find a way to address the problem ofdeta piracy.
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`The invention described below adciresses this end reiated prebiems.
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`According to the present invention there is therefore provided a method of providing
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`portable data composing providing a porsebie afata smrage device comprising
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`tiownioaded data storage means and payment validation means; providing a terminal for
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`internet aceess; coupling the portabie data siorage cievice to the tefminai; reading
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`payment information from the payment vaiidation means using the terminai; valiéating
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`the péymentinfonnation; ami downioading data into the portable storage devieefrosh El
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`data ‘supplier.
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`Another aspect of the invention provides a corresponcfing mobile data retrieval device
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`for retrieving and ousputting data such as stored music andfor noise from the éata
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`storage device.
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`The payment vaiidation means is, for example, means to vaiidate payment with an
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`vaiidatien means with the data storage zriezms allows the access to the downloaded data
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`which is to be stored by the data storage means, to be made conditional upon checked
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`and vaiideted payment being made for the date. Binding the data access and payment
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`iogeiher allows the iegixirnate owners of the data to make the data availabie themselves
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`over the internet wishoul fear of loss of revenue, thus undermining the position of data
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`pirates.
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`A further advantage of the system is thai it aliows users under the age of IE to make
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`interact purchases. Cm-remly imemet users pay for goods andfor services by credit card.
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`Si-nee credit cards cannot be Iegitimateiy be used by persons under the age of 1% (ti! least
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`embodiment of the invention however, the payment vaiidation means comprises e-cash -
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`that is the payment validation means stores transaction value information on a cash
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`value of transactions veiidatabie by the data storage means. in simple terms, the data
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`I storage means can be a card which is charged up to a desired cash value (if necessary»
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`limited to a maximum value) at a suitable terminal. This might be an intense! access
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`terminal but could, more simply, be a device to accept the data storage card and to
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`receive and count money deposited by the user to charge the card, writing update cash
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`value informatiort onto the card. More sophisticateo ways of updating the cash value on
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`the card are also possible, such as direct bank tntxtsfet. Since. with this type of
`emhoditnent, the data storage means is, essentially, preohorged with cash rather than
`acting as. a credit card it an be used by young people without the risk oftheir incurring
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`connected to the device and retains a memory of the clownloaded data wltencit is
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`unpowered. This can be achieved by the use of Flash RAM or, more generally, any
`form of programmable read-only memory. Altemetively the slate storage means may
`inooqzorate a rechargeable cell or capacitor and store information in battery backed-up
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`‘static RAM.
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`The downloaded tlata maybe entered into the data storage device by meansof an
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`interface such as a magnetically or wpacitativeiy coupled connection or an optical
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`connection, but preferably the interface comprises contacts for direct electrical
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`. connection to the storage means. The payment validation means may likewise have one
`of a variety of ioterfaoes but again preferably comprises a set of elecoical contacts. The
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`payment validation means could‘ however comprise a magnetic or holographic data-
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`strip such as is known for use with cmtiit cords and phone cards. The interface to
`receive the downloaded data may be separate from the interface to the pefment
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`validation means, to facilitate separate and simultaneous access to both these systenté.
`In Dlhel’ embodiments a single interface may serve for both data storage and payment.
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`Advantageousiy the payznent validation means includes 3 memory storing information
`to identify the person who is paying for the downloaded data.
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`For additional security the downloaded data may be encrypted. In this case data
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`decryptian may fie necessary at same stage, either in the data storage means or in the _
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`retrieva§_ device or in an information deiivering apparatus such as a data access terminal.
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`A-kematively the data dccryptiar: function can be shared amongst one or more of these
`devices. The skiiled person will be aware efa range sf surtabie encryptionfdgzcryption
`techniques Enciuding Pretty Good Privacy (Registered Trade Mark) and PKI {Pubiic Key
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`Infrastructure). Nor-maiiy when the downioaded data is encrypted axdscryption key must
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`be supplied. This can be generated automaticallyhy-the data access terminal or data
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`access service provider or it can be entered by the user into the data access tcnrrina or
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`into the mobile data retrievai device.‘
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`The data smrage means andfor the retrieval device can be provideci with access contrbi
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`means to prevent unauthorised access in the downloaded data. Addilionaliy G!‘
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`alternatively; use control means can be provided to stop or provide only limited access
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`cf the user to the downloaded data in accardance with the amount paid. There access
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`and use contra} fianctions may in some embodiments be combined, permitted use
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`controiling access or pertained access controfling use. Thus, for example, a complete:
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`set of data information reiating to a particular topic, a particular music track, or a
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`panicuiar software package might be downloaded, although access to pan of the data set '
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`mighr thercafier at wntreiied by payments made by a user at a later stage. lrrthis way, a _
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`user couid pay to enable an extra have! on a game or to enable further tracks cf an
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`data or in a separate storage area, for example in the payment validation means. The
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`uscr‘s acceaé is the d-awnioadeé data could advantageorxsiy be responsive 10 the
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`payment iraiidatian means, for exampie, by means of a control fine coupiing the
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`payment vaiiciatian means with a mamory access or decryption conmzi element.
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`smart card and the mobfilc data renieval device is provided with a slut to receive the
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`carfi. Preferably the card is E push~fir within the retrieval device, and retention of the
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`card may be effected by pressure from electrical interface connections andfor resilience
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`, al‘ the housing, or by using a resilient retaining means.
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`112 a preferred embodiment the
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`retrisval'devi<:e includes an audio output and a display, to play a downloaded track and
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`to show information about the track sndicr an accompanying video,
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`To dowrxlcad data onto the data storage means the user can employ a data access
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`terminal coupled to the internet. The terminal can directly validate payment - for
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`example in the case of a smart card charged with electronic cash it can deduct a cash
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`value from the card. Aitematixrely it call: communicate with a bank or other financial
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`services provider to control payment. In a preferred embodiment, howevsr, the lerrninal
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`connects to a data access service provider which provides a portal In other sites -and
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`which validates payment and then forwards data from a daxa supplier to the users local
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`access terminal. The data access service provider may alternatively forward payment
`validation infarmatior: arrdfor information from the paymerlt validatirm authority to the
`data sfipplier for control byjhc supplier cf the data supplied. Thus, access to the
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`payment validasion system andfor data for downloading may be entirely commlled by
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`rhe data supplier.
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`Data held on the data storage means may aévamsgeously include data relatlng to the
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`user’s er payer's usage of the systam. This information may include, for example,
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`information on a user‘s spending pattern, informaticn on data suppliers used and
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`information an the dawnloaded data. This inforrnarion may bevaccessed by the data
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`supplier and/or data access ssrvéca pmvider and can be used for targeted rrinrkcting or
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`loyalty-bsscd incentive: schemes such as air miles or the like.
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`The data access terminal may be a conventional wmputer er, altcrnstivsiy, it may be a
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`mobile phone. Wireless Application Protocol (WA?) and E-mode allow mobile phones
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`to efficiently access the imcmet and !his allows a mobile phone to be used to download
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`data to the data siosagc means, afivantageously, direcfily. The data storage means can,‘if
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`desired, incorpnrate the functionality of a mobile phone SFM (Subscriber Identity
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`Module) card, which cards already include a. user identification means, to allow use:
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`billing through she phone network operator.
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`In pregame emhodiment the downloaded data is MP3 or other encoded auéio data, but
`the system finds more general application for other dents types. Fer example, dowrlload
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`data can include saftware, and particularly games, share price information, current news
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`infonnatien, transport tfimetabk: infermation, weather infm-rnatioi: and catalogue
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`shopping infonnation. The downloaded infcrxnation may also -include compressed
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`video data. The storage capacity of the data storage mmns is adaptable to suit the type
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`ofldata intended to be dewnloséed - for example, 32 megabytes is sufficient fer CD0
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`quality music, but for video it is preferable that the data storage means has a capacity of
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`128 megabytes or greater.
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`In another aspect, the invention provides a portable daia csrfier compzising an interfaee
`for reading and writing data fmm and to the carrier; non-vnlatile data memory. coupled
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`to the interface, for storing data on the carrier; nonwoiatile payment data memory,
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`coupled to the interface, for providing payrnem data ts an external device.
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`These features allow ‘she data carrier to store bmh payment date and content tiara thus
`l providing the advantages outlinedabove. Depending upon the paymem system used,
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`the p‘%ay-meat data memory may also store code for validating or canfirming a payment to
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`an external payment system. The payment ésta will mmnally be linked to card or card
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`holézler identification data for payment by the card holder. The non-valatiie memory
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`ensures that stared content and payment data is retained in the data carrier when the data
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`carrier is not receiving power from an external source.‘ Thus "non~volatile"
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`encompasses, for example, low-power memory whose ccmtents are retained by} a baflery
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`baek—up system. In one embodiment the payment data memary comprises EEPROM
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`and the content data memory comprises Flash memozy, but other types of csntent data
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`memory, such as optical, for example, "holographic, data memory can also he used. The
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`data carrier may also be imegraied "into other apparatus, such as a mobile
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`communications device.
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`Preferably, the poriabie data carrier further comprise: a pmgram store storing code
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`implememabie by a processor; and 3 processor, eoispied to the content data memory, the
`payment date menwry, she’ interface arid lathe progam store for implementing code in
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`the program stare, wherein the code cempzi ses eorie to output payment data fi-em the
`payment date memory to the interfacesnd code to provide extemai access to the data
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`memory.
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`Normaiiy, the (content) data memory snows hath write arid read access for both storing
`anti retrieving data, but in some embcciiments the content data memory may be read‘
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`oniy memory. In such embodiments, content may be pmioacied onto the carrier and
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`payment may then be made for permission to access the pie-ieadeé data.
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`- Preferably, the data carrier also stores a record of access made to the content data and
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`updates this in response to extemai access, psefetabiy read access, made to, the data
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`memory. The canrier may aiso store comentuse rules pertaining to aiiowed use cf
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`stored data items. These use mies may be linked to payments made from the card to-
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`prcvide payment options such as access to buy content data eueighi; rental access to
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`content data for s time peg-ice or far 3 specified number of access events; andler
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`remailpurchase, for example where rental use is provided I0g€Ih8I"\A?ith an option in
`purchase cement fiata at the reduced price afier rental access has expired.
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`Thus where the date carrier stores, for exampie, music the purchase outrighti caption may
`_ "be equiveiem to the puzehsse ofa compact disc (CD), prefer-abiy with sonic form "of
`content copy protection such as digits} watermarking. In this exariipie, the rental or '
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`subscription payment uptien may be a pay-per-play option, ans with this option payment
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`may either be before or after access to the stored data 50 that the carrier may operate in
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`either a debit or credit payment mime.
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`The portability of the tiata earrier potentieliy ailows it in be used to access content or. in
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`the exampie, play music without the need to be linked to a eommunkafions system or to _
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`be on-lfine to the internet. By providing a use record memory on the data carrier, use of _
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`the stone data can be tracked whilst ofilline and then any necessary payment can be
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`made when the data carrier is next coupled to a eemmuisjcatien system.
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`‘E1115 allows the
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`' data carrier to operate in a credit mode. in a‘ debit mode, the additienel storage of use
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`mics facilitates the regulation cf access to cement data stored on the carrier without the
`need for further exchange of paymentiuse data with an external system to vaiieate the
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`By combining digital rights management with cement data storage using a single carrier
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`the stored content data beeemes mobile and can be accessed anywhere whilst reaaining
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`centre} over the stored data for the data content pravider or data copyright owner.
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`Preferabfy, the data carrier also stores access control data, such as a user ID and 3
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`password, as the stored data maybe vaiuable. The access control data may be combined
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`with access contra} tn the payment date, which is typieafly by means of a PEN (Personai
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`fdemification Number} to simplify access to vaiued content stance on the carrier.
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`in one embodiment the stored cement data is enerypied and-a unique password or PIN
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`andler biometric data is required for decryptien. The data easier may be arranged so
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`that the content is erased afier a predetefinined number of ineerreet access attemgits.
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`Additionaily or aliematively, a perrnanenliy stored fiagmay be set audio: 3 hardware
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`modification (such as a fusable iink)'may be made to prevent the dataearrier fmrn
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`functioning for further data storagefretrievai. Preferably, hewever, access to anysaored
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`value./payment data is nevertheiess retained.
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`Suppiernentary data may also be stored on the canier in associatien wiih stored ecintem
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`data. This suppiementary data may comprise customer reward management data audio:
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`advertising data. The supplementary data may comprise a pointer to an external data
`source from whiefidata is dewnioafied eisher to the data carrier at to 5: dam access
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`device or content piayer, so that afiveriising or other data: can be dispiayed when
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`reviewing or accessing the storeé content.
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`Additional dam security and/or a mechanism for rewarding cpcrators as. éiffercnt ievels
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`in the data supply chaixi may be provided using a content synthesis function. The
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`suntan! synthesis function combines partial content inforrnation from two or more '
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`sources to provide cergtcni data items for storage and/or output. Thus, for-':exampic, a
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`first percentage cf a content data item could be provided by a content rctaiicr whilst a
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`remainirig percentage couid be provided by an on—linc data supplier. This wculci
`provide ari incentive for a user ‘to register with akcorrtent retailer or distributor as well as
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`with an an-line scheme owner anti so cmzid encourage the use of existing retailers and
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`could prqvide a mechanism for paying commission to such rctaiiers. The two ponicins
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`cf dam combined to provide a content data item could comprise encryption demand a
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`key but prefer-abiy comprise separate parts ofa compiete daia item, for cxampie, ieast_ .
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`significant bits-and most significant bits or high frequencies and low frequencies -(for
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`audio). This arrangement also faciiitates cilsicmcr reward and loyalty management.
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`In (me cmboéiment 111: data carrier further comprises memm-y fer storing data for I
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`accessing a mcbilc communications network, for example to receive content data over
`the network; For such an embodiment; the data carrier may replace a SIM (Subscriber
`identity Module) card in a mcbile communications dcvice, thus pmvidinga single card
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`for both network access and valued content retrieval and staragc. Additionaliy or
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`aitcrnativeiy the card may aiso stare the web address cf a data supplier from whom data
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`may be dawnioaded 01:29 the carrier.
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`The data memory for storing ccntcnt data may be optic, magnetic or semiconductor
`' me.-mory, but prcfembly comprises Fiasb memory. Prcfcrabiy, the data memory
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`a
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`iarge capacity for storing large data files such as comprcsseci video data. Preferabiy, the
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`data mcnwry is partitioned for lock access, that is" for read andfor write access to blocks
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`of, for exampic, 1K, 4K, 16?: or 64K databyics for fast:-r data access, particularly where
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`the siored cement data will ncsrmaily be accessed safiaiiy, as is normally the case with
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`audio and video data. Preferably the eatfi is configured as an if: card or smart card and
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`base credit earcmype format, although other forrnats such as the "memory stick" format
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`may else be used. This provides a small and convenient portable format-and faciiitetes
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`remevable interfacing with; variety of deyieas.
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`The invention also pmvides a reiatted method of controlling access :9 date on a data
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`caniez‘, the data carrier comprising non-voiatiie data memory and non-volatile parameter
`memory storing use status data and
`rates, the method eamprising receiving is data
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`access request; reading the use status data and use mites from memory; and eveiuating
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`the use status data using the use rules to determine whether access to the stored data is
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`permitted.
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`According to ancither aspect of the invention, there is provided 3 computer system for
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`providing data to a data requester. the system comprising a communication interface; a
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`data -access data store-for storing records of-data items avaiiable fmm the-system, each -
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`record carnpzising a data item description and a pointer to a data provider for the data
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`item; a program store storing cede impiememabie by 3 proeesser; a processor coupied to
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`the communications interface, to the data access data store, and to the program store for
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`impiementixtg the stored code, the code comprising code to receive a request for 2 data
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`item fiern the requester; code to receive from the communications interface payment
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`date comprising data relating to payment for the requesteé data item; code responsive to
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`the request and to the received pament Lima, 19 read data for the requested data item
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`from a content proviéer; ané code in transmit the read data to the requester over the
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`communications interface.
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`The computer system is operated by a data supplier at data sup;-iy "scheme owner“ for
`pravidirtg content data to the data carrier described abctve. The payment data received
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`may either be data reiating to an actuai payment made to the data supplier, or it may be a
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`record of a. payment maszie to an e-payrnertt system relating either to a payment tn the
`éaza suppiier, at ta 0 payment to 3 third party. The data from the eontent provider,
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`preferably without permanent {ic-cal) storage of the forwarded data. This improves data
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`security as the content provider retains control over a content data item and the data
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`supplier, a copy of a data item, is unable to supply data for tlzeitem without the content
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`providefs assistance. The computer system may provide temporary storage for a
`requested delta item, for example, using a disk cache, but preferably the computer system
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`does not store a complete data item, even temporarily.
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`Preferably, the computer system includes payment distribution infernmtion so that when
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`payment is made for a data itein, the payment can be distributed for reimbursing
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`royalties and making other payments. Typically a large fraction of the payment for a
`data item will be transferred to 3 copyright owner or "content proiriclefl for the item
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`whilst smaller pie;-merits will go to the artist anclfor publisher endfor ‘re