Method for downloading content from a server onto a recording medium as well as recording medium being suitable therefor

摘要

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), andc) 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).

主权项

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.