Abstract: A method of acquiring access rights to conditional access content. The method comprises receiving an access right on a first terminal through a first communication channel; storing said access right in said first terminal; sending a request for said conditional access content to a content provider, said request containing at least an identifier of an account to which said first terminal is associated, an identifier of the requested content and a piece of information concerning said access right; verifying, by said content provider, the authenticity of said access right using said piece of information concerning the access right; and when there has been a successful verification, marking said access right as used, and sending said conditional access content to at least one terminal linked to said account. The first terminal using near field communication technology (NFC) during at least one transfer of said access rights.

Abstract: Original design manufacturers increasingly source standard components from a variety of suppliers. There is a need to maintain the variety of suppliers as having only a single supplier for a component runs the risk of a demand for that component not being met and the risk that the technology for the component may move on while a current supplier's technology remains unchanged. Obtaining various components from different suppliers bears the problem that not all of the components are guaranteed to operate in an identical manner. Manufacturing tolerances often result in the obtained components having different performances. In the case of a flat panel display such as, for example, an LCD panel, these manufacturing performance differences may manifest themselves in colour variations as between LCD panels. This is clearly undesirable from the perspective of the original design manufacturer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of filtering edges of a picture block with an edge-smoothing filter. The selection of the edge-smoothing filter depends on the size of the movement vector associated with each picture block BV to clarify the picture image and increase image quality. Alternatively, the selection of the edge-smoothing filter depends on the picture quality or both picture quality and the movement vector.