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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7394834 | Common interface controller and method of descrambling transport stream channels A common interface controller and a method of descrambling channels of first and second transport streams using a conditional access module for descrambling channels of a transport stream as identified by respective PIDs wherein an intermediate data stream is provid... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386869 | Broadcast and reception systems, and receiver/decoder and remote controller therefor A receiver/decoder for use in a digital satellite radio or television system includes a decoder and means to accommodate a credit or bank card carrying a microprocessor, and means to interact with said microprocessor when the credit or bank card is inserted into an ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7366495 | Prepaid reservation-based rating system A billing system comprising servers, routers, and processors programmed to provide reservation based prepaid billing is disclosed. The billing system is also programmed to concurrently process multiple billing events on a single, prepaid subscriber account. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366918 | Configuring and managing resources on a multi-purpose integrated circuit card using a personal computer The systems and methods provide for configuring and managing resources on a multi-purpose IC card. In one aspect, a user interface (UI) for an application is presented on a display device. A user is enabled via at least one graphical dialog screen of the UI to confi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7340758 | Method and device for routing of specific data, particularly receiving rights, in a pay-TV terminal A method and device for relaying specific data, especially receiving rights, to a pay television terminal. The data originating from a transmitter is transmitted to the pay television terminal via a transmission medium with the application of mobile data carriers, e... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337259 | Smart card virtual hub A smart card virtual hub combines an ISO7816 compliant smart card reader interface with a USB hub that provides one or more attachment points for connection of devices to the USB bus, thereby interfacing such devices to the host computer. The hub in the presently pr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7280845 | Method for simplifying the exchange of a SIM card of subscribers of a digital mobile communications network With the present method for simplifying the exchange of a SIM card of subscribers of a digital mobile communications network, the subscriber disposes of an old active SIM card and makes us of a new inactive SIM card in a mobile terminal. The invention provides that ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7254548 | System and method for the administration of financial accounts using profiles A credit facility for controlling financial transactions is arranged with the ability of users to establish self-imposed limits on a category by category basis. The processing system provides messages and other information to the user, both on-demand and at the poin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246375 | Method for managing a secure terminal The invention concerns a method solving security problems resulting from the addition of a security circuit to a smart card reading terminal by providing said security circuit with means for counting the number of times the security circuit is activated for certain ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234253 | Advertising/promotional display system with integral sound generating means By providing a pre-printed housing member which automatically expands from a flat, generally two-dimensional configuration into a three-dimensional promotional display and also incorporating a sound generator which is activated simultaneously with the movement of th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216170 | Systems and methods to reference resources in a television-based entertainment system The described implementations provide for referencing locally and remotely deployed resources in a television-based entertainment system. The entertainment system includes a content provider or network server. The network server accesses a digital broadcast network ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210625 | System and method for managing asset information An asset management system and method including an asset and a data tag attached to the asset. The data tag includes a data tag memory and a data tag communication interface. The system also includes asset information stored in the data tag memory, wherein the asset... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7173649 | Video airship The video airship is a lighter-than-air airship, preferably spherical, including a video display disposed with substantially all of the craft's outer surface, a nearly invisible computerized electric propulsion-control system, speakers, microphones, video cameras, c... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171565 | Method and system for producing wise cards A method (and system) for preventing counterfeiting and cloning of smart cards, includes providing a smart card with a cryptographic structure for authorizing the smart card which can not be accessed completely by a predetermined small number of readings. The crypto... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7143947 | Method and apparatus for accessing electronic data via a familiar printed medium The disclosed methods and apparatus relate generally to the electronics media industry, such as cable television (CATV), home shopping services, on-line computer services and computer memory applications. These methods and apparatus allow a user to access and make u... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134134 | Electronic program guide hardware card An electronic program guide (EPG) hardware card is disclosed. The card is insertable into a television tuning device having EPG capability. A non-volatile memory, such as flash memory, is situated within a case of the hardware card, and has data stored thereon repre... | 11/07/2006 |
| RE39376 | System for accessing amenities through a public telephone network An amenity accessing system is provided that includes an access telephone (10) with a plurality of access keys. The telephone includes a line powered card reader (62) that interfaces with a CPU (60). Information stored in a memory (70) ca... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7047558 | Secure terminal provided with a smart card reader designed to communicate with a server via an internet network The invention concerns an architecture of a terminal (5) allowing communications between a smart card (8) and a web server (4), via an internet network (RI). The terminal (5) is equipped with a secure enclosure (6) comprising a sma... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7003789 | Television commerce payments A method, system, and computer readable code for extending payment protocols to include information related to the television context of commercial activity between a consumer using a television (or a set-top box) and a merchant, thereby enabling “TV commerce” t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978335 | Smart card virtual hub A smart card virtual hub combines a ISO7816 compliant smart card reader interface with a USB hub that provides one or more attachment points for connection of devices to the USB bus, thereby interfacing such devices to the host computer. The hub in the presently pre... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6970068 | Apparatus and associated method for limiting access of information transferred between an electronic security device and a host device A device for sensing unauthorized use of an electronic security device has a host device and a detector with a loop antenna associated with the port that receives the electronic security device, such as a smart card. The host device comprises a housing having the po... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6961953 | System and method for broadcasting advertisements A broadcast system provides consumers with inducement to consume portions in which they may not have an active interest, such as commercials. To dissuade consumers from leaving the vicinity of the broadcast receiver or from switching to other broadcasts while a firs... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959864 | Card reader The invention relates to the design of card readers for cards equipped with memory. Such cards, and also the data stored in the memory of such cards, are generally utilized to produce and/or maintain operating states of technical devices. It is also known that the u... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951029 | Security device managed access to information In an information delivery system, a security device (SD) manages an access to information (INF). The security device (SD) is capable of providing a pointer (PO) which indicates a location (LO) from which additional data (ADA) may be obtained. The additional data (A... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948090 | Method and apparatus for network identification A processing unit, for example a computer server, that is connectable to a data communications network, has a device reader for reading a supplied network identity from a portable storage device such as a smart card or the like. The processing unit then uses the sup... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944782 | Magnetic strip reader with power management control for attachment to a PDA device A magnetic stripe card manual swipe reader (MSR) unit capable of attaching to and communicating with a conventional personal digital assistant (PDA) from various manufacturers, using only the electrical power available as supplied by the PDA device, and capable of e... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938160 | Network service user authentication system A network service user authentication system is provided to properly authenticate an authorized user in a transaction using a network. The system includes an includes an authentication part which preserves vital information for confirming a user and issues authentic... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6810525 | Impulse pay per use method and system for data and multimedia services A method and system are provided for impulse purchasing of services over a communication network, such as a cable or satellite television network. Such services can include games or information accompanying television programming, home-shopping, e-mail services, str... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6753758 | System and method for switching voltage A device and method for providing varying bias voltages to a security device in a cable set-top terminal, comprising a receiving unit in the security device for receiving replaceable conditional access cards, a card interface for sensing the insertion of conditional... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6424947 | Distributed IRD system A subscriber unit in a television system including an integrated receiver and decoder (IRD) including a first smart card reader which is operative to accept a first smart card, and a remote control including a second smart card reader which is operative t... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6405369 | Smart card chaining in pay television systems A pay television system including a pay television network and a subscriber unit which receives pay television transmissions via the pay television network and displays the pay television transmissions on televisions coupled thereto. The subscriber unit i... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6330021 | Interactive television reception console This interactive television receiver console comprises a television receiver connected by a televised program reception channel to a televised program distributor implementing transactional applications. It further comprises an all-purpose interface pack ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6275991 | IR transmitter with integral magnetic-stripe ATM type credit card reader and method therefor A television remote control unit including an IR (infra-red) transmitter with integral magnetic stripe ATM type credit card reader and method therefor for transmitting IR signals to a remote interactive location such as a television set or a TV cable remo... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6091823 | Transaction processing system utilizing teletext broadcasting system and terminal used in the transaction processing systems A transaction processing system includes a broadcasting station broadcasting a television signal and a teletext signal, the teletext signal including service information concerning transactions, a home-use terminal, a television set connected to the home-... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6069672 | Remote control for a receiver A cordless remote control for a receiver, more particularly for a television set, comprising a reader for a data medium, said data medium containing information for the activating the remote control and/or at least one program channel of said receiver.... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6035329 | Method of securing the playback of a DVD-ROM via triggering data sent via a cable network A method and system for implementing the pay-per-view DVD-ROM system, whereby the enabling data provided to the DVD-player allowing the playback of the DVD-ROM video data is provided to the DVD-player via the Internet or via the cable-TV system provider. ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6020912 | Video-on-demand system A video-on-demand system comprises a server station and a user station. The server is adapted to transmit a selected television signal with operating data defining a selected one of various available sets of playback modi (normal, fast forward, slow forwa... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6011597 | Signal receiving apparatus and signal receiving system The present invention relates to a signal receiving apparatus and a signal receiving system, including a receive antenna for receiving plural high-frequency signals; first frequency converters each for down-converting a frequency of each of the plural hig... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5973756 | IR Transmitter with integral magnetic-stripe ATM type credit card reader & method therefor A television remote control unit including an IR (infra-red) transmitter with integral magnetic stripe ATM type credit card reader and method therefor for transmitting IR signals to a remote interactive location such as a television set or a TV cable remo... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5901339 | Pay broadcasting system A system for the so-called "pay-per-program" is provided for viewing individual program on pay basis without signing a comprehensive contract. In response to a request for viewing a pay program executed via public telephone line from an applicant for view... | 05/04/1999 |
