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Television signal activated interactive smart card system

Patent 5594493 Issued on January 14, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject January 19, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 183525 filed on 01/19/1994

US Classes:

725/23, SYSTEM FOR AWARDING COUPON, TOKEN, OR CREDIT235/375, SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY DATA BEARING RECORDS235/383, Mechanized store348/460, DIVERSE DEVICE CONTROLLED BY INFORMATION EMBEDDED IN VIDEO SIGNAL348/473, Including additional information348/552, COMBINED WITH DIVERSE ART DEVICE (E.G., COMPUTER, TELEPHONE)725/136Interactive data transmitted in video signal band (e.g., VBI or HBI data)

Examiners

Primary: Harvey, David E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0128555 EP 12/13/1984
  • 0399897 EP 11/13/1990
  • 0428252 EP 05/13/1991
  • 0489385 EP 06/13/1992
  • 2161629 GB 01/13/1986
  • 2184029 GB 06/13/1987
  • 0024820 WO. 10/13/1994

International Class

H04N 007/08

Abstract

A smart card is disclosed which includes an optical receiver for receiving promotion data encoded in a television signal and transmitted through a cathode ray tube of a television. The smart card also includes circuitry for storing the promotion data and circuitry for executing the promotions associated with the promotion data, including circuitry for displaying a promotion in the form of a UPC code on an LCD display. The smart card further includes circuitry for interacting with a user through the LCD display and a plurality of buttons.

Other References

  • Summers, George D. "The Data Dot™ System" Signal Jan. 1975 pp. 35-42
  • J. Taskett; "Smart Cards As A Replaceable Security Element For Television Delivery Access Control"; Jun. 6, 1993; pp. 128-132 [1993 NCTA Technical Papers--128]
  • M. Wilke; "A Radio Entrepreneur Reaches for the Interactive Age"; Sep. 4, 1994; p. 7, Section 3 [The New York Times, Sunday, Late Edition-Final
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