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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1995
François Devaux, Paris, FR;
Syseca S.A., Malakoff, FR;
Abstract
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 with data transmission means connected to the televised program distributor by a data transmission channel, with data reception means connected to the televised program distributor by a data reception channel and with image overlay means connected to the television receiver and working on the image presented to the screen of this receiver, a chip card reader, a keyboard enabling action by an operator, and a chip card that gets plugged into the chip card reader and is customized for at least one transaction, the running of which it manages. Through its all-purpose character which is customized by means of the chip card, this card has a wide range of uses and is, at the same time, highly selective. This enables large-scale distribution for a very great variety of transactional television applications.