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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yossef Tsuria, Shoham, IL;
Yonatan Silver, Jerusalem, IL;
Assignee:
NDS Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 ;
Abstract
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 to accept a second smart card. The first smart card and the second smart card, when inserted in the corresponding first and second smart card readers respectively, are operative to communicate with each other in wireless communication over a wireless communication link to control access to services.