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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Michael John Hill, Coppet, CH;
Michael John Hill, Coppet, CH;
Nagracard S.A., Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
The aim of the present invention is to propose a method that allows the reduction of the bandwidth needs in a structure that implements an operating center and a plurality of user units, ensuring the availability for the final user, of a product amongst a vast choice and being able to be downloaded by said user in a short period of time. This aim is achieved by a system that implements at least one operating center that has a great number of products, a plurality of user units comprising security and storage means, characterized in that the link between at least one group of user units is of the bidirectional type and that the operating center comprises means for the transfer of a product that is stored in the storage means of a user unit to another user unit.