Downloading of applications in a digital decoder

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6478222
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09542785

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A method for downloading an executable application into a decoder for a digital broadcast system, characterized in that the application is stored on a portable memory card introduced into a card reader in the decoder, the decoder reading and downloading the application from the card. Data may be preferably be stored in the smart card in a broadcast data format such as the MPEG format to permit the processing of such data in the same manner as the control unit of the decoder processes data downloading by a broadcast transmission. The invention extends equally to a decoder and a memory card for use in such a method.

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THOMSON LICENSING S AFRENCH BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT HAUTS-DE-SEINE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sarfati, Jean-Claude Epinay sur Seine, FR 7 96

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