Article: Swiss Inventor Develops Secure Remote-Control Unit

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 14 -- Ste Proennecke of Geneva has developed a remote control unit for a pay television multimedia unit.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention aims at ensuring the security of personal data from a remote server to a final user carrying out purchasing operations, for example. This is achieved by a system comprising a remote-control unit and a multimedia unit provided with means to be connected to a telecommunication network, said multimedia unit comprising a central unit, a non-volatile storage and an input for signals from the remote-control unit."

An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The invention is ...

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