Patent ID: 6330021
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An interactive television receiver console comprising:a television receiver;an interface pack linked to said television receiver, said interface pack including a data transmission means for transmitting transmitted data to a televised program distributor which implements transactional applications based on said transmitted data, a data reception means for receiving received data from said televised program distributor, and an image overlay means for overlaying an image corresponding to said received data on another image displayed on said television receiver;a keyboard linked to said interface pack configured to enter information elements to said interface pack;a chip card reader linked to said interface pack; anda chip card which is inserted into said chip card reader to enable reading of data from said chip card, said chip card comprising:a memory configured to hold said chip card data anda processor configured to determine steps in said transactional applications based on said chip card data.