Patent ID: 7726579
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A TV equipped to transact ecommerce comprising: a motherboard; a CPU mounted on the motherboard and executing an ecommerce application; a purse chip permanently mounted on the motherboard and in communication with the CPU; and the purse chip holding electronic funds, whereby a user can purchase at least one item using the funds in the purse chip and using the ecommerce application; wherein the CPU and purse chip are mounted on a ball grid array physically coupled to the motherboard, the array establishing at least part of a conductive data path between the CPU and purse chip, the conductive data path being established by pins in the middle of the array, blind vias, and traces on internal layers of the printed circuit board to make probing difficult, wherein the purse chip does not contain personal identifying information or credit card data or debit card data.