Secure remote-control unit
AssigneeCompagnie Industrielle et Financiere D'Ingenierie "Ingenico"
InventorStephan Proennecke
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Abstract
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. The invention is characterised in that the remote-control unit comprises a unique identification code and means for encrypting data to be transmitted to the multimedia based on said unique code, the multimedia unit comprising means for decrypting the received data.
Claims12
System comprising a remote control unit and a multimedia unit having means of being connected to a telecommunications network, this multimedia unit comprising a central unit, a non-volatile memory and an input for signals from the remote control unit, characterized in that the remote control unit comprises a unique identification code and means for encrypting the data to be transmitted to the multimedia unit based on this unique code, the multimedia unit comprising means for decrypting the received data.
System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the remote control unit comprises a bidirectional link interface with the multimedia unit.
System according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the remote control unit comprises a smart card reader.
Secure transmission method between a remote control unit comprising a unique identification code and a multimedia unit connected to a telecommunications network, characterized in that the data sent by the remote control unit to the multimedia unit is encrypted by a transport key generated on the basis of the unique identification code, the multimedia unit decrypting this data with the corresponding transport key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.