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US 7,726,579 B2Granted
In-chassis TV chip with dynamic purse
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsBrant Candelore, Koichi Oshima
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Abstract
An IC with a purse is permanently mounted on the main motherboard of a TV and communicates with the main CPU. The purse chip holds electronic funds, and the user can, by means of OSDs, purchase content and services using the funds. The user can replenish the purse from time to time. The purse chip does not contain personal identifying information, so it facilitates transfer of ownership when a TV is sold and anonymous transactions.
Claims12
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;
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- 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.
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A system, comprising:
- a TV tuner;
- a TV processor communicating with the TV tuner,
- a TV display communicating with the TV processor;
- a purse chip communicating with the TV processor and electronically storing information representing a monetary amount;
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- a TV chassis holding the tuner, processor, display, and purse chip, wherein the purse chip is replenished with funds from a remote account, the remote account automatically replenishing the purse chip when a monetary amount remaining on the purse chip drops below a predetermined threshold, wherein the purse chip does not contain personal identifying information or credit card data or debit card data, thereby facilitating anonymous purchase of the item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.