| 摘要 |
A set top box interacting with a smart card for providing authentication services to an external device, the set top box including a smart card receptacle for receiving the smart card therein, a smart card I/O port operative to communicate with the smart card, a device I/O port to communicate with, and receive a request from, the device for an authentication service, and an authentication processor including a receive module to receive the request from the device I/O port, a request module to request the smart card, via the smart card I/O port, to perform at least a first part of the authentication service, and a transfer module to transfer to the device, via the device I/O port, a result of the authentication service based on a result of the at least first part of the authentication service performed by the smart card. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
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