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A television remote control unit including an IR (infra-red) transmitter with integral magnetic stripe ATM type credit card reader and method therefor for transmitting IR signals to a remote interactive location such as a television set or a TV cable remote control box. The remote control unit permi

A television remote control unit including an IR (infra-red) transmitter with integral magnetic stripe ATM type credit card reader and method therefor for transmitting IR signals to a remote interactive location such as a television set or a TV cable remote control box. The remote control unit permits the user to swipe a credit card through the credit card reader so as to generate credit card transaction signals for transmission to the remote interactive locations. The remote control unit can be used in an interactive environment such as a hotel casino, a cable TV home shopping network, or an off track betting (OTB) environment.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An interactive television remote control unit for transmitting IR (infra-red) signals to an interactive location such as a television set top box and for receiving IR signals from said interactive location, said remote control unit comprising:an integral magnetic stripe f

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An interactive television remote control unit for transmitting IR (infra-red) signals to an interactive location such as a television set top box and for receiving IR signals from said interactive location, said remote control unit comprising:an integral magnetic stripe financial ATM transaction type card reader for reading ATM type financial card information from a magnetic stripe of an ATM type card swiped through said reader to form read ATM card information;a keypad for entering ATM transaction information for a particular ATM card transaction and for entering ATM card identification information relating to a specific personal identification number (PIN) to form PIN information;interactive receiver means for interactively receiving a personal encryption key (PEK) from said interactive location to code said PIN information thereby forming coded PIN information;a processor for processing said ATM transaction information and said coded PIN information to form IR ATM card transaction signals; andinteractive IR transmitter means for interactively transmitting said IR ATM card transaction signals to said interactive location in response to the received PEK from said interactive location.