ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,842, issued on March 25, was assigned to NAGRAVISION SARL (Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Physical interface module" was invented by Jerome Perrine (Romanel sur Morges, Switzerland), Herve Goupil (Villars sous Yens, Switzerland) and Maurice Van Riek (Belmont, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention relates to physical interfaces, especially those used on consumer electronics devices. A processor, in which an embodiment of the disclosed invention is deployed, includes a physical interface for connecting to and communicating with a peripheral device, the peripheral device being configur...