Interlink Electronics and PowerTV to Show IntuiTouch Broadband Remote Controls at Western Cable Show.Business Editors The Western Show 2000 CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000 Interlink Electronics Interlink Electronics is a technology company that specializes in user interfaces. History In 2001, Interlink joined Microsoft in designing the controller for the Xbox console. Inc. (Nasdaq:LINK), the world's leading developer of intuitive interface technologies and solutions for business and home applications, and PowerTV, a leading developer of systems software solutions for digital interactive cable television, today announced plans to feature Interlink's IntuiTouch(TM) broadband remote interface technologies at the upcoming Western Cable Show 2000 (Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. , Nov. 29 through Dec. 1). Interlink INTERLINK - A commercial product comprising hardware and software for file transfer between IBM and VAX computers. Electronics' patented IntuiTouch technologies feature a "pad centric" user interface that enables "one touch" control of programming guides and on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. menus, gesture control of entertainment devices, text entry without a keyboard and support for telephony applications. Demonstrations of an IntuiTouch-enabled broadband remote control driving a Scientific-Atlanta Explorer(R) 2000 digital set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. running the PowerTV(R) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. software are scheduled in both PowerTV (booth 3831) and Interlink Electronics' (booth 2010) show areas. "Subscriber adoption and retention of new broadband applications may rely on ease of use, and the remote control supplied to access them could play a key role in driving market acceptance," said Colin Bylund, director of developer service and support, PowerTV. "Interlink's IntuiTouch broadband interface technologies are an example of how third-party developers can quickly and conveniently create exciting new applications for consumers using the PowerTV platform." "The role of the living room remote control is evolving," added Ray Pearson, vice president of sales and marketing, Interlink Electronics Inc. "It is no longer enough for home remotes to simply control entertainment appliances. To be truly useful, they must enable and actually help drive the development of new applications and services. The PowerTV operating system provides an ideal environment for Interlink's IntuiTouch broadband remote interface technologies; not only to enable existing PowerTV set-top software, but to help spur the development of entirely new interactive TV applications." About IntuiTouch Broadband Technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. Interlink Electronics' IntuiTouch broadband interface technologies enable the capabilities required to control next-generation interactive TV applications, including "one touch" selection from electronic programming guides and VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand menus, heads-up control of entertainment appliances, keyboard-less text entry for search, e-mail and Internet applications, hand-written electronic signatures for T-commerce and support for integrated telephony. One Touch Selection for Interactive Applications Perhaps the easiest way to operate on-screen interactive controls such as program guides and VOD menus is to reach out and touch them. IntuiTouch's Pad-to-Screen Mapping feature allows consumers to do this without leaving their chairs. Just touch the remote control input pad in the same relative location as the control appearing on the TV screen. Repetitive arrow keying and traditional computer "mouse pointing" are eliminated. Heads Up Control of Entertainment Appliances Channel selection, volume level and media transport controls such as "Pause" and "Play" required a multitude of buttons on remote controls. IntuiTouch replaces these with a single input pad. Swipe swipe n. 1. A sweeping blow or stroke. 2. Informal A critical remark. 3. A lever, especially one that raises the bucket in a well. v. swiped, swip·ing, swipes v. your fingertip fin·ger·tip n. The extreme end or tip of a finger. right or left across the pad to control VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. or DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. transports, up or down to change channels. Or just write a channel number directly on the pad with your fingertip. IntuiTouch's finger-activated input pad can replace as many as 25 buttons -- eliminating the "button-clutter" common on today's remote controls. Text Entry Without a Keyboard Interactive TV services such as e-mail, Internet browsing and e-shopping require light duty text entry. But wireless keyboards add complexity, clutter and substantial cost to interactive TV service deployment. IntuiTouch enables remote control-centered text entry by accepting hand-written characters directly on the remote's input pad, or enabling character selection from an on-screen keyboard An on-screen keyboard, or virtual keyboard, is a graphical computer keyboard that enables people with physical disabilities to use a computer. If a person is not able to push the keys on an ordinary keyboard, he or she can push the keys on a virtual keyboard (picture) shown . RemoteLink(TM) Technology Enables Telephony Emerging voice input applications such as voice mail clips and telephony services will require a home remote control capable of audio capture and transmission. IntuiTouch solutions pair an integrated microphone with a patented and proprietary RemoteLink optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. link. RemoteLink offers multi-channel data bandwidth wide enough to send and receive FM quality audio -- paving the way for integration of telephony into interactive television services. About Interlink Electronics Inc. Interlink Electronics Inc. (Nasdaq:LINK) is the world's leading developer of intuitive interface technologies and solutions for business and home applications. Innovative products include interactive remote controls for business communications and home entertainment markets, electronic signature solutions for network and Internet e-commerce applications, and integrated computer pointing devices. Interlink's Home Entertainment Business Unit develops and markets IntuiTouch broadband remote interface solutions to enable interactive TV services and applications. Industry partners include PowerTV and Concero. Worldwide customers include Compaq, SANYO, Sony, Microsoft, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Sharp, Toshiba, Pioneer, Mitsubishi and InFocus. The company maintains offices in Camarillo, Calif., and Tokyo, Japan, and is available online at www.interlinkelectronics.com or in Japan at www.interlinkelec.co.jp. About PowerTV PowerTV Inc. (www.powertv.com), Cupertino, Calif., is a leading developer of systems software solutions, applications and services for digital interactive cable television. The PowerTV(R) operating system -- now on 5 million set-tops internationally -- has been selected by such leading set-top providers as PowerTV's parent company Scientific-Atlanta (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SFA See sales force automation. SFA - Sales Force Automation ), Pace Micro Technology, Panasonic and Pioneer New Media Technologies for deployment by cable operators around the world. Through PRASARA Technologies (www.prasara.com) a PowerTV company, PowerTV has integrated a suite of interactive television applications with Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer(R) 2000, Pioneer's Voyagera and Motorola's DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) An algorithm that is widely used for data compression. Similar to Fast Fourier Transform, DCT converts data (pixels, waveforms, etc.) into sets of frequencies. The first frequencies in the set are the most meaningful; the latter, the least. 2000 digital set-top platforms. These applications include video-on-demand, "take out TV" interactive food ordering, TV shopping and banking and customer care and education. From time to time the companies may issue forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The following are among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: business conditions and growth in the electronics industry and general economies, both domestic and international; lower than expected customer orders; delays in receipt of orders or cancellation of orders; competitive factors, including increased competition, new product offerings by competitors and price pressures; the availability of third party parts and supplies at reasonable prices; changes in product mix; significant quarterly performance fluctuations due to the receipt of a significant portion of customer orders and product shipments in the last month of each quarter; and product shipment interruptions due to manufacturing problems. The forward-looking statements contained in this document regarding industry and revenue trends, new product acceptance and future business activities should be considered in light of these factors. 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