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SmartLink was the trademark name for a proprietary technology by Sharp Corporation for wireless transmission of television signals. The system involved two devices, each a little bit bigger than a paperback book: one attached to a television screen and the other was hooked up to a TV tuner, DVD player, or any playback device. The video information was transmitted wirelessly using the 802.11b wireless standard, allowing the playback device to be up to away from the television screen.
The SmartLink system was to go on sale in Japan on August 3, 2001, at a list price of $400 ( present day US dollars).
SmartLink was incorporated into Sharp's Wireless AQUOS television, model LC-15L1U-S.
SmartLink is a RFID-enabled credit card-sized smartcard that can be used as a fare payment method on the PATH transit system in Newark and Hudson County in New Jersey and Manhattan in New York City. It was designed to replace PATH's paper-based farecard, QuickCard, and there are plans to expand its usage throughout most transit agencies in the tri-state area. The SmartLink card has been available to the public since July 2, 2007. Although the MetroCard used in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) can also be used on the PATH, the reverse is not true for SmartLink, as it cannot be used when riding in the MTA.
SmartLink may refer to:
- SmartLink (smart card), an electronic fare collection system used by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- SmartLink (television), a wireless communications protocol
- SmartLink (lighting), a wireless communication protocol for lighting products.
- smart tags, a feature of MS Office and Internet Explorer
- Smartlink, another name for AV.link, a television-related protocol