The aim of this invention is to be able to recover specific information of
a security module when it has been replaced by a new module in a user
unit connected to a broadcasting network.This aim is reached by a method
of storage and transmission of information generated by a first security
module connected to a user unit, this first security module comprising a
unique identifier and information representative of its functioning, this
first module being able to be replaced by a second security module, this
method comprising the following steps: determination of the specific
information contained in the first security module intended for
transmission, transfer of this information in the user unit, storage of
this information in the user unit, replacement of the first security
module by the second security module, connection of the user unit on a
transmission network, initialization of a communication between the
second security module and a management center, insertion by the user
unit, of a data block in the blocks transmitted by the second module,
this block comprising the identifier of the first module and the data
specific to said first module.