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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1977
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1974
George E Holz, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Edison, NJ (US);
Abstract
The communication system, which is especially useful for pay TV, comprises a central station and a plurality of remote stations. The central station includes means for transmitting pay TV programs to the remote stations, and each remote station includes a circuit for transmitting information signals to the central station. Each of the remote stations is adapted to transmit its information signals randomly to the central station so that a relatively large number of remote stations can operate, without interference, with a single central station. In one arrangement, the central station directly reads the information in the received signals to determine the status of the remote station. In a second system, the central station receives randomly transmitted signals from each room, and it also receives signals from the program transmitter. The central station equipment includes a computer which detects time or phase coincidence between the signal from the program transmitter and that from the remote stations, and uses that information as desired.