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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter R Brennand, London, GB;
Bruce Murray, Slough, GB;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340825510 ; 358147 ; 70124 ;
Abstract
An interface arrangement between a television receiver (1) and a conditional access sub-system (3), in particular for MAC type television signals comprises a bus having a first line (CKFH) conveying clock signals at television line frequency, a second line (DATA) conveying data during prescribed periods in a four television frame period bus cycle and a third line (DIRN) conveying a signal indicating the direction of data travel on the second line. The bus may be connected to a number of sub-systems (3(1), 3(2)) internal to the television receiver or may be connected via a connector unit (7) to external sub-systems (5(1), 5( 2)).