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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:
Jan. 10, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lin N Lee, Potomac, MD (US);
Neal D Becker, Thurmont, MD (US);
Assignee:
Communications Satellite Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 20 ; 358 84 ; 358 86 ; 380 10 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for one-way subscription television service control which allows the subscribers to subscribe in advance to a variety of programming or to select programming oa a pay-per-view basis.