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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:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Thompson, La Quinta, CA (US);
C J Hunting, Altadena, CA (US);
William L Phipps, Bermuda Dunes, CA (US);
Steven J Raynesford, Cathedral City, CA (US);
Philip H Rittmueller, St. Charles, IL (US);
Assignee:
NEC Home Electronics, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 19 ; 380 28 ;
Abstract
An audiovisual subscription system includes means for aperiodically inverting the lines of a transmitted video signal on a frame-by-frame basis and for decrypting encrypted PCM audio information which is transmitted along with the aperiodically inverted video information.