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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995

Filed:

Dec. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Louis Guillou, Bourgbarre, FR;

Jean-Luc Giachetti, Rennes, FR;

Alain Gelly, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 20 ; 380 10 ; 380 19 ;
Abstract

A process for broadcasting conditional access programs which permits a progressive access. Scrambled program data is transmitted along with partial access checking messages and complete access checking messages such that subscribers having a partial access right may descramble portions of the scrambled data corresponding to information regarding only the identity of the conditional access programs, and subscribers having a complete access right may descramble the remainder of the scrambled data and view the conditional access programs. The conditional access programs may be television pictures, radio programs, or data broadcasts.


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