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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. 21, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
John P Chambers, Tadworth, GB;
Assignee:
British Broadcasting Corporation, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348-9 ; 348-5 ; 348460 ; 455-41 ; 455-63 ; 358335 ;
Abstract
A method of labelling a broadcast signal in which a predetermined pattern of special labels, preferably, a label for the next following program is transmitted repeatedly but irregularly at predetermined intervals prior to the program change to indicate that an event is to occur after a predetermined interval.