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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:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Juergen Totzke, Poing, DE;
Gernot Von Der Straten, Tutzing, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370468 ; 348 13 ;
Abstract
What are referred to as set top boxes are employed for controlling interactive video services. In order to select and view video films stored in the network, a call set up to the appertaining memory device is automatically controlled from the set top box with the assistance of a standardized signalling method.