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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:
Apr. 27, 1999

Filed:

Feb. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mark J Dapper, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Barry W Carlin, Greenhills, OH (US);

Michael J Geile, Loveland, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375268 ; 375300 ; 375320 ;
Abstract

A service channel is provided for concurrent communication with an amplitude modulated compatible digital broadcast signal. A transmitter receives input program information and input data service and combines the program information and data service to produce composite data. The transmitter generates an over-the-air signal waveform using the composite data. This signal is an amplitude modulated compatible digital broadcast signal. At least one receiver is used in the system to detect the over-the-air signal waveform produced by the transmitter. The receiver parses the composite data into program information and data service. The parsing of this composite data is achieved by using header information provided on each of the input program information and input data service.


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