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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Carl M Elam, Perry Hall, MD (US);
Soundview Technologies, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
A television receiver is described for receiving and displaying to a viewer a program content rated television program transmission which includes a data signal. The receiver includes a circuit for separating the data signal from the television program signal. The rating derivation circuit derives the program rating from the data signal. A selection circuit is used to store program rating viewing authorizations for viewers. Means are provided to compare the derived program rating with the stored viewing authorization and to generate a blanking control signal. A monitoring circuit monitors the integrity of at least a portion of the data signal, calculates an error rate for the data signal and generates a rating error default control signal when the error exceeds a predetermined threshold. A no code detection circuit generates a no code default control signal when the data signal is not received within a predetermined period of time. A blanking circuit is responsive to the blanking control signal, the rating error default control signal, and the no code default control signal to blank a program in response to any of those signals.
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