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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Cavallerano, White Plains, NY (US);
Carlo Basile, Ossining, NY (US);
Jill Forer Goldenberg, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Assignee:
Philips Electronics North America Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 ; H04N 1/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 ; H04N 1/44 ;
Abstract
A display device for receiving encrypted or scramble video data and for decrypting or descrambling the video data such that a signal is not provided “in the clear”. The video data is stored in a memory array in an encrypted form and read out from the memory array using a decryption key. The encrypted data is then read out from the memory elements in accordance with known methods.