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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:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1999
Pang Kim Suan, Singapore, SG;
Tey Tiam Fatt, Singapore, SG;
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne, FR;
Abstract
A tuner for receiving a video broadcast signal comprises commendable circuits ( ) to select a tuned frequency, the tuner comprising a bus interface ( ) receiving data bytes and among those data bytes, bytes representing a divider ratio N, and address bytes. Bytes received by the bus interface ( ) are processed through a N divider comparator ( ) comparing the value of divider ratio N received from the bus interface ( ) to values stored in a register ( ), the comparator ( ) outputting address bytes and data bytes to be sent to the commendable circuit ( ) of the tuner to select a band and a tuned frequency. The tuner may be implemented on a chassis of a receiver without modification of an existing software included with a microprocessor of the chassis. The values stored in the register ( ) are customized values of the tuner.