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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:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/312 ;
Abstract
A data transmission system in which a function block is housed in a subunit in a unit to enable communication among the unit, subunit and the function block. To this end, the data transmission system includes a digital STB , a DTV , and an audio amplifier . Within the DTV is housed a video monitor subunit within which are housed a decoder function block and a feature function block . Within the audio amplifier is housed an audio sub-unit within which a decoder function block and a feature function block , that can be endowed with functions in common with the decoder function block and the feature function block , respectively, and a processing function block , are housed.