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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:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Applicants:
William M. Gillon, Daly City, CA (US);
Stephen G. Perlman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
William M. Gillon, Daly City, CA (US);
Stephen G. Perlman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Digeo, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for processing multimedia channels is described comprising: transmitting decryption keys for decrypting the multimedia channels, the keys encrypted in both a first encryption format and a second encryption format; the keys encrypted in the first encryption format being decryptable by a first type of multimedia receiver; and the keys encrypted in the second encryption format being decryptable by a second type of multimedia receiver.