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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:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1999
Applicants:
Steven Jeffrey Zack, Burlington, NJ (US);
Christopher W. B. Goode, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yong Ho Son, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew G. Fletcher, Merchantville, NJ (US);
Kevin J. Borusiewicz, Yardley, PA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Jeffrey Zack, Burlington, NJ (US);
Christopher W. B. Goode, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yong Ho Son, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew G. Fletcher, Merchantville, NJ (US);
Kevin J. Borusiewicz, Yardley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2006.01); H04J 3/02 (2006.01); H04H 20/28 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing in-band messaging through a video switch or other functional element forming a multiplexed content stream prior to transport processing and/or transmission of the multiplexed content stream via an in-band communications channel.