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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2000
Applicants:

Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Cicero, IN (US);

David Johnston Lynch, Carmel, IN (US);

Inventors:

Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Cicero, IN (US);

David Johnston Lynch, Carmel, IN (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling access to programing that is available from multiple programming sources. One embodiment is an integrated terrestrial and satellite television system having a single password set such that a user can enter a single password to activate both satellite and terrestrial television components of the system.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Dinwiddie, Aaron. (2009). Method and apparatus for using a single password set in an integrated television system (U.S. Patent No. 7568208). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7568208

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