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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:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Jack M. Birnbaum, Southampton, PA (US);
Chris Del Sordo, Souderton, PA (US);
Stephen Allinson, Langhorne, PA (US);
Kenneth P. Miller, Poway, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jack M. Birnbaum, Southampton, PA (US);
Chris Del Sordo, Souderton, PA (US);
Stephen Allinson, Langhorne, PA (US);
Kenneth P. Miller, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A software interface () is provided to enable television settop middleware () and operating system (OS) software () to control and interact with core settop system software () in a subscriber television terminal to facilitate the provision of desirable digital television services, including authentication and authorization.