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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2006
Applicants:

Raymond C. Hauge, Fox River Grove, IL (US);

Richard Lewis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Inventors:

Raymond C. Hauge, Fox River Grove, IL (US);

Richard Lewis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Assignee:

Zenith Electronics LLC, Lincolnshire, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The use of keys to encrypt data in a transmitter and to decrypt encrypted data in a receiver are synchronized in accordance with a synchronization signal that opportunistically replaces a null packet in an MPEG transport stream. Additionally or alternatively, key related information is transmitted and/or received in place of a null packet in the MPEG transport stream and is used to encrypt and/or decrypt data transmitted and/or received in the MPEG transport stream.


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