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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Robert G. Arsenault, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Richard F. Purpura, Orange, CA (US);
Gilbert Zaldivar, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
James D. Allen, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Robert G. Arsenault, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Richard F. Purpura, Orange, CA (US);
Gilbert Zaldivar, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
James D. Allen, Westlake Village, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for selectively displaying a video program are disclosed. A system for selectively displaying a video program in accordance with the present invention comprises a transmission station, including a server for attaching information to the video program, a plurality of satellites receiving at least an uplink signal which includes the information and the video program from the transmission station and producing a downlink signal based on the uplink signal, an antenna, the antenna receiving the downlink signal, and at least one receiver, coupled to the antenna, for receiving the downlink signal and interpreting the information in the downlink signal, wherein the at least one receiver selectively displays the video program based on at least the interpreted information.