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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5029232 | Satellite communications network A satellite communication network includes an encoder for encoding a signal including message, addressing, and command information and a transmitter connected with the encoder for transmitter the encoded signal to a satellite. The message information may ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5019910 | Apparatus for adapting computer for satellite communications Computer controllable apparatus for receiving and demodulating a satellite broadcast signal. A programmable radio frequency tuner/demodulator demodulates the broadcast signal to produce a baseband output signal. A video demodulator then demodulates the ba... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5013038 | method of evaluating data relating to a common subject A method of determining the winners of, for example, a game of skill in conjunction with a football or baseball game without the input of all the scores is provided. By the use of statistical sampling a small fraction of the remote players upload their sc... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5010400 | Television tuner for receiving multiple band television signals A television tuner for use in a television receiver to receive a VHF band signal, a UHF band signal, and a satellite band signal converted from a received satellite signal, all of which are provided as a combined signal by a signal combiner. The televisio... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4972503 | Method and apparatus for determining audience viewing habits by jamming a control signal and identifying the viewers command A method and apparatus for determining the channel of a plurality of predetermined channels to which a remotely controlled receiver is tuned. A viewer transmitter device includes a keyboard for receiving viewer entered selections and a remote transmitter ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4903031 | Satellite receiver A satellite receiver which can selectively inhibit the reception of radio wave of the improper program. This receiver comprises: a receiver unit; a reproducer unit to reproduce the signal received by the receiver unit; a control unit including (a) a first... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4876736 | Method and apparatus for determining channel reception of a receiver A method and apparatus are provided for determining the channel of a plurality of predetermined channels to which a remotely controlled receiver is tuned. A first transmitter device includes a keyboard for receiving viewer entered selections and transmits... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4866787 | Channel strip for use in a satellite/hybrid television system A satellite TV system including a plurality of channel strips each including a tuner and a modulator matched to each other. The tuner selects the particular satellite signal and the modulator selects the particular channel on the TV. Both tuner and modula... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4864614 | Authorising coded signals In a transmission system authorization codes are transmitted to authorize subscribers to receive scrambled signals in an intelligible manner, such a system being a television transmission system. If each subscriber were assigned a unique authorization cod... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4809325 | Receiver for pay television A payment control apparatus for a pay television system includes a detector for detecting an advance fee data group transmitted from a center. An advance memory coupled to the detector stores the advanced fee data group. An error check controller coupled ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4802239 | Switch distributing apparatus for community reception A switching distribution apparatus including first and second distributing sections for distributing first and second reception signals to first and second plurality of lines and a plurality of switch sections for selectively delivering any of said first ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4768229 | Restrictive access control system A restrictive access control system includes a 3-state switch for controlling the operating mode of the system and limiting tuning access to only designated channels. Tuning information is provided to a microprocessor via a control panel keyboard for stor... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4739510 | Direct broadcast satellite signal transmission system Audio and control signals are digitized and inserted in the horizontal blanking intervals of the distributed composite television signal. The control signals are in the form of a data stream which includes a header containing group address, sync, and prog... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4720873 | Satellite audio broadcasting system A satellite audio broadcasting system for network programming and broad-based advertising includes a network uplink facility and a plurality of local radio station downlink facilities. The system permits pre-empting of network audio by the local station a... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4710972 | SHF receiver A superhigh frequency (SHF) receiver for receiving satellite broadcast signals having different planes of polarization for adjacent or odd- and even-numbered channels, respectively, is operative, upon sequential channel selection, to sequentially select a... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4691351 | Television signal receiving apparatus A television signal receiving apparatus is provided having a program schedule display function. The apparatus includes a tuner, a television signal processing circuit connected to the tuner, a digital signal processing circuit connected to the tuner for g... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4685131 | Program blocking method for use in direct broadcast satellite system Programming tiers are authorized for viewing on an impulse pay-per-view basis. The system operator controls individual receiver units to block the display of programming on selected tiers because the subscriber finds the content of same objectionable or t... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4667243 | Television receiver for direct broadcast satellite signals A television (TV) receiving system includes a first TV receiver for receiving TV signals in a first range of frequencies, such as are used for cable, VHF and UHF broadcasting including a frequency synthesizer type local oscillator. The frequency synthesiz... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4608710 | Apparatus for receiving satellite broadcasts An apparatus for receiving satellite broadcasts comprises a frequency converter for outdoor use to which a receiving antenna is to be connected and a station selector for indoor use to which a television receiver is to be connected, the converter and the ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4605968 | Direct broadcasting satellite receiver A direct broadcasting satellite receiver including an indoor unit for receiving a broadcasting wave transmitted from a stationary artificial satellite through an antenna installed outdoors, a signal input terminal provided at the indoor unit to which the ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4545075 | Satellite block transmission using wideband fiber optic links A system for transmitting one or more blocks of information signals from the output of a low noise amplifier associated with a satellite antenna to a remote headend or terminal is disclosed. Block conversion is used to translate the signal spectrum from t... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4532554 | Facsimile publishing system In a facsimile publishing system, a plurality of editorial entities prepare page information for transformation to page signals which are transmitted to a communications satellite for broadcast. The broadcast page signals are received by a plurality of pu... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4513315 | Community antenna television arrangement for the reception and distribution of TV - and digital audio signals Community antenna television arrangement for the reception and distribution of TV signals and digital audio signals, in particular signals which are transmitted per satellite, including a head-end connected to a receiving antenna and a signal distribution... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4509198 | Satellite broadcast signal receiving system A satellite broadcast signal receiving system for receiving a plurality of signals of individual transmission bands, which are mutually different in frequency and/or polarization angle, transmitted through an artificial satellite, wherein the signals pick... | 04/02/1985 |
