US3143705A
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System for determining whether local stations are transmitting network programs
Assignee: TNC US Holdings Inc
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Filing: 1962-02-19
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Granted: 1964-08-04
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Expires: 1982-02-19
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles H Currey
- 👤 Brown Arthur C Lewis
- 👤 Darrel W Holbrook
- 👤 Gordon K Truesdale
- 👤 Grove Morton
- 👤 Robert L Freeman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 20:33
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04H; H04H60/00; H04H60/29; H04H60/31; H04H20/00; H04H20/10; H04H20/103
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
IN A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE LISTENING HABITS OF WAVE SIGNAL RECEIVER USERS, FIRST MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A NETWORK SIGNAL REPRESENTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF A NETWORK PROGRAM, SECOND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A STATION SIGNAL REPRESENTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF A SIGNAL TRANSMITTED BY A TRANSMITTING STATION, COMPARING MEANS FOR COMPARING THE SIGNALS SUPPLIED BY THE FIRST AND SECOND MEANS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE NETWORK SIGNAL IS THE SAME AS THE STATION SIGNAL, MEANS FOR OPERATING THE COMPARING MEANS A PLURALITY OF TIMES WITHIN A GIVEN TIME INTERVAL, AND INDICATING MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE COMPARING MEANS FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATION ONLY WHEN THE COMPARING MEANS DETERMINES THAT THE NETWORK SIGNAL IS THE SAME AS THE STATION SIGNAL A GIVEN NUMBER OF TIMES GREATER THAN ONE DURING THE GIVEN TIME INTERVAL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
IN A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE LISTENING HABITS OF WAVE SIGNAL RECEIVER USERS, FIRST MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A NETWORK SIGNAL REPRESENTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF A NETWORK PROGRAM, SECOND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A STATION SIGNAL REPRESENTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF A SIGNAL TRANSMITTED BY A TRANSMITTING STATION, COMPARING MEANS FOR COMPARING THE SIGNALS SUPPLIED BY THE FIRST AND SECOND MEANS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE NETWORK SIGNAL IS THE SAME AS THE STATION SIGNAL, MEANS FOR OPERATING THE COMPARING MEANS A PLURALITY OF TIMES WITHIN A GIVEN TIME INTERVAL, AND INDICATING MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE COMPARING MEANS FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATION ONLY WHEN THE COMPARING MEANS DETERMINES THAT THE NETWORK SIGNAL IS THE SAME AS THE STATION SIGNAL A GIVEN NUMBER OF TIMES GREATER THAN ONE DURING THE GIVEN TIME INTERVAL.
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