US4740835A
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Wire-tap preventing apparatus for community antenna television terminals
Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1986-03-07
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Granted: 1988-04-26
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Expires: 2006-03-07
Abstract
Abstract Uncompensated, illegal viewing of a restricted channel at a subscriber's terminal in a subscription CATV system is prevented by including a redundancy check-bit in each subscriber's terminal address, and by providing for a verification of the check-bit before viewing of the program on the channel is permitted.
Inventors
- 👤 Isao Nishibori
- 👤 Kunihiko Nagasawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 01:10
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/162
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A method of prohibiting unauthorized viewing of a restricted channel at a subscriber's terminal in a CATV system including a plurality of subscribers' terminals, wherein each of the subscribers' terminals has different preassigned terminal addess data stored therein which is compared with polling address data from a CATV center to authorize viewing of the channel, the method comprising the steps of: generating from said stored data an address signal including address bits of address data and additional redundancy check-bits of check data; storing said address bits and said check-bits in positions defined by a matrix of columns and rows; comparing a set of said address bits with the corresponding check-bits row-by-row and column by column; and permitting viewing of the restricted channel only when the comparison indicates that said address data in said address signal corresponds to said preassigned terminal address data and said polling address data is coincident with said preassigned terminal address data.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
155 words
A method of prohibiting unauthorized viewing of a restricted channel at a subscriber's terminal in a CATV system including a plurality of subscribers' terminals, wherein each of the subscribers' terminals has different preassigned terminal addess data stored therein which is compared with polling address data from a CATV center to authorize viewing of the channel, the method comprising the steps of: generating from said stored data an address signal including address bits of address data and additional redundancy check-bits of check data; storing said address bits and said check-bits in positions defined by a matrix of columns and rows; comparing a set of said address bits with the corresponding check-bits row-by-row and column by column; and permitting viewing of the restricted channel only when the comparison indicates that said address data in said address signal corresponds to said preassigned terminal address data and said polling address data is coincident with said preassigned terminal address data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of shifting said check-bits to new positions before the comparing step.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1991-04-26 | 1991-10-26 | 1992-04-26 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1995-04-26 | 1995-10-26 | 1996-04-26 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1999-04-26 | 1999-10-26 | 2000-04-26 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |