US5060079A
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Apparatus for controlling television monitoring
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-03-30
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Granted: 1991-10-22
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Expires: 2010-03-30
Abstract
Abstract An arrangement for limiting the time an authorized viewer may view a television program on a television receiver including apparatus for sensing a value stored in a transportable magnetic medium, apparatus operating in response to the sensing of a value by the apparatus for sensing a value stored in a transportable magnetic medium for providing a signal indicative of the time remaining to the authorized viewer, apparatus responsive to an indication that time remains to the viewer to enable the transmission of television signals to a television receiver, and apparatus for reducing the signal indicating the time remaining to the viewer with the passage of time.
Inventors
- 👤 Alexander Rufus-Isaacs
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 22:44
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/12; G06Q20/127; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/0014; H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/41; H04N21/418; H04N21/4181; H04N21/43; H04N21/438; H04N21/4383; H04N21/4384; H04N21/45; H04N21/454; H04N21/4542; H04N21/4545; H04N21/45457; H04N21/47; H04N21/475; H04N21/4753; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/162; H04N7/163
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
An arrangement for limiting the time an authorized viewer may view a television program on a television receiver comprising means for sensing a value stored in a transportable magnetic medium, means operating in response to the sensing of a value stored in the transportable magnetic medium for providing a signal indicative of the time remaining to the authorized viewer, means responsive to an indication that time remains to the viewer to enable the transmission of television signals to a television receiver, and means for changing the value stored in the transportable magnetic medium to reduce the time remaining to the viewer incrementally with the passage of time.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
An arrangement for limiting the time an authorized viewer may view a television program on a television receiver comprising means for sensing a value stored in a transportable magnetic medium, means operating in response to the sensing of a value stored in the transportable magnetic medium for providing a signal indicative of the time remaining to the authorized viewer, means responsive to an indication that time remains to the viewer to enable the transmission of television signals to a television receiver, and means for changing the value stored in the transportable magnetic medium to reduce the time remaining to the viewer incrementally with the passage of time.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
101 words
An arrangement for limiting the time an authorized viewer may view a television program on a television receiver as claimed in claim 1 further comprising means for sensing a value stored in a second transportable magnetic medium for providing a signal indicative of the time remaining to a second authorized viewer, means responsive to an indication that time remains to the second viewer to enable the transmission of television signals to television receiver, and means for changing the value stored in the second transportable magnetic medium to reduce the time remaining to the second viewer incrementally with the passage of time.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
189 words
An arrangement for limiting the time an authorized viewer may view a television program on a television receiver comprising means for sensing a value stored in a transportable magnetic medium, means operating in response to the sensing of a value stored in the transportable magnetic medium for providing a signal indicative of the time remaining to the authorized viewer, means responsive to an indication that time remains to the viewer to enable the transmission of television signals to a television receiver, means for reducing the signal indicating the time remaining to the viewer with the passage of time, means for sensing a value stored in a second transportable magnetic medium for providing a signal indicative of the time remaining to a second authorized viewer, means responsive to an indication that time remains to the second viewer to enable the transmission of television signals to a television receiver, means for reducing the signal indicating the time remaining to the second viewer with the passage of time, and means for combining the time remaining to the authorized viewers to control the time during which the transmission of television signals is enabled.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
189 words
An arrangement for limiting the time an authorized viewer may view a television program on a television receiver comprising means for sensing a value stored in a transportable magnetic medium, means operating in response to the sensing of a value stored in the transportable magnetic medium for providing a signal indicative of the time remaining to the authorized viewer, means responsive to an indication that time remains to the viewer to enable the transmission of television signals to a television receiver, means for reducing the signal indicating the time remaining to the viewer with the passage of time, means for sensing a value stored in a second transportable magnetic medium for providing a signal indicative of the time remaining to a second authorized viewer, means responsive to an indication that time remains to the second viewer to enable the transmission of television signals to a television receiver, means for reducing the signal indicating the time remaining to the second viewer with the passage of time, and means for combining the time remaining to the authorized viewers to control the time during which the transmission of television signals is enabled.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
An arrangement for limiting the time an authorized viewer may view a television program on a television receiver as claimed in claim 3 in which the means for reducing the signal indicating the time remaining to the viewer with the passage of time reduces the time less when multiple authorized viewers are using the arrangement.
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