Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning
Patent
1993-07-13
1994-10-11
Harvey, David E.
Television
Two-way video and voice communication
User positioning
348 12, 348555, 348 8, 455 42, H04N 546, H04N 7173
Patent
active
053551621
ABSTRACT:
A cable television system has a multiplicity of television program sources providing television signals in various predefined television signal formats. The program sources include continuous television sources provided to all users free of charge as well as pay-per-view program sources transmitted to users only upon request. Each television has a multi-standard receiver for receiving television signals in those predefined television signal formats, and is coupled to a transmission medium such as a coaxial cable. A television signal switch transmits the television signals from various ones of the program sources onto the transmission media in assigned respective frequency channels. Hidden behind each television, or elsewhere out of view of the user, is a converter coupling the respective television to the transmission media. The only connection from the converter to the television is a cable connected to the television's cable or antennae input port. Each converter includes a controller for selecting a channel in accordance with user commands, a channel map memory for storing data assigning to each accessible channel a frequency band and a predefined television signal formats, and a frequency converter for switching a television signal received from transmission media on the selected channel to a predefined output channel to which the television is tuned. Each respective controller also includes an upstream transmitter for transmitting user program selection commands onto the transmission medium. The user program selection commands are received by a controller that decodes those commands and transmits corresponding setup signals to the television signal switch.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3230302 (1966-01-01), Bruck et al.
patent: 4947244 (1990-08-01), Fenwick et al.
patent: 5247364 (1993-09-01), Banker et al.
Davidov Mircho A.
Yazolino Lauren F.
Harvey David E.
Pacific Ray Video Limited
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