Television – Special applications – Manufacturing
Patent
1995-11-01
1999-03-16
Lee, Michael
Television
Special applications
Manufacturing
348 12, 348 13, 455 31, 455 42, 455 51, H04N 710
Patent
active
058836616
ABSTRACT:
A television information system for distributing television information services, including interactive service, to subscribers divided among a plurality of service areas. A system manager receives requests for service from subscribers and assigns each requesting subscriber to one of a plurality of video provider elements. The video provider element provides a television information service to the requesting subscriber. An rf processing unit associated with the video provider element places the television information service on a carrier frequency assigned to the subscriber by the system manager. An rf switch controlled by the system manager directs each carrier frequency to the service area of the corresponding requesting subscriber.
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