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Scrambling and unscrambling method for composite video signals and implementing device

US5208856A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1991
Grant dateMay 4, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4623
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The method of the invention consists, during the transmission of composite video signals, in the inclusion therein of series of access messages (ECM1, ECM2) and, during the unscrambling, carried out using a chip card reader whose chip card comprises encoded digital data, in using an interactive method of identification of a digital signature.

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