Cable television control apparatus and method with channel access controller at node of network including channel filtering system
US5812928A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 12, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N7/17354
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cable television control apparatus includes a television channel access controller connected at a node of a cable television network between the network and at least one subscriber household. All available cable television channels, including premium channels, can be transmitted by the headend without scrambling. Each access controller receives channel selection signals, such as television tuner local oscillator signals, from within subscriber households. The controller detects the channel selection signal and identifies selected channels. A channel filtering system is tuned in accordance with the detected selection signal to pass only selected channels to subscribers while blocking all other channels.
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