Patent · US Expired

Dynamic relocation of the service data channel

US5870472A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
13References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 12, 1996
Grant dateFeb 9, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/16
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized descrambling of cable programming includes selective relocation of the service data channel within the vertical blanking interval thereby preventing unauthorized descrambling of programming by conventional descramblers.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.