Addressable subscription television system having multiple scrambling modes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4716588
SERIAL NO

06792704

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A multimode scrambling system for video signal transmission systems is described. The system provides for baseband video scrambling controlled by a central originating computer facility. The scrambling of each field of a video changes on a per field basis. The video signal is scrambled in several modes including vertical interval scrambling, alternate line inversion, bogus sync pulse generation, video compression and video offset techniques. A scrambling sequence is sent by a unique algorithm, sent during the vertical interval to each system decoder. The algorithm is reordered for each of a plurality of fields of the video signal and the reordering position is identified by a unique synchronization pulse transmitted during the vertical interval of the video signal. Additional security measures are provided to inhibit a subscriber from avoiding a transmitted disable command, or an attempt to invade the subscriber decoder mechanical packaging security.

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PAYVIEW LIMITED3 BROADCAST DRIVE KOWLOON

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hunting, Curtis J Altadena, CA 2 165
Masson, Ronald K Topanga, CA 3 327
Thompson, John R La Quinta, CA 49 2164
Trivelpiece, Craig E Irvine, CA 36 765

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