US Patent No: 5,216,515

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Addressable video feed system

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Abstract

A novel cable interconnect system provides for the overnight delivery of advertising messages to optical disc libraries located at cable headends and for the automated and customized insertion of ads on a plurality of cable systems throughout a wide geographic area. A verification and accounting system provides ad run verification and accounting information. The cable interconnect enables the delivery of commercial messages, for example via satellite, on an overnight basis from a central control facility to cable television system headends located in any desired geographic area such that a large number of cable television systems can receive the video ads simultaneously.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
ADEXPRESS COMPANYDUBLIN, CA1

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kraenzel, James Groveland, CA 1 77
Steele, Gerald G Marina Del Ray, CA 5 89
Stump, Thomas J Walnut Creek, CA 1 77

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
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LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (1)
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LINDSTROM, JAMES E. (1)
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Patent Citation Ranking

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5,600,573 Operations center with video storage for a television program packaging and delivery system 289 1994
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