System for selectively initiating television program by viewers

• US 3,278,677 A
• Filed: 06/21/1963
• Issued: 10/11/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Pierre Fannoy
• Original Assignee: Pierre Fannoy
• Inventors: PIERRE FANNOY
• Application Number:
  US04/289,668
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• US Class Current: 725/93
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/1739 the upstream communication being transmitted via a separate link, e.g. telephone line
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Claims

1. A SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY AND SELECTIVELY STARTING FROM ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SUBSTATIONS THE EMISSION OF ANY OF A PLURALITY OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN A TRANSMISSION STATION, SAID SYSTEM INCLUDING A CABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TRANSMITTING STATION AND THE SUBSTATIONS, EACH SUBSTATION INCLUDING A TELEVISION SET COUPLED TO SAID CABLE CONNECTION, MEANS GENERATING SELECTING SIGNALS FOR SAID TELEVISION PROGRAMS, AND MEANS TRANSMITTING SAID SELECTING SIGNALS TO SAID TRANSMITTING STATION, SAID TRANSMITTING MEANS BEING COUPLED TO SAID CABLE CONNECTION AND BEING CONTROLLED BY SAID GENERATION MEANS, THE TRANSMITTING STATION INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SOURCES OF SAID TELEVISION PROGRAMS, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID CABLE CONNECTION FOR TRANSMITTING THE PROGRAMS OF SAID SOURCES TO SAID SUBSTATIONS THROUGH SAID CABLE CONNECTION, MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID CABLE CONNECTION FOR RECEIVING SAID SELECTING SIGNALS FROM SAID SUBSTATIONS AND FOR ACCORDINGLY CONTROLLING CORRESPONDING TELEVISION PROGRAM SOURCES, TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR THE PROGRAMS OF THESE SOURCES, A TRANSMISSION CHANNEL MIXER AND A CABLE DISTRIBUTING BOX WHEREIN SAID TRANSMITTING MEANS OF SAID TRANSMITTING STATION ARE COUPLED TO SAID CABLE CONNECTION THROUGH SAID TRANSMISSION CHANNEL MIXER AND SAID CABLE DISTRIBUTION BOX, AND WHEREIN SAID TRANSMITTING MEANS OF EACH SUBSTATION INCLUDES A MODULAR FOR MODULATING A CARRIER WAVE BY SAID SELECTING SIGNALS, MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID MODULATOR, A FREE CHANNEL SELECTOR, AND A CABLE DISTRIBUTION BOX WHICH IS COUPLED IN SERIES WITH SAID FREE CHANNEL SELECTOR BETWEEN SAID CABLE CONNECTION, SAID TELEVISION RECEIVER AND SAID MODULATOR.