Television broadcast system for selective transmission of viewer-chosen programs at viewer-requested times
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1. A method of operating a television transmission system using land lines such as coaxial cables, fiber optic cables, and the like for transmitting television programs thereover for reception by a plurality of receivers coupled in common with the land lines said land lines being organized in plural sections where each section has a subset of plural receivers coupled thereto, the system including means for selectively preventing intelligible viewing of certain programs by certain receivers even though said certain receivers are connected to the same land line as other receivers not so prevented, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a collection of stored programs stored on a medium allowing selective reproduction and real-time transmission of said stored programs over the land lines;
selecting a chosen program from said collection for transmission at a requested time in response to a request therefor from all so requesting viewers of a given section;
transmitting said chosen program in real-time over said given section of the land lines at said requested time for reception by and viewing on all receivers of requesting viewers associated with said given section; and
preventing intelligible viewing of said chosen program at said requested time on all other receivers of said given section.
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Abstract
A televsion broadcast system using land lines is provided for real-time transmission of a viewer-chosen program at a viewer requested time to the requesting viewer'"'"'s television receiver. The preferred method includes the steps of providing a collection of stored programs, communicating the requesting veiwer'"'"'s choice of the program chosen from the collection and a requested time for viewing the chosen program, selecting the chosen program from a collection, transmitting the chosen program at the requested time for viewing on the requesting viewer'"'"'s receiver, and preventing intelligible viewing of the chosen program on other receivers.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of operating a television transmission system using land lines such as coaxial cables, fiber optic cables, and the like for transmitting television programs thereover for reception by a plurality of receivers coupled in common with the land lines said land lines being organized in plural sections where each section has a subset of plural receivers coupled thereto, the system including means for selectively preventing intelligible viewing of certain programs by certain receivers even though said certain receivers are connected to the same land line as other receivers not so prevented, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a collection of stored programs stored on a medium allowing selective reproduction and real-time transmission of said stored programs over the land lines; selecting a chosen program from said collection for transmission at a requested time in response to a request therefor from all so requesting viewers of a given section; transmitting said chosen program in real-time over said given section of the land lines at said requested time for reception by and viewing on all receivers of requesting viewers associated with said given section; and preventing intelligible viewing of said chosen program at said requested time on all other receivers of said given section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a television transmission system using land lines such as coaxial cables, fiber optic cables, and the like for transmitting programs thereover for reception by a plurality of television receivers coupled in common with said land lines, the system further including communicating means for receiving information over land lines from the viewers, the land lines including at least one section having plural receivers coupled therewith, the improvement comprising:
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a collection of stored programs stored on a medium allowing selective reproduction and real-time transmission thereof over the land lines for reception and viewing thereof by selected receivers; receiving means operably associated with the communicating means for receiving information from plural requesting viewers, said information including each requesting viewer'"'"'s choice of a program chosen from said collection and a requested time for viewing of said program on a receiver associated with said requesting viewer; selecting means operably associated with said collection and operably associated with and responsive to said receiving means for selecting a given said chosen program from said collection; transmitting means operably associated with said selecting means and coupled with said section of land lines for transmission of said given chosen program over said section at said requested time for reception by and viewing on all receivers coupled to the section and associated with a request for said chosen program at a common requested time; and means for preventing transmission of the chosen program over any remaining portion, if any, of the land lines. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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