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Selective video playing system

DC CAFC
  • US 4,930,158 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1988
  • Issued: 05/29/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A video recording playing method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, from a video storage medium, signals representative of a video program,processing said signals to produce video signals of a form suitable for display,detecting a classification code within the signals received from the storage medium, said detected code being indicative of a class of program being played,inputting from the user a security code number, comparing the number input to a stored number and, if the numbers are equal, enabling selection of a set of classification codes which cause at least one of suspension or termination of playing,comparing the detected code to said set of classification codes, andselectively playing the video program according to the result of the comparison.

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