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Automated receiver monitoring method and apparatus

  • US 5,278,988 A
  • Filed: 06/14/1991
  • Issued: 01/11/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for determining a particular transmitting station from which program signals are received and translated by a monitored receiver within a test area comprising:

  • means for storing a transmitter characteristic table;

    said transmitter characteristic table including a corresponding transmitting station identification stored with a predefined subarea of a plurality of predefined subareas within the test area for each predetermined tuned frequency of the monitored receiver;

    means for identifying a tuned frequency of the monitored receiver;

    means responsive to both an identified tuned frequency of the monitored receiver and said stored transmitter characteristic table for identifying the particular transmitting station corresponding to said identified tuned frequency; and

    means for storing data corresponding to the identified transmitting station.

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