Pulsed leakage tagging signal
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting a tagging signal in a communication system, the communication system transmitting television signals comprising control information and program information, the method comprising:
- a) generating a tagging signal, said signal being detectable by corresponding leakage detecting equipment;
b) identifying a portion of a television signal in which control information is present, the control information comprising a vertical interval;
c) inserting the tagging signal into the television signal only during the portion of the television signal in which the vertical interval is present.
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Abstract
A method of transmitting a leakage tagging signal includes inserting a tagging signal into a CATV television signal only during portions of the television signal in which control information is present. A method according to the present invention is a method of transmitting a tagging signal in a communication system, the communication system transmitting television signals comprising control information and program information. One step of the method includes generating a tagging signal that is detectable by corresponding leakage detecting equipment. The method also includes the step of identifying a portion of a television signal in which control information is present. Finally, the method of the present invention encompasses inserting the tagging signal into the television signal only during the portion of the television signal in which control information is present.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of transmitting a tagging signal in a communication system, the communication system transmitting television signals comprising control information and program information, the method comprising:
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a) generating a tagging signal, said signal being detectable by corresponding leakage detecting equipment;
b) identifying a portion of a television signal in which control information is present, the control information comprising a vertical interval;
c) inserting the tagging signal into the television signal only during the portion of the television signal in which the vertical interval is present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An arrangement for the insertion of a tagging signal into a television signal, the television signal comprising control information and program information, the television signal being transmitted by a communication system, the arrangement comprising:
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a) an input connected to a source of television signals comprising control information and program information, the control information including a vertical interval;
b) a tagging signal generator operable to generate a tagging signal that is detectable by corresponding leakage detecting equipment; and
c) a signal inserter, coupled to the input and the tagging signal generator, operable to insert the tagging signal into the television signal;
d) a switch operably coupled to the signal inserter to cause the signal inserter to insert the tagging signal only during the portion of the television signal in which the vertical interval is present. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An arrangement for the insertion of a tagging signal into a television signal, the television signal comprising control information and program information, the control information including a vertical interval, the television signal being transmitted by a communication system, the arrangement comprising:
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a) an input connected to a source of television signals comprising control information and program information;
b) a tag insertion operable to generate a tagging signal, said signal being detectable by corresponding leakage detecting equipment;
identify a portion of a television signal in which the vertical interval is present; and
insert the tagging signal into the television signal only during the portion of the television signal in which the vertical interval is present. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
modulate the carrier signal with the tagging signal only during the portion of the television signal in which the vertical interval is present; and
sum the carrier signal modulated with the tagging signal with the television signal.
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22. The arrangement of claim 21 wherein the RF oscillator is further operable to generate a carrier signal having a frequency within the vestigial sideband associated with the television signal.
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23. The arrangement of claim 21 wherein the RF oscillator is further operable to generate a carrier signal having a frequency within 0.9 MHz to 1.15 MHz below the CATV carrier signal frequency of the television signal.
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24. The arrangement of claim 20 wherein the tag insertion circuit further includes an oscillator for generating the tagging signal.
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25. The arrangement of claim 24 wherein the oscillator is operable to generate a 20-29 Hz oscillating tagging signal.
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26. The arrangement of claim 20 wherein the tag insertion circuit is further operable to modulate the television signal with the tagging signal only during the portion of the television signal in which control information is present.
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27. A method transmitting a tagging signal in a communication system, the communication system transmitting television signals in one or more CATV channels, each channel associated with a carrier frequency, an active sideband, and a vestigial sideband, the method comprising:
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a) generating a tagging signal, said signal being detectable by corresponding leakage detecting equipment;
b) modulating a carrier signal with the tagging signal, said carrier signal having a frequency within a vestigial sideband associated with a CATV channel; and
c) combining the modulated carrier signal with a television signal transmitted in the communication system only during a portion of the television signal in which a vertical interval is present. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method transmitting a tagging signal in a communication system, the communication system transmitting television signals comprising control information and program information, the method comprising:
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a) generating an oscillating tagging signal, said signal being detectable by corresponding leakage detecting equipment;
b) identifying a portion of a television signal in which control information is present;
c) inserting the tagging signal into the television signal only during the portion of the television signal in which control information is present. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. An arrangement for the insertion of a tagging signal into a television signal, the television signal comprising control information and program information, the television signal being transmitted by a communication system, the arrangement comprising:
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a) an input connected to a source of television signals comprising control information and program information;
b) a tag insertion circuit including an oscillator, the tag insertion circuit operable to generate a tagging signal using the oscillator, said signal being detectable by corresponding leakage detecting equipment;
identify a portion of a television signal in which control information is present; and
insert the tagging signal into the television signal only during the portion of the television signal in which control information is present. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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