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US 5,426,699 AGranted
Method and apparatus for digitizing a scrambled analog video signal
AssigneeAntec Corporation
InventorsRichard E. Wunderlich, James O. Farmer
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AssigneeAntec Corporation
InventorsRichard E. Wunderlich, James O. Farmer
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An on demand services feature for the provision of video, audio, and data services for a subscription system of the CTV type, or the like. The system comprises a headend coupled to a distribution network having a multiplicity of subscribers. Standard service signals forming scheduled program channels are coupled commonly with on demand service signals forming on demand program channels in a frequency division multiplexed system. The demand services are provided by a demand service processor having an input processor which stores programs for the demand services in a file server or other massive memory and a plurality of output processors which retrieve the programs on demand and convert them to the demand service signals for application to the distribution network. In the illustrated embodiment the input processor scrambles, digitizes and compresses real time or other stored analog programming for storage in the file server. On demand from a subscriber, an output processor reads out a stored program from the file server as a digital data stream, decompresses it and converts it back to an analog scrambled signal. The analog scrambled signal is then modulated on a carrier by the output processor to become an on demand services signal.
An apparatus for processing an analog video signal into a digital data stream comprising:
An apparatus for processing a scrambled digital video signal having digital samples representing the active portion of an analog scrambled signal, the synchronizing portion of an analog scrambled signal and the scrambling information of an analog scrambled signal into a scrambled analog video signal comprising:
A system for processing and storing an analog video signal comprising:
A system for processing and storing a scrambled analog video signal comprising:
A system for the transmission of program information, said system comprising:
A system for the transmission of program information, said system comprising:
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