AU6925600A - Software downloading using a television broadcast channel - Google Patents

Software downloading using a television broadcast channel

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Publication number
AU6925600A
AU6925600A AU69256/00A AU6925600A AU6925600A AU 6925600 A AU6925600 A AU 6925600A AU 69256/00 A AU69256/00 A AU 69256/00A AU 6925600 A AU6925600 A AU 6925600A AU 6925600 A AU6925600 A AU 6925600A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
broadcast channel
television broadcast
software downloading
downloading
software
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Abandoned
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AU69256/00A
Inventor
David Kent Mathews
Jeffry Jovan Philyaw
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Digital Convergence com Inc
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Digital Convergence com Inc
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Publication date
Priority claimed from US09/417,863 external-priority patent/US7370114B1/en
Application filed by Digital Convergence com Inc filed Critical Digital Convergence com Inc
Publication of AU6925600A publication Critical patent/AU6925600A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H04N7/00—Television systems
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    • H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
    • H04N7/163—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing by receiver means only

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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AU69256/00A 1999-10-13 2000-08-22 Software downloading using a television broadcast channel Abandoned AU6925600A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/417,863 US7370114B1 (en) 1998-09-11 1999-10-13 Software downloading using a television broadcast channel
US09417863 1999-10-13
PCT/US2000/023036 WO2001028248A1 (en) 1999-10-13 2000-08-22 Software downloading using a television broadcast channel

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AU6925600A true AU6925600A (en) 2001-04-23

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US7075899B2 (en) * 2002-05-21 2006-07-11 Actv, Inc. System and method for providing private in-band data to digital set-top boxes in a broadcast environment
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