Bi-directional catv data transmission and control system
CA 1138070 A · Owner: Cablebus Systems Corporation · Inventors: Gumm, Linley F.; Schrock, Clifford B.
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Abstract of the Invention, A bi-directional data transmission and control system utilizing a central processing unit and a multiplicity of remote subscribers. Each subscriber is provided with a terminal coupled with the central processing unit by a suitable medium such as a CATV channel. Each terminal is provided with a demarcation plane separating common circuitry from a number of specialty modules and a common bus therebetween for circuitry simplification, application expandability and individual tailoring. The data transmission scheme efficiently utilizes the frequency spectrum and enhances polling frequency by permitting selective polling of any given specialty module or subscriber at …
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- Granted December 21, 1982. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 21, 1999.
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