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Method and system for scrambling information signals

CA 1252560 A · Owner: Telease, Inc. · Inventors: Meriwether, Frank T.; Block, Robert S.

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A method and system for scrambled transmission of an information signal having a regular, repeating information rate from which a receiver of the information signal derives synchronizing information as in a television video signal. The information signal is summed with a scrambling signal having a frequency which is a function of the information rate plus an error quantity within a predetermined bandwidth namely that of the, synchronizing circuitry in the normal information receiver. The sum of the information signal and the scrambling signal is transmitted as the scrambled information signal. In a television scrambling system, the information signal is a television video signal and the …

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  • Granted April 11, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 11, 2006.
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FiledJanuary 24, 1985
GrantedApril 11, 1989
Term endedApril 11, 2006
Patent numberCA 1252560 A
Classification (IPC)H04N7/17

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1986198919921995199820012004Application filedJan 24, 1985Patent grantedApril 11, 1989Term endedApril 11, 2006

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