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Multimedia bidirectional broadcast system

CA 1322590 C · Owner: Tanabe, Shiro · Inventors: Kojima, Hirotsugu; Baji, Toru; Tanabe, Shiro

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A multimedia bidirectional broadcast system including a broadcast station and subscriber terminals. The broadcast station includes a main control unit having therein a data base control table in which program and commercial down load sequences are recorded depending on a setting effected by a subscriber, a motion picture program data base, a commercial data base, a program transmitter for effecting accesses and transmissions of transmission programs onto transmission lines based on the setting of the main control unit, a commercial transmitter for accessing the commercial data base and for transmitting content thereof based on the setting of the main control unit, an image encoder for …

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  • Granted September 28, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 28, 2010.
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FiledAugust 17, 1989
GrantedSeptember 28, 1993
Term endedSeptember 28, 2010
Patent numberCA 1322590 C
Classification (IPC)H04H20/28 +2 more

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1990199319961999200220052008Application filedAug 17, 1989Patent grantedSep 28, 1993Term endedSep 28, 2010

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