Auxiliary video information system including extended data services
CA 2118132 C · Owner: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. · Inventors: Landis, Michael David
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A system for processing auxiliary video signals provides for decoding an extended data services signal in line 21 of field 2. Extended data services provide a general purpose video system information and control capability in addition to basic closed caption operation. Extended data services information is arranged in packets of data. Each packet provides information regarding current of future video programs the source of the video program, and miscellaneous information such as time of day. The extended data services data may be decoded to control the operation of a video system including a videocassette recorder (VCR) and a television receiver.
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- Filed April 28, 1993 and granted April 6, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 28, 2013.
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