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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Edmund F. Petruzzelli0
Danny J. Minnick0
David A. Kummer0
Date of Patent
September 20, 2011
0Patent Application Number
111182190
Date Filed
April 28, 2005
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
Television converter devices in accordance with present invention determine whether the programming is to be blocked or not, then inserts an appropriate V-code into the vertical blanking interval (VBI) of the programming before delivering the programming to one or more V-chip enabled TV where the V-chip blocks the programming as appropriate. Various methods of determining whether the programming is to be blocked are disclosed.
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