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Operations center for a television program packaging and delivery system    
United States Patent5659350   
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Inventor(s)Hendricks; John S. (Potomac, MD); Bonner; Alfred E. (Bethesda, MD)
AbstractAn Operations Center for television entertainment systems that provide television programming to consumer homes is disclosed. The Operations Center organizes and packages television programming and program information for delivery to and from consumer homes. The Operations Center includes a computerized packaging system for creating a program control information signal.
   














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Operations center for a television program packaging and delivery system
Inventor     Hendricks; John S. (Potomac, MD); Bonner; Alfred E. (Bethesda, MD)
Owner/Assignee     Discovery Communications, Inc. (Bethesda, MD)
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Publication Date     August 19, 1997
Application Number     08/160,282
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Filing Date     December 2, 1993
US Classification     725/116 725/39 725/41 725/60 725/118 725/130 725/133
Int'l Classification     H04N 007/16
Examiner     Kostak; Victor R.
Assistant Examiner     Grant; Chris
Attorney/Law Firm     Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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Parent Case     RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/991,074 filed Dec. 9, 1992 entitled TELEVISION PROGRAM PACKAGING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH MENU DRIVEN SUBSCRIBER ACCESS. The following other continuation-in-part applications, also based on the above-referenced patent application, are incorporated herein by reference: Ser. No. 08/160,281 filed Dec. 2, 1993, entitled REPROGRAMMABLE TERMINAL FOR SUGGESTING PROGRAMS OFFERED ON A TELEVISION PROGRAM DELIVERY SYSTEM Ser. No. 08/160,280, filed Dec. 2, 1993entitled NETWORK CONTROLLER FOR CABLE TELEVISION DELIVERY SYSTEMS Ser. No. 08/160,193, filed Dec. 2, 1993, SET-TOP TERMINAL FOR CABLE TELEVISION DELIVERY SYSTEMS Ser. No. 08/160,194 filed Dec. 2, 1993, entitled ADVANCED SET-TOP TERMINAL FOR CABLE TELEVISION DELIVERY SYSTEMS Ser. No. 08/160,283, filed Dec. 2, 1993, entitled DIGITAL CABLE HEADEND FOR CABLE TELEVISION DELIVERY SYSTEM
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USPTO Field of Search     348/1 348/2 348/6 348/7 348/8 348/9 348/12 348/13 348/906 455/3.1 455/4.2 455/5.1 455/6.1
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