Abstract: A television receiver identification system including a picture generator for providing display of symbols useful for identifying information relating to the set's ownership, or the like, the identification system including circuitry having a central storage where the data may be input and retained within the system, an interface between the central storage and the horizontal and vertical pulse generating circuitry of the television receiver picture generator, circuitry provided within the picture generator for pulsing the stored identification signal to the receiver's cathode ray tube for displaying momentarily the identification information regarding the set's ownership.