Patents by Inventor Jacob Shekel

Jacob Shekel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4247106
    Abstract: An improved system arrangement for distributing and permitting use of an ensemble of program controlled television games includes head end apparatus for impressing an array of game-regulating programs onto an electronic distribution system, e.g., by time division multiplexing into an assigned frequency band on a television program distributing CATV or MATV cable. At any of plural receiver locations connected to the distribution channel, a user desiring a game selects ("tunes") the game frequency band and loads a game program memory (RAM) with the program for the particular game desired. The composite apparatus then functions in the now per se conventional manner to actually implement the selected game in conjunction with a television receiver and player control(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Jerrold Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael F. Jeffers, Jacob Shekel, Charles L. Dages, Joseph Glaab