Patents by Inventor Michael Rychel

Michael Rychel 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: 5355410
    Abstract: A method and apparatus, for jamming selected channels, in a CATV system, wherein six different pre-determined frequencies ("fx"), are generated at a head end, on a time divisional basis, which head end also generates a synchrinization signal ("sync. sig.") that identifies which fx is being generated, a multiple of receiver ends, each of which receives, at one input all of the TV channels' signals, the fx, the sync. sig., and a subscriber status signal ("SSS") that identifies the channels, if any, that the subscriber is entitled to receive, wherein the receiver end: (A) divides the received signals into: (I) TV channels' signals, SSS, and sync. sig., and (II) fx; (B) generates a local fixed frequency; (C) mixes the local fixed frequency with the fx, thereby creating a jamming signal; (D) decodes the sync. sig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Electroline Equipment Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Blais, Michael Rychel