V-Chip Device to be Unveiled; Device to Allow Consumers to Utilize Newly Announced Television Ratings.PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1996--Acacia Research Corporation (Symbol:ACRI) announced today that a company it formed, Soundview Technologies Incorporated, is in the final stages of developing the V-Chip Converter (1) A device that changes one set of codes, modes, sequences or frequencies to a different set. See A/D converter. (2) A device that changes current from 60Hz to 50Hz and vice versa. , an external V-chip device to be available for use with the 200 million television sets in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. that will be "deaf" to V-chip signals. Earlier this year, Acacia acacia (əkā`shə), any plant of the large leguminous genus Acacia, often thorny shrubs and trees of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Research Corporation announced the formation of Soundview Technologies to commercialize significant patent rights related to audio and video blanking system technology, known as V-chip technology. Acacia Research has a significant minority ownership interest in Soundview. "We are excited about the commercial implications of this product, particularly in light of yesterday's announcement of the television industry's TV Parental Guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. by Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Pictures Association," said R. Bruce Stewart Bruce Stewart is a writer born in New Zealand. (1936– ), of Ngati Raukawa, Te Arawa, Stewart is a fiction writer and dramatist who has expressed the anger, confused loyalties and spiritual aspiration of late-twentieth-century Maori. , president of Acacia Research. "We also appreciate the encouragement received from the various leaders involved in the implementation of V-Chip technology." A strong advocate of the V-chip legislation signed into law this past February, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) recently visited Soundview Technologies and applauded the company for its forward-thinking work to create a device that makes existing television sets "V-chip ready." Soundview Technologies has announced that the V-Chip Converter will be available nationwide in the Fall of 1997 and will enable consumers to screen out objectionable programming without having to purchase a new television set. "This device will be a cost-effective, easy to install unit," said David H. Schmidt, vice president and director of technology for Soundview. "The V-Chip Converter will substantially increase the availability of V-chip technology to families throughout the country." A prototype of the V-Chip Converter will be exhibited at the 1997 International Winter Computer Electronics Show (CES) to be held January 9-12 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . -0- Acacia Research Corporation (ACRI) is a diversified capital management company with interests in several enterprises - Whitewing Labs, Inc., MerkWerks Corporation, Soundview Technologies Incorporated, CombiMatrix Corporation, Greenwich Information Technologies LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , and private investment advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal . CONTACT: Acacia Research Corporation, Pasadena Kathryn King-Van Wie, 818/449-6431 |
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