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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Caavo Inc, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew E. Einaudi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nino V. Marino, Alameda, CA (US);

Pankaj Ramesh Chandra Katiyar, Nagpur, IN;

Ashish D. Aggarwal, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);

Assignee:

Caavo Inc, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G01R 31/3606 (2013.01); G01R 31/3648 (2013.01); H02J 7/0004 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); G08C 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for remote control device usage detection. A smart battery may be inserted into a remote control device. The smart battery provides power to the remote control device as well as monitors the power consumption when a particular one or more interface elements of the remote control is interacted with by an end user. The power consumption information is transmitted to a receiver, which may identify the remote control device and/or the interface element(s) that has been interacted with based on the received data.


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