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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Phillip T. Wang, Rockville, MD (US);
Sean S. Lee, Potomac, MD (US);
Scott D. Casavant, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/6547 (2011.01); H04N 21/6377 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6547 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/422 (2013.01); H04N 21/42225 (2013.01); H04N 21/42227 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01); H04N 21/6377 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 5/783 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method includes an input device, a client device registering an input device to form an association and a server device registering the input device and registering the association with the server device. The input device broadcasts a control signal to the client device and the server device. The server device receiving the control signal directly from the input device. The server device communicates a response signal to the client device in response to the receiving the control signal.