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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Volley Base, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erik Volkerink, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Miriam van Ringelestijn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/291 (2013.01); H04B 10/69 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/502 (2013.01); H04B 10/291 (2013.01); H04B 10/6911 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus embodiment includes a remote control interface unit configured to accept an appliance control code carried in a radio frequency signal transmitted from a smart phone, extract the appliance control code from the radio frequency signal, send the extracted appliance control code to an optical frequency interface, and initiate transmission of an optical frequency signal including the appliance control code to an appliance configured to receive signals from an optical remote control.