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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. 05, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J Carlson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
179 / ; 179 / ; 358 85 ; 3581941 ;
Abstract
A remote control system utilizing a portion of a television receiver system to control appliances external to the television receiver. A specific embodiment is shown for controlling a telephone through the television remote control unit. The viewer answers or originates telephone calls by operating the television remote control unit. In an alternate embodiment, the signal carrier from the control unit to the television is modulated in order to transmit voice signals. Further appliances may be controlled through the telephone line or by other connections to the television receiver.