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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:
Feb. 16, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benjamin F Evans, Weatherford, TX (US);
Jerry J Heep, Weatherford, TX (US);
Peter H Haagen, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tandy Corporation, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340825220 ; 34082569 ; 34082572 ; 3403094 ; 3581941 ; 455353 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for causing a remote controller to execute a sequence of instructions at a preprogrammed time. A remote controller includes a timer and may be used to turn on the various components of an electronic entertainment system including a recording device and to transmit a starting sequence which causes the recording device to record. After the selected duration of time expires the remote controller stops and recording device from recording and turns off the components of the system or causes other instructions to be performed.