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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. 19, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerry J Heep, Weatherford, TX (US);
Steven S Erickson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
AST Research, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04J / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359135 ; 359140 ; 359146 ; 370 77 ; 34082553 ;
Abstract
An infrared remote-control system and method for the simultaneous transmission of data from two or more separate hand transmitters to a single remote-control receiver is disclosed. Interference between transmitted signals is eliminated by interlacing control signals with quiescent periods during transmission. The control signals are received and validated by the receiver based on the quiescent periods.