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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. 23, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1990
Theodore B Staros, Margate, FL (US);
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Sony Electronics, Inc., , NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention is generally directed to a device which receives control signals and is selectively capable of serially controlling an auxiliary device. According to one aspect of the invention, the controlling device is operable in a first mode where control signals are used to control the device itself, in a second mode where the device uses the control signals to serially control the auxiliary device and in a third mode where the control signals are used to control both the device and the auxiliary device. According to one aspect of the invention, the device may be a multi-track recorder and the auxiliary device may be a video tape recorder.