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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:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hitoshi Yoshinobu, Kanagawa, JP;
Junya Saito, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348 13 ; 348734 ;
Abstract
A television broadcast receiver capable of transmitting user input data to a predetermined destination associated with the broadcast side and having a remote commander with a two-way button for switching the mode of a television receiver between a mode responsive and a mode nonresponsive to a two-way broadcast program. Buttons provided on the commander are assigned both the function as channel selection buttons of a receiving unit, or the function of data input means for inputting data representing a reply to a two-way broadcast program.