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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:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul V Darbee, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Richard E Ellis, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Louis Steven Jansky, Long Beach, CA (US);
Avram S Grossman, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Assignee:
Universal Electronics Inc., Twinsburg, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359148 ; 34082572 ; 348734 ;
Abstract
A remote control for use in connection with a consumer electronics device and a computer. The remote control comprises a central processing unit, a set of buttons linked to the central processing unit, a circuit linked to the central processing unit for use in transmitting an infrared signal to the consumer electronic device in response to activation of at least one of the set of buttons, and a two-way circuit linked to the central processing unit for enabling two-way communication between the remote control and the computer.