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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:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
386 46 ; 348734 ;
Abstract
A stand-alone video receiver, having a simplified user interface and control system, is connected to a video recording and reproducing apparatus (recorder), having a more complex user interface and control system, and both the receiver and the recorder are controlled through the complex user interface and control system of the recorder while the user interface and control system of the receiver are disabled.