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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. 10, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1999
Jon M. Eastman, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Gregory R. Sasaki, Long Beach, CA (US);
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for adjusting an antenna to maximize the strength of a program information signal. A first embodiment of the apparatus includes a remote control comprising a user input interface, for accepting at least one user input command and for translating the user input command into at least one command signal; a remote control receiver, for receiving a first signal from a controlled device, wherein the first signal is indicative of a measured quality of a second signal received by the controlled device; a remote control processor, communicatively coupled to the user input interface and the remote control receiver, for processing the received first signals, and for generating coded signals according to the command signal; a remote control transmitter, communicatively coupled to the remote control processor, for transmitting the coded signals to the controlled device to execute the user command; and a user output interface communicatively coupled to the remote control processor, for presenting the processed received signals. A second embodiment includes a set top box comprising a first set top box receiver for receiving a first signal having program information; a second set top box receiver for receiving coded command signals from a remote control; a set top box processor for determining at least one parameter indicative of a measured quality of the first signal; and a set top box transmitter, communicatively coupled to the processor, for transmitting a second signal having information including the parameter to the remote control.