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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. 02, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Irvin J. Vanderpohl, III, Greensburg, IN (US);
Duane P. Fridley, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Steve A. Dixon, Hamilton, OH (US);
Vern Palm, Batesville, IN (US);
Richard J. Schuman, Cary, NC (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A television control system for controlling different models of hospital televisions, has an input device for receiving an input from a person, and a controller for interfacing with hospital televisions. The controller generates control signals clusters reflective of the input, and the clusters include a plurality of sequentially-generated, individual control signals for specific operational function of a plurality of different models of hospital televisions including ON/OFF, CHANNEL UP, CHANNEL DOWN, SELECT/MUSIC, PREVIOUS CHANNEL, MUTE, CLOSED CAPTION, and CHANNEL DIGIT operational functions.
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