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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. 29, 2003
Filed:
May. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theodore D. Wugofski, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Gateway, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ; G06F 1/314 ; H04N 5/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ; G06F 1/314 ; H04N 5/50 ;
Abstract
Systems and methods provide for the construction of graphical user interface objects representing peripheral devices of a computer-based home entertainment system. The method includes providing a database of device functionality and user interface build elements, retrieving information about specific devices connected to the system, and constructing graphical user interface objects for specific and full functional and featural control of connected peripheral devices.