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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:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fujio Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Shiomi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44 ;
Abstract
A remote control apparatus and an image display apparatus for example, a television receiver and a remote commander for remote controlling the television receiver in which for example, a version-up of a control program can be easily executed. The remote control apparatus can be constructed so that an IC card can be loaded and data recorded in the IC card is transmitted to control-target equipment.