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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:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mauro Dresti, West Covina, CA (US);
Patrick H. Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Universal Electronics Inc., Cypress, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 1/900 ; H04M 1/104 ; H02J 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 1/900 ; H04M 1/104 ; H02J 3/00 ;
Abstract
A controlling device having programming which ensures an appliance will be placed into a desired power state. The controlling device transmits a query message to a power monitor associated with the appliance to obtain the current power state of the appliance. If the current power state does not correspond to the desired power state, the controlling device transmits a command to the appliance to effect a change in the current power state of the appliance.