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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. 05, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zafar Khan, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Index Systems, Inc., Tortola, VG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/312 ;
Abstract
A consumer electronic device, such as a television, cable box, or VCR uses a combined serial and infrared output port. The combined port is connected to a slave peripheral device that includes a serial port and an infrared output port. The serial port of the slave peripheral device is connected to the combined serial and infrared port and the infrared output port is connected to an infrared remote control transmitter via an infrared driver signal passthrough circuit.