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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2000
Kurt Dustin, Pennington, NJ (US);
Kurt Dustin, Pennington, NJ (US);
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A remote control device for use with a plurality of devices has an exterior surface having a plurality of sides. Button groups are located on at least two sides of the plurality of sides. Each button group comprises at least one device button. A device button controls a device, indicates the status of a device, or both. At least one button group on the first side is duplicated on the second side. The remote control device also includes a cover that may be used to the button groups on one side of the remote control device when the button groups on the other side are being used. In one embodiment of the invention, the button group on the second side includes a power button, channel selection buttons and volume control buttons.