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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. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Applicant:
David E. Allport, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
David E. Allport, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Research Investment Network, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C019/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A remote control uses IR (infrared) commands to control various consumer appliances made by various manufactures. The remote control is low-cost, consumer-friendly, programmable, has its own graphical display so it does not interfere with a TV or other viewing screen, and is capable of interacting with the internet or other data source to provide a rich set of functionality.