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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:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2001
Applicants:
Yoshiyuki Takaku, Tokyo, JP;
Mari Horiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Takaku, Tokyo, JP;
Mari Horiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F013/38 ; G06F013/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information processing system comprising a computer connected to an amplifier in an audio visual (AV) system through an IEEE 1394 serial bus connection. The amplifier has various different types of external terminals for connecting to other AV devices. The computer requests, receives and displays name information on the external terminals from the amplifier. A user of the system can select various AV devices from the name information displayed on the computer. The computer then commands the amplifier to switch to the selected AV device.