The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2003
Hidekazu Suzuki, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yutaka Nio, Osaka, JP;
Masazumi Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Koichiro Nagata, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidekazu Suzuki, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yutaka Nio, Osaka, JP;
Masazumi Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Koichiro Nagata, Ibaraki, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
On a display () end, maker codes and device codes are read from all STBs () connected to the display () to create a connected-device table. When a user presses a button on a remote controller, the display receives a remote control code outputted from the remote controller, searches the connected-device table for a maker code and a device code that match the maker code and the device code included in the remote control code, controls a selector () so that a reception interface that is connected to an STB whose maker code and device code match those included in the remote control code is connected to a display section (), thereby to display AV data transmitted from the STB on the display section ().