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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:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2005
Applicants:
George E. Stevenson, Seattle, WA (US);
Leslie Alan Leech, Kowloon, HK;
James R. W. Phillips, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
George E. Stevenson, Seattle, WA (US);
Leslie Alan Leech, Kowloon, HK;
James R. W. Phillips, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
X10 Wireless Technology, Inc., Kent, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Inventive systems and methods for remotely controlling infrared controlled devices by using addressed radio frequency control signals. Radio frequency signals propagate through most obstructions to infrared control signals. Augmenting each control signal with an address allows for great selectivity in an environment with several transmitters and receivers.