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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:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 16, 2006
Applicants:
David J. Rye, Kent, WA (US);
Leslie A. Leech, Kowloon, HK;
James R. W. Phillips, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
X10 Ltd., Hunghom Kowloon, HK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G08C 19/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A remote control device for communicating between a computer system and a plurality of electronic devices. The remote control device includes a radio frequency (RF) transmitter, a RF receiver, an optical transmitter, a memory unit, and a processor in data communication with the memory unit, the RF transmitter, the RF receiver, and the optical transmitter. The processor includes a first component that instructs the optical transmitter to emit at least one signal in response to information received by the RF receiver from a computer.