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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:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Jorge H. Guzman, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Kim W. Schulze, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jorge H. Guzman, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Kim W. Schulze, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A set top boxincludes a communication modulereceiving a remote control configuration database having a remote control associated therewith. The set top boxfurther includes a display control moduleforming a screen display in response to the remote control configuration database. An interfaceforms selections in response to the screen display and a display control module displays programming instructions for the remote control.