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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.:

US 8826312 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2010

Broadcast remote control

Applicants:

Edgar V. Shrum, Jr., Smyrna, GA (US);

Michael Joseph Mccarthy, Marietta, GA (US);

Francisco Gonzalez, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Edgar V. Shrum, Jr., Smyrna, GA (US);

Michael Joseph McCarthy, Marietta, GA (US);

Francisco Gonzalez, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:

Merchant & Gould

Primary Examiner:

Pankaj Kumar

Assistant Examiner:

Sahar Baig

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/32 (2008.01); H04H 60/43 (2008.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04H 60/44 (2008.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/43 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04H 60/44 (2013.01); H04N 21/2221 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4508 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01);
Abstract

Identifying user behaviors via remote control signal broadcasts may be provided. A content element such as a video may be displayed on a display device. During display of the content, a control signal may be received and deciphered. The deciphered control signal may be used to determine whether the content is being consumed by a user, and this determination may be logged and/or reported to the content provider.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Shrum, Jr., Edgar. (2014). Broadcast remote control (U.S. Patent No. 8826312). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8826312

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