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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2010
Applicants:

Paul Moroney, La Jolla, CA (US);

Glenn D. Altchek, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);

Clyde N. Robbins, Maple Glen, PA (US);

Apoorv Srivastava, Franklin Park, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Paul Moroney, La Jolla, CA (US);

Glenn D. Altchek, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);

Clyde N. Robbins, Maple Glen, PA (US);

Apoorv Srivastava, Franklin Park, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G08C 19/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04L 17/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42207 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4433 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus forming part of a home entertainment system includes an electronic device having an input accepting a signal corresponding to an externally-generated first user interface, a control module for internally-generating a signal corresponding to a second user interface, and an output for transmitting a combination of the above referenced signals for display. The control module controls an arrangement of display of the first user interface and the second user interface. The apparatus also includes a remote controller for communicating via a two-way communication link with the control module of the electronic device concerning a selection of one of the first user interface and the second user interface. The remote controller having an emitter for emitting control code signals, and the operation of the emitter is controlled by communications received by the remote controller from the control module of the electronic device. A method is also provided.


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