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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Drew T. Chen, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Richard B. Tatem, Middletown, MD (US);
Inventors:
Drew T. Chen, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Richard B. Tatem, Middletown, MD (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04B 1/20 (2006.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/436 (2013.01); H04B 1/205 (2013.01); H04N 21/42221 (2013.01); H04N 21/43635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for controlling a controlled device includes a display device and a remote control device generating a key code and communicating the first key code signal corresponding to the key code to the display device. The display device Communicates the key code of the key code signal through the display device without changing the key code and communicates a second key code signal from the display device to a controlled device. The controlled device is controlled in response to the key code in the second key code signal.