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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:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Mukesh K. Patel, Fremont, CA (US);

Jonathan A. Logan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Amir Gharaat, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Richard Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);

Roger Hsu, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Robert Poniatowski, San Jose, CA (US);

Anthony P. Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mukesh K. Patel, Fremont, CA (US);

Jonathan A. Logan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Amir Gharaat, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Richard Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);

Roger Hsu, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Robert Poniatowski, San Jose, CA (US);

Anthony P. Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

TiVo Solutions Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 19/12 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 17/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/30058 (2013.01); G06F 17/3089 (2013.01); G06F 17/30554 (2013.01); G08C 2201/20 (2013.01); G08C 2201/40 (2013.01); G08C 2201/50 (2013.01); G08C 2201/92 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method for operating a target media device is described. The method includes receiving a user command by a remote control device for operating a target media device, where a signal to operate the target media device is not stored on the remote control device when the user command is received. Data associated with the user command is transmitted by the remote control device to a second media device and signal information, associated with the signal to operate the target media device, is received by the remote control device from the second media device. The signal to operate the target media device is transmitted by the remote control device to the target media device, where the target media device performs a function based on the signal received from the remote control device.


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