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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110050449 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL IN A SHORT-RANGE NETWORK, AND SYSTEM SUPPORTING THE SAME An apparatus and method for remote control in a short-range network system, and a system supporting the same are provided, in which from a remote device that remotely controls the application execution device using a predetermined Control User Interface (CUI), informati... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110043372 | REMOTE CONTROLLER, REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND PROGRAM A user interface apparatus, a method for controlling a user interface apparatus, and a computer-readable medium are provided. The user interface apparatus includes a display unit comprising an object display area, the display unit displaying an object in the object disp... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110037608 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONTROLLING DEVICE A controlling device is provided and is configured to detect a device and to control the detected device. Alternatively, a controlling device is provided and is configured to detect a device and to receive at least one command from a remote control device. The controlli... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037609 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME A remote control device and method is provided. The remote control device and method provides a more intuitive and convenient user interface to a user. The remote control device and method also makes it possible to transmit/execute contents, provided by an external devi... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110032191 | VIDEO SYSTEM AND REMOTE CONTROL WITH TOUCH INTERFACE FOR SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT DISPLAY Disclosed herein is a method of operating a remote control system having a touch interface. The method comprises receiving a user input through the touch interface, generating a control communication corresponding to the user input and transferring the control communica... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110018817 | TOUCHPAD-ENABLED REMOTE CONTROLLER AND USER INTERACTION METHODS The hand held case of the remote control unit includes at least one touchpad, and other sensors, such as acceleration sensors, case perimeter sensors, pressure sensors, RF signal sensors. These sensors provide a rich array of sensory inputs that are classified by a patt... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019105 | VERIFICATION OF SYMBOLS RECEIVED THROUGH A TOUCHPAD OF A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE IN AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM TO ALLOW ACCESS TO SYSTEM FUNCTIONS An electronic system comprises an electronic device and an associated remote control device having a touchpad. The electronic system receives verification data that corresponds to a first user input of a verification symbol. The electronic system receives a second user ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110013604 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Controlling Devices Using Portable Electronic Devices Remote devices are managed using a portable electronic device. If a portable electronic device is determined to have entered an area associated with a local area network (LAN), a link between the portable electronic device and the LAN is established. User services are e... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012749 | Data transmission apparatus for household appliances, functional component and household appliance The invention proposes a data transmission apparatus (8, 17, 31; 45, 46) for household appliances (1, 10, 20, 40), particularly washing machines, dishwashers or the like, for sending and/or receiving data between at least two functional components (2, 5... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110007018 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE WIRELESS DEVICE AND ON SCREEN DISPLAY FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A SYSTEM A touch-sensitive wireless device, such as a wireless telephone or wireless multimedia player, in conjunction with an interactive on screen display, effectively remotely controls a programmable multimedia controller or other system. User gestures, button presses or othe... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110001631 | DEVICE WITH SIGNAL GENERATOR AND SIGNAL RECEIVER FOR PROVIDING CONTROLLED ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND/OR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS A remote control for controlling a receiver having selective access mode which restricts unauthorized access and permitting access to unrestricted access content, having a common housing, a power source; a microprocessor; a transmitter; a content selector; and an activa... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100321200 | Steering Wheel Assembly for a Motor Vehicle and Method for Operating a Portable Functional Component A steering wheel assembly is provided for a motor vehicle, comprising a steering wheel, at least one actuating element disposed on the steering wheel, the actuating element being mounted and provided for the actuation of at least one first functional component of the mo... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321201 | USER INTERFACE FOR A REMOTE CONTROL APPLICATION A hand-held electronic device having a remote control application user interface that functions to displays operational mode information to a user. The graphical user interface may be used, for example, to setup the remote control application to control appliances for o... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100309016 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIGHTING SYSTEM A lighting system and a method for a operating a lighting system, enabling to obtain an identification tag (7) comprised in lighting design data (5) directly from an output beam (3), i.e. from the emitted light of the at least one lighting unit (... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100295697 | MULTIMEDIA DEVICE, REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM A multimedia device is disclosed. The multimedia device includes an operating circuit, a wireless receiver for wirelessly receiving a touch signal, a function determining unit coupled to the wireless receiver for determining a corresponding function and generating a det... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100289667 | REMOTE SHUT-OFF GAS METER A retrofit system includes a body, a cup and a valve. The body has a top wall and a plurality of side walls defining a opening and a chamber and is configured to be connected to a gas meter such that the chamber is in fluid communication with a chamber of the gas meter.... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100277109 | MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF REMOTE ELECTRONIC DEVICES An apparatus to control remote devices or equipment via existing cellular telephone networks. The apparatus receives information from a customer concerning a specific function, which the customer wants to perform at the remote equipment. A Central Control receives this ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100277337 | DIRECTIONAL TOUCH REMOTE The present system and method is particularly useful for remotely controlling a device having one or more menus via a remote touch interface having at least an unstructured primary input area. A user can provide inputs to a touch interface without needing to view the in... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100271231 | Two-Sided Handheld Remote Control A two-sided remote control includes a logic device for controlling and/or communicating with a transmitter and a button detector which detects the statuses of two sets of buttons on opposite sides of the two-sided remote control. Both sets of buttons are in the same loc... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100259411 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATION OF A MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR AND AN AUDIO AMPLIFIER A movable barrier operator system includes a motor that is used to move a movable barrier. The system also includes an audio amplifier device. First power is supplied to the audio amplifier device to thereby render corresponding content locally audible. Information rega... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100253534 | UNION REMOTE CONTROLLER, UNION REMOTE CONTROLLER INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME A method of a union remote controller and a union remote controller information providing system and a method for operating the same is disclosed, in which various electronic apparatuses are controlled just by downloading simple remote controller information regardless ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100253533 | UNION REMOTE CONTROLLER, UNION REMOTE CONTROLLER INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME A method of a union remote controller and a union remote controller information providing system and a method for operating the same is disclosed, in which various electronic apparatuses are controlled just by downloading simple remote controller information regardless ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100245094 | Remote control with temperature sensor for air conditioner A remote control system includes an RC comprising a first processor, a first RF unit, and a temperature sensor; a receiver on an air conditioner and comprising a second processor and an IR receiver; and a retransmission device proximate the air conditioner and comprisin... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100245109 | Programmable, modular lighting systems: Apparatus and method Programmable, modular lighting systems configured to resist environmental hazards for functional and/or decorative applications. The programmable, modular lighting systems may further include programs and communication means. The lighting modules and systems may additio... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100245110 | CONTROLLING DEVICE WITH DUAL-MODE, TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY A processing device of a universal controlling device is programmed to distinguish between a first input type provided to a touch-sensitive surface and a second input type provided to the touch-sensitive surface. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being provided... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100237653 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING OPERATION OF CARGO DOORS IN VEHICLES AND TRAILERS The disclosure includes, among other things, a trailer including a base, a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the base, a cargo door displaceable between an open position and a closed position, a motorized spool, and a cable having a first end attached proximate... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100229916 | PROTECTION SYSTEM An assembly, solar panel, and solar panel protection system have a deployable and retractable flexible resilient mesh barrier which can be extended to cover and protect a surface which is vulnerable to hail and other airborne projectiles. The mesh barrier can be attache... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100219977 | MULTIPLE TRANSMITTER REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM A remote control system includes multiple transmitters located at differing positions around a housing. The transmitters are spaced apart so that a transmission from one of the transmitters is likely to be received even if a transmission from another transmitters is obs... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100219976 | REMOTE USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD A remote user interface system and method for effectively controlling functions of a client device and remote user interface rendered on the client device by means of a client-specific or content-specific control user interface rendered on a remote control device is pro... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100218214 | INTELLIGENT REMOTE CONTROL A disclosed remote control, suitable for use with a set top box or other form of multimedia handling device, includes a processor, a user input device, and a display. The user input device and the display are communicatively coupled to the processor. A communication ada... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100214114 | BUS SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL Bus system (10) used in actuating systems for moving gates, roller shutters or the like, in which the transmission of signals between a control unit (C, 18) and peripheral components (17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24; Q) is performed using a transmission prot... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100188251 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN AC WIRELESS SWITCH An apparatus and method for using an AC wireless switch is disclosed. The AC wireless switch may include an AC powered transmitter capable of transmitting signals wirelessly, an AC powered receiver capable of receiving signals wirelessly, and at least one switch in elec... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100188250 | REMOTE CONTROLLER TRANSCEIVER A remote control transceiver is described. The remote control transceiver reduces costs by simplifying a structure of a conventional space movement remote controller including an acceleration sensor, a microprocessor, a radio transmitting unit, and a radio receiver. A g... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100180504 | Window Assembly A window assembly (30) comprising a frame (36) in which are received sliding and security members. The security member has ventilating and non-ventilating parts (40, 32), with the sliding member (34) being slidably moveable over the security ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100171634 | Function Configuration Method and Related Device for a Remote Control Device A function configuration method for a remote control device is disclosed. The remote control device is utilized for controlling an electronic device. The function configuration method includes detecting a touch signal of a user, receiving a human characteristic accordin... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100156658 | UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF A universal remote control apparatus including a user input unit which receives an input of a user, a signal transmitting unit which transmits a control signal, a remote control signal receiving unit which receives a remote control signal from a device-specific remote c... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156659 | ACCESS, MONITORING, AND CONTROL OF APPLIANCES VIA A MEDIA PROCESSING SYSTEM A device and method for accessing, monitoring, and controlling home appliances in a media exchange network by establishing a communication link between a communication initiation device and at least one home appliance and communicating at least one command from the comm... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100148984 | LED (LIGHT EMITTING DIODE) MODULE An LED (Light Emitting Diode) module includes a base seat and a plurality of LEDs. The base seat includes a planar portion having a planar external surface and a straight portion connected interactively to the planar portion, and having a straight external surface. The ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141469 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING HOME NETWORK BY USING BUILDING STRUCTURE DRAWING An apparatus for operating a home network includes a plurality of devices connected through the home network; and a building structure drawing DB for storing a building structure drawing regarding the inside of the building. Further, the apparatus for operating a home n... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100139792 | LARGE MANIPULATOR A large manipulator, especially a truck-mounted concrete pump, has a boom base that can be arranged on a frame so as to be pivoted about a substantially vertical axis of rotation. The large manipulator has a pendular element, that hangs down as an articulated boom and a... | 06/10/2010 |
