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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127011 | Method, System and Devices for Remote Control and Be-Controlled A remote control method applied to a remote control system, including a remote control device and at least one be-controlled device, includes the following steps. The remote control device discovers the at least one be-controlled device dynamically via a network and ret... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127012 | DETERMINING USER INTENT FROM POSITION AND ORIENTATION INFORMATION In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling a receiving device, the method comprising: detecting a position of a control device operated by a user; detecting horizontal orientation or vertical inclination of the control device; based on the ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120032830 | Motion Controlled Vehicle Power Adapter A motion controlled vehicle power adapter with a vehicle power adapter that can be plugged into the 12V vehicle power outlet and has a remote motion sensor at one end of the vehicle power adapter opposite the end that plugs into the 12 V vehicle power outlet. The remote... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026097 | Reconfiguring Remote Control Behavior Aspects of the disclosure relate to a remote control which may include one or more buttons configured to provide input to the remote control upon being activated, a transmitter for transmitting data, a receiver for receiving data, a processor and memory storing computer... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120007763 | Assisted Remote Control Macros A receiver interacts with a remote control to assist with one or more user-defined macros. In a first embodiment, the receiver may execute a macro recording program to record user input and create a macro based at least partially thereon. The receiver may associate the ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110309964 | Network remote control A network of devices with remote control includes a network interconnecting two or more networked devices and a wireless remote control unit for communicating with one or more of the networked devices. The remote control unit stores an interface for one or more of the n... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110302607 | HOSPITALITY MEDIA SYSTEM OPERATED BY MOBILE DEVICE A hospitality media system includes a media system controller and a plurality of controllable devices operable by the media system controller, each of a plurality of rooms having one or more in-room controllable devices. A communication module performs data communicatio... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110298646 | CODE SET DETERMINATION FOR A REMOTE CONTROL Universal Remote Controls are designed for controlling a large amount of appliances. Each of these appliances needs to be controlled by using codes of its own code set. For this reason, Universal Remote Controls store multiple code sets, so that they are able to control... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110285570 | RADIO COMMUNICATION MODULE, REMOTE CONTROLLER, AND RADIO SYSTEM A radio remote controller can precisely transfer user's intended control. A radio communication module sends control data for controlling a controlled device by radio communications to provide remote control to the controlled device. The radio communication module inclu... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279300 | WIRELESS BATTERY-POWERED REMOTE CONTROL WITH LABEL SERVING AS ANTENNA ELEMENT A remote control for a wireless control system includes a controller, at least one actuator for operating the controller, a radio-frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the controller, an antenna coupled to the RF transmitter, and a housing for the controller, the RF tra... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110260903 | Universal remote control device in smart phone The present utility provides a universal remote control device in smart phone, where it consists of two components: a hardware device which can be connected to a smart phone through the hands-free/earpiece connector; and a piece of software application running on the sm... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254723 | Communication system and communication device A communication system includes: a remote controller having an input unit inputting user operations and a communication unit performing bidirectional communication, transmitting a remote control code in accordance with the user operation with respect to the input unit f... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110248877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING REMOTE USER SELECTION OF A DEVICE A system and method providing remote user selection of a device, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING COMPONENTS IN WIRELESS HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM Configuration information is exchanged between a home entertainment system server and various wireless components by pushing a button on the server and a random button on a remote control device as it is pointed at the devices sought to be authenticated.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241921 | Multi-Function Remote Control and a Method for Obtaining Residual Power The present invention is related to a multi-function remote control which is supplied power by a rechargeable battery. The multi-function remote control comprises a micro controller unit (MCU), a residual power display, a button unit, a current detector and a voltage de... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110234778 | Remote Controller and Related System A remote controller including a wireless communication module, an image capture module and a host processor is provided. The wireless communication module is for communicating with a be-controlled appliance. The image capture module is for photographing and generating a... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110221623 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD A control device which controls an operation of a controlled device, includes: an operation information storage unit to store operation information about an acceptable operation; a control information acquisition unit to acquire control information about the controlled ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110221622 | REMOTE CONTROL WITH USER IDENTIFICATION SENSOR Described herein is a remote control including a saucer-shaped housing, a removable faceplate, and a processor. The saucer-shaped housing may be circular in plan view and sized to be graspable by a user in one or two hands. The upper side of the housing may be convexly ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110199250 | INTERACTIVE WEB-BASED CODESET SELECTION AND DEVELOPMENT TOOL A system, such as a web server, in communication with the database, includes a configurator application for providing data from the database to a consumer to thereby allow the consumer to configure a controlling device whereupon the controlling device will be adapted to... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110193737 | WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM A wireless remote control system is provided. This system includes a remote controller, plural detectors, and a decision module. The detectors are used for detecting the frequency a wireless signal emitted by the remote controller and respectively generate a detecting r... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110194856 | CONTROL FOR A DEVICE A control for an electrical device, where in the control can include a receiver for receiving modulated electromagnetic radiation. The received radiation can be integrated by an analyzer, and an aspect of the electrical device can be controlled when radiation is detecte... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110187575 | REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTER A remote control transmitter of the present invention includes an electrostatic touch panel, a cover covering the electrostatic touch panel and having a fulcrum portion, and a wiring board having a switch contact and electrically connected to the electrostatic touch pan... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110191108 | Remote controller with position actuatated voice transmission A method of operation of a remote controller consistent with certain implementations involves determining a spatial orientation of the remote controller based upon an output signal from a position detector; and setting a voice mode of operation of the remote controller ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187574 | REMOTE CONTROLLED POWER CONSUMING DEVICE AND MODULE A power consuming device that includes a control circuitry controlling a plurality of components installed in the power consuming device comprises a communication module receiving communication signals from a remote source, and a control module including an electrical r... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110156943 | REMOTE CONTROLLER A remote controller for toys includes a user interface which applies the low-cost capacitive sensing method with the remote controller. Users can touch and/or drag on a remote controller surface by fingers to remotely control the movement of R/C cars, planes, helicopter... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110156944 | DEVICE CONTROL BUS COMMAND TRANSLATION FOR NONCOMPLIANT AND INCOMPATIBLE DEVICES A method of facilitating consumer device control bus functionality in an entertainment system is presented. In the method, a consumer device control bus command is received from a first electronic device. The control bus command is translated into a wireless remote cont... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110148685 | CONFIGURABLE LIGHT FIXTURE, CONFIGURABLE LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A LIGHTING SYSTEM A configurable light fixture for a lighting system is described. The light fixture comprising a receiver, wherein the receiver of the light fixture is arranged to, upon receipt of a pairing signal from a transmitter, store a transmitter ID comprised in the pairing signa... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110140933 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME A remote control system is disclosed. The remote control system includes a remote control transmitter module for transmitting a learning signal or a functional signal, and a remote control receiver module in a host for receiving the learning signal or the functional sig... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110140948 | Proxy Remote Control A method includes receiving, at a proxy remote control signal receiver device, first control data from a remote control device that is associated with a first device. The first control data is prevented from being received at a remote control signal receiver associated ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110144820 | WIRELESS PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL SYSTEM A wireless programmable control system applied in home automation that aims at solving the problems of the state of the art such as lack of simplicity and a straight forward way to program and set up a system with several wireless devices working together and the fact t... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110133975 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY-GENERATING DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE An electric power-generating device (1) comprising a movable portion forming a magnetic circuit fitted with a core (5) and branches (11, 12, 13, 14) coupled magnetically to the said core, a fixed portion provided with a permanent magnet (31, 32, ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110133976 | STATE-BASED REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM A remote control system includes a remote control device configured to control a plurality of consumer electronic devices. The remote control system further includes a programming system configured to: i) receive identifying information, which identifies each of the con... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110128228 | Programmable Remote Control Methods for operation and a remote control are provided. In one embodiment, a method for operation includes detecting an activity mode for the remote control, wherein the activity mode is based on user programming of the remote control to operate one or more devices for... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110122010 | FLEXIBLE ANNULAR PROTECTION OF A REMOTE CONTROL A remote control device (1, 100, 200) for home automation equipment, of the roaming type, comprising a housing (2) containing an electronic circuit (7) comprising a radiofrequency transmitter (9), said housing (2) being of substantiall... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110115664 | PROGRAMMING A REMOTE CONTROL USING REMOVABLE STORAGE A method and system for programming, using a removable storage, a remote control apparatus providing universal remote control functionality is disclosed. A removable storage module may be introduced into the remote control apparatus. Programming codes for a remote-contr... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110114716 | Systems and Methods for Programming a Remote Control Device Methods and systems are disclosed that include retrieving codes that are usable by a remote control device to remotely control a function of the electronic device. The methods and systems may also include transmitting the codes to the remote control device via a remote ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110117850 | Apparatus and Methods for Enabling Smart Portable Device to be Universal Remote Control An apparatus comprises a radio frequency (RF) unit, an Infrared (IR) signal unit, and a processing unit that decodes the codes received from the RF unit and feeds them into the IR signal unit. The codes control the home electronic appliances such as TV, VCR, Hi-Fi syste... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110109444 | SERIAL PROGRAMMING OF A UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL A method and system for programming a universal remote control (URC) to operate with a remote-controlled device is disclosed. After initiating a serial programming mode on the URC, a user may be instructed to operate a plurality of control elements of an original remote... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109490 | PROGRAMMING A UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL VIA DIRECT INTERACTION WITH AN ORIGINAL REMOTE CONTROL A method and system for programming a universal remote control (URC) to operate with a remote-controlled device is disclosed. A user may be instructed to operate a control element of an original remote control (ORC) of the remote-controlled device. The ORC may be operat... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110102230 | DYNAMIC LINKING OF CODESETS IN UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL DEVICES A codeset having function-code combinations is provisioned on a controlling device to control functions of an intended target device. Input is provided to the controlling device which designates a function to be controlled on the intended target device. From a plurality... | 05/05/2011 |
