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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8022837 | Infrared signal distribution and management system and method An apparatus for and method of distributing and reproducing infrared signals within a digital network is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a control unit for digitizing a received infrared signal command from a wireless remote and transmitting the digitized signal ... | 09/20/2011 |
| RE42496 | Controller for remote vehicles and craft and for virtual subjects A control system which provides directional control over various real and virtual vehicles, craft and moveable subjects. The control system includes a housing, a controller in the housing having an electronic radio control PC board or an electronic video control PC ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7952462 | Remote controlled power switch The invention provides a remote controlled power switch including a line interface, a radiation-based receiver and a processor. The line interface is electrically connected in series to a power line. The radiation-based signal receiver functions as receiving a radia... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7924167 | Remote control code filtering used for relaying of remote control codes Remote control code filtering techniques are disclosed that are suitable for use in a remote control code relaying system. A portion of a received remote control code is compared with corresponding portions of stored remote control codes. The received remote control... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916040 | Remote control for home entertainment A remote control system is provided that includes a master controller for storing a plurality of remote control codes for a plurality of remotely controlled equipment, receiving a remote control code request message, retrieving a requested remote control code and tr... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7880639 | Method of establishing communication with wireless control devices The method of the present invention allows a first wireless control device that is operable to communicate on a predetermined one of a plurality of channels to establish communication with a second wireless control device that may be communicating on any of the plur... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868779 | Circuitry for powering on and maintaining activation of a powered off electronic component Circuitry for automatically powering on and maintaining activation of a powered down electronic component in a first device in RF communication with a second device, wherein the first and second devices are preferably an implantable medical device and an external co... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864070 | System and method for training a trainable transmitter A method for training a trainable transmitter in a vehicle includes receiving a request to enter a training mode of the trainable transmitter from a user. In response to the request, default mode data is retrieved from a memory and transmitted for a predetermined ti... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7852231 | Electrical control system An electrical control system includes one or more master devices that are adapted to control the operation of one of more slave devices. The master and the slave devices are operably coupled by at least one radio frequency communication interface. The master devices... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7847706 | Wireless electrical apparatus controller device and method of use A device for controlling one or more electrical apparatuses comprising a processor/transceiver control unit connected to each electrical apparatus and having at least one microprocessor wired to a transceiver and a clock circuit that keeps real-time onboard, the mic... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7839299 | Remote control device, remote control method, and remotely controlled device A remote control system detects an operating status of various devices through the Internet in real time. A remote controller, which enables a terminal device to control an operation of a device through a network, acquires and stores a latest address of the device b... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839300 | RFID reading system, RFID reading method, RFID reader, RFID read controlling apparatus, RFID reader control program, computer-readable information recording medium having recorded the same, control program for RFID read control apparatus, and computer-readable information recording medium having recorded the same An RFID reading system includes at least two readers and at least one RF tag. Each reader includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a CPU section to control transmission of the transmitter and reception of the receiver. Both readers receive a reply signal sent from an... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7817060 | Electrical control system An electrical control system includes one or more master nodes that are adapted to control and monitor the operation of one or more slave nodes. The master nodes and the slave nodes are operably coupled by one or more communication interfaces, such as radio frequenc... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812739 | Programmable appliance remote control A universal remote control is provided. For each channel supported, a mode is initially established as rolling mode. For a fixed code appliance, a fixed code is received and stored, and the mode changed to fixed mode. When an activation request is received, the mode... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7777642 | Integrated remote control system for a plurality of digital devices An integrated remote control system includes a remote control device for selecting and controlling a plurality of digital devices, each including a bit pattern tag having location information and device information. The remote control device includes a display, a li... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7768420 | Operation and control of wireless appliance networks A wireless network that may include one or more access points, one or more wireless controllers and one or more appliances. The one or more access points include, or may be coupled with, a server location agent that operates to determine or estimate the locations of... | 08/03/2010 |
| RE41453 | Web-based universal remote control A universal remote control apparatus that is programmable with software supplied by manufacturers of controllable devices so that a single remote control apparatus has a broad spectrum application capable of operating many different controllable devices. The remote ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7764191 | RFID tag data affecting automation controller with internal database The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates utilizing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with an object. An RFID component can receive extended data from the RFID tag that identifies an operation. An automation d... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760109 | Interactive surveillance network and method A plurality of modules interact to form an adaptive network in which each module transmits and receives data signals indicative of proximity of objects. A central computer accumulates the data produced or received and relayed by each module for analyzing proximity r... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7746245 | Integrated remote control system An integrated remote control system capable of integrally remote-controlling a plurality of electronic devices is provided. The integrated remote control system includes an integrated remote controller for generating a radio control signal for each electronic device... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737862 | Remote control system and method thereof, remote control device and device targeted for control In a remote control system, when a user directs a host device of a portable type toward target devices for search and specification, a search signal including a unique identifier (UID) is transmitted from a directional antenna. Each of the target devices stores the ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7675430 | Device control module and method for controlling devices A device control module and a method for controlling at least first and second devices based on operation of a foot pedal apparatus having a moveable member are provided. The device control module includes an RF receiver configured to receive a first RF signal at a ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671759 | Remote control unit There is provided a remote control unit capable of setting time by a simple operation at a time when a battery is attached. In the remote control unit which is operated by the battery to remote-control operation start and stop of an apparatus main body and in which ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671758 | Remote control programming system A method and apparatus for programming a remote control is provided. Control data that identifies one or more mode codes is stored in a computing device that is operationally connected to a detector. A user presses a button on a source remote control to cause an inp... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7667616 | Electrical control system An electrical control system includes one or more master nodes that are adapted to control and monitor the operation of one or more slave nodes. The master nodes and the slave nodes are operably coupled by one or more communication interfaces, such as radio frequenc... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7659833 | System and method for remotely controlling devices A system and a method for remotely controlling at least a first device based on operation of a foot pedal apparatus are provided. The foot pedal apparatus has a movable member. The system includes a first module configured to transmit a first RF signal in response t... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7605714 | System and method for command and control of wireless devices using a wearable device A wearable electronic device is configured to control and command a variety of wireless devices within its proximity. The wearable device dynamically generates a user interface corresponding to the services of a particular wireless device. Through the user interface... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7589642 | Relaying key code signals through a remote control device Upon receiving a keystroke indicator signal from a remote control device, a key code generator device identifies a codeset usable to communicate with a selected consumer device. The keystroke indicator signal contains an indication of a pressed key, which correspond... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7564369 | Methods and interactions for changing a remote control mode A handheld remote control device for a Media Computing Device has a biometric sensor to authenticate a user. The handheld remote control device includes a microphone and speaker to enable integration of a telephony system with the Media Computing Device. The handhel... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7515063 | Automatic garage door closing device A detector that resides inside of a garage with a working wireless electric garage door opener, the detector detects when the garage door is open for too long and when the garage door is open too long the detector sends out warnings, then after the appropriate condi... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7463164 | Method and apparatus for remote control of electronic equipment A remote control unit that learns commands from associated remote control units associated with specific pieces of electronic equipment is described. The remote control unit stores commands that are learned and in addition stores time delays that are needed to provi... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7441651 | Automobile remote control cover with key ring A protective cover for an automobile remote control, comprising a flat rectangular middle section and two side sections. The side sections are parallel and at right angles to the middle section, and are on the same side of the middle section. The edges of the side s... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443302 | Caregiver and equipment monitoring and control system A hospital monitoring system for monitoring hospital personnel, a plurality of patient locations for patients, and associated devices is configured to control the associated devices based on the presence of hospital personnel or alarms. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443296 | Smart connector system for surgical machine A smart connector system includes a machine connector disposed on a face of a surgical machine, an illumination ring located on the face of the surgical machine and disposed around a periphery of the machine connector, an RFID reader antenna located in close proximi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436460 | Easy-to-find remote control for television or other devices An embodiment of the present invention for the first time includes a television and a remote control for the television, with an activator installed in the television at the time of manufacture, and with a locator signal generator, which may be a beeper, a flashing ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436319 | Method and apparatus for uploading and downloading remote control codes An online remote control configuration system for efficiently programming a remote control to recognize a plurality of external electronic devices. The online remote control configuration system includes a remote control having a housing, a keypad, and an electronic... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436302 | Low cost RFID labeling device A system for dispensing, reading and verifying RFID tags. The system includes a label dispenser that dispenses labels that contain RFID tags from a bulk label storage device, an RFID Reader/Writer device that is operatively connected to the label dispenser. The RFID... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436286 | Circuit arrangement and method for increasing the functional range of a transponder A transponder receives its operating energy from an external source such as a radio signal or a battery. Such transponders are used for example in a vehicle or in a remote sensor. The response range of the transponder is increased by converting the received energy i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428873 | Security system A security apparatus is provided for use in an automatic teller machine. The security apparatus (100) has a coupling arrangement (110, 150) for engaging the unit with a cash cassette used to hold money within an automatic teller machine and a spoiling ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429932 | Remote control code set identification system The present invention greatly enhances the user experience when the user is attempting to “teach” an electronic control device the code set used by a remote control unit. In one embodiment, the user is simply instructed to depress a button on the remote control ... | 09/30/2008 |
