Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155289 | Remote control system for electric device A remote control system for at least one electric device, each electric device having device identification data, has a handset comprising a handset transceiver, and a base unit having a telephone function to make a call. The base unit has a base unit transceiver th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8077845 | Remote control of a security system using telephone device System and method for remotely controlling at least one local security system from a telephone device. The system includes a reception section for receiving a telephone call, a decoding section for decoding input from a caller and a controller for receiving the info... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8014503 | Network system In a network system, a notifying apparatus located in the network system is specified. If a predetermined event occurs when a function execution apparatus executes its function, the occurrence of this event can be notified to the specified notifying apparatus via a ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7792256 | System and method for remotely monitoring, controlling, and managing devices at one or more premises In certain embodiments, a system for remotely monitoring, controlling, and managing one or more remote premises includes a server system operable to communicate with one or more remote client systems, the client systems being remote from the one or more premises. Th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7613285 | System and method for service-oriented automatic remote control, remote server, and remote control agent The present invention relates to a remote control system, a remote server, a remote control agent, and a remote control method. According to the present invention, when controlling the remote apparatus to perform a target service, remote apparatus information... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7492876 | Remote control terminal A remote control terminal includes an input section which allows selection of predetermined services offered from an information provider managing the services, a transceiver for obtaining a service selected by the input section from the information provider, and di... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492877 | System and method for remote control In this invention, an apparatus of which the power supply is in the off state is remotely controlled through a communications network. Each of one or a plurality of controlled apparatus has a ROM for holding the MAC address of the controlled apparatus, and a network... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7415102 | Method and apparatus for setting programmable features of an appliance An interactive interface facilitates the setting of preferences and other programmable parameters of an appliance. The interface is hosted by a server on a global computer network. The appliance owner initiates a connection to the server and is presented with a grap... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403598 | Remote control of a speaker phone device as a standalone device or as part of a security system A telephone device such as a speaker phone or message recording device is remotely controlled either as a standalone device or as part of a security system. The telephone device can be controlled by a key fob or other user-operated transmitter that a user actuates t... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403838 | Messaging system based building control An arrangement using an Instant Messaging (“IM”) chat-type interface for monitoring and controlling devices in an automated home is provided. The automated home is arranged to be accessible as an IM contact (often called a “buddy”) to a user of an IM service... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7386104 | Method and system for transferring data to a line connected device using a computer modem Systems and methods are described for providing connectivity to portable electronic devices, such as a cordless telephone, for the purpose of upgrading software features. In a preferred embodiment, portable electronic devices can receive incoming data at the PSTN ja... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363513 | Server denial of service shield A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for responding to a denial of service attack. The method comprising from a remote data processing system detects an occurrence of the denial of service attack in which invalid credentials are presented to the data proce... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7328046 | Communication system A communication system and a method and a server for a communication system is disclosed. The communication system comprises communication means for providing communication media for a plurality of user equipment, a storage entity (21) adapted to store inform... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324825 | Remote telemetry device The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to digital data communication systems, and more particularly, the systems and methods relate to systems and methods for facilitating digital communication between a modem equipped meter and a central data acquisition s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317790 | Method for transmitting jobs between computer systems, and computer system and program therefor A central system can quickly pass on job requests intended for remote systems with minimal costs and delays. When a job request for a remote system is received, the central system initiates a conventional telephone call to the remote system. At the remote system, a ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293081 | Method and system for remote diagnostic, control and information collection based on various communication modes for sending messages to a resource manager A method, system, and program product for communicating with machines connected to a network. Information sent to or from the machines is transmitted using electronic mail or a via a direct connection. The electronic mail may be transmitted over the Internet to a se... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7277699 | Remote operating system A remote operating system capable of operating a given home electric appliance by simple operation from a portable telephone is disclosed. A service equipment connected to an internet and a public network provides a home page using the function of a portable telepho... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269843 | Broadcasting system and media player Broadcasting waves transmitted from a broadcasting device include operation control information for operating peripheral devices on a receiver side in accordance with the contents of a broadcast program in addition to broadcast data about said broadcast program. The... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259696 | Interactive web-based codeset selection and development tool An interactive, web-based codeset selection and development tool transmits hypertext documents from a web server to a web browser of a developer of microcontroller code for a new remote control device. The hypertext documents include selection criteria for groups of... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259710 | User input device A user input device (300) configured with a communication protocol for communicating transmission data with predetermined apparatus (700, 601) is disclosed. The device (300) comprises a receiving means for receiving protocol data and an associat... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257398 | Telephone set, communication adaptor, home appliance control method, and program recording medium The invention relates to a telephone set comprises a connection apparatus to execute a connecting process for enabling transmission and reception of an information signal to and from a home appliance such as a general audio device remote-controllable by radio commun... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257199 | Telephony based remote location monitoring A method, system, and program for telephony based remote location monitoring are provided. A telephone network receives the caller request to listen only to a remote location telephony device. The telephone network allocates a listen only channel between the caller ... | 08/14/2007 |
| RE39716 | System and method for creating a controlling device A system and method for creating a controlling device. In response to a user specifying one or more operating criteria for the controlling device, the system selects executable instructions from a library of executable instructions and command code sets from a libra... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230562 | Sending a script to a virtual machine for immediate interpreting A security channel is provided for communication with an eight-bit, register-based, virtual machine. The virtual machine is placed into a direct mode, and then individual script instructions are sent to the virtual machine across the security channel for immediate i... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228189 | Synchronized streamed playback and recording for personal computers A method is provided for synchronizing an audio capture program with a streamed audio file. The method comprises receiving at least one selection request from a user connected to a server device, the transmission of a program from the server device to the user clien... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218926 | Method, wireless handheld electronic device and system of remotely controlling e-mail settings from the device A system includes a wireless handheld electronic device having a plurality of e-mail settings associated therewith. A plurality of servers include an e-mail server and a wireless enterprise server having a database maintaining at least one of the e-mail settings. Th... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215746 | Method and apparatus for setting programmable features of an appliance An interactive interface facilitates the setting of preferences and other programmable parameters of an appliance. The interface is hosted by a server on a global computer network. The appliance owner initiates a connection to the server and is presented with a grap... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7178228 | Method for deterring snooping of data in digital data processing systems A physical latching mechanism prevents access to or tampering with an I/O port of a computer system. In the preferred embodiment, a display monitor cable of an unattended workstation being operated remotely is disconnected and latched to prevent re-connection and di... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181454 | Asset locator A method and system for locating assets is disclosed that provides the capability for the gathering of information about assets contained in data repositories and the capturing of the gathered information in a database which can be used for the conducting of subsequ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173450 | Bus controller A bus has two power consumption modes. A variable bus termination impedance is controlled to provide different bus termination impedances. A controller is coupled to the bus and includes a variable clock having different frequencies that are selectively provided to ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162277 | Wireless earphone with built-in mobile communications module and dial-up method of the same A wireless earphone with a built-in mobile communications module and a dial-up method of the same are proposed. The mobile communications module is used to automatically answer an incoming call. A wireless electronic dial-up device is used for dial-up communications... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145495 | Process for duplicating remote control command codes A system and process is disclosed for duplicating or replicating remote control units for automobile locks and other common purposes. The system comprises a device that reads the remote control signal codes in an existing keyfob device, analyzes the code for type, s... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139908 | Information processing apparatus and memory update method in the apparatus An information processing apparatus comprising a power unit, a first control unit and a second control unit in which power supply is controlled based on a control signal from the first control unit, wherein when electric power supply from the power supply unit has b... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7114172 | Synchronized personal video recorders A method, apparatus and system for synchronizing the video output of personal video recorders in two or more locations. A broadcast program is received and recorded on a personal video recorder on a first personal video recorder. Thus, at least one program will be s... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110530 | System and method for providing universal access to voice response systems A present invention comprises a device and method for monitoring dial pulse (DP) signals on a line and recognizing a digit pattern comprising at least one digit on the line. In response to the recognized digit pattern, the invention determines when to initiate trans... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110778 | Remote telemetry device The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to digital data communication systems, and more particularly, the systems and methods relate to systems and methods for facilitating digital communication between a modem equipped meter and a central data acquisition s... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109846 | Method and system for control and maintenance of residential service networks The present invention discloses a system for controlling at least one residential property in a plurality of connected residential networks. The system comprises a remote control unit arranged to control residential properties, which remote control unit via the Inte... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103159 | Off-hook notifier A method for handling an off-hook event can include the step of detecting an off-hook event with a modem communicatively linked to a circuit loop in which the off-hook event occurs. The detection can be based upon audible information conveyed within the circuit loop... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095240 | Method of an apparatus for testing wiring A test system employing a plurality of disconnect devices is provided. Each load, such as a lamp, has a local disconnect device which temporarily disconnects the load in order to protect it from high voltage during the test. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092500 | Remote telephony receiver A method for implementing a remote receiver connected to a telephony network can include a call authorizer that can access remote receiver specific information, wherein the remote receiver specific information can include an authorization requirement. The call autho... | 08/15/2006 |
