Patent · US Expired

Reception method, reception device, transmission method, transmission device, transmission/reception method, transmission/reception device

US6374406B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 16, 1998
Grant dateApr 16, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4583
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic mail on which a control command is interpolated is transmitted through a public line, received by a modem section of a gateway, converted to digital data, and supplied to a control section. A CPU of the control section stores the received electronic mail in a RAM, and extracts the control command contained in the electronic mail. The CPU supplies a control signal corresponding to the control command to an interface section. The interface section controls an IR transmission section to transmit a signal corresponding to the control signal supplied from the CPU or outputs a signal through a connection line, and controls a video deck.

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