Set top/back box, system and method for providing a remote control device
US9154825B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/80
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A set top/back box and system and method for providing a remote control device are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes television input/output, a processor, and memory. The set top/back box may establish a pairing with a programmable device, such as a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device having a touch screen display, whereby formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions, including virtual buttons, may be transmitted to the programmable device for display on the touch screen display to create an experience parallel to the experience on the television. The set top/back box receives and processes virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the programmable device to control amenities associated with the set top/back box.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.