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7391337 Interactive LED display network for retail environment  
A bi-directional communication system communicates between a control station, which receives and outputs control signals, and one or more display cabinets. LEDs illuminate objects disposed about...
7382226 Device for limiting access to a confined space  
A lock ( 10, 40, 42, 58 ) for security devices 26 , such as banknote dispensers, to limit access to a confined space ( 32, 34 ) within the device. A remote computer ( 28 ) exclusively controls...
7363031 System for monitoring and controlling a set of household appliances  
A system for monitoring and controlling a set of power users, in particular household appliances, which users (U) are connected to a first communication network (RE) through appropriate interfacing...
7355523 Remote controlled intelligent lighting system  
An addressable lighting device and control system uses a user-actuable infrared or radio frequency operated remote control(s) to selectively or collectively generate an electronic address for the...
7352288 Apparatus and method for preventing malfunction of remote controller  
A malfunction of interpreting one remote control operation as a plurality of remote control operations by mistake is prevented without impairing the responsiveness of a remote controller. A counter...
7333025 Remote control apparatus, electronic apparatus, and available-button indicating method  
A remote control apparatus for remotely operating an electronic apparatus, is provided with: a reception device which receives a signal indicating available operation buttons transmitted from the...
7327337 Color tunable illumination device  
A decorative illumination device for use in a lighting system including a command controller, a plurality of illumination devices and a flexible cord interconnecting each. The command controller...
7324168 Universal remote control unit  
A universal remote control unit for controlling the operation of a plurality of devices such as a cable box, a television, a video device, and an audio device, includes a processor having a...
7319409 Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment  
A remote control for communicating commands to a target device having first data that specifies a function supported by the target device. The remote control includes a set of command key indicias,...
7292157 Remote control system for controlling installed program  
A remote control system includes a computer and a receiver, and allows the user to control the operation of a computer program installed in the computer. The receiver receives an infrared ray...
7286044 Power line communication device for vehicle  
A power line communication device for a vehicle is provided with an internal electronic control unit connected to a connection point on a power line, which communicates with an external electronic...
7271732 Remote operating apparatus and remote operating system  
A remote operating apparatus includes a selection decision operating device, a controller, a first operation function changing button and a second operation function changing button for changing an...
7268694 Universal remote control system  
A controlling device having keys actuatable to emit signals to a consumer appliance and a releasable media storage device having data which is readable by the controlling device. At the controlling...
7263292 Methods and apparatus for controlling multiple infrared devices  
A method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of infrared devices (ICDs) is provided herein. A remote controller is used to generate an optical signal for controlling a plurality of ICDs. The...
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...
7233257 Hand-held wireless control unit  
An instrument for generating a signal to activate or terminate electronic equipment from a remote location through a responsive sensor including an elongated rigid support formation with a...
7215253 Method for recognizing electronic appliance in multiple control system  
A method for recognizing an electronic appliance in multiple control system for controlling at least one electronic appliance is disclosed, which includes the steps for setting each ID including a...
7202799 Remote controller  
A remote controller accesses via a connection control data from an appliance to be controlled. The remote controller includes a connection interface, a control unit, an input keypad and a remote...
7197367 Household appliance comprising a control element and a display element  
The present invention relates to a household appliance including at least one control element and at least one display element, the control element(s) being able to be used to select programs of...
7184751 System for detecting, tracking, and translating changing identification codes  
Disclosed herein are systems, apparatus and methods for (1) detecting codes assigned to utility meters that have frequently changing codes and (2) translating codes between the central data...
7173541 Remote controller, remote controlled electronic device, remote control system for electronic device and method thereof  
A remote controller, a remote controlled electronic device, a remote control system for an electronic device and a remote control method for an electronic device are provided. The remote controller...
7170400 System for customizing settings and sounds for vehicle  
A system for customizing vehicle settings includes a control unit adapted to communicate with a vehicle input source and a vehicle auxiliary device. The system further includes a data storage...
7155213 Remote control system  
A method includes the steps of selecting an appliance to be controlled from a list of appliances stored in the cellular device, selecting an instruction to be communicated to the selected appliance...
7142256 Television control device  
A system and apparatus for controlling a television. Various embodiments of the apparatus have various components providing compatibility with most brands and types of televisions.
7142128 Portable information device, access device for portable information device, home network system, and home network access method  
A home network system disclosed herein includes a high-speed network for networking a plurality of home appliances and a low-speed network. A portable information device is provided so as to be...
7142127 Universal remote control system  
A remote control adapted for use with a releasable readable media storage device. A readable media storage device having data and target indicators. Electrical contacts provide releasable...
7142112 System and method for managing services and facilities in a multi-unit building  
The application discloses various methods and systems that utilize infrared communication to enhance and manage the security and convenience of occupants and the operation and efficiency of the...
7135985 Controlling a home electronics system  
In an apparatus ( 200 ) arranged to control a home electronics system, the apparatus being managed independently of a user, the apparatus includes a data processing unit (CPU ( 204 ), Program ROM (...
7132973 Universal soft remote control  
A universal remote control ( 10 ) is provided for wireless remote control of one or more devices (D 1 . . . Dn) equipped for remote control by respective original remote controls having visual...
7132925 Container with a selective opening and closing mechanism  
A system and apparatus which includes one or more locking container devices comprising a closeable container for holding at least one object; lock coupled to the container and moveable between a...
7129855 Device control system, method, and apparatus  
A system, method and apparatus for controlling consumer electronic (CE) devices. A control unit obtains CE device command codes and “metadata” from an interactive, wirelessly accessible...
7129823 Communications setting method and communications setting system for power line communications system  
A communications setting method for a communications network system for performing data communications among a plurality of devices through power line has a house code notification including a...
7126468 System and method for monitoring remote control transmissions  
A remote control transmission monitoring system. The system monitors remote control transmissions for the purpose of updating state tables for one or more remotely controllable appliances. The...
7119710 Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment  
A remote control for communicating commands to a target device having first data that specifies a function supported by the target device. The remote control includes a set of command key indicias,...
7116242 Programmable transmitter and receiver including digital radio frequency memory  
A vehicular programmable transceiver includes a digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) having at least one register configured to sample and hold a radio frequency input signal in response to a...
7116229 Programming a remote control device using RFID technology  
A system for programming a remote control device incorporates a battery-powered radio frequency identification (RFID) reader into the remote control device. A passive RFID transponder is embedded...
7110719 Indoor mobile communication device  
It is an object of the present invention to provide an indoor mobile communication device having a simple structure, providing a sufficient communication range, and also providing for stable...
7106209 Programming a universal remote control  
A method for programming a universal remote control comprises receiving a signal from a source remote control, determining characteristic information based on the signal, comparing the...
7102502 Method for constituting a home automation network  
A method of constituting a home automation network comprises bidirectional elements such as actuators (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 ), at least unidirectional control elements (C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , S 1 ) and...
7095335 Arrangement including a remote control device and a first electronic device  
In an arrangement including a remote control device and at least a first electronic device, the remote control device includes a first memory for storing a set of code data for controlling a...
7092769 Controlled device, controller, information control center, initialization-allowing communication system, and communication control system and medium  
An initialization-allowing communication system is constituted with devices 70 and 80 , a controller 400 for controlling the devices 70 and 80 through communication, and so on. Each device...
7092768 Distributed control system  
A technique is disclosed for controlling a plurality of devices in a building. The technique includes detecting a first network event at a first device, updating a network state on the first device...
7091898 System and method for using keystroke data to configure a remote control device  
A remote control device is which key use is monitored. A command key, representative of an appliance function, may be correlated to a target appliance that is determined, as a function of the...
7088224 Audio information transmitting apparatus and the method thereof, and a vibrator holding structure  
An audio information transmitting apparatus for transmitting audio information to a human body, comprises an audio signal generating unit in which an audio signal is generated based on inputted...
7084760 System, method, and program product for managing an intrusion detection system  
An intrusion event detection system, method, and program product with an enumeration of specific known benign intrusion events, and performing a vulnerability test on specific elements of the...
7081830 Home electrical appliance control device, control method, control program and home electrical appliance  
The present invention provides a control device that controls home electrical appliances via a communication line by using function codes which are set without being specialized for specific home...
7079046 Multi-point data acquisition apparatus  
An object of the present invention is to realize a multi-point data acquisition apparatus which enables communication with multiple measurement modules at high speed. The present invention improves...
7061393 System and method for managing services and facilities in a multi-unit building  
The application discloses various methods and systems that utilize infrared communication to enhance and manage the security and convenience of occupants and the operation and efficiency of the...
7057494 Method and apparatus for a rolling code learning transmitter  
A barrier movement operator system having a receiver for receiving, learning and responding to transmitted rolling code access codes. The barrier movement operator provides a method and apparatus...
7050867 Remote controlled system with computer-based remote control facilitator  
A remote controlled system employs a computer-based remote control facilitator to facilitate remote control of a controlled device from a non-dedicated remote controller. The computer facilitator...