Interactive video distribution systems – Video distribution system with local interaction – Receiver
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2005-07-12
Miller, John (Department: 2614)
Interactive video distribution systems
Video distribution system with local interaction
Receiver
C725S080000, C725S081000, C725S085000, C725S139000, C348S734000, C348S569000, C348S563000, C348S570000, C710S015000, C710S016000, C345S169000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06918136
ABSTRACT:
A local communication system comprises a plurality of devices interconnected for data communication. One of the devices is a display device arranged to display data from one or more other devices of the system, and one of the devices is a remote control carrying a first group of controls (A . . . G) for controlling respective operational functions of a device of the system. The system is configured to identify a selected device of the system to be controlled by user operation of a remote control device, and to determine which operational functions of that selected device are missing on the remote control. For such functions, the system generates on the display device a user actuatable simulacrum of a control for that function (H, J, K, L).
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Miller John
Shannon Michael R
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