Appeal No. 2002-1280
Application 08/995,996
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a remote control system for
controlling an apparatus exclusively among a plurality of the
same types of apparatus at a given location, such as controlling
one television among several televisions as shown in Fig. 1.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A remote control system for controlling an apparatus
exclusively among a plurality of a same type of apparatuses
at a given location, said system comprising:
a transmitter including a keypad having a code setting
key, a control function key and a plurality of data input
keys, said transmitter being responsive to user operation of
said code setting key for establishing a user defined code
setting mode in which said transmitter is responsive to user
entry into the transmitter by means of such data input keys
of a user defined code for setting and storing the user
defined code in the transmitter and for transmitting the
user defined code, and said transmitter being responsive to
user operation of said control function key for establishing
a control function mode in which said transmitter is
responsive to user entry into the transmitter by means of
said data input keys of a control function for transmitting
a coded signal that includes the user defined code and a
scan code representing the control function entered by the
user; and
a receiver incorporated into the apparatus and having a
user defined code setting mode responsive to reception of
the user defined code transmitted by the transmitter for
setting and storing the user defined code in the receiver,
said receiver receiving and responding to the coded signal
generated by the transmitter;
wherein, once the user defined code is stored in both
the transmitter and receiver, the received user defined code
in the received coded signal is compared to the user defined
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