Control device
CA 2104518 C · Owner: Sun Microsystems, Inc. · Inventors: Frank, Edward H.
Overview
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A control device method and apparatus has application for use in multi-media systems. The mufti-media system contains a host computer having a video display, a control device and at least one target device. The target device is any remotely controlled equipment that the user wishes to integrate into the multi-media system. The host computer contains a host system configuration which provides the user the ability to select an operating mode for the control device. The control device operates as an interactive user interface to control a cursor on the host computer video display when the control device is placed in the cursor control mode. The user selects a remote control mode to remotely …
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- Filed August 20, 1993 and granted November 26, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 20, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 20, 2015.
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