Patent ID: 8134475
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A remote control comprising: user input circuitry; at least one light source operable to backlight the user input circuitry; sensing circuitry operable to detect a user touching the remote control; and control logic communicatively coupled to the light source and the sensing circuitry, the control logic operable to activate the light source responsive to the sensing circuitry detecting the user touching the remote control wherein the control logic is further operable to deactivate the light source after a first specified time period following detection of the user touching the remote control when an input is not received via the user input circuitry and deactivate the light source after a second specified time period when the input is received via the user input circuitry during the first specified time period wherein the second specified time period is shorter than the first specified time period.