Patent ID: 6430358
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G04G,G07C,G11B,H01H,H04B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A remote control for transmitting control codes for control of home electronic devices and for using compressed codes into said remote control for automatically recording video signals, by a video recorder, under control of sets of channel, date, time-of-day and length commands, the remote control comprising:means for entering compressed codes into said remote control, each representative of, and compressed in length from, a set of individual channel, date, time-of-day and length commands; means for decoding said compressed codes into sets of individual channel, date, time-of-day and length commands; a keypad comprising a plurality of buttons; means for storing control codes for control of home electronic devices and for storing associations between said buttons and said control codes means for retrieving from said storing means, when one of said buttons is activated, any such control codes associated with such activated button; a transmitter for transmitting retrieved control codes and for transmitting record on, record off and channel select control codes according to said individual channel, date, time-of-day and length commands; and means for receiving said control codes and said associations between said control codes and said buttons for storage in said means for storing.