Nathan Meyers Joe Riley Matthew Barga Alex Reyes Patent Liability Analysis

Functions Under Patent Analysis  Detect and record IR coded signals  Store user interface for virtual remote control  Detect user interaction and match user interface action with an IR coded signal  Emit previously recorded IR coded signal

US Patent 5,602,664 Feb. 11, 1997  Infrared Repeater  Claims: 1. IR Repeater comprising of: a. Receiver section b. Fixed frequency oscillator set to middle of range of supported frequencies c. A transmitter section for generating IR frequencies

US Patent 5,602,664 Feb. 11, 1997  Doctrine of Equivalents  Disprove IR command is not streamed through from receiver to emitter Not using one fixed oscillator or carrier frequency ○ 4 IR receivers ○ Using PWM to generate carrier 4 different frequencies

US Patent Jan. 26, 2006  Connecting IR Controllable Devices to Digital Networks  Claims: 1. A method comprising the steps of a. Receiving a digital signal from a digital network b. Converting digital signal to IR command signal c. Transmitting the IR command signal to device

US Patent Jan. 26, 2006  Doctrine of Equivalents  Patent refers to digital signals as IEEE 1394-compliant ports  Omnimote will implement original protocol via WIFI

US Patent Jun. 3, 2010  Virtual Universal Remote Control  Claims: 1. Stored computer executable instructions to: a. Display a virtual remote interface for an electronic device b. Detect user interaction c. Map virtual interface to a device-function code d. Provide device-function code to a code transmitter, where the device function code corresponds to a control command in a limited set

US Patent Jun. 3, 2010  Obtain license for manufacturing  All features of Omnimote not covered by Patent  IR command recording feature  Could implement macros to work around the 1 to 1 matching described in patent

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