345/328, 326, 700, 716, 723, 733, 764,(57) ABSTRACT 778, 792, 803, 805, 810, 819, 820;
348/13, 12, 552, 14_ () 5 A control device and system for remotely viewing video …

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates
generally to interactive television systems, and more particularly, to a remote con trol device …

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A variety of different wireless video signal remote
control systems are known. The most advanced of these was disclosed in US Pat. No …

4.293, 734. A 10/1981 Pepper, Jr. 4,455,452 A 6/1984 Schuyler 4,825.209 A 4f1989 Sasaki
et al. 4,933,660 A 6/1990 Wynne, Jr. 4,981,370 A 1/1991 Dziewit et al. 4,988.982 A 1/1991 …

In accordance With these needs, the subject inven tion is directed to a hand-held electronic
device having a remote control application user interface that functions to display program …

5,406,558 4/1995 Rovira et al............................ 348/734 Circuitry for receiving from a host
device data in the form of 5,410,326 4/1995 Goldstein _ selected information, eg, an …

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel universal remote control System. It
is another object of the present invention to provide a remote control System having a …

It is an object of the present invention to meet the above-described needs and others.
Specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide a remote control unit and …

(57) ABSTRACT A remote control device is provided for a television which enables a user to
determine what programs are being aired or Scheduled to air without disrupting a program …

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to consumer use of what is here
called the" television space'. That is, the use of video/audio signal streams such as in the …