REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20080007420A1
• Filed: 06/25/2007
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Talking Dog LP
• Original Assignee: Talking Dog LP
• Inventors: Florence, John, Meyers, Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US11/768,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20080007420A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825.22
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42225 characterized by types of remote control, e.g. universal remote control

Abstract

The present invention provides for a simplified remote control device for use by small children and others without supervision or assistance. Each button of a remote control device may be programmed to correspond to a specific track or chapter of a DVD or to a specific channel for a television. A menu card that slides in and out of a slot behind the remote control unit'"'"'s buttons may be utilized to change the appearance of the remote control unit, such that the appearance may be tailored to the content of specific DVDs and the like. Other embodiments of the present invention provide for a simplified remote control device that may be used by seniors, or used by personnel in specialized settings such as sports bars.

Claims

1. A remote control unit for a video player that plays a video disc with a plurality of chapters of data, the remote control unit comprising:

a shell containing a plurality of buttons, wherein each of the plurality of buttons is associated with one of the chapters of data;

a base connected to the shell;

a menu insert containing a plurality of images, wherein the menu insert is positioned between the shell and the base, such that the plurality of images align with the plurality of buttons, and each of the images corresponds to at least one of the chapters of data;

a programmable memory, wherein the programmable memory is configured to send a signal to the video player when one of the plurality of buttons is depressed, wherein the sent signal corresponds to the chapter of data that is associated with the depressed button.