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Control system having a plurality of control command sources

  • US 4,751,581 A
  • Filed: 10/29/1986
  • Issued: 06/14/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control system for a television monitor and a television timer each having a remote control command receiver, comprising:

  • a plurality of sources of control commands, at least one being connected only to said television monitor and at least another being a remote control commander for providing remote control commands receivable by the remote control command receivers of both said television monitor and said televison tuner, said plurality of sources having predetermined respective relative priorities; and

    controller means including input means connected with said one source and said remote control command receivers in parallel through independent paths for receiving the respective control commands, means arranged in said television tuner for producing a control signal in correspondence with one of said control commands received at said input means, and means for selecting said one of said control commands including a control command corresponding to said control signal, when simultaneously received at a said input means, in the order of said predetermined relative priorities.

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