Patents by Inventor Genevieve Ayotte

Genevieve Ayotte has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of programming local control
    Patent number: 5629868
    Abstract: This invention relates to programming a remote control comprised of storing in a memory, data for control of a population of appliances, the data being sufficient to allow a remote control to remotely control functions of any of the population of appliances; selecting which appliances are to be controlled by the remote control; transmitting to the remote control data for control of the selected appliances; storing the transmitted data in the remote control; whereby the remote control is programmed to control the selected appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Le Groupe Videotron Ltee
    Inventors: Alain Tessier, Alain Cartier, Michel Beaudry, Genevieve Ayotte