Patents by Inventor Norman G. Sheridan
Norman G. Sheridan 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).
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Publication number: 20180101284Abstract: A browser device communicates via Wi-Fi with a central function device. The function device has information regarding all the various remote controls needed by the consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Steven M. Pope, Raymond O. Chock, Norman G. Sheridan
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Patent number: 9870123Abstract: A home entertainment device eliminates the need to use multiple remotes. The device is connected (by wired and/or wireless links) to electronic consumer devices (ECDs) to be controlled. A user uses a portable display device to view pages served by the device, and thereby to communicate with the device and indirectly control the ECDs. In a first aspect, a HDMI-CEC communication is used to identify a codeset from a codeset database. In a second aspect, the codeset of a remote is identified by serving pictures of remotes to the user. The user selects a picture and the system looks up its codeset. In a third aspect, keys on an illustration of a remote are dragged and dropped to create a new custom remote. In a fourth aspect, the user supplies a digital photograph of a remote. The system performs optical recognition and identifies the type of remote and its codeset.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Pope, Raymond O. Chock, Norman G. Sheridan
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Patent number: 9437104Abstract: A server device receives identity data retrieved from an appliance through use of a physical and logical interconnection referenced to a standard. The identity data is used at the server device to identify within a database having a plurality of appliance records, each of which is cross-referenced to an appliance, an appliance record having data in one or more record fields which matches the identity data retrieved from the appliance. A codeset identifier associated with the identified appliance record is then used to select from a plurality of codesets a codeset for use in configuring the portable device to command functional operations of the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Brian Barnett, Norman G. Sheridan, Patrick H. Hayes
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Patent number: 9350850Abstract: A home entertainment device eliminates the need to use multiple remote's. The device is connected (by wired and/or wireless links) to electronic consumer devices (ECDs) to be controlled. A user uses a portable display device to view pages served by the device, and thereby to communicate with the device and indirectly control the ECDs. In a first aspect, a HDMI-CEC communication is used to identify a codeset from a codeset database. In a second aspect, the codeset of a remote is identified by serving pictures of remotes to the user. The user selects a picture and the system looks up its codeset. In a third aspect, keys on an illustration of a remote are dragged and dropped to create a new custom remote. In a fourth aspect, the user supplies a digital photograph of a remote. The system performs optical recognition and identifies the type of remote and its codeset.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: UEI Cayman Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Pope, Raymond O. Chock, Norman G. Sheridan
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Publication number: 20150279206Abstract: A server device receives identity data retrieved from an appliance through use of a physical and logical interconnection referenced to a standard. The identity data is used at the server device to identify within a database having a plurality of appliance records, each of which is cross-referenced to an appliance, an appliance record having data in one or more record fields which matches the identity data retrieved from the appliance. A codeset identifier associated with the identified appliance record is then used to select from a plurality of codesets a codeset for use in configuring the portable device to command functional operations of the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Brian Barnett, Norman G. Sheridan, Patrick H. Hayes
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Publication number: 20150279205Abstract: A first remote control application is configured to cause a smart device to transmit at least one command for controlling at least one functional operation of a controllable appliance in response to a user interface element of the smart device being activated while a second remote control application of a bridge device is configured to cause the bridge device to transmit at least one command for controlling at least one functional operation of the controllable appliance in response to receiving at the bridge device the at least one command transmitted from the smart device. The at least one command is transmitted from the smart device using a first transmission protocol and the at least one command is transmitted from the bridge device using a transmission protocol recognized by the controllable appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Jeffrey Kohanek, Norman G. Sheridan
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Patent number: 9088663Abstract: A first remote control application is configured to cause a smart device to transmit at least one command for controlling at least one functional operation of a controllable appliance in response to a user interface element of the smart device being activated while a second remote control application of a bridge device is configured to cause the bridge device to transmit at least one command for controlling at least one functional operation of the controllable appliance in response to receiving at the bridge device the at least one command transmitted from the smart device. The at least one command is transmitted from the smart device using a first transmission protocol and the at least one command is transmitted from the bridge device using a transmission protocol recognized by the controllable appliance.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Jeffrey Kohanek, Norman G. Sheridan
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Patent number: 9087100Abstract: A server device receives identity data retrieved from an appliance through use of a physical and logical interconnection referenced to a standard. The identity data is used at the server device to identify within a database having a plurality of appliance records, each of which is cross-referenced to an appliance, an appliance record having data in one or more record fields which matches the identity data retrieved from the appliance. A codeset identifier associated with the identified appliance record is then used to select from a plurality of codesets a codeset for use in configuring the portable device to command functional operations of the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Brian Barnett, Norman G. Sheridan, Patrick H. Hayes
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Patent number: 8812629Abstract: A server device receives identity data retrieved from an appliance through use of a physical and logical interconnection referenced to a standard. The identity data is used at the server device to identify within a database having a plurality of appliance records, each of which is cross-referenced to an appliance, an appliance record having data in one or more record fields which matches the identity data retrieved from the appliance. A codeset identifier associated with the identified appliance record is then used to select from a plurality of codesets a codeset for use in configuring the portable device to command functional operations of the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Brian Barnett, Norman G. Sheridan, Patrick H. Hayes
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Publication number: 20140222861Abstract: A server device receives identity data retrieved from an appliance through use of a physical and logical interconnection referenced to a standard. The identity data is used at the server device to identify within a database having a plurality of appliance records, each of which is cross-referenced to an appliance, an appliance record having data in one or more record fields which matches the identity data retrieved from the appliance. A codeset identifier associated with the identified appliance record is then used to select from a plurality of codesets a codeset for use in configuring the portable device to command functional operations of the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Brian Barnett, Norman G. Sheridan, Patrick H. Hayes
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Publication number: 20120086563Abstract: A first remote control application is configured to cause a smart device to transmit at least one command for controlling at least one functional operation of a controllable appliance in response to a user interface element of the smart device being activated while a second remote control application of a bridge device is configured to cause the bridge device to transmit at least one command for controlling at least one functional operation of the controllable appliance in response to receiving at the bridge device the at least one command transmitted from the smart device. The at least one command is transmitted from the smart device using a first transmission protocol and the at least one command is transmitted from the bridge device using a transmission protocol recognized by the controllable appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Jeffrey Kohanek, Norman G. Sheridan
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Patent number: 8151211Abstract: A home entertainment device eliminates the need to use multiple remotes. The device is connected (by wired and/or wireless links) to electronic consumer devices (ECDs) to be controlled. A user uses a portable display device to view pages served by the device, and thereby to communicate with the device and indirectly control the ECDs. In a first aspect, a HDMI-CEC communication is used to identify a codeset from a codeset database. In a second aspect, the codeset of a remote is identified by serving pictures of remotes to the user. The user selects a picture and the system looks up its codeset. In a third aspect, keys on an illustration of a remote are dragged and dropped to create a new custom remote. In a fourth aspect, the user supplies a digital photograph of a remote. The system performs optical recognition and identifies the type of remote and its codeset.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: UEI Cayman, Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Pope, Raymond O. Chock, Norman G. Sheridan
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Publication number: 20120071989Abstract: A system for control of electronic consumer device (ECD) functions includes a device having a signal output adapted to communicate with an ECD function information database to obtain function information for the ECD and to create a signal, transmittable via the signal output, using the function information for the ECD obtained from the function information database and a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable that communicates the signal transmitted via the signal output to the ECD.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: UEI CAYMAN INC.Inventors: Steven M. Pope, Raymond O. Chock, Norman G. Sheridan
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Publication number: 20120041925Abstract: A home entertainment device eliminates the need to use multiple remote's. The device is connected (by wired and/or wireless links) to electronic consumer devices (ECDs) to be controlled. A user uses a portable display device to view pages served by the device, and thereby to communicate with the device and indirectly control the ECDs. In a first aspect, a HDMI-CEC communication is used to identify a codeset from a codeset database. In a second aspect, the codeset of a remote is identified by serving pictures of remotes to the user. The user selects a picture and the system looks up its codeset. In a third aspect, keys on an illustration of a remote are dragged and dropped to create a new custom remote. In a fourth aspect, the user supplies a digital photograph of a remote. The system performs optical recognition and identifies the type of remote and its codeset.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Steven M. Pope, Raymond O. Chock, Norman G. Sheridan
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Patent number: 8094875Abstract: A home entertainment device eliminates the need to use multiple remotes. The device is connected (by wired and/or wireless links) to electronic consumer devices (ECDs) to be controlled. A user uses a portable display device to view pages served by the device, and thereby to communicate with the device and indirectly control the ECDs. In a first aspect, a HDMI-CEC communication is used to identify a codeset from a codeset database. In a second aspect, the codeset of a remote is identified by serving pictures of remotes to the user. The user selects a picture and the system looks up its codeset. In a third aspect, keys on an illustration of a remote are dragged and dropped to create a new custom remote. In a fourth aspect, the user supplies a digital photograph of a remote. The system performs optical recognition and identifies the type of remote and its codeset.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: UEI Cayman Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Pope, Raymond O. Chock, Norman G. Sheridan
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Publication number: 20110289113Abstract: A server device receives identity data retrieved from an appliance through use of a physical and logical interconnection referenced to a standard. The identity data is used at the server device to identify within a database having a plurality of appliance records, each of which is cross-referenced to an appliance, an appliance record having data in one or more record fields which matches the identity data retrieved from the appliance. A codeset identifier associated with the identified appliance record is then used to select from a plurality of codesets a codeset for use in configuring the portable device to command functional operations of the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Brian Barnett, Norman G. Sheridan, Patrick H. Hayes