Patents by Inventor T. Gordon Lamb

T. Gordon Lamb 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).

  • Remote control
    Patent number: 7164450
    Abstract: An improved remote control that includes a manual alert mechanism for alerting and providing channel information to television viewer when a regularly viewed television program is about to begin. The improved remote control preferably includes an alerting mechanism having an automatic alert mode whereby, in addition to providing the audible and visual alerting alarms and the channel information of the manual alert mechanism, the automatic alert mode causes the remote control to turn on the television if it is not currently on and to tune the television to the channel of the desired program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Inventor: T. Gordon Lamb
  • Remote control
    Publication number: 20030103168
    Abstract: An improved remote control that includes a manual alert mechanism for alerting and providing channel information to television viewer when a regularly viewed television program is about to begin. The improved remote control preferably includes an alerting mechanism having an automatic alert mode whereby, in addition to providing the audible and visual alerting alarms and the channel information of the manual alert mechanism, the automatic alert mode causes the remote control to turn on the television if it is not currently on and to tune the television to the channel of the desired program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: T. Gordon Lamb