Patents
US 11416197 B2: Wireless controllers connectable to televisions, wireless televisions, wireless output controllers, or wireless output devices for receiving digital content from one or more servers over the internet
- Granted
- 2022-08-16
- Filed
- 2020-11-06 application 17092138
- Type
- Utility · 8 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A wireless output device for connecting to a wireless local area network and receiving digital content from servers over a network that includes the Internet is herein disclosed and enabled. The wireless output device may include, among others, a television, a speaker, a projector, or an output controller. The wireless output device includes an interface and wireless communication units. The wireless communication units of the wireless output device may receive information from a portable electronic device. The wireless output device may further receive the digital content from one or more application servers or content servers operated over the Internet by a digital content service. The digital content may include audio digital content or video digital content. The output device may process the received digital content and render the processed digital content onto a display medium.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220816.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. 76 patents | US company or organization | Vancouver, WA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Ho Chang | Vancouver, WA | 85 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christina Ying Liu | San Francisco, CA | 71 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F3/126 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q20/102 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L12/2805 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CHANG, WILLIAM HO signed 2001-11-18 LIU, CHRISTINA YING signed 2001-11-18 | FLEXIWORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. VANCOUVER, WA | 60427/911 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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