iRemote patent.. prior art in TV/etc/programmable remotes?

[LuKreme]

On 8-Jun-2007, at 01:28, Jim Witte wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2007, at 7:45 PM, LuKreme wrote:
>> <http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/04/12/patent.iphone.remote/>
>>> Apple has filed for a patent titled "Techniques for pairing  
>>> remote controllers with host devices" that mentions using a  
>>> "mobile phone" to serve as a remote controller for a Mac computer.
>
> Geez, they can *patent* that?  Isn't basically any TV/etc remote  
> (and certainly programmable ones - that will either learn codes, or  
> where you type them in) be "prior art" for this kind of thing?

Nope, because it's specifically talking about pairing a mobile phone  
to a computer to use it as a remote.

Now, I think maybe Sailing clicker and Romeo might be prior art...  
but then I am not a patent liar.


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