
{"publication_number": "US-6225915-B1", "abstract": "a device for transmitting commands to a suite of equipment , such as for example , equipment found in an abode . the device is capable of sending and receiving control signals in the form of modulated infrared or radio waves . the device is also capable of transmitting control signals via carrier currents to equipment of the installation to be actuated . logic is included in the device for purposes such as decoding and synchronizing received electrical signals . the device further includes electrically erasable memory for storing a file containing commands organized in accordance with the configuration of the installation . the device can further be linked with other devices to generate the file of commands organized according to the configuration of the installation .", "application_number": "US-91107097-A", "description": "the transmitting device represented in fig1 includes an infrared sender / receiver module 1 comprising a receiver 1 a , a sender 1 b , an associated modem 1 c , a logic module 2 for prewired or programmed decoding and synchronization of the electrical signals and an electrically erasable memory 3 such as an eeprom memory or a flash memory . the device furthermore includes a power source comprising a battery 5 . it moreover includes a connector 6 intended to allow it to be linked to a computer console . the connector 6 comprises an input e , an output r , a clock synchronization socket s 1 and a read / write socket { overscore ( w )