ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,743, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (Horsham, Pa.).
"Enhanced remote-control of a digital media system" was invented by Nguyen C. Tat (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method supporting the direct entry of characters by sensing and analyzing user motion. This motion can be the movement of one or more fingers or of a stylus over a touchpad integrated into a remote-control unit, or the motion of a remote-control unit itself tracked by a motion sensor. The sensed motions correspond to patterns representing one or more characters, words, phrases, or commands. Information indicative of...