ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,921, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Video display apparatus and terminal apparatus" was invented by Masayuki Hirabayashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal apparatus having a function of remotely controlling a video display apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits a command related to setting of the video display apparatus and receives status information, a signal receiving unit that receives a signal output from a broadcast station and decodes a video content, a memory unit that stores a content of a command including a channel of the video content, and a display un...