On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 13:04 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> <mche...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Em 28-07-2010 11:41, Jon Smirl escreveu:

> 
> Are there any IR protocols less than 20 (or 17) years old? If they are
> older than that the patents have expired. I expect IR use to decline
> in the future, it will be replaced with RF4CE radio remotes.

UEI's XMP protocol for one, IIRC.

UEI are the folks that sell/make "OneForALL" branded remotes.

You can read about their patents' remaining lifetimes in this March 2010
SEC filing:

http://www.faqs.org/sec-filings/100315/UNIVERSAL-ELECTRONICS-INC_10-K/

1 to 18 years - that includes the ones they just bought from Zilog.
That is not to say that all those patents cover protocols.


Regards,
Andy

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