(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,535,563 B2 Hoffberg Et Al
USO09535563B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,535,563 B2 Hoffberg et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Jan. 3, 2017 (54) INTERNET APPLIANCE SYSTEMAND H04N 21/4532; H04N 5/913; H04N METHOD 21/4131; H04N 21/42201; H04N 21/47; G06Q 30/0273; G06Q 30/0269; G06Q (71) Applicant: BLANDING HOVENWEEP, LLC, 30/0255; G06Q 30/0267; G06Q 30/0248; Las Vegas, NV (US) G06Q 30/02; G05B 15/02 See application file for complete search history. (72) Inventors: Steven M. Hoffberg, West Harrison, NY (US); Linda I. (56) References Cited Hoffberg-Borghesani, Acton, MA (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: Blanding Hovenweep, LLC, Las 312,516 A 2/1885 Schilling Vegas, NV (US) 2,819,020 A 1/1958 Baer et al. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (Continued) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS U.S.C. 154(b) by 335 days. CA 2009171 8, 1990 This patent is Subject to a terminal dis CA 1298.387 3, 1992 claimer. (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 14/078,334 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Filed: Nov. 12, 2013 US 6,731,928, 5/2004, Tanaka (Withdrawn) Prior Publication Data (65) Primary Examiner — Ramesh Patel US 2014/0173452 A1 Jun. 19, 2014 (57) ABSTRACT Related U.S. Application Data An Internet appliance, comprising, within a single housing, (63) Continuation of application No. 13/043,411, filed on packet data network interfaces, adapted for communicating Mar. 8, 2011, now Pat. No. 8,583,263, which is a with the Internet and a local area network, at least one data interface selected from the group consisting of a universal (Continued) serial bus, an IEEE-1394 interface, a voice telephony inter (51) Int.
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