The perfect remote

[Hatejj]

Just found a comment dated 1970 by "Curious" who was looking for a remote that had a timer on it so that you could mute commercials and choose how long you want them to be mute. Well it looks to me there's a patent on one right now on this site:

UNIVERSAL TELEVISION REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE WITH TIMER - Johnson Ron

A television remote control device having a communicator configured to wirelessly communicate with a media device to send a mute signal and an unmute signal to the media device, to mute the media devi

www.freepatentsonline.com

 

[Martaine2005]

Show me a link to the comment.
I’m ‘curious’ to see a date of ‘1970’.. Didn’t internet get going late 1980’s?
I think you’re telling porky pies so we click your link!!.

 

[bertus]

Hello,

@Martaine2005 , indeed the date of 1970 is unrealistic.
The page shows this:
Inventors: Johnson, Ron (Jefferson, LA, US)
Application Number: 16/115546
Publication Date: 02/28/2019
Filing Date: 08/28/2018

Bertus