From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Walls Subject: Re: Can I expect in-kernel decoding to work out of box? Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:21:01 -0400 Message-ID: <1280337661.19593.66.camel@morgan.silverblock.net> References: <1280269990.21278.15.camel@maxim-laptop> <1280273550.32216.4.camel@maxim-laptop> <1280298606.6736.15.camel@maxim-laptop> <4C502CE6.80106@redhat.com> <1280327080.9175.58.camel@maxim-laptop> <4C505313.2010904@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from proofpoint-cluster.metrocast.net ([65.175.128.136]:58732 "EHLO proofpoint-cluster.metrocast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753089Ab0G1RVc (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:21:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Jon Smirl Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Maxim Levitsky , Jarod Wilson , linux-input , linux-media@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 13:04 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab > 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