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7075436 Method, system, and apparatus for binary traversal of a tag population  
A method, system, and apparatus for interrogating a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag population are described. Tags are interrogated by a reader. The reader and tags engage in...
6984784 Electronic equipment system for vehicle  
An electronic equipment system includes a housing 20 and a plurality of modules 31 to 35, which are removably built in and fixed to the housing 20. The modules 31 to 34 includes a...
6944477 Method of selecting signals compatible  
The invention relates to a method of selecting a signal among N signals, according to which method a validation signal associated with a signal to be selected is placed in an active state by means...
6906617 Intelligent appliance home network  
The instantaneous power consumption of an appliance is used to determine the status of the appliance, from which further actions may be taken. This invention is premised on the observation that...
6868097 Communication network, and master device, slave device, multiplexer and switch constituting the communication network  
In a communication network in which one master device and a plurality of slave devices are connected via a multiplexer to each other in a tree form with the master device provided at the vertex,...
6853623 Remote monitoring of switch network  
A technique for use in gathering network activity-related information from cascaded network switches is provided. Using this technique, the information can be gathered without substantially...
6831527 Insertion box  
An insertion box provides a plurality of input and output ports. Each input port corresponds with a predefined and unchanging set of output ports. Insertion of a signal into a particular input port...
6670882 Multi drop stack bus detector method and apparatus  
A device and procedure for associating an identifier with each of a plurality of slave units in a master slave system is provided. In one aspect, a master outputs a signal on a multi-line bus with...
6512447 Bussing high frequency crosspoint switches  
Bussing high frequency crosspoint switches is achieved by extending an output transmission line bus through an integrated circuit (IC) upon which the crosspoint switch is laid. The internal portion...
6502265 Interactive control system for a laundry appliance  
A system for operating and programming a laundry appliance includes a menu system giving a user extreme flexibility in operating the appliance. Through a series of menu screens, the user is...
6469618 Method for the identification of electronic cards presented in an investigation zone  
A method for the identification of electronic cards within an investigation zone includes encoding an identification number on M bits distributed into P blocks of Q bits assigned to each electronic...
6441510 Reconfigurable modular instrument cluster arrangement  
A configurable instrument panel design is provided that integrates component designs so that an instrument panel can be configured for a specific vehicle content as late in the vehicle assembly...
6385206 Communication network and method, and node and exchange node used therein  
In a communication network of the present invention, there are arranged a plurality of groups of nodes, a plurality of exchange nodes, a plurality of first transmission lines connecting the node...
6215412 All-node switch-an unclocked, unbuffered, asynchronous switching apparatus  
A new asynchronous approach used to quickly and dynamically switch input port connections to output port connections and to resolve contention. The switch is self-routing in two cycle times at the...
6133846 Low cost redundant communications system  
A communications system capable of providing enhanced data integrity and reliability through redundant buses, and a network interface controller for use therewith. Redundant conductors conforming...
6061333 Arrangement for configuring a video communication system and method therefor  
Configuring a communication arrangement that transmits video and other signal types using operational modes includes constructing a hierarchy of nodes representing the operational modes. The...
6038229 Tree switching with fast reconfiguration  
This invention relates to the fast reconfiguration of tree switches. In particular, on-chip parallel control signals are time staggered so that they track the propagation of data or information...
5974236 Dynamically reconfigurable communications network and method  
A wireless, dynamically and autonomously reconfigurable link layered communication network and method. The network self-optimizes communication paths within the network. A plurality of...
5926101 Method and apparatus for routing messages in a network of nodes with minimal resources  
A system that includes a multihop broadcast network of nodes that have a minimum of hardware resources, such as memory and processing power. The network is configured by gathering information...
5910179 Method and system for transmitting data within a tree structure and receiving a confirmation or status therefor  
Communication of information from a central station, acting as a source node, to a plurality of destination nodes at customer sites is implemented by using various of the destination nodes as...
5892451 Remote management of computing devices  
An enhanced desktop management interface within a computing device interfaces with a management information system. The enhanced desktop management interface includes a service layer which has a...
5852405 Wireless LAN system  
In a wireless LAN system having two or more master stations each connected to a wired LAN and a plurality of slave stations each connected to a terminal for wirelessly sending and receiving signals...
5786770 Message handling in a telecommunications network  
A message handler for the transmission and/or reception of message packets in one or both directions between a telecommunications station and a controller for one or more telecommunications...
5768250 Error recovery in a network having cascaded hubs  
A network system includes end nodes which are connected to a plurality of cascaded hubs. Each hub is able to generate a network error packet when a timeout is detected. More specifically, a first...
5754551 Ring communication system and method for connecting a plurality of end stations  
A method of connecting a new end station to a ring communication system for connecting a number of end stations is constituted by the steps of: i) sensing an attempt by the new end station to...
5742833 Programmable power management system and method for network computer stations  
A frame-address matching function of a network controller is enhanced. In a full power-on mode, the controller performs conventional functions. In the low-power mode, the controller includes...
5739760 Method and system for remote supervisory control  
A remote supervisory control system is provided in which a master system performs monitoring and control of a plurality of slave systems, maintaining the fine control capability of the past, while...
5721914 System and method for hierarchical data distribution  
The hierarchical data distribution system (HDDS) includes a top level master database system, bottom level client servers, each with its own database copy, and at least one intermediate database...
5701416 Adaptive routing mechanism for torus interconnection network  
A routing mechanism includes two acyclic non-adaptive virtual channels having two types of virtual channel buffers to store packets along deterministic virtual paths between nodes in an...
5701120 Partitioned point-to-point communications networks  
Partitioned point-to-point communications networks and configured to include a plurality of overlapping network portions, from "fully connected" point-to-point communications networks that are...
5699351 Node management in scalable distributed computing environment  
A method for independently executing software components in a node of a network containing many nodes. The method includes the step of generating a logical hierarchy of the roles of the nodes where...
5634011 Distributed management communications network  
A multinode, multicast communications network has a distributed control for the creation, administration and operational mode selection operative in each of the nodes of the network. Each node is...
5633794 Data communication system capable of bypassing malfunctioning relay units  
In a data communication system having a network composed of a central facility, a plurality of relay units, and a plurality of terminal units, traffic information, which may contain information...
5629685 Segmentable addressable modular communication network hubs  
Stackable communication network repeater hub capable of performing segmentation while retaining full stack management. Each hub in a stack can control the stack so that if a hub or group of hubs is...
5623541 Apparatus to manipulate and examine the data structure that supports digit analysis in telecommunications call processing  
An Operations Support System, comprised of a computer and workstation, stores digit analysis specifications for telecommunications call processing. A graphical user interface displays digit...
5614892 Payment slot communicating apparatus for vendng prices  
An auditing system for vending machines, preferably parking meters, that facilitates external exchange of digital information. The instant auditing system provides for electronic interrogation of...
5608649 Directly programmable networks  
A procedure for establishing a scalable spanning tree over a network composed of nodes and links in which the resources for each node is independent of the size of the network. The procedure...
5600309 Operationally secure communication assembly  
A communication assembly is disclosed which is constituted by at least two nodes (A, B, C, D), the nodes (A, B, C, D) each being equipped with at least one port (1 to 3 of A, B, C, D), the ports...
5594426 Network station and network management system  
A network management system includes network stations each having a power source and a power switch to turn the power source on and off, a network management station to monitor the network...
5574860 Method of neighbor discovery over a multiaccess nonbroadcast medium  
A technique for generating, distributing and maintaining a list of operational nodes in a network using a nonbroadcast communication medium, wherein the nodes first collectively agree on the...
5570364 Control for multimedia communication on local access table  
In a communication system, a network has nodes each connected in a star relationship to a number of end units that include a device for assuming one of an idle, active, or on-line state and for...
5557778 Star hub connection device for an information display system  
A star hub connection device, or connector, for an information display system. The connector has a plurality of ports each of which is either a host port, a device port, or a programmable port....
5557266 System for cascading data switches in a communication node  
A system for cascading data switches in a communication node allows for transfer of data among a plurality of adapters (30-i), expanding a moderate low cost switch 31-1 with additional hardware...
5546378 Fault tolerant FDDI wiring hub  
A wiring hub for interconnecting a plurality of switching units, includes a plurality of interface modules for connection to respective external switching units in a dual-attached connection, and a...
5539922 Multiple tree hierarchical portable communication system and method  
A communication system has a hierarchical system of nodes organized into multiple node trees (800-806, 820-826, and 835), the communication system for completing calls between various ports (810,...
5519709 Two priority fair distribution round robin protocol for a network having cascaded hubs  
A two priority protocol is provided for selecting end nodes to send network packets over a network. Network packets are, for example, high priority network packets or normal priority network...
5487090 Selectively called radio receiver in which bit rate detection is controlled with a predetermined range  
In a selectively called radio receiver in which a demodulated signal of a specific bit rate is produced with battery saving kept in synchronism with the demodulated signal, a bit rate detecting...
5483522 Packet switching resource management within nodes  
Method and apparatus for managing internal-node communications in a packet switching network by calculating optimal routes for packets and addressing subnodes within packet nodes using a specific...
5481073 Modular broadband bidirectional programmable switch system with stacked modular switch arrangement  
The basic element of a modular, bidirectional broadband programmable switch system is a switch module having a thin rectangular housing with a single first connector preferably in the center of an...
5469439 Two priority fair distributed round robin protocol for a network having cascaded hubs  
A network system includes end nodes which are connected to a plurality of cascaded hubs. A two priority protocol is provided for selecting end nodes to send network packets over the network. When...
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