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7075453 Method for setting product address in home network system  
A method for setting a product address in a home network system is disclosed. The method includes a step for requesting a temporary address in which a network controller designates redundant...
7034663 Preventing unintended communication among power line communication devices associated with different premises power distribution lines of an electric power distribution system  
An electric power line communication system operates with an electric power distribution system to provide through premises power distribution lines highly reliable communication links among power...
6989762 Proximity-based automatic ID code reconfiguration of wireless input/output systems  
A system and method is disclosed for reconfiguring an ID code associated with a receiver to enable a receiver to respond to data packets tagged with the ID code sent from a desired transmitter. The...
6985577 Device for optimizing the circuit switching capacity of a switching center  
The invention relates to a device for circuit switching connections, which are led outside a switching center, with a plurality of peripheral devices that can be addressed under a common HW address...
6982628 Mechanism for assigning an actuator to a device  
A mechanism for assigning an actuator to a device. It includes a transmitter on the device side for transmitting a scanning signal as well as a processing unit on the actuator side which include...
6970771 Integration of a field device in an installation control system  
A method and a system for integration of a field device in an installation control system having a communications network and a control station functions in that a field device transmits a...
6967565 Building automation system  
A building automation system including user interface units with touchscreens, power drivers, and a controller, all connected to a common trunk conductor. The power drivers are connected to the...
6911904 System and method for adaptive variable magnetic field generator  
A system for controlling a magnetic field strength includes a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field for receipt by a responsive device and a controller in communication with the...
6876294 Transponder identification system  
A transponder identification system comprising a plurality of transponders and an interrogation device arranged to identify each of the transponders by transmitting successive interrogation signals...
6864779 Method and apparatus for transmitting data from a remote location to a desired device  
A method for transmitting data from a remote location for evaluation by an expert. A remote appliance couples a data collection device with a communications device to transmit collected data and...
6859134 Data communication device  
Simplified data message terminals and data communicating voice terminals are described for providing additional functionality in a facility using a wireless data communication system. The...
6854053 Method for identifying and communicating with a plurality of slaves in a master-slave system  
A method of identifying a plurality of slave processors using a master processor is provided which includes assigning a unique identification code to each of the plurality of slave processors, and...
6838999 Method and device for automatically allocating detector addresses in an alarm system  
A process for automatically assigning detector addresses in a danger detection system, comprising a master station and at least one two-wire detection line linked thereto to which a multiplicity of...
6831569 Method and system for assigning and binding a network address of a ballast  
A system for implementing a method for initializing and binding ballasts is disclosed. The system comprises a remote control having a master controller and the ballasts each having a slave...
6798345 Administrative system  
An administrative system provided with surveillance equipment, which is arranged in a plurality of locations on a patrol surveillance route, for (1) reading identification information stored in an...
6774812 Two-wire type remote control system and display device  
A receiver side of a two-wire type remote control system accurately determines the polarity of data. The reception buffer inverts an input from one of the data and electric communication lines, and...
6765923 Early arbitration on a full duplex bus  
A method and apparatus for early arbitration in a full duplex bus system. Early arbitration in a distributed arbitration serial bus system permits the resolution of requests for a next fairness...
6762674 Electronic shelf label system  
An electronic shelf label (ESL) transmits a negative response to a radio relay station by means of weak radio waves if it failed to normally receive price information. On the other hand, the ESL...
6747590 Alternate command signal decoding option for a remotely controlled apparatus  
A portable remote controller for use with several remotely controlled entertainment devices which enables their concurrent usage in shared proximity without random interference between remotely...
6742188 Method and system for encoding data in the horizontal overscan portion of a video signal  
A method and system for encoding control data into the horizontal overscan area of a video signal. Because the control data is concatenated with the video signal on a line-by-line basis, the...
6717528 System and method for dynamic feedback projection from a hand-held pointing device  
A system and method for providing dynamic feedback projection from a hand held pointing device is provided. The system includes a hand held pointing device that is capable of two way communication...
6697872 Distributed packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chains  
A method for processing packets includes specifying a primary chain of function elements on a primary processor and specifying a secondary chain of function elements on a secondary processor. Each...
6683526 Pager-based communications system  
A communications system is provided for communicating information to and from recipients scattered over wide geographic areas. A computer controlled head end communications interface adds address...
RE38388 Method and apparatus for performing deferred transactions  
A method and apparatus of performing bus transactions on the bus of the computer system. The present invention includes a method and apparatus for permitting out-of-order replies in a pipelined bus...
6667690 System and method for configuration of HVAC network  
HVAC network devices are provided with radio frequency identification tags (RFID tags) which can be read by a read/write device. The read tag identification of each network device is stored in...
6650225 Wireless directed inventory system  
A directed inventory system uses individual wireless pick-to modules, or individual wireless pick-from modules, or both, to aid inventory management services such as order fulfillment. Modules...
6639905 Communication network  
A transmitter, for controlling at least one receiver by intermittently transmitting groups of messages. The transmitter includes a controller arranged to provide intermittently groups of messages...
6636593 Multiple system management point nodes using dynamically transportable logic for system configuration management  
A dynamic transaction network having multiple management stations, one or more terminals, and one or more databases is disclosed. The dynamic transaction network is capable of adding and removing...
6630889 Security lock control method for remote control system  
When an operation is performed to set a subcontroller in remote-control enable mode, the subcontroller first checks the operation mode of a main controller, then setting itself in the...
6624757 Shelf pricing display apparatus  
An electronic display strip is attached to the shelf front of retail shelves, each shelf having an address code assigned through a control computer. Display fields of variable locations and lengths...
6601127 Communication control apparatus and method, communication system, and program storage medium  
It is intended to enable control, without using personal computers, of a connection via an ATM network between devices that are connected to IEEE 1394 serial buses. When ATM addresses are assigned...
6571299 System for receiving ID-codes from at least one wireless transmitter having a plurality of transmitter buttons each of them being individually programmed  
A wireless, remote, programmable keyboard input system for computers is provided. A single receiver is capable of simultaneous receipt of RF ID-Code transmissions from multiple remote transmitters,...
6556900 Method and device in vehicle control system, and system for error diagnostics in vehicle  
The invention relates to a method of storing information in the form of signals from a control system in a vehicle, said method comprising the step of reading a signal on recurrent sampling...
6539296 Land vehicle communications system and process for providing information and coordinating vehicle activities  
A communication system architecture (SA) for a vehicle which may be integrated into the vehicle's multiplexed electronic component communication system, and a process for communicating with the...
6536716 Conversion throttle interface for model railroads  
A method of providing a new control capability to a conventional current control device connected to a model railroad control system includes the use of a conversion interface devices and a...
6537109 Chainable I/O termination block system  
A chainable I/O termination block system for connecting a programmable logic controller (PLC) or other controller to I/O signals such as sensors and control relays in an automatic tooling...
6525667 Operation indicator device and panel unit  
Panel units ( 24 a to 24 d ) continuing an operation indicating panel ( 20 ) each have a rectangular surface S with length and width each being substantially an integral multiple of a...
6513554 Yarn processing system and method to operate a yarn processing system  
A yarn processing system includes a yarn consuming textile machine and at least one yard feeding device, each having electric drive means and electronic control and/or monitoring means. The yarn...
6486795 Universal transmitter  
A universal remote control radio frequency transmitter for use with garage door operators, gate operators and other barrier movement operators is programmable through the use of external switches....
6421347 Capability addressable network and method therefor  
A wireless, peer-to-peer, capability addressable network ( 22 ) is disclosed. The network ( 22 ) accommodates any number of peers ( 20 ). Network connections are formed based upon proximity between...
6392558 System for address initialization of generic nodes in a distributed command and control system and method therefor  
A method and apparatus for assigning unique addresses to each generic “node” in a distributed control system that contains a main controller ( 52 ) coupled to a plurality of generic nodes ( 54...
6360207 System and method of consolidating information for display by electronic price labels  
A system and method of consolidating information for display which relies on codes. The system includes a database including a plurality of types of information besides price to be displayed by an...
6330614 Internet and related networks, a method of and system for substitute use of checksum field space in information processing datagram headers for obviating processing speed and addressing space limitations and providing other features  
In Internet and related networks, a method of and system for substitute use of the normal checksum field space in information processing (IP) datagram headers for obviating current processing time...
6329908 Addressable speaker system  
An addressable speaker system in which a plurality of selectively activated speakers are distributed throughout a predefined area and are connected to a central processing unit. The system contains...
6322025 Dual-protocol locomotive control system and method  
An intra-train communication system includes a locomotive control unit (LCU) establishes a communications link between a lead unit and a remote unit which operate using different protocols and/or...
6317042 Automated emergency announcement system  
In response to an emergency event, an emergency announcement system (100) causes display of an escape route based upon a room location. A sensor (104) detects an emergency event. The sensor data...
6310558 Selective calling system and selective calling receiver  
A transmission signal frame format includes an address field and a message field. The address field includes a plurality of addresses associated with the subscriber's receivers to be called,...
6275922 Method and apparatus for remotely managing multiple appliance control configurations  
A device for incorporation into a variety of consumer appliances for use in a home automation environment. The invention comprises an electronic hardware module having software resident on the...
6263380 Measurement data processing unit  
In a measurement data processing unit having a plurality of relaying unit to which one or more measuring device can be connected and processing means for collecting and processing the measurement...
6263060 Transportable logic to facilitate a large calling card transaction network supporting dynamic changes  
A dynamic transaction network having a management station, a terminal, and a database. In response to a transaction request from a caller, the terminal accesses information stored in the database...