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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...
6731238 System and method for proactive content delivery by situation location  
Provided is transmission of situational location dependent information from a server data processing system to a receiving data processing system. The server data processing system communicates...
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...
6690289 Message formatting, authentication, and error detection in home control systems  
A system for communicating over electrical wiring in a house or other building is presented. Components are grouped and each group is assigned a group identifier code. Components communicates only...
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...
6642852 Remote control device with appliance power awareness  
A controlling device having programming which ensures an appliance will be placed into a desired power state. The controlling device transmits a query message to a power monitor associated with the...
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...
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...
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...
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....
6427101 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...
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...
6348875 Message formatting, authentication, and error detection in home control systems  
A system communicates over electrical wiring in a house or other building. Messages between components include a group identifier code, message data, and a message authentication code (MAC) that is...
6346890 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...
RE37494 Transfer of messages in a multiplexed system  
A method and apparatus for transmitting variable length messages on a network in fixed length slots including the provision of a source identifier field in the header of each slot, the source...
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...
6256493 Selective call receiver and method for programming a selective call receiver  
The generic activation method of a selective call receiver apparatus (122) operating within a messaging system (100) includes providing a selective call receiver (122) having a group address (251)...
6246995 Product activity data collection system  
A system and method are provided for collecting activity data for a plurality of products displayed in a merchandising store. A transaction terminal identifies a product presented for purchase and...
6230224 Fan-out expansion circuit for RS-485 multidrop connection  
A fan-out expansion circuit for an RS-485 multidrop connection includes: a master node, a plurality of line control units, and a plurality of slave nodes. The master node communicates with the...
6226670 E-mail distribution system  
An E-mail distributing system which is composed of a server and a client including a user, and distributes an E-mail corresponding to a group including a plurality of clients. The client transmits...
6222440 Location, identification and telemetry system using strobed signals at predetermined intervals  
A tracking system is implemented according to the invention in which the identification data of a wireless transmitter is divided into multiple bursts. Instead of transmitting the entire...
6215413 User selectable receiver addresses for wireless communication systems  
Selectable receiver addressing is used to control how messages are output from different receivers. Users selectively enable and disable personal addresses in the receiver. The receiver polls time...
6211796 Communications network for identifying the location of articles relative to a floor plan  
A utility distribution system is provided for modular furniture of the type comprising individual furniture units which are juxtaposed to form one or more workstations. A signal conductor is...
6205496 Device and method for continuously polling for communication bus type termination  
Method and apparatus are disclosed for repeatedly monitoring the communication bus type and concurrently monitoring to determine if termination of the communication bus is necessary. The method...
6198389 Integrated individual sensor control in a security system  
A intruder detection system is described comprising a programmable alarm control panel capable of issuing an alarm signal representative of an intruder in a protected zone wherein the control panel...
6192282 Method and apparatus for improved building automation  
An improved building automation system is provided which is modular in design thus minimizing the amount of instruction necessary to affect control of a particular building system. A relatively...
6173323 Adaptive polling rate algorithm for SNMP-based network monitoring  
A rate adaptive polling method sensitive to network congestion is used to monitor network resources. Initially, a baseline rate constraint is set based on desirable engineering factors....
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