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6166653 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) via a...
6161150 System for informing a computer user of a conflict encountered during resource allocation to expansion cards of different types having resource information in different format  
A conflict object is generated during a conflict resolution process when resource conflicts cannot be resolved. The conflict object contains detailed information concerning the source of the...
6150953 Communication control method, communication system and electronic apparatus using the same  
To make an inquiry about whether or not a predetermined command is applicable to an electronic apparatus on the controlled side with ease and in a short period of time without letting the...
6147592 Bed status information system for hospital beds  
A bed status information system for indicating to attending personnel the status of a patient bed includes bed condition input signal generators carried by the bed and coupled to operational...
6131130 System for convergence of a personal computer with wireless audio/video devices wherein the audio/video devices are remotely controlled by a wireless peripheral  
A converged system architecture and method for converging a personal computer with audio/video devices is provided. Wireless communications are transmitted between the personal computer and the...
6124803 Monitoring device at a textile machine  
The invention is directed to a monitoring device at textile machines which have at least two stations (1a, 1b . . . 1n) which generate electrical status signals in the event of the occurrence of...
6122284 Multidrop analog signal bus  
In the preferred embodiment, the outputs of a plurality of analog signal generators are connected to a single wire (the analog bus). Each analog signal generator is addressable by a unique code...
6118387 Counter  
When a cylinder is urged to displace a piston rod, and a pulse signal is inputted into a counter from an encoder, then the number of pulses of the pulse signal is counted by a counting section. A...
6114974 Method and apparatus for determining railcar order in a train  
A method and apparatus for determining railcar order in an ECP equipped train involving the inherent propagation delay of a pneumatic signal propagation in a brake air line as measured by each car...
6114970 Method of assigning a device identification  
The present invention provides a method of assigning a unique device identification to an electronic device coupled into a communication architecture. Once coupled into the communication...
6114968 Hybrid contention/polling access method  
A system, device, and method for improving access in a hybrid contention/polling protocol maintains a list of active users, a list of recently active users, and a list of inactive users. An active...
6111889 Master-slave data communication system  
Upward/downward data arranged in a time-division multiplexed frame, including a common subchannel for priority transmission and private subchannels for transmission request/enable signals, are...
6107936 Electronic price label system including an electronic price label for attracting customers  
An electronic price label (EPL) system including an EPL for attracting customers which uses a noisemaker to make noise during special promotions. The system includes an EPL associated with an item...
6104728 Device for selecting address words by demultiplex decoding  
A device for selection of address words, each having n bit locations and serving for addressing m different receiving locations of a digital communications apparatus, comprising a digital...
6100812 Communication control method, communication system and electronic equipment used for it  
To satisfactorily control electronic equipment on the controlled side by electronic equipment on the controlling side without useless processing. The controlled electronic equipment is provided...
6091328 Fire alarming system  
A fire alarming system includes a plurality of terminal devices including fire sensors, transmitters, manual boxs, and/or other devices to be controlled; and a receiving device to which the...
6064317 Data communication system and data communication terminal applied thereto  
A communication system is designed to exchange messages between a plurality of paging receivers each having a transmission section. One of the paging receivers transmits a question message and a...
6061604 RF base repeater for automated residence management system  
A multi-unit automated space management and communication system for use in association with a structure having a plurality of units. The system includes circuitry that monitors various utility...
6061344 Method of addressing messages and communications system  
A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to...
6049296 Automatic train serialization with car orientation  
A method of serialization including establishing a parameter along a length of the train between a node on one of the cars and one end of the train. The presence of the parameter at each node is...
6014084 Electronic self-locating system and method  
A method and an apparatus for automatically locating detectors in an ambient condition monitoring system incorporate a normally closed contact for open circuiting the associated communication link....
5995016 Method and apparatus for N choose M device selection  
A method for selectively enabling one of X agents in a system so as to allow the selected agent to be active in a shared communication system. The method comprises the steps of assigning each agent...
5995015 Remote electronic information display system for retail facility  
A system for communicating between a store computer and locations in the les of a retail facility. A hard wired grid connects the store computer to a plurality of transceivers located in zones...
5987532 Single-line, series connected, data transfer control system  
A plurality of series-connected units, e.g., display units, are controlled by serial command data transmitted from a computer. The computer transmits ID setting command data for the respective...
5986568 Information transfer method, information transfer system, information inputting method, information input device, and system for supporting various operations  
Information inputted from an information terminal and destination information of a third person added to specific information which should be transferred to the third person and which is included...
5982296 Data switching processing method and apparatus  
A plurality of modules, each connected to communication lines, are interconnected by a logically separated interprocessor communication bus for transferring header information and control...
5978861 Device and method for continuously polling for communication bus type and 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...
5978654 Alphanumeric paging entry system  
A low cost alphanumeric paging entry and page receiving device for entering alphanumeric messages remotely from a telephone and receiving pages via radio frequency signals. The device is designed...
5978577 Method and apparatus for transaction processing in a distributed database system  
A subscriber management system includes at least one Data Directory Server (DDS) located between one or more transaction generators and one or more data servers. The DDS efficiently routes...
5977880 Data communication system and data communication terminal applied thereto  
A communication system is designed to exchange messages between a plurality of paging receivers each having a transmission section. One of the paging receivers transmits a question message and a...
5973615 Display pager having message finder responsive to user-entered time indication  
In a radio display pager, the user enters a time indication if he desires to read a particular group of stored messages. If the time indication is entered, the particular group of messages is...
5973610 System for automated selection of a communications unit for refrigerating containers  
Refrigerating containers (reefers) disposed in a seaboard terminal or onboard a ship and with a power supply via cables is monitored by means of built-in equipment and communicates via the power...
5973609 Communication system with adaptive media access control  
A communication system includes data terminals and controllers. The controllers have distinct areas of responsibility in which they communicate with particular data terminals. The controllers map...
5968130 Bridge unit, frame transfer method of the bridge unit and computer program for frame transfer  
A location information management table 14 stores information on the location of the host both at present and prior to the movement. The host is movable based on the transmission address contained...
5964811 Control method and apparatus for diagnosing vehicles  
A diagnostic and control system first checks the current operation status of the vehicle engine, when a malfunction or abnormal condition is detected by diagnostic sensors. A selection of optimum...
5963146 Wide area communications network for remote data generating stations  
A wide area communications network communicating data from a plurality of network service modules through a plurality of remote cell nodes and intermediate data terminals to a central data...
5959542 Selective calling receiver  
In a selective calling receiver, receiving windows are previously set which include a protection window provided with a predetermined protection condition and a non-protection window. The receiving...
5952934 Terminal ID automatic assigning system  
A center unit sends a terminal ID assignment request message for requesting an assignment of a terminal ID through a predetermined control channel in a network. When a terminal unit that has not...
5948077 Device identification with analog signal level  
An identification system for identifying plug-in or modular type peripheral devices adopted in a portable computer through one module bay is described. The identification system includes a voltage...
5940596 Clustered address caching system for a network switch  
A network switch forwards data packets between network stations connected to its input and output ports. Each data packet includes the network address of a destination station. The receiving input...
5940005 Method and apparatus for storing and utilizing a unique power down state in a model railroad system  
An electronic control system for model railroads incorporates a motor control unit, an electronic state generator that generates particular operating state signals responsive to multiple reset...
5937171 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...
5936548 Radio paging receiver capable of readily confirming a state of a non read message  
In a radio paging receiver for being responsive to a radio signal carrying a message and an attribute of the message, a memory circuit (61) has a plurality of directories, a selected one of which...
5929774 Combination pager, organizer and radio  
A combination electronic pager, organizer and radio (10) supplied with power by at least one of an external and an internal power supply (56) and connectable to a telephone line (50). The...
5929773 Selective call device and method for battery saving during information services  
A selective call device (130) has a receiver (204) for receiving a selective call signal including an address (312) and a topic sub-address (504) indicative of a subscribed information, a processor...
5923266 Method for dynamically changing control frames for selective call receiving devices  
A selective call receiving device (10) such as a pager is controlled to dynamically change a base frame assigned to the device and subsequent control frames derived therefrom. The time that the...
5920267 Ring network system  
A ring network system (1) has at least one node M which acts as a master or sender node to transmit an outgoing signal (O.S.1) having a relative address determined according to the relative...
5914935 Traffic shaper apparatus  
A traffic shaper apparatus includes a ring memory, a counter, a schedule circuit, first-priority available area determining circuits, and a storage area determining circuit. The ring memory has a...
5914673 System for utility meter communications using a single RF frequency  
The system provides a way to use a single RF channel in a cellular, RF meter reading system. In order to avoid adjacent cell concentrator interference while reducing the overall time required to...
5914670 Method of assigning promotional messages to electronic price labels  
A method of displaying a promotional message by an electronic price label (EPL) which stores promotional messages and corresponding promotional indicators in a memory within the EPL. Once the...