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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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5898385 |
Radio paging receiver
A radio paging receiver receives transmitted data containing a plurality of character code sequences, which can include sequences of different bit lengths and processes that, while segmenting...
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