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7418428 System and method for controlling delivering of a commodity  
A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device couple to the distribution network. The at least one device...
7379997 System and method of controlling delivery and/or usage of a commodity  
A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device couple to the distribution network. The at least one device...
7343226 System and method of controlling an HVAC system  
A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device coupled to the distribution network. The at least one device...
7176785 Device control system  
While a general-purpose interface circuit and another general-purpose interface circuit are provided so as to transmit/receive data between a host appliance and a device appliance, when the...
7167543 Security system with call management functionality  
A security system with call management functionality is coupled to a telephone network for providing a telephone service and at least one telephone line. This system also includes a call management...
7130719 System and method of controlling an HVAC system  
A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device coupled to the distribution network. The at least one device...
6957111 Automated system for cooking and method of use  
The present invention comprises an improved device and method for automated cooking foods with a liquid such as water. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises a cooking chamber ( 46 ); a...
6950725 Home latch-key web based automation system  
A method of monitoring and automating a home using a network-based system is provided. The system employs a server system coupled to a centralized database, at least one client system, and a...
6868295 Intelligent home control bus  
This invention is an intelligent home control bus (IHbus). It comprises at least one input node (sensor, announcer) A and at least a output node (operator, listener) L. A control instructions are...
6765993 Information gathering system for remotely monitoring and diagnosing equipment condition  
An information gathering system for remotely monitoring and diagnosing the condition of equipment includes at least one sensor, electronic controller, electronic module and data processor unit. The...
6724873 Automated system for controlling the parameters involved in the preparation of an immersion bath  
It comprises a central processing unit (CPU), to which a control panel (PC) is attached, said central processing unit (CPU) being connected to the input of a power control circuit (CCP) that...
6665384 Methods and apparatus for appliance communication interface  
A method for changing a control program that controls at least some operations of an appliance is provided. The appliance includes at least one electronic control that executes the control program....
6654720 Method and system for voice control enabling device in a service discovery network  
Devices are registered within a zone using a service discovery protocol. At the time of registration, a device sends a grammar and a set of help sequences to a control unit in the zone to be merged...
D480702 Interphone  
D480377 Interphone  
EP0940790B1 Surveillance device  
Abstract of EP0940790 The appts. has a actuator containing a speech memory (8) with pre-recorded acoustic reports. The memory output is connected to a pair of lines of the information line (14)...
6505087 Modular system and architecture for device control  
An architecture and electric system for controlling various devices is disclosed. The system uses modular, interchangeable components that can perform one or several tasks, such as interacting with...
6370233 Security system with call management functionality  
A security system with call management functionality is coupled to a telephone network for providing a telephone service and at least one telephone line. This system also includes a call management...
6266396 Digital control of a security system  
A method of remotely monitoring and operating a home and personal security system with the aid of digital computer manned by human operator, wherein the security system recognizes alarm conditions...
6216956 Environmental condition control and energy management system and method  
An indoor environmental condition control and energy management system includes a plurality of inputs. A user input receives user input parameters including a desired indoor environmental condition...
6144888 Modular system and architecture for device control  
An architecture and electric system for controlling various devices is disclosed. The system uses modular, interchangeable components that can perform one or several tasks, such as interacting with...
EP0940790A2 Surveillance device  
The appts. has a actuator containing a speech memory (8) with pre-recorded acoustic reports. The memory output is connected to a pair of lines of the information line (14) serving as speech...
5924486 Environmental condition control and energy management system and method  
An indoor environmental condition control and energy management system includes a plurality of inputs. A user input receives user input parameters including a desired indoor environmental condition...
EP0892541A2 Device for office or household  
The control unit (4) senses the operating conditions of a unit, e.g. office copier (3). If the operation is faulty the copier is switched off and the error is signalled by a separate display...
5862452 Method, access point device and peripheral devices for low complexity dynamic persistence mode for random access in a wireless communication system  
A method, access point device and a perpherical device provide low complexity dynamic persistence for random access in a wireless communication system. The peripheral device includes: A) a block...
5696695 System for rate-related control of electrical loads  
An energy management and building automation system including a local area network or home automation data bus such as the CEBus. Each load to be controlled is connected to the bus via a control...
5684710 System for measuring electrical power interruptions  
A system for measuring electrical power interruptions in an electrical power distribution system to a customer premises, controlling the restoration of loads to the electrical power grid after...
5642101 Control apparatus for use in a dwelling  
A controller that operates using two different processors is provided. Each processor performs certain predetermined functions. A control processor is responsible for switching AC power...
5621662 Home automation system  
A home automation system comprises a number of sub-systems for controlling various aspects of a house, such as a security sub-system, an HVAC sub-system, a lighting control sub-system, and an...
5598456 Integrated telephone, intercom, security and control system for a multi-unit building  
An integrated telephone, intercom, security and control system for a building having a plurality of units, utilizing a plurality of telephone lines located throughout the building which are...
5579221 Home automation system having user controlled definition function  
A home automation system having a user controlled definition function is operated in response to input of an inherent call code. The system includes power line controller PLC modules for switching...
5572438 Engery management and building automation system  
An energy management and building automation system including a local area network or home automation data bus such as the CEBus. Each load is connected to the bus via a control module which may...
5572073 AC power module for automation system  
Disclosed is an AC power module for controlling the level of power to multiple electrical devices such as lights and household appliances according to control signals supplied from a processor...
RE34895 Home automation system  
The present invention is directed to a home automation system, wherein a coaxial cable or other home bus path for data transmission is placed inside a home to connect an intercom unit and monitor...
5237305 Home bus system  
A home bus system is to perform concentrated monitoring and control of electric appliances positioned in a house as well as alerting users by monitoring outputs from security sensors positioned in...
5218552 Control apparatus for use in a dwelling  
The present invention provides a controller that operates using two different processors. Each processor performs certain predetermined functions. A control processor is responsible for switching...
5200987 Remote supervisory monitoring and control apparatus connected to monitored equipment  
A monitoring and control system has a programmable apparatus connected to equipment to be monitored. The apparatus receives inputs from the monitored equipment, detects alarm conditions when the...
5126934 Gas distribution system  
An automated gas distribution system for safely and reliably controlling the flow of gaseous fuel to gas appliances. The system implements a "closed-loop" delivery of gas, i.e., the gas is provided...
5119412 Method and a system for remotely switching and/or regulating and monitoring and electrically operated device or an environment by the use of signals generated by a telephone or a modem  
A switching system and method of remote switching and/or regulating an electrically operated device by the use of the DTMF telephone or modem signals. A switching and/or regulating element is...
5086385 Expandable home automation system  
A system for and a method of providing an expandable home automation controller is disclosed which supports multiple numbers and multiple different types of data communications with both appliances...
5012120 Load control system and method for disconnecting sub-bus from main-bus  
Load control system is for disconnecting abnormal sub-bus from main-bus; The load control system has switching circuit (50+51) for connecting the sub-bus (1A, 1B . . . 1N) to the main-bus (2) or...
4996703 Remote supervisory monitoring and control apparatus connected to monitored equipment  
A monitoring and control system has a programmable apparatus connected to equipment to be monitored. The apparatus receives inputs from the monitored equipment, detects alarm conditions when the...
4989081 Home-bus-information system  
A home-bus-information display system arranged such that the control status of each of a plurality of home apparatus can be monitored via home bus-lines and additively displayed over a video...
4963763 Load control system and method for disconnecting sub-bus from main-bus  
Load control system is for disconnecting abnormal sub-bus from main-bus; The load control system has switching circuit (50+51) for connecting the sub-bus (1A, 1B . . . 1N) to the main-bus (2) or...
4959713 Home automation system  
The present invention is directed to a home automation system, wherein a coaxial cable or other home bus path for data transmission is placed inside a home to connect an intercom unit and monitor...
4899217 Communication and energy control system for houses  
An automated system for providing different services within a house includes an appliance coordination data network for communicating relatively low speed appliance digital data within a house, a...
4829560 Communications system for use in a hotel/motel  
A communications system for use in a coaxial cable data transmission system such as in a hotel/motel system between a central processor and a room and the room and appliances within the room...
4821319 Single line telephone communication system  
A communication system for use with a single pair of externally provided telephone wires and a single pair of in-house wires for the provision of full intercom services and/or PABX type features to...
4748654 Remote supervisory monitoring and control system  
A supervisory monitoring and control system is described which provides for responding to a push-button telephone output from another location for changing operating parameters at the supervised...
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