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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7961075 | Programmable lighting unit and remote control for a programmable lighting unit A programmable lighting unit includes a radio interface to be remote controlled by a radio remote control. In particular, the remote control sends parameter data which is supplied to a parameter adjuster in the programmable lighting unit which programs the parameter... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7158046 | System and method for radio frequency tag group select A master entity is capable of broadcasting commands to slaves which move to another state when they satisfy a primitive condition specified in the command. By moving slaves among three sets, a desired subset of slaves can be isolated in one of the sets. This desired... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149506 | Portable call management system A method of redirecting a call from a data processing system to another address. In a preferred embodiment, a notice of an incoming call received from a server at a data processing system. This notice may include caller identification information as well. The user o... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7080544 | Apparatus system and method for gas well site monitoring A System and a Method of initializing and using that system are described in various embodiments all suitable for use remotely monitoring gas escapes on oil or gas well-sites, particularly as early warning technologies for use in preventing injury to workers or popu... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079495 | System and method for enabling multicast telecommunications A communication network is provided that includes a unicast telephony device, and a plurality of multicast telephony devices operable to receive multicast media streaming transmitted to a multicast group address. The communication network further includes a multicas... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6759972 | Tour group notification method The invention is a method of calling a group of tourists back to their conveyance, in which each passenger is given a portable alerting device when they leave the conveyance. When the conveyance is ready to leave, a transmitter on the conveyance transmits a wireless... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6744348 | Security system utilizing group supervision polling In a security system that has a large number of individually-addressable modules interconnected on a data bus to a control panel, a method of concurrently supervising the modules by first configuring each module with a unique zone number including a group number and... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6693532 | Alarm system having improved communication An alarm system is provided which includes multiple notification appliances for signaling an alarm condition. The system controller intelligently controls the notification appliances including notification devices such as an audible or visual alarm throug... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6426697 | Alarm system having improved communication An alarm system is provided which includes multiple notification appliances for signaling an alarm condition. The system controller intelligently controls the notification appliances including notification devices such as an audible or visual alarm throug... | 07/30/2002 |
| 5828318 | System and method for selecting a subset of autonomous and independent slave entities A master entity is capable of broadcasting commands to a plurality of three-state-selection machine slaves. Transitions from one state to another are effected on instruction from commands in a sequence of commands broadcast from the master. Slaves move to... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5598149 | Commercial-size, automatic industrial plant having several parts A common automation system for various partially interacting plant parts of a commercial-size, automatic industrial plant, and in particular, of a primary industrial plant such as a coke oven. The common automation system includes automation devices which... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5565855 | Building management system A building management system improves the regulation and controls the functioning of appliances (41, 42, 51), such as luminaires, window blinds and heating equipment in a building. The appliances are connected via a communication bus (20) to a control sys... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5426421 | Method of automatically managing a network or remote function-excecuting apparatus from a programable network control center A network includes a network control center which stores network management software capable of supporting user-composed programs for automatically managing apparatus at remote sites, each apparatus including a microprocessor, memory and input/output devi... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5268668 | Security/fire alarm system with group-addressing remote sensors A security/fire alarm system includes a plurality of event-sensors, e.g. intrusion and smoke sensors, each being identifiable by a unique digital address defined by a multibit binary address code. A central control unit operates to repeatedly address the ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 4843386 | Remote control unit with hierarchical selection In a remote control unit for modifying the operating states of physically spaced operating units such as the volume control of a stereo system, the color control of a television set and the brightness control of a lighting fixture, a first key is actuated... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4667193 | Addressing system for simultaneously polling plural remote stations In a contention polling arrangement wherein polling messages are transmitted by a central controller for simultaneously polling a group of remote stations, the polling message contains an address which defines the entire range of remote stations to be pol... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4604618 | Time-division multiplex transmission system In a time-division multiplex transmission system, a host machine (3) and a plurality of addressable terminals (51 to 56) are connected together by way of a signal line (6). The same address (A) is assigned to a group of the terminals (51 to 54) so that th... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4454509 | Apparatus for addressably controlling remote units A load management system which includes a central message generator and a plurality of addressable remote load controllers which selectively connect and disconnect high power deferrable loads to and from a power source in response to transmitted messages.... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4352992 | Apparatus for addressably controlling remote units A load management system which includes a central message generator and a plurality of addressable remote load controllers which selectively connect and disconnect high power deferrable loads to and from a power source in response to transmitted messages.... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4348668 | System for controlling power distribution to customer loads A method and apparatus which permits a power utility to have direct control of customers loads (CD) with a view toward facilitating enablement of a load management philosophy which includes peak shaving and load deferral. A master control station (MCS), w... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4167730 | Compression of data on status of remote equipment In communication system comprising plurality of earth stations tied together by relay (e.g. satellite-borne) in which status of individual subscriber line interface units must be continually reported to central control unit, only status changed since prev... | 09/11/1979 |
