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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 corrective measures is then made and carried out taking int... | 10/12/1999 |
| 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 terminal. The wide area communicates network collects network gene... | 10/05/1999 |
| 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 windows may be call addresses which are previously assign... | 09/28/1999 |
| 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 been assigned a terminal ID receives the terminal ID assignm... | 09/14/1999 |
| 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 divider provided at the peripheral device. This voltage di... | 09/07/1999 |
| 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 conditions. A first reset condition initiates sequencing of mo... | 08/17/1999 |
| 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 port consults an address translation system including a lo... | 08/17/1999 |
| 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 system. The out-of-order responses include the sending of... | 08/10/1999 |
| 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 is assigned to the attribute. The message is stored as a me... | 08/10/1999 |
| 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 (212, 214) for correlating the address (312) in the selec... | 07/27/1999 |
| 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 combination electronic pager, organizer and radio (10) includes a h... | 07/27/1999 |
| 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 device is operative to look for its address in a received sig... | 07/13/1999 |
| 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 location of the addressee node in the system. As the outgoing sig... | 07/06/1999 |
| 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 promotional messages are stored within the memory of the EPL, t... | 06/22/1999 |
| 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 perform repetitive tasks such as meter reading and performin... | 06/22/1999 |
| 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 plurality of storage areas for storing cells to be transmit... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5907285 | Furniture unit having a modular communication network 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 positioned in each furniture unit, and extends generally between... | 05/25/1999 |
| 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 character code sequences from the received data using a previou... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5883580 | Geographic-temporal significant messaging A messaging device for receiving a plurality of messages that have a relevancy status includes a selective call receiver (22) for receiving the plurality of messages, the relevancy status, and updates to the relevancy status, a memory (30) for storing at ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5872524 | Automatic address assignment method The IP addresses of network elements are generated based on the ID numbers of nodes within a network having a predetermined configuration. After producing the configuration information including an interconnection relationship among the network elements, ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5872523 | Target device and method for establishing a communication path in a networked communications system A target device (18) performs the steps of receiving a broadcast message via an out-of-band paging network (14) which message includes an identification of the sourcing device. The subscriber (18) automatically registers, responsive to the receipt of the ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5866992 | Control system for several appliances in distributed arrangement, and method for setting such a control system into operation In a system for the control of several appliances (1-5), in particular light fittings distributed in several rooms (A, B, C), from a central command generator (10, 11), and with a method for setting this system into operation, one of the appliances (5) is... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5864300 | Communication system for selecting a communication transmission method A wireless communication system and process for transmission of data communications, may be practiced with a microprocessor, a memory, a controller, a selector and a communication block, and the effect of the wireless communication system for selecting a ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5864299 | Method and apparatus for reducing overhead in a messaging system A messaging system, having a transmitter (202) for transmitting information service messages to selective call units (SCU's) (122), receives displayable information from a service provider, and creates a message having an address field (504) and data fiel... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5864298 | Pager (ringer) amplification by co-operative emission relay (pacer/racer) A pager/ringer system for permitting co-operative emission relay between a plurality of user terminals of a satellite personal communication network (S-PCN) service. Each user terminal includes a receiver, a transmitter, a memory storage device and a uniq... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5854454 | Message routing in control area network (CAN) protocol A hierarchial elevator control system (FIG. 2) utilizes standard Control Area Network (CAN) hardware and message protocols. A broadcast message format includes priority bits and source address bits in subfields within the standard CAN message identifier f... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5844496 | Signal generation method and structure for a transmission and reception system A transmission and reception system including a transmitter for transmitting a signal including identification (security) information and function information, and a receiver for receiving and decoding the signal and for executing the operation defined by... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5841365 | Method and apparatus for communicating with a product label A method and apparatus for communicating with a product label. A host computer transfers information to be communicated to one or more product labels to a radio frequency transmitter. The information is transmitted to a transceiver built into the product ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5841360 | Distributed serial control system A network topology allowing distributed sensing, control and communication, comprising a power source and a plurality of line-Powered, Serially connected Intelligent Cells (PSICs) coupled to the power source and to each other via respective communication ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5838685 | Method and apparatus for the transmission of data files A method and apparatus for the transmission of data files over a network has particular application in connection with store-and-forward systems. A message transmission is composed using a chosen data format, which may be chosen from graphics, facsimile, ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5838223 | Patient/nurse call system A patient/nurse call system for a hospital includes patient stations capable of generating hospital calls and a remote master station which prioritizes and stores the calls. Hall units outside patient rooms identify the rooms from which the calls originat... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5831546 | Automatic addressing in life safety system An automatic addressing scheme for a life safety system having a local rail, and a plurality of modules inter-connected by the local rail, a first of the modules being a central processing unit, and the remainder being I/O modules having a variety of func... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5832296 | Wearable context sensitive user interface for interacting with plurality of electronic devices of interest to the user A wearable universal user interface device is provided for interacting with a variety of electronic apparatus. The interface device includes various sensors, such as a temperature sensor, pressure sensor, and a two-dimensional quadrant force sensor. The i... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5828315 | Method of sending messages to electronic price labels prior to their identification with price look-up items A method of sending messages to electronic price labels (EPLs) prior to their identification with price look-up (PLU) items which causes non-assigned EPLs to execute commands. In a first embodiment, non-assigned EPLs are provided with a common reserved EP... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5821876 | Communication interface for bus connected circuit breakers The present invention provides a circuit breaker control arrangement that is reliable, accurate and cost-effective to manufacture, install and maintain. This circuit breaker arrangement also provides increased modularity by alleviating the need for instal... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5821874 | Messaging terminal with voice notification A method for receiving and processing an incoming message in a wireless messaging terminal. The method includes providing a receiver which receives the message and a memory for storing the message. The method further includes matching the message with a p... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5818350 | High performance method of and system for selecting one of a plurality of IC chip while requiring minimal select lines A circuit is provided for selecting one of plurality of integrated circuit chips with a minimum number of chip select signal lines. A first embodiment includes a plurality of paired address lines; each line in each pair provides a logical complementary si... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5818347 | Identification of HVAC systems in a communication network An HVAC system is assigned a network identification for subsequent use within a communication network upon receipt of a formatted signal containing the network identification. The HVAC system stores the network identification in nonvolatile memory. The HV... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5818344 | Selective call system with bit rate embedded in synchronization code word A selective call system including a base station having a transmitter for transmitting digital paging signals in the form of batches, each batch including a synchronization code word and concatenated message signals. While the bit rate of the message sign... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5815086 | Automated appliance control system A system and method for retrofitting appliances for use with an appliance automation system and for augmenting and expanding the function of an existing appliance automation system. A universal transmitter is provided which can receive instructions from a... | 09/29/1998 |
