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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6742188 | Method and system for encoding data in the horizontal overscan portion of a video signal A method and system for encoding control data into the horizontal overscan area of a video signal. Because the control data is concatenated with the video signal on a line-by-line basis, the control data is temporarily synchronized with the underlying video signal. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6731238 | System and method for proactive content delivery by situation location Provided is transmission of situational location dependent information from a server data processing system to a receiving data processing system. The server data processing system communicates with the receiving data processing system in a manner by pushing content... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6717528 | System and method for dynamic feedback projection from a hand-held pointing device A system and method for providing dynamic feedback projection from a hand held pointing device is provided. The system includes a hand held pointing device that is capable of two way communication with appliance interfaces associated with appliances that are control... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6697872 | Distributed packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chains A method for processing packets includes specifying a primary chain of function elements on a primary processor and specifying a secondary chain of function elements on a secondary processor. Each element is operable to perform an operation on a packet. T... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6690289 | Message formatting, authentication, and error detection in home control systems A system for communicating over electrical wiring in a house or other building is presented. Components are grouped and each group is assigned a group identifier code. Components communicates only with components of the same group, using the group identif... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6683526 | Pager-based communications system A communications system is provided for communicating information to and from recipients scattered over wide geographic areas. A computer controlled head end communications interface adds address information to a message in accordance with who the intende... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6667690 | System and method for configuration of HVAC network HVAC network devices are provided with radio frequency identification tags (RFID tags) which can be read by a read/write device. The read tag identification of each network device is stored in memory within the HVAC network device. A device capable of rea... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6650225 | Wireless directed inventory system A directed inventory system uses individual wireless pick-to modules, or individual wireless pick-from modules, or both, to aid inventory management services such as order fulfillment. Modules wirelessly receive servicing information directly from a proce... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6642852 | Remote control device with appliance power awareness A controlling device having programming which ensures an appliance will be placed into a desired power state. The controlling device transmits a query message to a power monitor associated with the appliance to obtain the current power state of the applia... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6639905 | Communication network A transmitter, for controlling at least one receiver by intermittently transmitting groups of messages. The transmitter includes a controller arranged to provide intermittently groups of messages for transmission. Each of said groups includes a plurality ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6636593 | Multiple system management point nodes using dynamically transportable logic for system configuration management A dynamic transaction network having multiple management stations, one or more terminals, and one or more databases is disclosed. The dynamic transaction network is capable of adding and removing network hosts (terminals, databases, and management station... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6630889 | Security lock control method for remote control system When an operation is performed to set a subcontroller in remote-control enable mode, the subcontroller first checks the operation mode of a main controller, then setting itself in the remote-control enable mode if the main controller is in the remote-cont... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6624757 | Shelf pricing display apparatus An electronic display strip is attached to the shelf front of retail shelves, each shelf having an address code assigned through a control computer. Display fields of variable locations and lengths within each display strip are assigned to each product on... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6601127 | Communication control apparatus and method, communication system, and program storage medium It is intended to enable control, without using personal computers, of a connection via an ATM network between devices that are connected to IEEE 1394 serial buses. When ATM addresses are assigned to IEEE 1394 serial buses that are connected to ATM/1394 b... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6571299 | System for receiving ID-codes from at least one wireless transmitter having a plurality of transmitter buttons each of them being individually programmed A wireless, remote, programmable keyboard input system for computers is provided. A single receiver is capable of simultaneous receipt of RF ID-Code transmissions from multiple remote transmitters, is plugged into the keyboard port of the central processi... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6556900 | Method and device in vehicle control system, and system for error diagnostics in vehicle The invention relates to a method of storing information in the form of signals from a control system in a vehicle, said method comprising the step of reading a signal on recurrent sampling occasions and increasing the value of a counter which represents ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6537109 | Chainable I/O termination block system A chainable I/O termination block system for connecting a programmable logic controller (PLC) or other controller to I/O signals such as sensors and control relays in an automatic tooling environment. A number of modular termination blocks (20) can be con... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6539296 | Land vehicle communications system and process for providing information and coordinating vehicle activities A communication system architecture (SA) for a vehicle which may be integrated into the vehicle's multiplexed electronic component communication system, and a process for communicating with the vehicle to provide information for and about the vehicle's op... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536716 | Conversion throttle interface for model railroads A method of providing a new control capability to a conventional current control device connected to a model railroad control system includes the use of a conversion interface devices and a throttle user interface device. The conventional current control ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6525667 | Operation indicator device and panel unit Panel units (24a to 24d) continuing an operation indicating panel (20) each have a rectangular surface S with length and width each being substantially an integral multiple of a predetermined reference size (L). The panel units (24a and 24d) are placed so... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6513554 | Yarn processing system and method to operate a yarn processing system A yarn processing system includes a yarn consuming textile machine and at least one yard feeding device, each having electric drive means and electronic control and/or monitoring means. The yarn processing system includes data transmission paths for mutua... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6486795 | Universal transmitter A universal remote control radio frequency transmitter for use with garage door operators, gate operators and other barrier movement operators is programmable through the use of external switches. The same switches are used after programming for causing t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6427101 | Land vehicle communications system and process for providing information and coordinating vehicle activities A communication system architecture (SA) for a vehicle which may be integrated into the vehicle's multiplexed electronic component communication system, and a process for communicating with the vehicle to provide information for and about the vehicle's op... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6421347 | Capability addressable network and method therefor A wireless, peer-to-peer, capability addressable network (22) is disclosed. The network (22) accommodates any number of peers (20). Network connections are formed based upon proximity between peers (20) and upon a needs and capabilities evaluation (82). W... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6392558 | 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 distributed communication bus (55). The main controller (5... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6360207 | System and method of consolidating information for display by electronic price labels A system and method of consolidating information for display which relies on codes. The system includes a database including a plurality of types of information besides price to be displayed by an electronic price label and a computer. The computer schedu... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6348875 | Message formatting, authentication, and error detection in home control systems A system communicates over electrical wiring in a house or other building. Messages between components include a group identifier code, message data, and a message authentication code (MAC) that is calculated for each message. MACs are calculated using a ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6346890 | Pager-based communications system A communications system is provided for communicating information to and from recipients scattered over wide geographic areas. A computer controlled head end communications interface adds address information to a message in accordance with who the intende... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6329908 | Addressable speaker system An addressable speaker system in which a plurality of selectively activated speakers are distributed throughout a predefined area and are connected to a central processing unit. The system contains multiple RF antennas that are capable of broadcasting and... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6330614 | Internet and related networks, a method of and system for substitute use of checksum field space in information processing datagram headers for obviating processing speed and addressing space limitations and providing other features In Internet and related networks, a method of and system for substitute use of the normal checksum field space in information processing (IP) datagram headers for obviating current processing time and addressing space limitations, involving replacing the ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6322025 | Dual-protocol locomotive control system and method An intra-train communication system includes a locomotive control unit (LCU) establishes a communications link between a lead unit and a remote unit which operate using different protocols and/or in different frequency bands. To accomplish this objective,... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6317042 | Automated emergency announcement system In response to an emergency event, an emergency announcement system (100) causes display of an escape route based upon a room location. A sensor (104) detects an emergency event. The sensor data (106) from the sensor relating to the emergency event is tra... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6310558 | Selective calling system and selective calling receiver A transmission signal frame format includes an address field and a message field. The address field includes a plurality of addresses associated with the subscriber's receivers to be called, respectively. The message field includes a plurality of messages... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6263060 | Transportable logic to facilitate a large calling card transaction network supporting dynamic changes A dynamic transaction network having a management station, a terminal, and a database. In response to a transaction request from a caller, the terminal accesses information stored in the database via transportable logic. The transportable logic derives th... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6263380 | Measurement data processing unit In a measurement data processing unit having a plurality of relaying unit to which one or more measuring device can be connected and processing means for collecting and processing the measurement data transmitted from said relaying unit, the plurality of ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 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) and a unique receiver identification (242) stored in a mem... | 07/03/2001 |
| 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 prints an itemized receipt therefor. A remote price verifi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 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 slave nodes by a polling technique using an identification num... | 05/08/2001 |
| 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 a mail acquisition demand including a group identifier, an... | 05/01/2001 |
| 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 identification in a single burst, the identification is split among ... | 04/24/2001 |
