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| 8179288 | Method and apparatus for reporting a missile threat to a commercial aircraft An automatic system is provided for alerting ground personnel as to the existence of a threat to commercial aircraft in which the threat is determined by a classified system, but in which the local area network employed by the military missile warning is isolated fr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7990287 | Ultrasonic drag modulation Drag experienced by a vehicle travelling through an environmental media, such as air, is actively modulated by an energy beam which may either increase or decrease the drag. The energy beam may provide either a chemical, acoustic, or electromagnetic energy at a tran... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7924174 | System for controlling a lighting level of a lamp in a multi-zone environment System for controlling a lighting level of a lamp in a multi-zone environment. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7898439 | Bicycle rental system and station A bicycle rental system and automated station that may be integrated with an automobile parking payment and management system. Users may pay for parking and/or rent and pickup bicycles at the station. The station has a meter, bicycle docks, and power plant. Transact... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7830277 | Method and apparatus for providing intrinsic information in mobile communication terminal A method and apparatus for providing and displaying information generated with a bar code and stored within a mobile communication terminal for easy recognition is provided. The method of providing intrinsic information in a mobile communication terminal includes ve... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7755519 | Ultrasonic communication and drag modification A vehicle traveling through an environmental media such as air experiences drag. The drag is actively modulated by energy beams which may either increase or decrease the drag. The energy beams may provide either a chemical, acoustic or electromagnetic energy at a tr... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7589647 | Computing device antenna identification system and method A portable computing device antenna identification system comprises an antenna configured to be disposed in the portable computing device, the antenna having a sensor connector uniquely configured to transmit a signal indicative of an identity of the antenna. ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7450030 | Method for authorisation in a telematic centre using two databases containing data characterising the motor vehicle or a mobile radio connection A telematics service in a motor vehicle is provided by a mobile radio link between a telematics controller in the motor vehicle and an external telematics center. The telematics center is provided with data which identifies the motor vehicle from a first database an... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7358863 | Double barrel chemical seeking sidewinder gun devices A large side vandal and weather resistant sign, capable of displaying images from several components, including a video cassette with tapes or video disc and other component parts for broadcasting command directions and to provide information. The sign system, with ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352282 | Communication system A communication system includes a power line, a plurality of PLC networks connected to the power line in common, and an electronic control unit for controlling an electric equipment, connected to the power line between the PLC networks. The electronic control unit i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7324550 | Scan tool can adapter An apparatus and method for data communication is provided to use with existing or future scan tool. The apparatus is an adapter that couples with the scan tool and a communication network interface on a vehicle. The adapter allows CAN communication or other communi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7301738 | Method and apparatus for minimally invasive network monitoring A method and apparatus for monitoring a communication network is provided. The network includes a plurality of node electronics units communicatively coupled to at least one central control processing unit through at least one network wherein each network includes a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302315 | Method and system for remotely inventorying electronic modules installed in a vehicle The invention provides a method and system for remotely inventorying electronic modules installed in a vehicle. A vehicle telematics unit sends an identification request to at least one electronic module. The telematics unit receives at least one electronic module i... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295098 | Systems and methods for providing theft protection in a machine Methods and systems may provide theft protection in one or more work machines. Methods and systems may control one or more operational systems and may provide and manage varying levels of access to work machines. Methods and systems may react to override attempts in... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292144 | Apparatus and method for contact-less switching An apparatus and method for use with a railroad dragging equipment detecting (DED) system that detects objects hanging from and dragged beneath a train as the train travels along rails of a railroad track. A generator supplies a first signal and is coupled to a magn... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280900 | Technical virtual advisor A system and method for managing technical services within a mobile vehicle communications system. The method describes receiving a request for technical services from a telematics device, determining a technical service action based on the received request for tech... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277295 | Industrial ethernet switch According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a housing having a front side and a bottom side adjacent the front side. The apparatus also includes a plurality of light generating devices each operable to generate light in response to operation ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272982 | Gathering data concerning publication usage Methods and systems for measuring and gathering data relating to publication usage by participants in publication readership studies. Some methods and systems employ portable monitors carried by participants of the studies along with publications fitted with various... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268690 | Industrial ethernet switch According to one embodiment of the invention a rugged Ethernet switch includes a housing and a passive cooling system associated with the housing and being devoid of fans as operable to cool the Ethernet switch. Ethernet switch also includes software operable to per... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265309 | Button assembly of control panel assembly A button assembly of a control panel assembly, which includes buttons each enabling execution of a selected operation of a drum washing machine when pressed, is disclosed. The button assembly includes a control panel provided with a plurality of button holes, a prin... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260608 | Graphical user interface for an appliance network A graphical user interface is disclosed for use with an appliance network. To improve understanding of the network, the interface includes a metaphorical representation of a connected appliance that is animated to metaphorically simulate an activity related to the a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250862 | Dynamic display of RFID and sensor data Systems, methods and computer program products, implementing techniques for automatic data acquisition and the real-time display of automatically acquired data. A system implementing the techniques includes one or more automatic data acquisition devices that emit da... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7224170 | Fault monitoring in a distributed antenna system A method and system for detecting whether an antenna is property connected to a distributed antenna network. The current drawn by the antenna is measured and compared against an expected current draw or reference level. The measured level of current drawn by the ant... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213046 | System and method for providing efficient and secure data exchange using strip information elements A system and method for using strip information elements to provide secure data exchange and efficient bandwidth utilization is presented. When a person attends an event, an agent is downloaded into the persons' handheld device. The agent receives and manages strip ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200510 | Measurement control apparatus including interface circuits A measurement control apparatus designed to automatically select an interface circuit compatible with a measurement controlled object without error. A measurement control processor outputs interface setting data for setting one interface circuit compatible with the ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193532 | Means and method of providing information to a law enforcement officer regarding a stopped vehicle A law enforcement officer involved in a traffic stop is provided with a compact disc containing data and a software program which permits the officer to obtain information regarding possible hiding places in a vehicle that has been stopped. The information involves ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7171345 | System and method for simulating an input to a telematics system A system and method for simulating a component in a telematics system is described. The system and method includes a simulating a component and a establishing a communication link between the simulated component and a corresponding carlet in a telematics control uni... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154401 | Method and apparatus for assessing the integrity of a jewellery setting There is provided a method for assessing the integrity of grip of a stone in a jewellery setting having plural gripping claws to grip said stone, the method comprising heating the stone; measuring conductive transfer of heat from the stone to each of said plural gri... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7119291 | Touch pad device for portable computer A touch pad device for a portable computer includes a key deck (20); a touch region (24) formed on a portion of the key deck (20); penetration portions (28) extending through the key deck (20) while being adjacent to the touch regi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7098812 | Operator identifying device An operator identifying device for a vehicle with an operating section located between driver's and non-driver's seats includes a photographing section and an image processing section. The photographing section is configured to obtain image data of a prescribed regi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092799 | Method and system for remotely inventorying electronic modules installed in a vehicle The invention provides a method and system for remotely inventorying electronic modules installed in a vehicle. A vehicle telematics unit sends an identification request to at least one electronic module. The telematics unit receives at least one electronic module i... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7067986 | Frequency controlled lighting system A method and apparatus for illuminating lighting elements in one or more predetermined patterns. A preferred frequency controlled lighting system implementing this method includes a motion switch, a controller, and lighting elements. The motion switch creates an act... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068180 | Celestial object location device A hand-held electronic celestial object-locating device assists in identifying a celestial object or directing a user to a desired celestial object. The device is useful for locating or identifying any celestial object including stars, constellations, planets, comet... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047198 | Audio input device and method of controlling the same An audio input device calculates respective degrees of coincidence between a user's vocalizations and recognition terms in a voice dictionary by speech recognition and extracts a recognition term having the highest degree of coincidence from the voice dictionary. Fu... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7030733 | Power supply for phantom-feed LAN connected device using spare-pair powering A system for providing power to a local area network LAN connected device via spare wire pairs from a phantom feed LAN, the system comprising a first connector for connecting to the LAN connected device; a second connector for connecting to a LAN hub; and means for ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7012525 | Sanitary security sock system A plurality of socks each has a closed end, an open end and an intermediate extent there between. Each sock has an elastomeric pad. The pads each have an upper face in secure contact to the intermediate extent. The pads each have a lower face with projections in row... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6995691 | Bonded structure using reacted borosilicate mixture Environmental sensors and other bodies, together with associated lead wires, are mounted to a oxidizable substrate for high temperature applications by means of a reacted borosilicate mixture (RBM) that secures the body relative to the substrate via of an oxide inte... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993351 | Method and system for communicating with a quiescent mobile vehicle The invention provides a method for accessing a quiescent mobile vehicle using a wireless communication system. A vehicle communication device is placed into a discontinuous-receive mode. The vehicle communication device is periodically awakened to a service-ready m... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992599 | Terminal adapter for connecting a terminal to a computer local area network capable of identifying any of several terminal types A terminal adapter connects a terminal to a computer local area network capable of identifying any of several terminal types by detecting the presence of a particular identifier electronic circuit specific to one type, even though the terminal does not include any s... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6985069 | Remote control with status indicator A remote control for controlling consumer electronic devices and/or PC's. The remote control including a progress/status indicator for indicating the status of a download process or the status of an e-wallet. ... | 01/10/2006 |
