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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310380 | Generic transmission parameter configuration A method of determining transmission parameters for a wireless transceiver is disclosed. According to the method, a state table is loaded into a transceiver. The state table includes a plurality of states, each of which has a set of transmission parameters associate... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295252 | Control apparatus of audio-visual display apparatus and the control method A control apparatus of an audio-visual display apparatus is provided, wherein only one remote control unit in a plurality of remote control units has a control right for controlling the audio-visual display apparatus, the control apparatus determines whether a signa... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7268900 | Printer formatter in a cable A printer cable that is configured for coupling to a printer having an enclosure and a printer port. The printer cable includes a first connector for connecting to the printer port and a second connector for coupling to a host device (e.g., a personal computer (PC))... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7200130 | Short range RF network configuration A network including a host device and a plurality of transceiver satellite nodes for communicating data from terminal devices interacting with the nodes, to the host. The nodes include identification codes used by the host for establishing wireless communication lin... | 04/03/2007 |
| RE39454 | Transfer of messages in a multiplexed system A method and apparatus for transmitting variable length messages on a network in fixed length slots including the provision of a source identifier field in the header of each slot, the source identifier field including a code which is uniquely associated with the me... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151820 | System for and method of detecting a connection of a text telephony (TTY) device to a mobile phone A system for and method of detecting a connection of a text telephony (TTY) device to communication device, such as, a mobile telephone. The communication device provides a TTY bearer bit to its communication network upon detecting that a TTY device is connected to ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7132807 | Model train direction control device A model train on-board microprocessor provides basic lighting and motor operation and control. A socket provides a seamless instant remote control upgrade using industry standard remote control devices. The device provides new and useful functions and features for m... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127738 | Local firewall apparatus and method A firewall that may be used in a power integrated network having a plurality of computer systems is powered by the power integrated network. To that end, the firewall includes an input module that receives data addressed to a given computer system in the power integ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7042834 | Method and system for routing communications among computer networks A method and system for determining route redistribution are disclosed. The method generally comprises receiving an information packet from a neighbor source. The information packet identifies the source as a stub router and specifies route types that the source wil... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6965946 | Method and apparatus for communication control of mobile computers in communication network systems using private IP addresses A communication control in a communication network system using a mobile computer, capable of realizing flexible address control and management for the mobile computer. When the mobile computer is located within a home network, a communication with the mobile comput... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6950657 | Method for providing multiple points of connectivity to subscribers of wireless communication networks A method for allowing a mobile of a wireless communication simultaneous access to multiple data networks coupled to the wireless communication network. A network interface is created between network controlling elements, such as Base Station Controllers, of the wire... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6545586 | Method and apparatus for establishing and using hierarchy among remotely controllable theatre devices A theatre system operating in compliance with the DMX512 protocol is also able to support remote channel assignment of the various theatre devices included therein as well as other auxiliary operating modes by establishing a device hierarchy based on uniq... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6411986 | Internet client-server multiplexer An apparatus, method and computer program product for network client-server multiplexing. The apparatus is implemented within an interface unit connecting a plurality of servers to the Internet, which is connected to a plurality of clients. According to a... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6265975 | Proximity system for baggage A communication system is provided which can be realized in a number of ways to facilitate baggage tracking and recovery. In the most rudimentary realization, the traveler receives a signal from transmitters placed in the baggage which can identify the pr... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6188666 | Restoration method for multiplexed circuits Restoration of a multiplexed circuit in a network (10) is effected in accordance with the probability of failure of that circuit determined in accordance with: (1) how many constituent circuits in the multiplexed circuit are provisioned for service; (2) h... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6097932 | Radio selective calling receiver having multiarea function and a reception restoring method A radio selective calling receiver having a multiarea function includes a reception channel reception enable/disable information storage means. In a normal operation, only a specific frame is intermittently received using a predetermined first channel. Wh... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6047164 | Method for controlling the signals of an ERMES pager A RF-signal controlling method applied for controlling the operation of a pager in an ERMES system is disclosed. By such a method, the pagers can establish a synchronization link with the base stations during the shortest time interval, and lock on the ho... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6037877 | Channel number organizer A channel organizer enables the user of a television remote control (10) using the channel up and channel down functions to define a scrolling loop of selected channels as a subset of the available channels. By entering a loop designation, scrolling is en... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5982296 | Data switching processing method and apparatus A plurality of modules, each connected to communication lines, are interconnected by a logically separated interprocessor communication bus for transferring header information and control information and a frame transfer bus for transferring data. When ea... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5955962 | Radio selective calling receiver In a radio selective calling receiver, a controller automatically writes time information and message information included in a received paging signal in a storage thereof if a particular code is included in the paging signal. If the particular code is ab... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5912628 | Signal link selection method in exchange system A signal link selection method between exchange systems having a plurality of signal links of a destination exchange comprises the steps of obtaining a total number of signal links and a total link list, obtaining a number of unavailable signal links, obt... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5898692 | Scalable bandwidth digital data switch A scalable bandwidth switch is formed from a smart data crossbar and a plurality of simple data crossbars in parallel. A data block that is inputted into the switch contains a header portion and a payload portion. The data block is multiplexed so that the... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5757276 | Communication port control system A communication port control system which controls the use of communication ports for making a communication between a main station and a plurality of sub stations, and includes a processing unit for processing data received from the sub stations, and a l... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5737690 | Method and apparatus for orienting a pluridirectional wireless interface A selective call receiver (126) automatically orients a pluridirectional wireless infrared communication interface (220) to allow directional wireless infrared communication between the pluridirectional wireless infrared communication interface (220) of t... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734651 | Transaction message routing in digital communication networks Packet messages transmitted on a packet communications network include origin and destination addresses in the form of stacked address elements which can be pushed or popped off of the stack. A plurality of interconnected packet communications network inc... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5729204 | Intelligent cable for controlling data flow A cable that allows a host device to selectively access and communicate with an associated peripheral device by establishing a data communication pathway therebetween. The host device is typically of the type arranged for generating an identifier signal d... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5710546 | Apparatus for encoding and decoding a digital radio signal A radio communication system (100) includes a system controller (102) for encoding data information to generate data messages which have periodic error protection at one or more burst error frequencies. The system controller (102) transmits one or more of... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5686898 | Paging network identification information distributed in address field A method by which a data communication receiver may recognize a specific channel comprises the steps of receiving (1605) a data stream on a first channel for a first amount of time to determine (1680) whether network identification information is included... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5680116 | Static routing system A desired static route is read from a static routing table and a polling is effected on a network connected to a terminal at regular intervals. If a normal response is issued from the network, then information about the above static route is entered in a ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5673031 | Redundant radio frequency network having a roaming terminal communication protocol A redundant network and communication protocol is disclosed having host computers, RF base stations and roaming terminals. In one embodiment, this network utilizes a polling communication protocol which, under heavy loaded conditions, requires that a roam... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5663716 | Method of avoiding signal interference among a plurality of remote control signals A transmitting and receiving system includes two or more remote controls and a single receiver, which a machine or apparatus to be controlled is equipped with. Each remote control has a proper number "i" allotted thereto, and is capable of sending a contr... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5652751 | Architecture for mobile radio networks with dynamically changing topology using virtual subnets An architecture for a radio network having nodes that are subject to dynamically changing topology such as, e.g., a mobile radio network. The network is partitioned into a number of physical subnets wherein each physical subnet includes a certain number o... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5614811 | Power line control system The present invention provides a system and a method for controlling electrical devices connected to an AC power line by means of control signals transmitted over the AC power line. The control system consists of a transmitter apparatus and a receiver app... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5610911 | Method and device for channel selection The present invention provides a method and device for channel selection for setting at least one channel among N channels as a reference channel, detecting temporal location of the reference channel in a reception side, selecting an arbitrary channel usi... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5604868 | Communication system using establishing network route A communication system using a network route establishing technique for a network having a plurality of nodes connected through links, in which a route search message is delivered simultaneously in a plurality of directions from a sender node through a ne... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5604729 | ATM communication system having a physical loop form with logical start point and end point An ATM communication system including a plurality of communication nodes connected in a loop form by buses, buffers disposed in each communication node, a synchronizing pulse generation circuit for conducting cell demultiplexing of all communication nodes... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5600310 | Serial bus control for appliances A household appliance having a serial bus control system includes a system controller, a plurality of slave nodes, and a serial bus connector. Each slave node is a sensor, an actuator, or the like, that is coupled to the serial bus connector and is respon... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5574440 | RF switching with remote controllers dedicated to other devices Apparatus and method for switching between two input sources to a television receiver and/or video recording device. Switching may be carried out with a conventional remote control otherwise dedicated to the video recorder or television receiver by holdin... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5566347 | Multiple interface driver circuit for a peripheral storage device A multiple interface driver circuit for transmitting data in a channel according to one of several different signal protocols. In the exemplary embodiment, two separate bus driver circuits are connected to a common output terminal and may be selected unde... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5553241 | Connection-oriented communication system with communication path re-establishment mechanism A connection-oriented communication system capable of realizing the communication path re-establishment automatically, without requiring the programming of the procedures for the re-establishment of the communication path in the mutually communicating pro... | 09/03/1996 |
