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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188851 | Wake-up system and method for an electronic apparatus An electronic device may include a wireless transceiver for establishing a wireless interface with a wireless transceiver of another device. The electronic device may further include a wake-up assembly including a permanent magnet that generates a magnet field and a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183994 | Flexible, scalable, service-oriented surveillance system architecture A surveillance architecture having applications in a wide variety of surveillance-related applications is disclosed. This architecture can be used in various surveillance scenarios, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, radiological surveillance and p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8130093 | Repeater providing data exchange with a medical device for remote patient care and method thereof A repeater providing data exchange with a medical device for remote patient care and method thereof are provided. The repeater includes a transmission device configured to send the data over a wireless medium to a data repository and a processing device configured t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8106764 | System and a method for remote monitoring customer security systems There is provided a system for remote monitoring a plurality of security systems connected to the Internet, the security systems being assigned dynamic IP addresses, each of the security systems comprising a remote monitoring server module, the system comprising a c... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8063766 | Emergency alert information based upon subscriber location A subscriber of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) receiving an EAS alert message can obtain additional information based upon the location of the subscriber. The additional information can include information pertaining to available shelter, medical facilities, the l... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8040234 | Method and apparatus for remote service of an appliance An appliance network has a service key accessory to facilitate remote diagnosis and service of an appliance. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7999667 | Vehicle health management system A method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing health management data for a vehicle. A plurality of modulated signals is received on a bus system in the vehicle. The plurality of modulated signals contains health management data from a plurality of... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7986226 | Remote output system and method An ambient condition monitoring system includes a plurality of detectors such as smoke detectors, gas detectors, or fire detectors. Each of the detectors has two sets of input/output ports. One port can communicate with a system control unit. The second port can com... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978059 | System and method for monitoring and controlling remote devices The present invention is generally directed to a system for monitoring a variety of environmental and/or other conditions within a defined remotely located region. Such a system may be configured to monitor utility meters in a defined area. The system is implemented... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969297 | System and method for determining positioning information via modulated light Light sources are affixed at appropriate positions in a multilevel structure or in an obstructed environment. The light sources generate modulated light signals, such as controlled light-emitting diodes, which identify the positions of the light sources by their thr... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961089 | Transmission of data to emergency response personnel Emergency equipment stations (e.g., fire extinguisher stations, fire alarm pull stations, defibrillator stations, etc.) distributed throughout a facility monitor one or more internal or external conditions (e.g., ambient air temperature near the station, presence of... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7928840 | Method and system for preventing loss or theft using wireless PAN or LAN A method and system of preventing a loss/theft of a surveillance target including a mobile device using a wireless personal area network (PAN) or a wireless local area network (LAN) which can receive, from the mobile device included in the surveillance target via a ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7902975 | Server system for remote monitoring A server system for remote monitoring includes a wireless communication interface, a processor, and a storage device. The wireless communication interface receives at least one data packet over wireless communications from a remote monitoring system. The processor p... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7843325 | Wireless sensor network context data delivery system and method A system has a sensing device for detecting a signal and logic that monitors the signal for an event. Further, upon receiving information indicating the event has occurred, the logic is further configured to transmit event data indicative of the event to a controlle... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843326 | Forward illumination headgear with personal rescue system The disclosed system provides headgear, i.e., a Firefighter Helmet, with forward illumination that also acts as a personal rescue detection system for quickly finding a downed of lost firefighter. More specifically, the headgear includes a forward illuminating light... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7791467 | Repeater providing data exchange with a medical device for remote patient care and method thereof A repeater providing data exchange with a medical device for remote patient care and method thereof are provided. A plurality of interfaces include a medical device interface interconnected with a medical device, a wireless interface coupled to a wireless medium, an... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7768390 | Method for transmitting sensor data in sensor network including pair node Provided is a method for transmitting sensing information in a wireless sensor network including a pair node. The method for transmitting sensing information in a wireless sensor network including a sink node, parent nodes, and sensor nodes set as pair nodes among s... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768388 | Methods and apparatus for providing notifications in a media system A system to convey user alert messages is disclosed. The system may have a alert service coupled between alert providers and a number of households. After receiving in the alert service an alert message from an alert provider, the alert service may alter the alert m... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768389 | Wireless user input device providing host link indication A wireless interface device services communications between a wirelessly enabled host and at least one user input device. The wireless interface device includes a wireless interface unit, a processing unit, an input/output unit, and may include a power management un... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7741966 | Proximity detection apparatus A proximity detection apparatus for a control unit for use in controlling a medical device, the proximity detection apparatus comprising: a detecting part and an emitting part; one part being located in the medical device and the other part in the control unit, so t... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7737838 | Method and apparatus for transmission of wireless signals in a mobile platform There is provided a method and system for communicating a signal output from a wireless sensor to a processor on a mobile platform upon interruption of wireless communications with the processor. The wireless sensor is signally connected to a local processor operati... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7683776 | Server system for remote monitoring A server system for remote monitoring includes a wireless communication interface, a processor, and a storage device. The wireless communication interface receives at least one data packet over wireless communications from a remote monitoring system. The processor p... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7671731 | Warning system for a building with evaluation units A warning system for buildings has evaluation units embodied as freely-programmable control units, and the evaluation units have at least one first interface with a building security bus, the evaluation units also have second interfaces for furnishing a high data tr... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671730 | Automated computerized alarm system An automatic alarm system has an alarm device having a sensor and a telephone having a telephone number. The telephone may be wireless. When the sensor senses a predetermined environmental indicator, the alarm device calls a receiver in a location separate from the ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7663480 | Wire emulation through a network for propagation of failure information An optical transponder, system, method, and program wherein the transponder monitors for at least one of a failure or an alarm signal. In response to detecting a failure or alarm signal (communication), the transponder performs at least one of a predetermined action... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7649452 | Protection of control networks using a one-way link A method for monitoring a process includes receiving a signal from a sensor that is indicative of a physical attribute associated with the process and transmitting data indicative of the received signal over a one-way link. The transmitted data received from the one... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7626496 | Negative feedback loop for defect management of plant protection ticket screening This is a method for use in automated screening of tickets for plant protection based on negative feedback from past performance. In particular this invention provides an automated screening process that takes a dig ticket address from a ticket request and correlate... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7612661 | Dynamic messages Systems and methods that dynamically generates alarms in real time are disclosed. An interface component receives instructions for generating alarms. A builder component dynamically creates alarms in real time based on instructions received and information stored on... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7583189 | Methods for managing remote devices over an instant messaging network and systems thereof A method and system for managing one or more devices includes identifying at least one condition related to one of one or more devices to initiate an instant message communication between one of the one or more devices and one of one or more computing systems. An in... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7561038 | Telemetry system In a remote monitoring system, a supervision terminal (37) monitors the status of the communication link (32, 34, 36) between the supervision terminal and each of a plurality of remote terminals (33) connected to the supervision terminal via a d... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7554437 | Real-time room occupancy monitoring system A room occupancy monitoring system monitors the occupancy status of a plurality of rooms and collects and displays the room occupancy information in real time. The room occupancy monitoring system includes a plurality of room occupancy sensor devices and a server. E... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7522036 | Integrated power and environmental monitoring electrical distribution system A power and environmental monitoring system includes a power distribution unit, a power monitoring system including an internal sensor for monitoring power consumption characteristics of power supplied to equipment coupled with the power distribution unit, an enviro... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7477145 | Airport operations monitoring system A system for monitoring aircraft/airport operations includes a controller operatively coupled to a network, a data storage device comprising flight information data that is operatively coupled to the network, a data storage device comprising gate information data th... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7463141 | CASS (computer alarm security software) The software configurations of a personal computer allow it to provide portable home security to poor American families and small business owners. When a security breach is detected, a wave file out of the computer speakers serves as a detection alarm to the intrude... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7449999 | Security system interface module An alarm interface module is described that permits an alarm monitoring system to be operational through an existing wide area network (WAN) modem that is linked to an existing local area network (LAN) system wherein the alarm interface module has a first LAN port c... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446654 | Monitored voltage inverter for security system A monitored voltage inverter for a security system is disclosed. A voltage inverter is coupled to the power supply of the control panel which can provide AC power to the network hardware devices. The voltage inverter converts the DC voltage of a back-up power supply... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7436297 | System and method for protecting networked security devices A system for protecting a plurality of networked security devices is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of connectors, a plurality of security containers coupled together by the plurality of connectors, and a plurality of sensors, whereby at least one sensor... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432803 | Wireless control system and method thereof A wireless control system and a method for controlling devices (e.g., luminaires, dimmers, effects devices, stepper motors, and the like) used in entertainment lighting applications is disclosed. Embodiments disclose a modular transceiver utilizing a wireless broadc... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433648 | System and a node used in the system for wireless communication and sensory monitoring A system is provided for communication and sensory monitoring. The system comprises a plurality of nodes installed as a network in a structure. Each of the plurality of nodes comprises an internode transceiver for wireless communication between nodes, a wireless net... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423532 | Determination of wheel sensor position using a single radio frequency detector in an automotive remote tire monitor system A tire monitor system employs a single RF detector mounted on the vehicle. The tire monitor system also includes a control unit and a receiver. The single RF detector is positioned to be proximate a front axle or a rear axle. The RF detector also may be positioned o... | 09/09/2008 |
