Quotables
"Transmission of documents via telephone wires is possible in principle, but the apparatus required is so expensive that it will never become a practical proposition."
Dennis Gabor, British physicist
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184785 | Elevator monitor system In an elevator monitoring system, an operation monitoring device receives operating condition data from a group management control device, and causes a monitor to display operating conditions of a plurality of elevators. An interphone base unit is connected to the o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7949110 | Distributed architecture for IP-based telemetry services A system and method are described whereby an IP telemetry gateway is hosted by an MVNO in order to relay the telemetry information between remote devices located in an IP network and telemetry servers operated by legacy telemetry customers. In an embodiment, the IP ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940901 | Remote management of products and services The present integrated system—method and remote management devices for services and products that are mainly provided by public utility companies, is primarily based on monitoring the consumption of the product. Both the organisation as well as the clients are pro... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7869582 | Remote garage door monitoring system An apparatus and methods for implementing a garage door monitoring system coupled to a garage door opener. The door monitoring system allow a user to actuate the door under control via a network connection. In at least one embodiment, the door monitoring system is c... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7751540 | “Always-on” telemetry system and method A telemetry system includes at least one telemetry communication device for handling security event information available to the telemetry communication device. The system also includes a central host device, and an “always on” network, such as the Internet, com... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7653186 | System and method for event communication correlation A system, method, and apparatus method for receiving one or more communications from a remote terminal, transmitted via a telephone exchange, the communications comprising telemetry data and voice data; selecting a call center from a plurality of call centers to rec... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7558382 | Monitoring service personnel An approach for monitoring interaction between individuals engaged in a communication session is disclosed. The individuals are described herein as a customer service representative and a customer and the communication session is accomplished over a communication ne... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7545919 | Telematic system with an automatic reconnection support The system (1) according to the invention is arranged to support an automatic informing of callers (S1, S2, . . . , SN) upon an event of an interrupt in a telecommunication line engaged with a receiving station (4) according to a telecomm... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7460655 | Picture phone monitor system Picture telephone monitoring system in which a picture telephone (14) in a monitoring side and another picture telephone (18) in an operating side are connected to each other, and the picture telephone (14) is connected to an operation console (... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457399 | Sensing device for monitoring conditions at a remote location and method therefor The present invention is for a sensing device that monitors the conditions of a remote location. The device has a detecting means which detects the conditions at the remote location; a transmitting module that reads and remotely transmits information containing the ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7418088 | Monitoring and control module A method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling one or more aspects of one or more communication devices. In one embodiment the communication device is configured to transmit and receive packets of data via a packet-switched network. In one configuration the m... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7379542 | Methods and systems for remote management of networked devices A remote device includes a device unit having a communications network interface. A management module is in communication with the device unit, and the management module is connectable to a powered copper network. The management module operates a management communic... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376118 | System and method for optimizing contiguous channel operation with cellular reuse A method for communicating with automatic meter reading (AMR) endpoints in adjacent cells, when the endpoints are arranged in a cell pattern similar to a cellular telephone system, is disclosed that substantially reduces the likelihood of signal interference. A Fram... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363031 | System for monitoring and controlling a set of household appliances A system for monitoring and controlling a set of power users, in particular household appliances, which users (U) are connected to a first communication network (RE) through appropriate interfacing means (N) for the exchange of information and/or instructions, where... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350626 | Power-on-reset of elevator controllers An elevator (9) includes remote elevator monitoring equipment (10) connected by a communication linkage (12) to a central elevator monitoring and control station (11). Main, drive, and door controllers (16-18) are interconne... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339466 | Power line communication system with system member identification An electric power line communication system operates with an electric power distribution system to provide, via premises power distribution lines, communication links among power line communication devices associated with the premises power distribution lines. A sen... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324825 | Remote telemetry device The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to digital data communication systems, and more particularly, the systems and methods relate to systems and methods for facilitating digital communication between a modem equipped meter and a central data acquisition s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319974 | Vehicle parking management method The invention concerns a method for managing vehicle pay parking, using at least a time recording machine connected to a parking server. The invention is characterised in that since said time recording machine and mobile telephones are quipped with short-distance co... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7320019 | Method and apparatus for automatically checking e-mail addresses in outgoing e-mail communications The present invention provides a system and method for detecting incorrect e-mail addresses in outgoing e-mail communications. In a first embodiment, a domain name database creates a table of domain names by automatically storing the domain names of e-mail addresses... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317952 | Managing field devices having different device description specifications in a process control system According to an aspect of the present invention, device descriptions specified using different device description (DD) specifications are converted (represented) into a single format. In an embodiment, the single format corresponds to extended markup language (XML).... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313231 | Methods, apparatus and computer program products for routing phone calls to a PSTN or a packet switched network based on called number A phone call is selectively routed to a public switched telephone network or to a packet switched network based on a called number to which the phone call is directed. A phone call may be made as a Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol call through, for example, the Internet... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7280643 | Audio status communication from an embedded device An embedded device configured to provide an audio status output is disclosed. The embedded device includes a processor, an input button in electronic communication with the processor and a speaker in electronic communication with the processor for outputting an audi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269254 | Integrated driver circuitry A linear amplifier architecture includes first, second, and third stages. The first stage is a transconductance stage. The third stage is a current amplification stage. The second stage is an interfacing stage between the first and third stages. The interfacing stag... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269157 | System and method to assure network service levels with intelligent routing A method and system for maintaining a traffic service level for data communicated by a computer network having a source. The computer network is connected to at least one of many networks, where each of the many networks includes a number of paths for transporting t... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255100 | Electronic gas cooktop control with simmer system and method thereof An electronically activated gas cooktop control system, responsive to a touch-sensitive user interface, and capable of providing a predetermined range of cooking and simmer levels of BTU output, has two complementary heating modes of operation A first heating mode o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249505 | Flexible scheduler for a cellular reporting system A tank level monitoring system is provided. The system comprises a monitor and a data center. The monitor is operatively connected to the tank to periodically monitor a level of product stored in the tank. The monitor includes a user-defined reporting schedule progr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243174 | System and method for communicating with an appliance through an optical interface using a control panel indicator The invention is a communication management module for effectively controlling an optical interface that uses a control panel indicator in an appliance for communication. The module includes a physical, framing, transport, dispatch, and application layers. The modul... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243151 | Home gateway apparatus A home gateway apparatus that can control the power in each current carrying unit, and lower the power consumption is provided; by dividing the apparatus into a first system that has a minimum function to connect with the Internet, and a second system that has neces... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237019 | Apparatus for notifying a system administrator or an operator of reception of a message containing monitored information in a manner selected according to user situation In a message notification apparatus, message-type information defining one or more types of messages of which an operator is to be notified, and notification-manner information defining at least one manner in which the operator is to be notified of reception of each... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221746 | Sensing method for monitoring conditions for a remote location The present invention is for a sensing device that monitors the conditions of a remote location. The device has a detecting means which detects the conditions at the remote location; a transmitting module that reads and remotely transmits information containing the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218612 | Network synchronization A network arrangement uses a poll select control protocol and a loop back arrangement at each node for equalizing transmission delay from each node to a central station. Delays at each node can be adjusted to start timing in response to a broadcast signal indicating... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209980 | Method and system for interpreting device control commands A multimedia system includes an information handling system, and a plurality of multimedia devices operatively and electrically connected to a computer of the system. Software modules residing in computer memory interpret control commands. This includes receiving a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7183507 | Appliance having a timer A timer for an appliance is activated by the appliance user to display elapsed time on a time display device mounted on and/or integral with the appliance. The timer may be initialized by a separate initialization mechanism or simultaneously with the user activating... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181291 | Method and apparatus and control system for controlling household appliances A method and an apparatus for controlling a household appliance controlled using an internal control unit, and also a control system that improves current control of the household appliances includes connecting the household appliance to a local area network and, fo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7155652 | Digital signal processing for real time classification of failure bitmaps in integrated circuit technology development A system and method for processing tester information is provided having a system-under-test. A pattern is written to the system-under-test, and a pattern is read therefrom. The pattern written is then compared to the pattern read from the system-under-test. The sig... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7130664 | User-based signal indicator for telecommunications device and method of remotely notifying a user of an incoming communications signal incorporating the same The present invention provides a remote notification device in electronic communication with a user's personal communication device that alerts the user that the personal communication device is receiving an incoming telecommunications signal. A user who is not in o... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123370 | Control system and units removably attachable to the same A control system having device units removably attachable to a control device such as a computer is arranged to optimize the allocation and distribution of electric power to the device units and also displays of varied kinds. For this purpose, each device unit of th... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110778 | Remote telemetry device The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to digital data communication systems, and more particularly, the systems and methods relate to systems and methods for facilitating digital communication between a modem equipped meter and a central data acquisition s... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106636 | Partitionable memory device, system, and method A nonvolatile memory device may include circuitry to support the partitioning of the memory into two or more logical partitions. The two or more logical partitions may be accessible by two or more separate interfaces with different characteristics. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089322 | System and method of aggregating data from a plurality of data generating machines A system and method for collecting and aggregating data from a plurality of data generating machines. The system includes a plurality of data generating machines each having a transceiver for transmitting data pertaining to a monitored sales event of each of the plu... | 08/08/2006 |
