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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5551046 | Method for non-hierarchical lock management in a multi-system shared data environment In a combination of multiple concurrently-executing database management systems which share data storage resources, efficient lock processing for shared data is implemented by hiding from a global lock manager the distinction between transaction-interest ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551047 | Method for distributed redundant execution of program modules A method for organizing and programming distributed computer systems in which processors are connected via interconnection or communication networks, such that even if many cases of hardware and software faults occur within the processors or within the ne... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551048 | Ring based distributed communication bus for a multiprocessor network A method for providing communication between a plurality of nodes coupled in a ring arrangement, wherein a plurality of the nodes comprise processors each having a cache memory for storing a subset of shared data. Each of the nodes on the ring deposits da... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551049 | Thesaurus with compactly stored word groups A thesaurus receives a word and uses a word list to obtain a corresponding number. The corresponding number is then compared with numbers grouped in sequence to represent synonym groups. For each match, information about the group including the matching n... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551050 | System and method using synchronized processors to perform real time internal monitoring of a data processing device A system and method for real time internal bus monitoring of a data processing device is disclosed. A plurality of processors having address outputs, data lines, and clocks are connected to a synchronizing circuit to lock the clocks of the processors in p... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551051 | Isolated multiprocessing system having tracking circuit for verifyng only that the processor is executing set of entry instructions upon initiation of the system controller program A computer (20) includes a hardware memory access enforcer (50) to insure that various independent programs (52, 54) operating on the computer (20) follow isolated processing rules. Each program has its own memory domain (56), which may extend across inst... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551052 | Data bus protocol for high speed chip to chip data transfer A protocol for communication through a bus controller to control data transfers between a host processing platform and the data bus of a bit map printer. This protocol is optimized for a data bus which connects a number of ASIC accelerator cards in additi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551053 | System and Method for assigning addresses to I/O devices in a control network and for verifying the assigned address of the devices A method and system is provided for assigning addresses to input/output (I/O) devices in a control network, and for verifying addresses assigned to the I/O devices. The system comprises a logic controller providing memory into which a connectivity map may... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551054 | Page mode buffer controller for transferring Nb byte pages between a host and buffer memory without interruption except for refresh According to the principles of this invention, a disk drive includes a page mode buffer memory controller that is used to control transfer of data from and to a buffer memory. The page mode buffer memory controller transfers a page of Nb data bytes from t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551055 | System for providing locale dependent user interface for presenting control graphic which has different contents or same contents displayed in a predetermined order A method and apparatus for updating an application to conform to unique requirements of a specific locale. The update involves language translation, graphic substitution, and interface element reorientation. For example, the text used in labels, titles, a... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551056 | Method for securing the operation of a telecommunications network in a cellular radio system and a base station arrangement A method for securing the operation of a telecommunications network in a cellular radio system, in which telecommunications network base stations are connected in series in such a way that at least one base station serves as a repeater for telecommunicati... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551057 | Cellular mobile radio system power control The present invention discloses a method of and apparatus for regulating the power of signals transmitted by transmitting units, such as mobiles or base stations, that are using the same channel in a cellular radio system. An iterative process is disclose... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551058 | Method and system for intelligent cell selection using location data in cellular systems A cellular communication system projects multiple cells throughout a user area. Subscriber units (24) encounter multiple cells as they roam through the user area or as the cells migrate past the subscriber unit (24). When a subscriber unit (24) encounters... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551059 | Method and system for intelligent cell selection using doppler data in cellular systems A cellular communication system projects multiple cells throughout a user area. Subscriber units (24) encounter multiple cells as they roam through the user area or as the cells migrate past the subscriber unit (24). When a subscriber unit (24) encounters... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551060 | Structure of cells within a mobile communication system A re-use partition of cells in a mobile communication system has an outer cell (30) and an inner cell (20) which is provided in the outer cell (30). An interval of cells using the same channel or the same frequency in the inner cells is shorter than an in... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551061 | Apparatus and method in a radio communication system for distinguishing an identifier of a nearby transmitter from that of a more distant transmitter An apparatus and a method in a radio communication system repeatedly transmit and receive identifiers including a nearby identifier received by a radio receiver from a nearby transmitter, and distant identifiers received from more distant transmitters. Th... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551062 | Method for enhancing communication access in a radio communication system A multi-site communication system (100) includes a plurality of communication units ( 112-117), a central controller (101) for coupling a plurality of communication sites (106-108), and a site controller (103) corresponding to one of the communication sit... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551063 | Method and apparatus for establishing a private conversation for more than two mobile units in a trunked system A method for establishing a private group conversation includes the step of sending a message from a first radio requesting that an exclusive channel be established with a second radio (step 302). Once the exclusive channel has been established, either on... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551064 | Method and apparatus for communication unit frequency assignment A method and apparatus for establishing frequency assignments for a fixed radio communication unit of plural fixed radio communication units coupled via a controller. A controller functions to have the communication unit measure transmitted signal strengt... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551065 | Wireless solar entertainment system This invention comprises a consumer electronics entertainment system with a transmitter and a wireless headphone receiver with matching frequency reception. It is particularly adapted for use by joggers, runners, walkers picnickers, sunbathers or other mo... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551066 | Network link controller for dynamic designation of master nodes A link controller for use in a node of a network includes a digital controller (102) that employs a knowledge-based control program (103). The device and method provide flexible master node designation, automatic installation, configuration and reconfigur... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551067 | Amplifier control system A method of controlling an external radio frequency amplifier of a radio telephone and a control system therefore. The power amplifier of the transmission side of the radio frequency amplifier is controlled to turn on and off, on the basis of at least one... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551068 | Method and apparatus for communication variable length messages between register modeled radio devices A radio system (100) includes a plurality of addressable processors (150, 180, and 200). A communication link (230) interconnects the addressable processors (150, 180, and 200). The communication between the addressable processors is conducted via a first... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551069 | Radio apparatus having a combined antenna and clip A radio apparatus, particularly a radio telephone has an antenna which, rather than extending away from the housing of the apparatus, is bent around the housing to overlap it in a clip-like formation. The antenna acts as a fixed antenna to receive and tra... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551070 | Cartesian multicarrier feedback A system for transmission of combined, multi-carrier signals wherein combiner/filters, commonly called combiners, have been eliminated. A cartesian feedback loop linearizes the system and thereby suppresses carrier frequency intermodulation by feeding bac... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551071 | Channel sorting scanning receiver A scan receiving system comprising an antenna circuit, a radio-frequency reception circuit connected to the antenna circuit and for converting a received radio-frequency signal into an audio-frequency signal, an audio-frequency circuit connected to the ra... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551072 | Reception field detection apparatus A reception field detection apparatus includes a field intensity detection circuit, a correction value setting circuit, an adder, and a first converter. The field intensity detector generates a first digital signal representing a value corresponding to th... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551073 | Authentication key entry in cellular radio system A mobile station is disclosed which may be operated in both a set-up programming mode and in an authentication key programming mode. The authentication key programming mode may be invoked through a series of keystrokes on a keypad in the mobile station. T... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551074 | Balanced reflection transformer A mixer comprising four FET transistors in a MMIC, a reflection transformer having tri-filar windings, an IF balun, an RF balun, a local oscillator balun, a pair of load resistors, a pair of series resistors, and a pair of series capacitors. The mixer is ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551075 | Semiconductor device including a plurality of interconnected functional integrated circuit blocks operating at high and ultrahigh frequencies, each having a DC distribution line A semiconductor device including a plurality of interconnected functional blocks of integrated circuits, which include at least an amplifier block, the blocks operating at high and ultrahigh frequencies and having different frequencies with each block com... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551076 | Circuit and method of series biasing a single-ended mixer A mixer circuit (10) combines a buffered RF signal with the LO signal at the gate of a mixing transistor (20) for providing sum and difference product terms as the IF output signal. An inductor (46) provides a DC signal path between the source of the mixi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551077 | Portable telephone equipment with condition restoration After recovery from a power failure in a main power source, if it is a short break, recovery time is obtained from a built-in clock and the period of the short break is calculated from this recovery time and the time when the short break occurred. If the ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551078 | Apparatus and method for minimizing the turn on time for a receiver operating in a discontinuous receive mode An apparatus and a method for minimizing the turn on time for a receiver operating in a discontinuous receive mode. In a communication unit the receiver receives a signal (118) having desirable data (word A) and undesirable data (word B). The receiver (10... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551079 | Radio pager holster assembly A holster assembly for retaining a radio pager or data receiver including a clip fixed to the assembly having a first position for resiliently clamping the holster assembly to an article of clothing and another stable open position for supporting the asse... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5551080 | Radio frequency connector A communication device (200) includes an antenna nut (308) which can accommodate an antenna (204) or an antenna connector (100) without any internal switching mechanism. The antenna connector (100) includes a threaded center stud (102) that is coupled to ... | 08/27/1996 |
