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Document | Title | Date |
20080211656 | 911 Emergency light - Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for generating emergency alerts. A communication is processed from a calling communications address to an emergency response communications address. A profile is associated to the calling communications address and to the emergency response communications address. A physical address associated with the calling communications address is retrieved, and an emergency alert control signal is generated. The emergency alert control signal is sent that activates an emergency alert at the physical address. | 09-04-2008 |
20080246597 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN EVENT REMINDER - A product event timer for use with a consumer product is provided that includes a housing; timer circuitry incorporated with the housing, which includes a countdown timer; and a sensory signal coupled to the timer circuitry and activated upon receiving an activation signal from the timer circuitry; where a user is signaled to interact with the consumer product upon activation of the sensory signal. | 10-09-2008 |
20090009316 | FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF A CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WRITING SURFACE - A portable functional unit having a main body and a consumer electronic device coupled to the main body. The main body includes an erasable writing surface, a physical storage compartment for storing articles used with the white board surface, a first service port for selective communication of data, and a second service port for selective communication of power. The main body is adapted to receive the service from the service port. | 01-08-2009 |
20090045936 | Pattern Driven Effectuator System - Emergent information is created and utilized by an array of sensors. Each sensor is programmed with a trigger rule, which describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal, and a relationship rule, which describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors. When a predetermined weighted percentage of the sensors trigger event signals, emergent information that describes conditions at the array location is generated. An effectuator then takes appropriate steps to address the condition described by the emergent information. | 02-19-2009 |
20090102637 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AGENDAS IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for managing agendas in a mobile device including a GPS is provided. The system includes various software modules to remind a user about agendas when all alarm conditions of the agendas have been satisfied. The alarm conditions of the agenda include an alarm active vicinity and an alarm active time period. | 04-23-2009 |
20090109015 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ANTI-CRIME SECURITY FUNCTION - A control unit of a display device controls the display device in a normal mode of operation to operate in a normal state. The control unit controls the display device to enter into an anti-crime security mode of operation, when a state representing that the external information processing device may not be currently used is determined. The control unit cancels the anti-crime security mode of operation, when the information indicative of an authorized user for confirmation has been entered through the operation buttons by a user in the anti-crime security mode of operation. The control unit controls the display device to operate in an alarm mode of operation, when information indicative of the authorized user for confirmation has not been entered by a user in the anti-crime security mode of operation. The control unit performs an alarm operation in the alarm mode of operation. | 04-30-2009 |
20090128319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVOKING A FUNCTION OF A SERVICE IN RESPONSE TO AN EVENT AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - Various systems and methods for invoking a function of a service in response to an event. One aspect provides a method of calling a function upon receipt of an event. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) identifying a subscriber associated with the event, (2) indentifying at least one service to which the subscriber has subscriptions, (3) retrieving at least one service description associated with the at least one service, (4) retrieving end points associated with the subscriber that play at least one role in the at least one service description, (5) inspecting the at least one service description to determine if the service description addresses the event and (6) retrieving a function associated with the event from the service description if the service description addresses the event. | 05-21-2009 |
20090160634 | System and method for terminal truck management - A system for management of port terminal operations is disclosed as one of the embodiments of the invention. The system includes a plurality of task communication devices, a plurality of first and second display devices, and a task dispatch system. Each of the task communication devices is associated with a respective one of a plurality of transportation equipment, and receives a signal indicative of at least one task to be completed by the associated transportation equipment. Each of the task communication devices has one of the first display devices and one of the second display devices coupled to it. Each first display device displays a first aspect of the at least one task. Each second display device displays a second aspect of the at least one task. The task dispatch system causes signals each of which indicative of at least one task to be completed by a respective one of the transportation equipment to be transmitted to the plurality of task communication devices. | 06-25-2009 |
20090174542 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING SIGNAGE AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY - A system for increasing awareness and enhancing visibility of a sign that includes a base attached to the sign panel, a plurality of illumination devices coupled to the base, a power source, and a controller coupled to the illumination devices and the power source. | 07-09-2009 |
20090278679 | Methods and Media for Event Notification in Information Handling Systems - A method for providing event notification to an application is disclosed. The method may include sending a message to an operating system (OS) driver when a first event occurs. Code in a BIOS associated with the first event may be executed after the OS driver receives the message. A first notification generated by the BIOS may be provided to the OS driver. | 11-12-2009 |
20100001854 | ANALYZER AND ANALYSIS METHOD - An analyzer includes: an information storage medium that is attached to a reagent vessel and is capable of communicating with an external device through radio waves of a predetermined frequency; a writing unit that writes history information that is generated as a reagent in the reagent vessel is used into the information storage medium; a reading unit that reads the history information from the information storage medium that is attached to the reagent vessel containing the reagent to be used; and a determining unit that determines whether a proper analysis is performable using the reagent in the reagent vessel, to which the information storage medium is attached, based on the history information read by the reading unit. | 01-07-2010 |
20100066530 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AND CONTROLLING AN ALARM SYSTEM FROM A REMOTE SERVER - A communication system is provided that can be added to a legacy alarm system to provide a plurality of communication modes to a remote server system from the legacy alarm system and provide remote control and monitoring to a user of the system via two-way communication links. The communication system can be configured to communicate with an alarm processor of the legacy alarm system through use of a keypad bus typically used by the legacy alarm system for communication between the alarm processor and one or more keypads. Communication modes that can be provided by embodiments of the present invention can include, for example, communication over a public switched telephone network, cellular transmission, broadband transmission, and the like. The communication system can monitor all configured communication modes and determine which communication mode is the best for providing communication between the alarm system and the remote server. Through these communication modes and by virtue of being coupled to the alarm processor via the keypad bus, the communication system can provide both transmission to the remote server of the status and alarm condition of the legacy alarm system as well as provide control signals from the remote server to the legacy alarm system. The remote server provides pre-determined responses to information received from the alarm system, including providing alarm system condition information to a user or a monitoring station for response. | 03-18-2010 |
20100164707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING MESSAGES - A method, computer program product, and computing system for associating a time indicator with a message. The time indicator may be indicative of an urgency of a particular task associated with the message. The message having the time indicator may be displayed at a computing device. Numerous other variations and embodiments are also included within the scope of the present disclosure. | 07-01-2010 |
20100231375 | INFORMATION DISPLAY AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR PAINTBALL - An information display and communication system for use with paintball equipment during a paintball game is provided. The information display and communication system includes a display unit disposed on a housing; a wireless communication unit provided in the housing for receiving information from a paintball marker system; and a controller provided in the housing for displaying the received information on the display unit. The system can be constructed as a portable unit or incorporated into the body of a paintball marker or paintball hopper. Ideally, the display unit includes a touch screen input unit for providing user interaction with the information unit. The wireless communication unit utilizes a short range communication protocol, such as Bluetooth, IR, etc. Additionally, a second wireless communication unit is included having a longer communication range for communicating with other information display and communication systems and players. | 09-16-2010 |
20100315223 | COOLING-CONTROL TECHNIQUE FOR USE IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method for providing control signals to a fan in a computer system is described. During the method, an electronic device receives temperature measurements and a fan-speed measurement performed in the computer system. Using a pattern-recognition model, the electronic device validates the measurements, and excludes any inaccurate measurements, such as those associated with drifting or failed sensors. Next, the electronic device determines control signals for a fan in the computer system using a model of coolant flow in the computer system and/or a slope of a phase-frequency curve of a cross power spectral density function corresponding to a pair of temperature profiles measured, as a function of time, by a pair of thermal sensors. Then, the determined control signals are provided to the fan. | 12-16-2010 |
20110260851 | METHOD AND PROTOCOL FOR REAL TIME SECURITY SYSTEM - A security system comprises one or more sensor devices configured to detect conditions at one or more sites; one or more checkpoints at each of said one or more sites configured to receive signals from the one or more sensor devices; and a central headquarters processor configured to receive signals indicative of the conditions detected at said one or more sites from the one or more checkpoints. The central headquarters processor is configured to process the signals to determine if an event has occurred. | 10-27-2011 |
20120001748 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALLY SUPPLEMENTING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus for visually supplementing a graphical user interface are described. An example method includes detecting an opportunity to provide an alert (to a user) on the display of a mobile device and in response to the detection, providing supplemental information on a display of the mobile device for less than 75 milliseconds. | 01-05-2012 |
20140285335 | SPC - The instant invention is related to methods and means for scheduling and implementing alerts comprising sensory stimuli. Various embodiments of the methods and means of the invention may be performed by and/or implemented in hardware, in software, by one or more entities, and/or by some combination of hardware, software and/or one or more entities. | 09-25-2014 |