104 results about "Report status" patented technology

A method and apparatus for switching AC appliances and lights of residences and other automation systems through SPDT or DPDT relays connected in electrical circuit with SPDT or DPDT switch including a current sensor and / or a status sensor. The operating key of the relay and the key lever of the electric switch can each be used for operating a dedicated appliance or light, a group of appliance and lights and all appliance and / or lights including scenarios setup via the many well known two way, three way or four way light switches, by operating the switch lever or key in multi steps. The SPDT or DPDT relays are operated via RF, IR and fiber optic communicating two way signal for operating the lights and reporting statuses.

A vehicle status device and system for remotely updating and monitoring the status of a vehicle. The vehicle status device is located in a vehicle and reports status information for the vehicle and an owner to an interrogating unit. The device includes a database of status information for the vehicle and owner. An update receiver in the device receives updated information from a wide area paging network for storage in the database. An interrogation receiver receives an interrogation signal from the interrogating unit, and a response transmitter transmits encoded status information, including a vehicle identification (VID), to the interrogating unit in response. The updating and monitoring system also includes an interrogating unit which includes an interrogation transmitter for transmitting the interrogation signal to the vehicle status device, and a response receiver for receiving the encoded status information from the vehicle status device. A processor decodes the encoded status information and translates it into plain language for presentation to an operator. The system may be implemented as a ticket-less toll system by providing a database of subscribers in which VIDs are matched to subscriber identities, credit card information, and current status as valid subscribers.

A post-trade monitor receives feedback in the form of drop copy messages from an exchange server and validates orders placed with the exchange server by a sponsored access trading platform shortly after the orders have been placed. If a recently placed order is found to violate a rule or regulation, the monitor instructs the trading platform to change to a more restrictive trading mode, such as to cease placing all orders or certain types of orders, at least until certain parameters are met. A library provides an interface in a sponsored access trading platform between a client application program that generates proposed orders and an exchange server. The library provides pre-trade validation of the orders and sends only validated orders to the exchange server. A network enables monitors, trading platforms and libraries to share information about customers' trading activities and locally recalculate customer trading limits resulting from these trading activities. A low-latency interface between a customer server, such as a server that employs algorithmic trading methods to generate buy and sell orders for securities, and a brokerage server that validates such securities trading orders is optimized for handling the securities trading orders. The interface supports a trading command set specifically designed for orders from customer trading application programs, and the interface formats received trading commands into compact messages that are sent over a high-speed communication link to the brokerage server. The interface receives order acknowledgement messages and the like from the brokerage server and invokes callback routines in the customer trading application program to report status information.

An automated, flexible and programmable system to update delivery and inventory status for an aggregate of remote mailboxes, bins, shelves, sorter bins, and / or a plurality of bins to distant customers and vendors through email, pager, personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular phone mail, voice mail at call centers and / or web site mailboxes. It can function as a delivery notice to mailbox recipients or as inventory stock management to store owners and vendors at remote locations. Various sensors mounted on flexible circuit boards located on the mailboxes, bins, or shelves together with distributed microcontrollers report status through a common bus to a master controller and then to a computer system. The computer in turn dispatches reports and information to various owners and vendors via a remote network operation center accessed through a dedicated line, a wireless service or an Internet Service Provider. The frequency of report update, changing of locations of update, and the relational database can also be reprogrammed at any time from a remote central service location.

To ensure integrity of non-volatile flash, the controller programs the non-volatile memories with background test patterns and verifies the non-volatile memories during power on self test (POST) operation. In conjunction with verifying the non-volatile memories, the controller may routinely run diagnostics and report status to the storage controller. As part of the storage controller power up routines, the storage controller issues a POST command to the controller via an I2C register that is monitored by the storage controller. The storage controller may determine that the non-volatile flash is functional without any defects, and the controller may remove power from the non-volatile flash to extend its reliability. Periodically, in the background, the controller may run diagnostic routines to detect any failures associated with the volatile memory and the controller itself.

A status monitoring and reporting mechanism which distinguishes more significant events and prominently displays events pertaining to nodes, interconnections, and other network entities which may present problems, and to suppresses benign messages which may not require immediate attention, provides an “at a glance” view of overall system health. By processing and displaying aggregate status events from a plurality of agent components to highlight the most severe and critical events from among a large volume of general status events allows an operator to quickly diagnose potential problems before detrimental results occur, and helps maintain a general efficient system health by isolating less efficient areas to allow for timely remedial action prior to failure. Various agents disseminated in a storage area network determine and report status events back to a central server. The server receives, aggregates, and processes the status events to display a status array indicative of overall system health.

A control system and method are provided for a station to dispense fuel to a vehicle, including an electric vehicle, without requiring dedicated access to a communications network, with the advantage that authorization for fleet vehicles or individuals can be obtained from an access management system, using a portable, wireless device, such as a smart phone or a dashboard appliance. The authorization is wirelessly relayed to the station by the wireless device, to enable the dispensing of fuel. Subsequently, a log comprising the transaction is provided to the access management system, through the same or a different wireless, mobile computing device. The log may also report status and other events, such as load shedding.

Disclosed are mechanisms for creating and communicating with computer processes. An application programming interface (API) presents services of the system to applications. The API is usable with all processes, local and remote, and is transparent with respect to the location of processes. A process table stores information about processes created using the system. The process table supports centralized process control and peer-to-peer process communication and synchronization. Each process is assigned a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) that uniquely identifies the process no matter the computing device on which it runs. A parent UUID and a group UUID may be attached to the process and used for enforcing dependencies (e.g., for halting the process and all of its child processes) and for managing arbitrary, user-defined groups, respectively. A global event is associated with each process. When a process receives this event, it performs a controlled shutdown, cleans up, and reports status.

Disclosed are mechanisms for creating and communicating with computer processes. An application programming interface (API) presents services of the system to applications. The API is usable with all processes, local and remote, and is transparent with respect to the location of processes. A process table stores information about processes created using the system. The process table supports centralized process control and peer-to-peer process communication and synchronization. Each process is assigned a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) that uniquely identifies the process no matter the computing device on which it runs. A parent UUID and a group UUID may be attached to the process and used for enforcing dependencies (e.g., for halting the process and all of its child processes) and for managing arbitrary, user-defined groups, respectively. A global event is associated with each process. When a process receives this event, it performs a controlled shutdown, cleans up, and reports status.

An Ethernet interface device, and associated system and method, for reporting the status information data of Ethernet devices through common industrial protocols. The Ethernet interface device provides operational connections between one or more Ethernet devices and one or more independent networks. The Ethernet interface device also monitors an Ethernet connection path, and produces status data indicative of the operational status of the connection path and the devices connected along the path. This status data is received by the Ethernet interface device, where it is manipulated into a format recognizable by common industrial protocols.

Systems and methods are disclosed for information management, which are performed substantially autonomously by a client in the absence of a storage manager connection, and which are also streamlined to operate efficiently when the storage manager connection is restored. The illustrative client, comprising specialized logic for operating autonomously, generates secondary copies of production data that are compatible with the information management system. The client stores the secondary copies to local fast-access primary storage technology. When connected to an appropriate media agent and to the storage manager, the client moves to efficiently offload the secondary data to a proper secondary storage subsystem. The client aggregates the locally-stored secondary copies into a consolidated data structure, which it transmits to the media agent in the form of a single job. The media agent may process the single job in accordance with governing information management policies, and reports status and metadata to the storage manager. Thus, the protected data is absorbed into the information management system completely and efficiently, with minimal drain on the processing resources of the client and the other components.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for characterizing targets, e.g., trucks, pallets, trains, cars, and the like, using digital target imaging. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention provide, at base: a) image segmentation and filtering to identify surrounding white space, interior walls, floor, and ceiling of the container; morphology routines to identify and classify objects found inside the container; and decision routines to report status of container as empty or non-empty with a confidence factor from 1-100.

A real-time photovoltaic power plant control system and method of control for plant output, voltage regulation and / or power factor regulation. The system comprises a grid interface controller configured to receive power information from a power grid and provide commands for controlling at least one active or reactive power supplied to the power grid, a power plant controller configured to receive commands from the grid interface controller for and direct real-time output of the power plant, a plurality of local controllers connected to and controlled by the power plant controller, and a plurality of inverters each connected to supply power from at least one photovoltaic device to the power grid and arranged such that each local controller is connected to and controls at least one inverter, the inverters reporting status information in real-time back to the local controllers, and the local controller reporting status information in real-time back to the power plant controller.

An automated, flexible and programmable system to update delivery and inventory status for an aggregate of remote mailboxes, bins, shelves, sorter bins, and / or a plurality of bins to distant customers and vendors through email, pager, personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular phone mail, voice mail at call centers and / or web site mailboxes. It can function as a delivery notice to mailbox recipients or as inventory stock management to store owners and vendors at remote locations. Various sensors mounted on flexible circuit boards located on the mailboxes, bins, or shelves together with distributed microcontrollers report status through a common bus to a master controller and then to a computer system. The computer in turn dispatches reports and information to various owners and vendors via a remote network operation center accessed through a dedicated line, a wireless service or an Internet Service Provider. The frequency of report update, changing of locations of update, and the relational database can also be reprogrammed at any time from a remote central service location.

An intelligent real estate system including an intelligent real estate sign having embedded processing functionality and a wireless communication device capable of receiving wireless electronic queries and programming instructions and for communicating with local and remote information sources about a real estate property and with controlling agents for reporting status. Further included is an electronic lock box controlling access to the real estate property and having an embedded wireless communication device capable of receiving messages and control signals from the real estate sign and from a property owner / occupant and / or real estate agents for reporting status. An earth battery may also be included, at least partially contained within the real estate sign and supplying power to the real estate sign.

The present invention relates to link layer status information using a media independent handover module in a mobile communication system, wherein packet loss attributed to congestion can be identified from packet loss attributed to non-congestion. Preferably, the present invention comprises establishing communication between a mobile terminal and at least one of a homogeneous and heterogeneous network, reporting status information of a radio link connecting the mobile terminal and the at least one of a homogeneous and heterogeneous network to a heterogeneous network handover module of the mobile terminal, and reporting the status information of the radio link from the heterogeneous network handover module to an upper management entity of the mobile terminal if the heterogeneous network handover module determines a predetermined condition is satisfied.

The present invention provides a common framework to determine if machines are patched and automatically applies patches as required. It provides an automated tool to assess patch levels and apply patches on several different UNIX machine types. Further, it provides a centralized, consistent method of providing patches to multiple roles within an organization while automatically managing large quantities of machines. It can manage multiple security standards, machine classifications, and patch security levels and be customized to interface with existing asset management tools. It evaluates the most suitable patch to satisfy the minimal patch requirements and is an early warning system that will tell a user when the user's machine will go out of compliance. The tool is composed of two parts: a server component and client component. The server collects data reported by client machines and stores it in a database; collects patch, machine and owner data from other databases, including internal databases and vendor web sites; downloads vendor patches to a depot area; and evaluates compliance and generates a list of patches that are missing, applied late, and patches that are satisfied. An overall compliance verdict is calculated for each machine. The server sends the client a list of patches to be installed as needed. The server receives installation status from the client, reports it onto the web, and sends the user email. The client gathers machine data and sends it to server; queries the server to see if patches are needed, and receives a patch list. The client downloads patches from APAR depot; and installs patches and reports status back to the server.

Roughly described, assertion expressions are evaluated against the binary signal values of a circuit simulation in such a way as to be able to report status information at intermediate levels of assertion subexpressions. In one embodiment, the status information reported for an intermediate subexpressions contains the final status of that subexpression in response to a given assertion attempt, at least to the extent it has been determined by the end of the evaluation period (e.g. pass, fail or indeterminate). In another embodiment, the status information reported for an intermediate subexpression contains a tick-by-tick analysis of the activity within that subexpression. In another embodiment, the status information for a subexpression can also contain a tick-by-tick analysis of the activity of an operator of the subexpression. Other kinds and levels of detail at the subexpression level can be provided in various other embodiments.

A system for presence publication, such as in a push-to-talk over cellular service, provides means for avoiding the reporting of conflicting presence information to a presence server. Two different entities may be capable of reporting status information for the same entity, the status information corresponding to a plurality of status attributes. The first entity would typically inform the second entity which ones of the plurality of status attributes for which the first entity will be reporting status information to the presence server. For the ones of the plurality of status attributes for which the first entity will be reporting status information, the second entity will typically not report status information. For the ones of the plurality of status attributes for which the first entity will not be reporting status information, the second entity will typically report status information if capable.

Provided are methods, apparatus and computer programs for generating and using conditional electronic signatures enabling the parties to an online communication or transaction to link conditions unambiguously with signed data items, and enabling verification of the authenticity of the data item and conditions and verification of the identity of the signing party. A data item and one or more conditions are separately hashed, the resulting digests (hash values) are concatenated, and the concatenand is further hashed to produce a final digest. The final digest is encrypted using the private key of a public / private key encryption scheme to produce a conditional digital signature. The data item and conditions can each be verified. Verification includes decrypting the conditional signature and comparing the decrypted result with a separately generated final digest. A solution is also disclosed for propagating information to interested parties when a first is countermanded at a second review.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method and a device for reporting the status information of a channel, relates to the technical field of communication; and aims to realize the effective feedback of the status information of the channel in an LTE-Advanced system and reduce feedback information content. The method for reporting the status information of the channel provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps of: feeding the status information of a broad-band channel of at least one component carrier back to a system in a differential mode; and reporting the status information of a sub-band channel corresponding to the at least one component carrier in the status information, which needs to be fed back, of the broad-band channel to the system in a secondary differential mode. The method and the device for reporting the status information of the channel provided by the embodiment of the invention are suitable for the feedback of the status information of channels such as CQI, PMI, RI and the like of the LTE-Advanced system.

The present invention employs a master node for each job to be scheduled and in turn the master node distributes job start information and executable tasks to a plurality of nodes configured in a hierarchical node tree of a multinode job scheduling system. The status of the various tasks executing at the leaf nodes and other nodes of the tree report status back up the same hierarchical tree structure used to start the job, not to a scheduling agent but rather to the master node which has been established by the scheduling agent as the focal point, not only for job starting, but also for the reporting of status information from the leaf and other nodes in the tree.

Provided is a method of reducing power consumption of a base station. A method of operating a base station with low power consumption in a mobile communication system includes: reporting status information about a level of traffic being served by a base station in an active mode to an apparatus for managing power consumption of the base station; and switching from the active mode to an inactive mode in response to a mode change command from the apparatus.

A power facility has at least one power element and a system monitors / controls at least a portion of the power facility. In the system, a field drop is coupled to each element for monitoring same, reporting status data, receiving control information, and controlling such element. A local area network (LAN) couples each field drop to a hub, and a data server is coupled to the hub. The data server receives the status data from each field drop and takes any appropriate action necessary in response thereto, and also allows a user to access any particular field drop of the system to read data for the corresponding element and issue control commands for the element to be carried out by the corresponding field drop.

Methods for reporting status information in a user interface and managing synchronizations. One or more categories of status information are defined in connection with synchronization operations performed on digital files. Upon termination of a synchronization operation, per-file status information for the terminated synchronization operation is categorized in one of the defined categories. The defined categories having per-file status information categorized therein are displayed with a summary of the per-file status information. In one aspect, an expandable node corresponding to each of the defined categories of status information that have per-file status information categorized therein is displayed. Grouping the digital files according to the defined categories of status information, permits collectively managing the digital files.

A physical access control system is disclosed which includes a network, at least one access controller, a producer device, and a consumer device. Each access controller generates status and event information associated with a controlled physical barrier. The producer device includes producer logic which collects and stores the status and event information. The consumer device includes consumer logic which periodically polls the producer logic via the network to retrieve the status and event information from the producer device. The producer logic and the consumer logic communicate via the network according to a commonly accepted message syndication protocol, such as the RSS protocol or the Atom Publishing Protocol or the like. The use of a commonly accepted message syndication protocol simplifies communications, avoids proprietary configurations and facilitates integration, such as combining systems or adding new devices and the like.

A system to monitor communications integrity is disclosed. The system includes a portable medical device with a medical device transmitter to establish a medical device link. The medical device link defined to periodically transmit data from the portable medical device to a remote system with a receiver to receive the medical device link. The remote system further including a remote system transmitter defined to establish a mobile device link. The mobile device link defined to periodically report status of the medical device link to the mobile system, the mobile system further having a plurality of alarm triggers associated with the integrity of the medical device link and the mobile device link.

A call center system used for receiving incoming calls in accordance with the present information has a plurality of terminals, an incoming-call control apparatus and an exchange. Each of the terminals is accommodated by the exchange and includes a display unit as well as a telephone unit; an audio recording & playback unit for recording voices of a conversation between an operator operating the terminal and a caller making an call in a conversation-voice recording file and for playing back voices from the conversation-voice recording file and a response-information-creating unit for creating a response to an incoming call. Further each of the terminals includes a halfway-saving & saving unit for saving a halfway response being created in a halfway-response recording file and for saving a completed response in a response recording file; a saved-halfway-response-reading unit for reading out the halfway response from the halfway-response recording file; a saved-halfway-response-display unit for displaying a halfway response stored in the halfway-response recording file read out by the saved-halfway-response-reading unit on the display unit; and a status-notifying unit for reporting status of being able or unable to receive an incoming call to the incoming-call control apparatus.