Hatch Baby, Inc.

Siemens Information & Communication Networks, Inc.

Siemens Business Communication Systems, Inc.

Siemens Rolm Communications Inc.

Amdahl Corporation

Rolm Company

Siemens Business Communications Systems

David Weiss

Ann Crady Weiss

Martin Schnitzer

Stuart Gregory Tyrrell

Jillian Locks

Philip Bourgeois

George Turvey

Shmuel Shaffer

John Ramon Klimek

Peter H Lipman

Edward G Ryba

Adam Reineck

Jay Casuba

Jefferson J Connell

Charles Marcus White

Catherine Coffman Hammill

Amanda Yim Amyx

Martin John Kay

Nightlight

A multifunction device for improving sleep and methods of use are disclosed herein. The device can comprise an outer housing, a front panel, a front textile wrapped partially around the front panel, a plurality of LEDs within the outer housing, and an internal reflector coupled to the outer housing. The internal reflector can be configured to reflect light generated by the plurality of LEDs towards the front textile such that the light generated by the plurality of LEDs shines through the front panel and the front textile when a sleep-related program of the multifunction device is automatically initiated.

Multi-function device for improving sleep and method of operation thereof

A sleep training device is disclosed comprising certain electronic components, audio components, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), physical switches, a capacitive touch component, or a combination thereof. The sleep training device can have a housing configured to house the electronic components, the audio components, the LEDs, the capacitive touch component, and at least part of the physical switches. The sleep training device can receive an instruction to schedule a sleep program based on a set parameter from another device in wireless communication with the sleep training device, initiate the sleep program once the set parameter is met, and disable at least one of the physical switches and the capacitive touch component when the sleep program is initiated.

Multifunction sleep training device with remote locking mechanism and methods of operation thereof

Sound machine

A weighing device for weighing a load, such as an infant, is disclosed. The weighing device can include a device casing having a placement side configured to retain the load and an underside. Four weight sensors can be coupled to the underside of the device casing. The four weight sensors can be configured to generate a signal corresponding to a weight of the load. A first foot assembly can be coupled to one of the four weight sensors. The first foot assembly can include a first assembly end coupled to the first weight sensor and a second assembly end extending beyond the device casing. The placement side can include at least two retaining walls and a receiving surface.

Combined infant changing and weighing device and methods of operation thereof

Infant care tracker

Changing pad

A network having a number of terminals connected by a hub includes managing data transmission collisions by distinguishing among the terminals following a transmission. In the preferred embodiment, the terminals are arranged in a star configuration and the hub is an Ethernet hub that forwards a data packet from a terminal to all of the remaining terminals. A data packet is stored in memory while it is transmitted to all of the other terminals in the collision domain. If a collision is detected in forwarding the data packet, the transmission is completed to the collision-free terminals, thereby isolating subsequent forwarding of the data packet to the one or more collision-inducing terminals. When a no-carrier condition is sensed, the data packet is retransmitted to the one or more collision-inducing terminals. Preferably, a back-off scheme provides priority to the hub-to-terminal transmissions over the terminal-to-hub transmissions, so that the probability of repeated collisions between the same packets is significantly reduced. After all of the terminals have received the transmission of the data packet, the packet is deleted from memory. A memory threshold may be established in order to prevent the storage of the data packets from reaching a condition in which packets are lost. A pseudo-collision condition may be generated within any incoming data packets when the memory threshold is exceeded or to provide a correction if one of the terminals has &ldquo;captured&rdquo; the network.

Hub dominated method and system for managing network collisions

In a network, the efficiency of data transfer is improved. The network includes packets of data (100, 120). The invention begins by preserving an original packet (100). A larger packet (140) is then constructed by combining two packets (100, 120). Either the original packet (100) or the larger packet (140) is transmitted over the network. The original packet (100) is transmitted if the media/port (52) becomes available for transmission before the larger packet (140) is constructed, and the larger packet (140) is transmitted if the constructing of the larger packet (140) is completed before the media (52) becomes available. In a network with cells, a packet is constructed by combining cells. This packet is built until the media becomes available for transmission. The size and composition of this packet is independent of an original packet's size and composition.

Method for constructing adaptive packet lengths in a congested network

Automatic cable compensation is provided by a cable connector having an encoder containing cable delay information. The encoder mates with decoding circuitry in a component of an open-loop system which in turn automatically and directly compensates for signal propagation delay by adjusting the transmit timing as dictated by the encoded cable delay.

Automatic path delay compensation system

Growing community of inventors

Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

David Weiss