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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Thomas J. Sheahan, Cary, IL (US);
Michael P. Sullivan, Algonquin, IL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Sheahan, Cary, IL (US);
Michael P. Sullivan, Algonquin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G08B 5/00 (2006.01); G08C 19/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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 module is implemented to verify the integrity of data frames and to correlate data frames and responses with applications in the application layer.