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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:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Aric Albert Weingartner, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 27/04 (2006.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 25/02 (2013.01); B61L 27/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems relate to establishing a communication link with a wayside device, determining whether or not to at least one of update or configure the wayside device in dependence upon at least one update parameter, and when it is determined to update or configure the wayside device, updating or configuring the wayside device from a remote location.