The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dynamically assigning
addresses and determining the configuration of a plurality of programmable func tion …

* 3 power lines and communicating sensor data; a first remote sensor interface (RSI)
comprising a data communications device capable of receiving the sensor data …

(57) ABSTRACT A Wireless transceiver includes a loW poWer radio frequency (LPRF)
component that poWers doWn to conserve energy and poWers up in response to a signal; …

The apparatus stores a manual flag having a stored manual flag logic value, and the manual
flag is stored in a first non-volatile memory. The apparatus stores a trusted flag having a …

Related US Application Data Continuation-in-part of application No. 10/604,032, filed on
Jun. 23, 2003, now Pat. No. 6,934,540, which is a continuation-in-part of application No …

(57) ABSTRACT A device is discovered on a network by means of a discovery protocol
operated by a proxy and a protocol address for the device is obtained if required by the …

[57] ABSTRACT A radio transmission system designed to operate on a single de? ned
frequency channel. The system comprises a central receiver (12), at least one transmitter …

(Continued) dynamically distributed hierarchical database system. Furthermore, a recipient
transceiver selectively receives communications from other local transceivers by transmit …

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57) ABSTRACT A system which can provide short-range wireless data communication
between a base station and a portable low-power module. Each portable module has an …