Apparatus and methods are provided for synchronizing a clock to a network clock. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a device for receiving a first compressed code representative of, and compressed in length from, the combination of a channel, a time-of-day, and a length of time for a first program on a first day and on a first channel currently displayed on a television, a decoder for decoding the first compressed code into a first channel, a first time-of-day, and a first length of time, a device for receiving an end of program indication for the program, and a device for loading the sum of the first time-of-day and the first length of time into the clock calendar in response to receiving the end of program indication.

Apparatus and methods for synchronizing a clock to a network clock

Apparatus and methods are provided for setting a clock in an appliance. The method includes the steps of initiating a telephone connection with a remote site, downloading over the telephone connection a first sequence of commands for setting the clock in the appliance, and storing the first sequence of commands in a memory in the remote controller. The method further includes the steps of entering a single command into the remote controller to set the clock in the appliance to be equal to a second clock in the remote controller, processing the single command in the remote controller to insert a time read from the second clock in the remote controller into the first sequence of commands for setting the clock in the appliance to form a sequence of time commands, and transmitting the sequence of time commands from the remote controller to set the first clock in the appliance. Another method is provided for initializing settings in an appliance. The method includes the steps of initiating a telephone connection with a remote site, downloading over the telephone connection a first sequence of commands for initializing settings in the appliance, and storing the first sequence of commands in a memory in the remote controller. The method further comprises the steps of entering a single command into the remote controller to initialize settings in the appliance, processing the single command in the remote controller to transmit the first sequence of commands from the remote controller to initialize settings in the appliance.

Apparatus and methods for providing initializing settings to an appliance

A system for receiving and processing signals received from a plurality of endpoints. Each endpoint includes an endpoint transmitter in electrical communication with a power distribution line within a power distribution system. The system comprises a power line coupler. A substation receiver is in electrical communication with the power line coupler. A substation circuit is in electrical communication with the substation transceiver. The substation circuit is configured to simultaneously demodulate signals received from the plurality of different endpoints.

Data communication over power lines

A system for bi-directional power distribution line communication. The system is configured for data communication with an endpoint transceiver located at a customer premise. The system comprises a time server in electrical communication with the transceiver, the time server configured to retrieve the time. A substation controller is in electrical communication with a power distribution line. The substation controller includes a transceiver and a programmable circuit. The programmable circuit includes a substation clock. The programmable circuit is programmed to periodically retrieve the time from the time server to calibrate the substation clock to the retrieved time, and to control the transceiver to transmit the time to the endpoint transceiver.

Power line communication system having time server

A system for bi-directional communication within a power distribution system The system is configured to find an endpoint, the endpoint having an endpoint transceiver in electrical communication with a power distribution line The power distribution line is within the power distribution system, and the endpoint is identified by a unique identifier (ID) The system comprises a substation transceiver electrically coupled to a power distribution line within the power distribution system A substation circuit is in electrical communication with the substation transceiver The substation circuit is programmed to map the unique ID endpoint to a base frequency within a bandwidth and to control the endpoint to transmit a find endpoint data packet onto the power distribution network The find endpoint data packet includes the unique ID and the base frequency The substation circuit is further programmed to assign a status to the base frequency upon receiving a signal from the endpoint, the status indicating that the substation transceiver is receiving signals in the frequency bandwidth

Locating endpoints in a power line communication system

A time display which is remotely-synchronizable, especially a time display including timer switching zones or paths for the control of an electrical load or appliance. The time is equipped with a display receiver for the carrier frequency-converted absolute-coded time informations which are receivable through local transmitting intervals for the correction of the time display which is autonomously operated in an evaluating or sample-and-hold.

Remotely synchronizable time display

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