David L Warman, 7918521 Dearborn St UNIT 219, Northridge, CA 91324

5751713, May 12, 1998

Sep 13, 1993

8/119384

Mark A. Lacas - Redondo Beach CA
David J. Warman - Woodland Hills CA

MediaLink Technologies Corporation - Seattle WA

H04J 302

370445

Stations in a sequence accepting a vector from preceding stations in the sequence communicate data packets to other stations in the sequence. Each station receiving the vector is spliced out of the sequence by communicating such a desire or by failing to respond to the preceding station, which then provides for the passing of the vector to the station following the next station. Alternatively, an individual station (not in the sequence) between the communicating and next stations can be spliced into the sequence by communicating to all stations such a desire before any response from the next station. Some or all stations may be either in a performance mode higher than a set-up mode. And if in the performance mode may initiate the operation of the performance mode sequence when the other stations are in the set-up mode. During start-up, a first station identifies itself by a communication to the other stations and a special communication in the sequence which progressively patches the other stations into the sequence.

5544150, Aug 6, 1996

Feb 6, 1995

8/384567

Kenneth N. Fujimoto - Manhattan Beach CA
David J. Warman - Bainbridge Island WA

MediaLink Technologies Corporation - Seattle WA

H04J 314

370 14

A method and apparatus are provided for determining and indicating the integrity of a network that interconnects a group of nodes. Each node includes an internal clock (42 or 58), an indicator (27) for emitting a signal at a synchronized signaling interval and a processing unit (36 or 60) electronically coupled to the indicator and the internal clock. The processing of the node causes the indicator to emit a signal at the synchronized signaling interval. When the integrity of the network is intact, the processing unit of each node causes the indicator of the node to emit a signal at the same synchronized signaling interval. As a result, all of the indicators are emitting signals in unison. When the integrity of the network has been lost due to a malfunctioning node or physical break, on a group-to-group basis, the indicators of those nodes improperly communicating with each other emit signals at different synchronized signaling intervals. As a result, the indicators emit signals in an asynchronous manner.

5245604, Sep 14, 1993

Dec 18, 1991

7/810002

Mark A. Lacas - Redondo Beach CA
David J. Warman - Woodland Hills CA

Lone Wolf, Inc. - Redondo Beach CA

H04J 302

370 851

Stations accepting a vector from preceding stations in a sequence communicate data packets to other stations. Each station receiving the vector becomes spliced out of the sequence by communicating such a desire to the preceding station, which then provides for the passing of the vector to the following station. Alternatively, an individual station (not in the sequence) can be spliced into the sequence by communicating to all stations such a desire before any response from the next station. If the next station does not respond to the communicating station, the communicating station can splice the next station out of the sequence and provide for the passing of the vector to the following station. Some or all stations may be in a performance mode higher than a set-up mode. Any station preprogrammed to to operate in the performance mode may initiate the operation of the performance mode sequence when the stations are operating in the set-up mode.