Model train control system
OwnerMatthew A. Katzerinventor
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Abstract
A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second client program to the resident external controlling interface through a second communications transport. The first command and the second command are received by the resident external controlling interface which queues the first and second commands. The resident external controlling interface sends third and fourth commands representative of the first and second commands, respectively, to a digital command station for execution on the digitally controlled model railroad.
Claims47
A method of operating a digitally controlled model railroad comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport;
- (b) transmitting a second command from a second client program to said resident external controlling interface through a second communications transport;
- (c) receiving said first command and said second command at said resident external controlling interface;
- (d) said resident external controlling interface queuing said first and second commands;
- (e) validating said first and second commands against permissible actions regarding the interaction between a plurality of objects of said model railroad;
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- (f) said resident external controlling interface sending third and fourth commands representative of said first and second commands, respectively, to a digital command station, each of which upon successful validation of step (e), for execution on said digitally controlled model railroad.
The method of claim wherein said first and second commands relate to the speed of locomotives.
A method of operating a digitally controlled model railroad comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport;
- (b) receiving said first command at said resident external controlling interface;
- (c) validating said first command against permissible actions regarding the interaction between a plurality of objects of said model railroad;
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- (d) said resident external controlling interface selectively sending a second command representative of said first command to one of a plurality of digital command stations for execution on said digitally controlled model railroad based upon information contained within at least one of said first and second commands.
A method of operating a digitally controlled model railroad comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport;
- (b) transmitting a second command from a second client program to a resident external controlling interface through a second communications transport;
- (c) receiving said first command at said resident external controlling interface;
- (d) receiving said second command at said resident external controlling interface;
- (e) validating said first and second commands against permissible actions regarding the interaction between a plurality of objects of said model railroad;
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- (f) said resident external controlling interface sending a third and fourth command representative of said first command and said second command, respectively, to the same digital command station for execution on said digitally controlled model railroad.
A method of operating a digitally controlled model railroad comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a first command from a first client program to a first processor through a first communications transport;
- (b) receiving said first command at said first processor;
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- (c) said first processor providing an acknowledgement to said first client program through said first communications transport indicating that said first command has been validated against permissible actions regarding the interaction between a plurality of objects of said model railroad and properly executed prior to execution of commands related to said first command by said digitally controlled model railroad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.