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.
Claims8
A method of operating a digitally controlled model railroad comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a plurality of commands from a plurality of programs to an interface;
- (b) receiving said plurality of commands at said interface;
- (c) queuing said commands and checking if two of said commands are the same;
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- (d) sending a further command for execution on said digitally controlled model railroad.
A method of operating a digitally controlled model railroad comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a command from a first client program to an interface;
- (b) receiving said command at said interface;
- (c) queuing said command in a queue at said interface only if said command is different than all other commands in said command queue;
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- (d) said interface selectively sending another command representative of said command to said model railroad based upon information contained within at least one of said command and said another command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.