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.
Claims13
A method of operating a digitally controlled model railroad that includes train track comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a first command from a first program to an interface;
- (b) transmitting a second command from a second program to said interface;
- (c) receiving said first command and said second command at said interface;
- (d) said interface queuing said first and second commands;
- (e) wherein at least two of said first program, second program, and interface operate on the same computer;
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- (f) said interface sending third and fourth commands representative of said first and second commands, respectively, to a digital command station separate from said computer for execution on said digitally controlled model railroad.
A method of operating a digitally controlled model railroad that includes train track comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a first command from a first program to an interface;
- (b) receiving said first command at said interface;
- (c) queuing said first commanding in a queue that has a characteristic of non-first-in first-out commands;
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- (d) said interface selectively sending a second command representative of said first command to a digital command station separate from said interface for execution on said digitally controlled model railroad based upon information contained within at least one of said first and second commands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.