Abstract: A building management system tracks occupants of a building in which the building management system is installed and presents information about the occupants, including location information, to first responders during emergency and/or training events. Distributed devices of the building management system receive identification information broadcast by user devices of the occupants and sends the identification information to a control panel of the building management system. Location information for the occupants is generated based on the identification information received from the user devices and stored along with time and date information. This location information is then retrieved and presented to first responders, for example, by displaying a map of the building with icons representing the distributed devices and occupants, based on the location information.

Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) amplifier device comprises a signal input for receiving an RF electrical signal, a variable-gain amplifier for amplifying the received signal, and a signal output for outputting the amplified signal. The device has a binary input for switching a gain of the amplifier between a first level and the custom gain level. Configuration logic receives serialised data encoding a custom gain level at a serial input, and stores data representative of the custom gain level in a memory of the device. Gain-control logic reads the data representative of the custom gain level from the memory, and sets the gain of the amplifier to the first level or to the custom gain level in dependence on a state of the binary input.

Abstract: A building management system tracks occupants of a building in which the building management system is installed and presents information about the occupants, including location information, to first responders during emergency and/or training events. Distributed devices of the building management system receive identification information broadcast by user devices of the occupants and sends the identification information to a control panel of the building management system. Location information for the occupants is generated based on the identification information received from the user devices and stored along with time and date information. This location information is then retrieved and presented to first responders, for example, by displaying a map of the building with icons representing the distributed devices and occupants, based on the location information.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication protocol method and device which enables, for example, the live feed of data from sensor nodes in a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) to a centralized node, in particular for low-power long-range communications, further in particular with frequency chirp modulations. The disclosure provides long range communication with very low power consumption, preferably with a refresh rate of a few seconds per node while operating in the Licensed-Free Industrial/Scientific/Medical (ISM) frequency band, defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The method and device protocol include Medium Access Control (MAC) and Host functionalities that make the best use a LoRa radio, while keeping a reliable live feed of data from peripheral nodes to a central node, that is capable of managing multiple links, configured to comply with directives from Conformité Européenne (CE) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the license-free radio frequency ISM bands.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of cardiology and, more specifically, to a novel algorithm that can be used, in particular, in a method for determining if a drug is likely to induce a cardiac ventricular repolarisation disturbance, based on variations in electrocardiogram data.

Abstract: A radio communication system comprises a radio transmitter (2), and a radio receiver (12) configured to receive radio transmissions from the transmitter. The transmitter (2) uses a transmitter clock signal to transmit a succession of connection-event data packets (22a?, 22b?, 22c?) according to a predetermined schedule. The receiver (12) enters a sleep state between receiving successive connection-event data packets from the transmitter (2), in which it does not receive and process radio transmissions from the transmitter. It uses a receiver clock signal to determine when a predetermined number of receiver clock cycles has elapsed after receiving one of the connection-event data packets (22b?), and then enters a ready state. The predetermined number of receiver clock cycles is the number of receiver clock cycles (34a) that elapsed between the respective receipts of two of the connection-event data packets (22a?, 22b?) received by the receiver (12) minus a correction factor (38).

Abstract: A radio transmitter (4) comprises an encoder (5) that receives one or more variable message bits, and encodes each message bit that has a first value as a predetermined first binary chip sequence and encodes each message bit that has the opposite value as a predetermined second binary chip sequence. The radio transmitter (4) transmits data packets, each comprising (i) a predetermined synchronization portion, comprising one or more instances of the first binary chip sequence, and (ii) a variable data portion, comprising one or more encoded message bits output by the encoder. A radio receiver (9) receives such data packets. It uses the synchronization portion of a received data packet to perform a frequency and/or timing synchronization operation, and then decodes message bits from the data portion of the data packet.

Abstract: A method of digital radio communication between a first device (2) and a second device (8), where each device comprises a radio transmitter (4, 10) and a radio receiver (6, 12), the method comprising: a) said first and second devices (2, 8) establishing a connection using a predetermined protocol having at least one predefined message format; and b) said first and second devices (2, 8) agreeing that in the event of said connection being broken a re-connection may be established using a coding scheme in which at least some bits specified in said predefined message format are represented by a plurality of bits transmitted.

Abstract: A digital radio receiver is adapted to receive radio signals modulated using continuous phase modulation. The receiver includes components for receiving analogue radio signals having various carrier frequencies and a plurality of correlators corresponding to different bit sequences. Each of the plurality of correlators share a common estimator for estimating a frequency offset between the radio signals carrier frequencies and nominal carrier frequencies. The receiver further includes components allowing the estimator to determine which of the correlators produce the most optimal output signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of prostate cancers. In particular, the present invention relates to an OX1R agonist for use in the treatment of prostate cancer in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: A method of digital radio communication between a first device 2 and a second device 8, where each device comprises a radio transmitter 4, 10 and a radio receiver 6, 12, the method comprising: a) said first and second devices 2, 8 establishing a connection using a predetermined protocol having at least one predefined message format; b) if said connection is subsequently broken, said second device 8 transmitting an advertising message at a first data rate indicating a desire to reconnect; and c) if a reconnection is not established, said second device 8 transmitting a further advertising message at a second data rate indicating a desire to reconnect, wherein said second data rate is lower than the first data rate.

Abstract: A method of digital radio communication between a first device (2) and a second device (8), where each device comprises a radio transmitter (4, 10) and a radio receiver (6, 12), the method comprising: a) said first and second devices (2, 8) establishing a connection using a predetermined protocol having at least one predefined message format; b) if said connection is subsequently broken, said second device (8) transmitting an advertising message at a first data rate indicating a desire to reconnect; and c) if a reconnection is not established, said second device (8) transmitting a further advertising message at a second data rate indicating a desire to reconnect, wherein said second data rate is lower than the first data rate.

Abstract: A radio transmitter (4) comprises an encoder (5) that receives one or more variable message bits, and encodes each message bit that has a first value as a predetermined first binary chip sequence and encodes each message bit that has the opposite value as a predetermined second binary chip sequence. The radio transmitter (4) transmits data packets, each comprising (i) a predetermined synchronisation portion, comprising one or more instances of the first binary chip sequence, and (ii) a variable data portion, comprising one or more encoded message bits output by the encoder. A radio receiver (9) receives such data packets. It uses the synchronisation portion of a received data packet to perform a frequency and/or timing synchronisation operation, and then decodes message bits from the data portion of the data packet.

Abstract: A digital radio receiver 54 is adapted to receive radio signals which are modulated using continuous phase modulation. The receiver comprises means for receiving an analogue radio signal having a carrier frequency, a plurality of correlators 6, 8 each corresponding to a different bit sequence which share a common estimator 4 for estimating a frequency offset between said carrier frequency and a nominal carrier frequency, and means 12 for determining which of said correlators 6, 8 produces a desired output signal.

Abstract: A radio communication system comprises a radio transmitter (2), and a radio receiver (12) configured to receive radio transmissions from the transmitter. The transmitter (2) uses a transmitter clock signal to transmit a succession of connection-event data packets (22a?, 22b?, 22c?) according to a predetermined schedule. The receiver (12) enters a sleep state between receiving successive connection-event data packets from the transmitter (2), in which it does not receive and process radio transmissions from the transmitter. It uses a receiver clock signal to determine when a predetermined number of receiver clock cycles has elapsed after receiving one of the connection-event data packets (22b?), and then enters a ready state. The predetermined number of receiver clock cycles is the number of receiver clock cycles (34a) that elapsed between the respective receipts of two of the connection-event data packets (22a?, 22b?) received by the receiver (12) minus a correction factor (38).

Abstract: Techniques for product, service, and business recommendation are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a user context component operative to manage a user context associated with a user account for a messaging service; a user profile component operative to retrieve a user profile for the user account; and a recommendation component operative to determine one or more recommendations based on the user context and the user profile and configure a recommendation interface for a messaging endpoint on a client device based on the recommendations, the messaging endpoint associated with the user account for the messaging service. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A radio communication system comprises a radio transmitter (2), and a radio receiver (12) configured to receive radio transmissions from the transmitter. The transmitter (2) uses a transmitter clock signal to transmit a succession of connection-event data packets (22a?, 22b?, 22c?) according to a predetermined schedule. The receiver (12) enters a sleep state between receiving successive connection-event data packets from the transmitter (2), in which it does not receive and process radio transmissions from the transmitter. It uses a receiver clock signal to determine when a predetermined number of receiver clock cycles has elapsed after receiving one of the connection-event data packets (22b?), and then enters a ready state. The predetermined number of receiver clock cycles is the number of receiver clock cycles (34a) that elapsed between the respective receipts of two of the connection-event data packets (22a?, 22b?) received by the receiver (12) minus a correction factor (38).

Abstract: A method of digital radio communication between a first device (2) and a second device (8), where each device comprises a radio transmitter (4, 10) and a radio receiver (6, 12), the method comprising: a) said first and second devices (2, 8) establishing a connection using a predetermined protocol having at least one predefined message format; b) if said connection is subsequently broken, said second device (8) transmitting an advertising message at a first data rate indicating a desire to reconnect; and c) if a reconnection is not established, said second device (8) transmitting a further advertising message at a second data rate indicating a desire to reconnect, wherein said second data rate is lower than the first data rate.

Abstract: A method of digital radio communication between a first device (2) and a second device (8), where each device comprises a radio transmitter (4, 10) and a radio receiver (6, 12), the method comprising: a) said first and second devices (2, 8) establishing a connection using a predetermined protocol having at least one predefined message format; and b) said first and second devices (2, 8) agreeing that in the event of said connection being broken a re-connection may be established using a coding scheme in which at least some bits specified in said predefined message format are represented by a plurality of bits transmitted.

Abstract: Radio transmission apparatus is configured to transmit binary message data in variable-length radio data packets. Each data packet comprises (i) a variable-length data unit and (ii) an error-detecting code for the data unit. The length of the error-detecting code varies between data packets according to a property of each data packet, such as the length of the data unit of the data packet, or a field in the data packet that specifies the length of the error-detecting code.