A client-server system and a blockchain method for calculating whether a time-crucial shipment is located according to an expectation comprising a client device adapted for being adhered to or placed within a time-crucial package shipment; and a remote special purpose computer server comprising a transit plan schedule database based on pickup time and location stored in memory, the remote special purpose computer server being programmed to calculate a location of the client device based on data accessed from a Wi-Fi access point location database, the transmitted identification data, and the transmitted signal strength data, and compare the calculated location to an expected location based on common carrier schedule transit plan pickup time and delivery location received from third party database sources.

A method and an apparatus for charge recycling. The method is comprised of the steps of receiving a charge at an energy storage element from a parasitic component, storing the charge at the energy storage element, and providing the charge stored at the energy storage element to a power supply's input or output. The step of receiving the charge at the energy storage element includes operating a discharging switch to selectively couple the parasitic component with the energy storage element and receiving the charge at the energy storage element via the discharging switch when the energy storage element and the parasitic component are coupled.

A wired system and method for controlling lighting attributes of at least one low voltage lighting device. The method comprises selecting desired lighting attributes via an input means at a lighting controller or transmitter, serializing and encoding the selected lighting attributes and at least one device address into a data stream output by the transmitter, propagating the encoded data stream through pulse shaping circuitry to at least one power device which drives an output wire comprising both data and power, decoding the lighting attributes from the encoded data stream by a microcontroller within a receiver connected to the output wire, and applying the decoded lighting attributes to at least one output power device to drive at least one low voltage lighting device. The output wire may be connected to receivers in different lighting zones, each lighting zone including a receiver having a different device address, and responsive to the decoded device address data and the receiver device address matching, the method includes applying the lighting attributes to at least one output power device to drive at least one low voltage lighting device in the lighting zone.

Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating via a communications network with a load control system of a respective user environment, receiving information on the load control system via the communications network, displaying graphical user interfaces based on the received information, and controlling and configuring the load control system via graphical user interfaces by communicating via the communications network messages the load control system.

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a process for the production of the compound and its use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. Improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices are provided when the compound of formula I is used as host material for phosphorescent emitters in electroluminescent devices.

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a process for the production of the compound and its use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. Improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices are provided when the compound of formula I is used as host material for phosphorescent emitters in electroluminescent devices.

Disclosed are a method and system for controlling an electronic device, having a smart identification function, and the method includes: outputting, by a master device, an access signal to an electronic device; receiving, by the electronic device, the access signal, and outputting, by the electronic device, a corresponding action signal according to the access signal; detecting, by the master device, the action signal which is outputted by the electronic device, and identifying, by the master device, sequence information and/or position information of the electronic device according to the action signal.

A client-server system and a blockchain method for calculating whether a time-crucial shipment is located according to an expectation comprising a client device adapted for being adhered to or placed within a time-crucial package shipment; and a remote special purpose computer server comprising a transit plan schedule database based on pickup time and location stored in memory, the remote special purpose computer server being programmed to calculate a location of the client device based on data accessed from a Wi-Fi access point location database, the transmitted identification data, and the transmitted signal strength data, and compare the calculated location to an expected location based on common carrier schedule transit plan pickup time and delivery location received from third party database sources.

An end device having a controller and a method for controlling the end device are provided. The end device has a host module for processing commands received at the end device and for applying commands received to the end device, a radio module for receiving wireless communications to be provided to the host module as commands and for receiving wired communications to be provided to the host module as commands, and a DMX module for receiving wired communications to be provided to the host module as commands. When wired communications are received at the DMX module, those communications are provided to the radio module for relaying to the host module as a command. A method is provided for controlling the end device described.

The present disclosure provides a condensing plate. The condensing plate comprises a body. The body comprises a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The first face is provided with a condensing part and a solvent storage structure. The solvent storage structure is configured to store a solvent and release, along a direction away from the second face, gas formed by the solvent after evaporation.