WEB-ENABLED CONTROLLER FOR IMPEDANCE TUNER SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A web-enabled electronic controller for controlling an impedance tuner system including a signal transmission line and an electronically-controllable impedance-varying system coupled to the signal transmission line for affecting the impedance presented by the signal transmission line, the controller comprising;
- a communication port;
an electronic processor configured to process external command signals and generate electronic control signals to configure the impedance-varying system in response to the command signals;
an electronic memory for storing sets of data and one or more web pages;
a communication server with an Internet Protocol (IP) address, the server supporting HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) communication and configured to receive or send signals through a TCP/IP communication channel from or to a client computer system;
the communication server configured on said IP address to be responsive to an HTTP request message from a client computer system to send a response comprising the web page to the client computer system;
the controller configured to process commands received from the client computer system into the electronic control signals.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling an impedance tuner system. In one embodiment, a web-enabled electronic controller controls an impedance tuner system including a signal transmission line and an electronically-controllable impedance-varying system coupled to the signal transmission line for affecting the impedance presented by the signal transmission line. The controller has a communication port, and an electronic processor configured to process external command signals and generate electronic control signals to configure the impedance-varying system in response to the command signals. An electronic memory stores sets of data and one or more web pages. The controller has a communication server and is configured to receive or send signals through a communication channel from or to a client computer system. The communication server is configured to be responsive to a request message from a client computer system to send a response comprising a web page to the client computer system. The controller processes commands received from the client computer system into the electronic control signals.
An exemplary embodiment of a method for controlling an impedance tuner system includes providing a web-enabled controller having a communication server, storing web pages on the controller, sending a client request to the communication server from a client computer through a communication channel, in response to the client request, sending the web page to the client computer from the impedance tuner system through the communication channel, entering user commands through the web page and transmitting signals representing the user commands to the tuner controller, and processing the user commands by the tuner controller to provide tuner drive signals to set the tuner to a state determined by the user commands.
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39 Claims
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1. A web-enabled electronic controller for controlling an impedance tuner system including a signal transmission line and an electronically-controllable impedance-varying system coupled to the signal transmission line for affecting the impedance presented by the signal transmission line, the controller comprising;
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a communication port; an electronic processor configured to process external command signals and generate electronic control signals to configure the impedance-varying system in response to the command signals; an electronic memory for storing sets of data and one or more web pages; a communication server with an Internet Protocol (IP) address, the server supporting HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) communication and configured to receive or send signals through a TCP/IP communication channel from or to a client computer system; the communication server configured on said IP address to be responsive to an HTTP request message from a client computer system to send a response comprising the web page to the client computer system; the controller configured to process commands received from the client computer system into the electronic control signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling an impedance tuner system, comprising:
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providing a web-enabled controller, having a communication server with an Internet Protocol (IP) address; storing web pages on the controller or memory associated with the controller; sending an HTTP client request to the IP address of the communication server from a client computer through a TCP/IP communication channel; in response to the client request, sending the web page to the client computer from the controller through the TCP/IP communication channel; entering user commands through the web page and transmitting signals representing the user commands to the tuner controller; processing the user commands to provide tuner drive signals to set the tuner to a state determined by the user commands. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An impedance tuner system, comprising:
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a housing structure; a signal transmission line disposed within the housing structure; an impedance-varying system disposed in the housing structure and coupled to the signal transmission line for affecting the impedance presented by the signal transmission line, the impedance-varying system including at least one electrically controllable component in response to electronic control signals; a tuner communication port; a web-enabled system controller integrated with the tuner and disposed in the tuner housing, including; an electronic processor configured to process external command signals and generate the electronic control signals to configure the impedance-varying system in response to the command signals; an electronic memory for storing sets of data and a web page having an embedded application program; an IP client configured to obtain or have an Internet Protocol (IP) address; a communication server configured on the IP address, the server supporting HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) communication and configured to receive or send signals through a TCP/IP communication channel from or to a client computer system; the communication server configured to be responsive to an HTTP request message from a client computer system to send a response comprising the web page to the client computer system; the controller configured to process commands received from the client computer system into the electronic control signals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for controlling an impedance tuner system, comprising:
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providing a web-enabled impedance tuner system, having an integrated controller with an integrated DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) client configured to request a valid Internet Protocol (IP) address from a network DCHP server; storing web pages on the tuner system with an embedded applet having a tuner system graphical user interface; sending an HTTP client request to the IP address from a client computer through a TCP/IP communication channel; in response to the client request, sending the web page with the embedded applet to the client computer from the impedance tuner system using HTTP protocol; running the applet on the client computer and entering user commands via the graphical user interface, the applet converting the user commands to text-based protocol command signals; opening a second communication channel and transmitting the text-based protocol command signals on the second communication channel; receiving the text-based protocol signals at the tuner system and processing the text-based protocol signals to provide tuner drive signals to set the tuner to a state determined by the text-based protocol signals. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A web-enabled electronic controller for controlling an impedance tuner system including a signal transmission line and an electronically-controllable impedance-varying system coupled to the signal transmission line for affecting the impedance presented by the signal transmission line, the controller comprising;
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an electronic processor configured to process external command signals and generate electronic control signals to configure the impedance-varying system in response to the command signals; an electronic memory for storing sets of data and one or more web pages; a communication server configured to receive or send signals through a communication channel from or to a client computer system; the communication server configured to be responsive to a request message from a client computer system to send a response comprising the web page to the client computer system using the communication channel; the controller configured to process commands received from the client computer system into the electronic control signals. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for controlling an impedance tuner system, comprising:
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providing a web-enabled controller, having a communication server; storing web pages on the controller or memory associated with the controller; sending a client request to the communication server from a client computer through a communication channel; in response to the client request, sending the web page to the client computer from the controller through the communication channel; entering user commands through the web page and transmitting signals representing the user commands to the tuner controller; processing the user commands to provide tuner drive signals to set the tuner to a state determined by the user commands. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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