Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular fishing lure device having a main body with a cavity and a screw thread, coupled to a cover with a screw thread. The cavity inside the device contains a vibrator and a receptacle for various elements and the cover includes a fin. A seal is optionally arranged between the main body and the cover, an extension piece makes possible to modify the length of the device, and the device can be hinged.

Abstract: A method and apparatus implements bi-directional communications using the same or different physical media linking any two computing systems, nodes, employing routable protocols such as TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, etc., connected to a common network, allowing bi-directional communication between them. One of the physical media preferably has a wider bandwidth in one direction than another one of the physical media operating in the other direction. The present invention also provides for optimizing traffic between any two nodes by appropriately selecting communication paths based on either bandwidth or costs. Communication between any two nodes can be split between several different physical or logical paths to either increase the effective transmission bandwidth or to provide communication redundancy.