Abstract: A method and system for monitoring moving parts relies upon a formatted surface of a moving part. The formatted surface includes an address pattern wherein a precise position relative to the address pattern can be determined from a portion of the address pattern. An electronic reading sensor detects a portion of the address pattern, and a processor uses the detected portion of the address pattern to determine a current position of the moving part.

Abstract: A method and system for operating a user interface uses an electronic reading device to detect a portion of an address pattern. A client device receives data identifying the detected portion of the address pattern and uses the data to request a corresponding application description. The request is sent to an application server that retrieves the corresponding application description and forwards it to the client device. The application description includes an address pattern grid description that is further forwarded to the electronic reading device. The electronic reading device stores the grid description and uses it to identify positions corresponding to successively detected portions of the address pattern, to determine whether the positions are within the current grid description, to generate strokes from the positions, and to initiate actions based on the generated strokes. Action data is then sent to the client device, which processes the data in accordance with the application description.

Abstract: A method or protocol for synchronizing parallel processors in a mobile communication system is disclosed, whereby a sync engine associated with one processor retrieves the current value of a change counter for a database associated with the second processor, stores the current value of the change counter, retrieves all data entries from the database associated with the second processor, and performs a synchronization procedure for a database associated with the first processor based on of all of the data entries retrieved. By examining the change counter, the sync engine can determine whether a user modified a database while the synchronization was in process.

Abstract: A database system has at least two hose databases (204, 214) in respective host processing apparatuses (200, 210). A remote database (224) is provided in a remote processing apparatus (220). The host databases and the remote database store a plurality of database items. A synchronization engine (206, 216) is provided in each host processing apparatus for synchronizing its host database with the remote database. A first log file (227) contains entries, that represent changes made to the remote database (224), including additions and modifications of items in the remote database as well as deletions of items from the remote database in order to increase its free storage space available for storing new items. A second log file (229) contains entries, that represent deletions from the remote database upon respective deletions in either of the host databases (204, 214).

Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism for coordinating charging for a multimedia session between a mobile terminal and a remote host on both an application/session level and on an IP/access bearer level. The multimedia session is established over a radio access network via a packet-switched access network coupled to a multimedia system. The multimedia system has one or more multimedia servers for providing multimedia services for multimedia sessions. A token associated with the multimedia session is generated and used to correlate session charges for operations performed in the packet-switched access network and for operations performed in the multimedia system.

Abstract: A method of accessing a network using a network access application is disclosed. The network has a plurality of locations which have respective location addresses in the network. The method includes defining a plurality of address components, combinations of which forming respective location addresses, assigning reference voice signals to the address components, comparing input voice signals with the reference voice signals and producing a network access address location on the basis of address components associated with matched input and reference voice signals.

Abstract: A server device (31, 41, 51) has a programmable controller, a memory coupled to the controller, and a server program stored in the memory and executable by the controller. A first interface of the server device provides a first communication link (32, 42, 52) to a portable telecommunication apparatus (1). A second interface connects the server device to an electronic utility device (30, 40, 50). The server program communicates with a client program in the portable telecommunication apparatus through the first interface. The server program also communicates with the electronic utility device through the second interface, so that digital information may be transferred between the portable telecommunication apparatus and the electronic utility device.