Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein for implementing dormant mode with paging in a WLAN. Power savings in the computing device and reduction in traffic across the network are achieved by requiring a computing device to inform the WLAN of its location only when it crosses a paging area boundary or is to receive IP traffic. Dormant mode with paging is implemented in a protocol that supports dormant functionality and paging functionality but does not itself provide methods or standards for implementing such functionality, such as the IEEE 802.11. The methods and apparatuses disclosed herein provide the methods needed to implement dormant mode with paging in such a protocol. Generally, the methods and apparatuses for implementing dormant mode with paging basically include (1) establishing paging areas; (2) communicating access group information to a computing device; and (3) locating a computing device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the execution sequence of a first sequence of modules in a first task are provided. The first sequence of modules are linked to one another and have at least one sequence of execution. The method stores in each of the first sequence of modules a skip value representing which of subsequent modules to execute. The method executes the first of the first sequence of said modules, and then executes the next of the modules indicated by the skip value. Conservation of processor bandwidth is accomplished by avoiding the loading of modules which will not be executed. A method and apparatus are further provided for simultaneous activation/deactivation of a set of tasks by a processor, each of the tasks normally executed in a sequential fashion by one or more processors. A list of tasks to be activated/deactivated is stored, including the timing relationship for the activation process.

Abstract: An improved apparatus and method for communicating information in a networked system wherein network variables are employed to accomplish such communication. Network variables allow for standardized communication of data between nodes in a network. A first node may be programmed, for example, to sense certain information and to report the information as a network variable X. A second node may be programmed to receive the variable X and to control devices based on the current value of the variable. The present invention provides for defining connections between the first and second node to facilitate such communication and for determining addressing information to allow for addressing of messages, including updates to the value of the variable X, between the nodes.

Abstract: A method is described for optimizing printing a first print dot, a second print dot, a third print dot, and a fourth print dot adjacent to each other on a sheet of paper. The method first determines whether the first, second, third, and fourth print dots to be printed are in black color. If any one of the first, second, third, and fourth print dots is in the black color, then the respective one of first, second, third, and fourth print dots needs to be double printed with the black color. If the first and second print dots are in the black color and the third and fourth print dots are color print dots, then the first and second print dots are printed with the black color and the third color print dot is printed during a first print pass by the printer.

Abstract: An apparatus for the manufacture of pita bread having predetermined pressure relief notches or slits along the perimeter thereof is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cylindrical roller having disposed on the surface thereof substantially circular blades shaped to provide the pressure relief area, including one or more notches or slits. The apparatus may also be provided with a pita perforating device, which will align with the notches or slits. In this arrangement, pita made by the apparatus and process has notches or slits which act as markers and assist in the beginning tearing of the perforations. The notches also act as preferred locations for rupturing during the baking to prevent the loaf from rupturing along the perforations or elsewhere.

Abstract: The invention provides the method of manufacturing a self-aligned GaAs MESFET wherein the Si thin film formed by PECVD (Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition) and the Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 film formed by PCVD (Photo Chemical Vapor Deposition) onto the GaAs substrate are used as the capping film in the activation process, and then the self-aligned MESFET with the T type gate is manufactured through the selective chemical vapor deposition of the tungsten onto the Si thin film. As a result, the gap between the gate electrode and the n+ layer can be adjusted itself.