Abstract: A secure funds device for use with a computer system, such as a personal computer, for transferring funds, in response to a funds transfer request for amounts of funds from the computer system, to a funds receiver. One or more electronic cash devices store electronic funds and transfer funds in response to funds transfer request when authorized by an authorization signal. A processor is used for connecting the funds transfer request from the computer system to the electronic cash device and for transferring electronic funds from the electronic cash device to the computer system when the authorization signal is present. User control means, including for example a pushbutton switch and an LCD display, that is not accessible by the computer system is used for providing the authorization signal. The secure funds device has a secure interface that prevents the computer system from generating the authorization signal.

Abstract: A communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications from and to a plurality of mobile users. A plurality of broadcaster transmitters are distributed at macro-diverse locations for transmitting forward channel signals to the users under control of a broadcaster control unit. A plurality of collectors are distributed at macro-diverse locations for receiving reverse channel signals from the users which are processed to yield one or more sequences of data bits as a burst and corresponding initial confidence metrics for each bit. The collectors forward these reverse channel signals including the data bits and corresponding processed confidence metrics to aggregators. The system includes bandwidth control for minimizing backhaul bandwidth from collector to aggregator while maximizing signal quality.

Abstract: A value data system for secure electronic storage, transfer and other processing of value data using repositories of security controlled devices. The value data system includes a repository container including one or more of the repositories and a container security unit providing security signals as a function of conditions detected in the repository container. The repositories transfer data from or to the security controlled devices in response to a client request from a client system. Each repository in the value data system includes a security enclosure containing the security controlled devices. Each security controlled device includes a deactivation unit for electronically deactivating the security controlled device. The repository includes a repository processor unit connecting a value data transfer request from the client system to the security controlled devices and for transferring value data from the security controlled devices.

Abstract: A system that employs virtual addressing for structures in a coupling facility. The system operates to share data among two or more processes that execute on central processing complexes. The central processing complexes each have an inter-system channel connected to a coupling facility. The coupling facilitcludes coupling facility receivers where each receiver connects to one of the inter-system channels for making transfers between the coupling facility and the central processing complexes. The coupling facility includes storage, connected to the coupling facility receivers, for storing control objects and data objects at real addresses in one or more structures, where the real address are translatable from corresponding virtual addresses. The coupling facility includes CPUs, connected to the coupling facility receivers and to the storage, for controlling the operation of the coupling facility.

Abstract: An information locator system providing for the expedient acquisition, validation and updating of information locators in a heterogenous network protocol environment. The locator system includes an information location discrimination engine coupleable to a network operating in the heterogeneous network protocol environment, a validation engine coupled to the information location discrimination engine to receive information locators and a database providing for the storage of information locators as discrete searchable resource locators. The validation engine is also connected to the data base for retrieving and storing resource locators. The validation engine provides for the autonomous interrogation of the heterogeneous network protocol environment to validate a predetermined information locator as a corresponding resource locator that is unique to the discrete searchable resource locators then stored by the database.

Abstract: The present invention is a communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications in a region for communications with cellular users. Each region includes a plurality of zone managers. Each zone manager includes a broadcaster having a broadcaster transmitter for broadcasting a plurality of forward channel communications using broadband broadcaster signals to form a plurality of broadcaster forward channels. Each zone manager includes an aggregator for processing reverse channel communications. Each zone manager communicates with a collector group for receiving reverse channel communications from users and forwarding reverse channel communications to the aggregator. Each of the users includes a user receiver for receiving a different forward channel from said broadcaster and includes user transmitter means for broadcasting user reverse channel communications in a different user reverse channel.

Abstract: A multiprocessor system having a plurality of CPUs that can be dynamically reconfigured between online and offline without system shutdown. The multiprocessor system includes a dynamic reconfiguration subsystem for reconfiguration without shutdown. The dynamic reconfiguration subsystem includes a service processor having a feature file for identifying a current online number corresponding to a current number of online CPUs, a current offline number corresponding to a current number of offline CPUs and an update number corresponding to changes to be made in the current online number and the current offline number.

Abstract: A communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications from and to a plurality of mobile users. A plurality of collectors are distributed at macro-diverse locations for receiving reverse channel signals from the users. Each of the collectors includes micro-diversity receivers for receiving the reverse channel signals from users. The collectors process and forward the reverse channel signals to aggregators. The aggregators combine the reverse channel signals to yield a combined signal with fewer bit errors than occur in the absence of combining.

Abstract: A micro-diverse directional transmitting antenna array positioned proximately upon the boundary of a convex shape whereby the primary attenuation lobes of neighboring antennae overlap. Distinct transmissions by distinct directional antenna components utilize the same channel resources using transmitting directional antenna components that are not adjacent. Further, a micro-diverse directional antenna array comprising both transmitting and receiving directional antenna components positioned proximately upon the boundary of a convex shape whereby the primary attenuation lobes of nearest neighbor transmitting directional antenna components overlap and the primary attenuation lobes of nearest neighbor receiving directional antenna components overlap.

Abstract: A transmitter identification system to determine if cellular phones in a cellular phone system are authorized as distinguished from cloned phones, operated by fraudulent users, that are unauthorized. Components used in the manufacture of cellular phones vary slightly from one phone to anther so that, when the phones are used, the transmitter signals from each phone have different external signal traits. For each cellular phone call, the transmitter signal is received and characterized using a received set of features resulting from the external signal traits. The received set of features is compared with previously stored sets of Features in a database to determine if the call is authorized or unauthorized and, if unauthorized, the call is stopped and access to the fraudulent user is denied.

Abstract: A computer system includes a transparent data migration facility (TDNff) to accomplish automated movement of data (migration) from one location to another in the system. A data migration program includes a main module to control the start of a migration session when said application programs are using data accessed to and from the source volume, to migrate data from the source volume to the target volume, and to end the migration session whereby the application programs are using data accessed to and from the target volume. The data migration program includes a volume module to control the volumes during the migration session. The data migration program includes a copy module to control the copying of data from the source module to the target module during the migration session. The data migration program includes a monitor module for monitoring I/O transfers to the data volumes during the migration sessions.

Abstract: A communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications from and to a plurality of mobile users. A plurality of collectors are distributed at macro-diverse locations for receiving reverse channel signals from the users which are processed to yield one or more sequences of data bits as a burst and corresponding initial confidence metrics for each bit. The collectors forward these reverse channel signals including the data bits and corresponding processed confidence metrics to aggregators. The system includes bandwidth control for minimizing backhaul bandwidth from collector to aggregator while maximizing signal quality.

Abstract: The present invention is a communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications in a region for communications with cellular users. Each region includes a plurality of zone managers. Each zone manager includes a broadcaster having a broadcaster transmitter for broadcasting a plurality of forward channel communications using broadband broadcaster signals to form a plurality of broadcaster forward channels. Each zone manager includes an aggregator for processing reverse channel communications. Each zone manager communicates with a collector group for receiving reverse channel communications from users and forwarding reverse channel communications to the aggregator. Each of the users includes a user receiver for receiving a different forward channel from said broadcaster and includes user transmitter means for broadcasting user reverse channel communications in a different user reverse channel.

Abstract: A communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications from and to a plurality of mobile users. A plurality of collectors are distributed at macro-diverse locations for receiving reverse channel signals from the users which are processed to yield one or more sequences of data bits as a burst and corresponding one or more initial confidence metrics for each bit. The initial confidence metrics have an initial range, a.sub.in, represented by an initial number of bits, .gamma..sub.in, and are processed to form processed confidence metrics having a processed range, a.sub.p, represented by a processed number of bits, .gamma..sub.p. The collectors forward these reverse channel signals including the data bits and corresponding processed confidence metrics to aggregators. The aggregators combine the multiple collector signals for the same user received from the macro-diverse collectors.

Abstract: Signal processing to remove unwanted signal components of non-linear elements such as RF amplifiers in broadband wireless communications systems that exhibit unwanted intermodulation products. An information signal is processed to form a processed output signal, V.sub.od. A signal preprocessor includes a base modulator for modulating the information signal to form base modulated signals, a band modulator for modulating the base modulated signals to form an input signal, V.sub.i, a distortion processor for providing a predistortion signal V.sub.pd having selected predistortion terms of the Taylor series form [k.sub.1,(V.sub.i).sup.1, k.sub.2 (V.sub.i).sup.2, k.sub.3 (V.sub.i).sup.3, . . . ], and a broadband processor for combining the input signal V.sub.i and the predistortion signal V.sub.pd to form a predistorted signal V.sub.id with the selected predistortion terms of the Taylor series form [k.sub.1 (V.sub.i).sup.1, k.sub.2 (V.sub.i).sup.2, k.sub.3 (V.sub.i).sup.3, . . . ] having reduced amplitude.

Abstract: A collection search system is responsive to a user query against a collection of documents to provide a search report. The collection search system includes a collection index including first predetermined single word and multiple word phrases as indexed terms occurring in the collection of documents, a linguistic parser that identifies a list of search terms from a user query, the linguistic parser identifying the list from second predetermined single words and multiple word phrases, and a search engine coupled to receive the list from the linguistic parser. The search engine operates to intersect the list with the collection index to identify a predetermined document from the collection of documents. The search engine includes an accumulator for summing a relevancy score for the predetermined document that is related to the intersection of the predetermined document with the list.

Abstract: Apparatus for identifying wireless subscriber units and for granting or denying access to a subscriber service includes a plurality of wireless subscriber units each for generating a wireless subscriber signal including internal data traits and external signal traits. The internal data traits include an identification code. The plurality of wireless subscriber units also receive a transmitter/receiver signal. A receiver/transmitter is located remote from the wireless subscriber units and receives the wireless subscriber signal and transmits the transmitter/receiver signal. A characterizing device is connected to the receiver/transmitter and generates a plurality of characterizing signals for one of said wireless subscriber units.

Abstract: A micro-diverse directional antenna array positioned proximately upon the boundary of a convex shape whereby the primary attenuation lobes of neighboring antennae overlap. This creates a situation in which the reception of signals by said array from the space-time-delay domain of transmission can be effectively modeled as a banded linear transformation upon discretized space-time-delay domain of transmission yielding the antenna reception at discrete time steps.

Abstract: A method of selecting the likely most relevant database collections for document searching based on an ad hoc query where each of the databases includes a plurality of documents. Iterative collection selection processing of the databases is performed to obtain consistent relative-ranking collection selection results for each iteration. The method uses a collection selection query and performs the repetitive steps of determining an inverse collection frequency and a document frequency for each database; determining a ranking value for each database; selecting a subset of the set of databases based on predetermined criteria dependant on the ranking value for each the database. The method provides for automated and manual descriptions, boolean selection terms combined with soft terms, and uses term proximity, capitalization, phraseology and other information in establishing a relevance ranking of the collections with respect to the ad hoc query.