Abstract: This invention discloses a method and a system for communicating with a user including wirelessly broadcasting content which is accessible to a multiplicity of users and which includes at least some non-audio enabling a user to select a portion of the content responsive to a selection by the user, capturing at least part of the non-audio content, corresponding to the portion of the content selected by the user and employing at least part of the captured content to access a contact using a mobile communicator by initially establishing contact with a non product-specific communication facility and employing product-specific information contained in the non-audio content.

Abstract: An antenna assembly for a portable radio device/mobile station is provided. The assembly includes a retractable whip antenna 24, a first radio lead 50 for coupling the whip antenna to a mobile telephony receiver, and a second radio lead 48 for coupling the whip antenna 24 to a FM or DVB receiver. Each lead is coupled to the whip antenna at least when the whip antenna is fully extended. In one embodiment, received signals are frequency discriminated by a RF choke such as an inductor 52 along the second radio lead. In another embodiment, the first radio lead is coupled directly to a PIFA antenna 58 internal to the portable device, and the whip antenna is in parasitic communication 64 with the PIFA antenna at least when the whip antenna is extended and receiving signals above a threshold frequency. In that alternative embodiment, the whip antenna is preferably decoupled from ground.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an outfit for measuring of action of muscles of body, in which method electrical signals created by active muscles are measured with a measuring device and a response from action of muscles is given with a response device with a signal perceptible to a user. In the method in accordance with the invention electrical signals of muscles at various points of the body and/or limbs are measured with one or more measuring devices attached and connected to one or more outfits, the functioning of various muscles is monitored and the information is processed in measuring devices. In the outfit in accordance with the invention there are one or more measuring devices integrated for measuring the electrical signals created by the muscles, for monitoring the action, for processing the information, and the outfit includes a response device for giving response.

Abstract: Disclosed is an oscillator circuit (10) for use in a local oscillator of an RF communications device (100) that communicates over an RF channel. The oscillator circuit includes an oscillator transistor coupled to a power supply voltage (Vcc) through a buffer transistor, and a biasing network having bias voltage outputs coupled to a control input of the oscillator transistor and to a control input of the buffer transistor. In one embodiment the bias voltage network is coupled to Vcc, while in another embodiment the bias voltage network is coupled to a separate voltage (Vbias). Circuitry is provided for setting a magnitude of Vcc and/or Vbias as a function of at least one of RF channel conditions, such as channels conditions determined from a calculation of the (SNR), or an operational mode of the RF communications device. The magnitude of Vcc (and Vbias) may be set between about zero volts (i.e., turned off) and some maximum value.

Abstract: The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time. The digital information has a number of packets. A transmit time process determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets and a network speed. A scheduler schedules a transmit time for the digital information and an acceptance process accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ferrule assembly for optical fibres comprising a high-density ferrule plate with a two-dimensional array of through-holes for said optical fibres. The holes of the ferrule plate comprise substantially straight edges adapted to substantially contain said optical fibres. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a high-density ferrule plate, a mould for die casting such a high-density ferrule plate and a method for manufacturing such a mould.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for quantizing linear prediction parameters in variable bit-rate sound signal coding, in which an input linear prediction parameter vector is received, a sound signal frame corresponding to the input linear prediction parameter vector is classified, a prediction vector is computed, the computed prediction vector is removed from the input linear prediction parameter vector to produce a prediction error vector, and the prediction error vector is quantized. Computation of the prediction vector comprises selecting one of a plurality of prediction schemes in relation to the classification of the sound signal frame, and processing the prediction error vector through the selected prediction scheme. The present invention further relates to a method and device for dequantizing linear prediction parameters in variable bit-rate sound signal decoding.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for incorporation of a Reverse Link Control Hold Mode and MAC_ID assignment in a cdma2000 1xEV-DV communications system. The teachings herein provide for a reverse link Control Hold Mode for a cellular communications system, wherein a mobile station uses an R-PDCH channel with or without an F-PDCH channel being assigned; alternatively, where a mobile station uses a F-PDCH channel without an R-PDCH channel. A medium access control identification code (MAC_ID) assigned by a base station from a MAC_ID space to each one of a plurality of mobile stations; wherein the MAC_ID is assigned in an ascending (or descending) order from the MAC_ID space for a first group of mobile stations, and wherein the MAC_ID is assigned in a descending (or ascending) order from the MAC_ID space for a second group of mobile stations.

Abstract: A monolithic, side pumped, passively Q-switched, solid-state laser (10) includes a laser resonator structure (16) that includes a laser gain medium (12) having an output face bonded to a passive Q-switch (14). The gain medium (12) has a side face (12A) for receiving pump light. The pump light is preferably generated by a laser diode array (20). In a further embodiment, a non-linear optical material (22), such as frequency doubling KTP, is optically coupled to an output face of the Q-switch for providing output wavelength conversion. A method is also disclosed for fabricating the monolithic, side pumped, passively Q-switched, solid-state laser. Techniques are included for providing compensation from thermal aberrations during operation of the laser.

Abstract: A compression connector for interconnecting a two electrical devices including, a housing mounting at least one conductive element defining; a first beam section fastened to the housing in a cantilevered manner allowing resilient deflection and having a first contact region at the fastened end for connection to the first device, and a second beam section extending at a first end thereof in a cantilevered manner from the movable end of the first beam section, the second beam section including a second contact region away from the first end and disposed to engage with compressively, and deflectable by the first device. The conductive element is formed by out of plane bending to position the second beam back over the first beam, so that the wiping action by the first contract region of the second beam in a direction transverse to the compression engagement direction is controlled by geometry selection of the beams.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses a method in a client-server communication system wherein the method comprises one or more stages for content transformation, which renders data into presentation format. The method comprises at least stage for content transformation that is based on device used by the client.

Abstract: A method is described for transmitting data from a mobile station to a wireless network, as is a wireless communications system that operates in accordance with the method. The method includes (a) requesting permission to transmit data using an access channel; (b) in response to receiving a permission message from the wireless network, transmitting the data from the mobile station to the wireless network over a control channel using a modulation and channel coding scheme determined in the wireless network, and communicated to mobile station in the permission message; and (c) in response to receiving the transmitted data at the wireless network, soft combining the received data with previously received data, if any, until a desired decoding result is achieved, and transmitting an acknowledgment of data reception to the mobile station. The steps of transmitting and receiving preferably use a code division, multiple access technique.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system architecture, components and a searching technique for an Unstructured Information Management System (UIMS). The UIMS may be provided as middleware for the effective management and interchange of unstructured information over a wide array of information sources. The architecture generally includes a search engine, data storage, analysis engines containing pipelined document annotators and various adapters. The searching technique makes use of a two-level searching technique. A search query includes a search operator containing of a plurality of search sub-expressions each having an associated weight value. The search engine returns a document or documents having a weight value sum that exceeds a threshold weight value sum. The search operator is implemented as a Boolean predicate that functions as a Weighted AND (WAND).

Abstract: A method and computer that reduces ABENDs due to end of volume encounters of a job. The method provides an extend-to-new volume processing in response to such encounters. The method permits the definition of primary storage groups and extend storage groups and allows the linking of an extend storage group to a primary storage group. When the job encounters an end-of-volume condition on the current storage volume and is further unable to extend to a new volume in the primary storage group, the method then tries to find a new volume in one or more extend storage groups that are linked to that primary storage group. If no new volume can be found in an extend storage group, an ABEND process is performed.

Abstract: A scanning magnetic microscope SMM (20) includes a sensor (10) for sensing a magnetic field generated by a specimen (78), the sensor including one of a MTJ, a GMR, or an EHE sensor; translation apparatus (22A–C, 52) for translating the sensor relative to a surface of sad specimen; and a data processor (50), having an input coupled to an output of said sensor, for constructing an image of said magnetic field. The sensor preferably includes one to three sensing units each defining a sensing axis for sensing a component of a magnetic field from a specimen, the sensing units disposed such that the sensing axes are orthogonal to one another. Pluralities of such sensors can be disposed in two or three dimensional arrays. The SMM can be used for examining the current flow in ICs, electromigration, magnetic data storage media, biomagnetic systems and magnetic ink used to print currency.

Abstract: Method for stabilizing the frequency of a frequency synthesizer by means of a reference oscillator unit coupled to a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a frequency synthesizer, wherein the synthesizer is provided with a phase locked loop (PLL) to stabilize the operation of the voltage controlled oscillator, wherein the reference oscillator unit is a MEMS (MicroElectromechanicalSystems) reference oscillator unit, the temperature of the MEMS reference oscillator unit is measured, and the output frequency is corrected according to the measured temperature by using a frequency/temperature function.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes, in response to detecting that a fast copy function has been invoked, automatically selecting at least one target volume for writing fast copy-related data, where the at least one target volume is selected for optimizing fast copy performance, and writing the fast copy data to the selected at least one target volume. Also disclosed is a data processing system having circuitry that operates in accordance with the method, as well as a computer program product, embodied on a computer readable media, that implements the method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector arrangement, between a flexible ribbon cable (1) and a component (5) of an electrical circuit, whereby the flexible ribbon cable (1) has a stripped conductor region on one side of the end for connection, comprising a housing (2) in which the flexible ribbon cable end is clamped and in which an elastic element (3) subjects the stripped end to pressure. The component (5) comprises a socket (4) for the housing (2), in which the housing (2) may be clipped and with contact strips (6) arranged therein against which the stripped regions of the flexible ribbon cable (1) are pressed, when the housing (2) is in the terminal position thereof within the socket (4).

Abstract: The invention concerns a plug connector (1) equipped with compression contact terminals (5). In order to clean each of the contact surfaces of at least one first compression contact terminal (5) of a plug connector (1) and of a second contact terminal (9) of a connector with fixed base (2) respectively, the invention provides for at least one first contact terminal (5) of the plug connector including a contact end (8), Which contact end is provided with at least protuberance (12) mounted at the tip of its elongated part (16) extending in a plane perpendicular to an elongation axis (13) of said contact end and/or to a connection axis (15).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical contact terminal which is obtained by cutting and folding a small electrically-conductive metal plate (13), consisting of a rear part (5) which can be used to connect an electric wire (1) and a front part (3) comprising a first folded blade which forms a contact blade (11, 11?) with a complementary contact blade, said contact blade (11, 11?) comprising at least one formed part (12, 12?) which is disposed in a fold area of the aforementioned contact blade.