Abstract: An exemplary remote controller for a mobile internet device includes a remote control module, a center control module, and a wireless transmitter. The mobile internet device includes a wireless receiver disposed therein. The remote control module generates a control signal. The center control module determines whether the control signal is legal. The transmitter reads out a wireless data from the control signal and transmits to the wireless receiver. A remote control system and method thereof are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of titania-coated microspheres, preferably titania-coated inorganic microspheres, comprising at least the steps of: (i) providing a mixture comprising (a) a solution of a titania precursor of formula A pTi qF rin a solvent comprising water, wherein A is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkali metal and ammonium, p is 2, 3, 4 or 6, q is 1 or 2 and r is 6, 7, 8 or 14 such that p+4q=r and (b) inorganic microspheres; (ii) adding a fluoride scavenger to the mixture; and (iii) maintaining the pH of the mixture in the range of 1 to less than 2 during at least a part of the process.

Abstract: A programmable injection device, comprising: a nozzle comprising a nozzle head with a fluid input hole and a distinct injection hole, the nozzle head accepts a dose of fluid from the fluid input hole to be injected into the skin of a patient through the injection hole, without use of a needle, a fluid capsule that is connected to said nozzle head and is adapted to provide the nozzle head with multiple doses of fluid for successive injections, without replacing the fluid capsule, an injection head that is adapted to have said fluid capsule and said nozzle head mounted onto it, comprising a first mechanism adapted to forcefully push a dose of a programmable amount of fluid from said fluid capsule to said nozzle head and a second mechanism for injecting by an programmable pressure said dose of fluid from said nozzle head into the skin of a patient in at least one of a programmable velocity or a programmable pressure applied to the skin surface.

Abstract: A method to protect digital rights using an OMA DRM standard has acts of generating an encryption key and an ID unique to a user and a decryption key, encrypting the digital content using the encryption key into an encrypted object, packaging the ID and the decryption key into a rights object, delivering the ID and the encrypted object to the user's mobile device, delivering the rights object to the user's mobile device, verifying ID delivered with the encrypted object and ID in the rights object and decrypting the encrypted object. The method replaces assigning a conventional identifier to each digitized content with assigning each user a unique ID. For either the rental service or the purchase service all downloaded content in the user's mobile device is accessible based on the same rights object to improve unreasonably receiving so many rights objects for each downloaded digital content.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting a mobile model are provided. The system gathers model IDs by receiving a customized massage from a sender and then storing the model ID, issuing a WAP PUSH message containing an access URL to a mobile station, receiving a request with a UserAgent attached and mobile phone number from a mobile station, adding a new record of the mobile phone number and its corresponding UserAgent into a ID database when the UserAgent is not in the mapping table.

Abstract: A portable disk player comprises: a base unit (1) defining a disk driven device and a disk read processing device therein, said base unit forming a mounting base (12) on a bottom cover (10) thereof, said mounting base including a protrusion (16); a display (2) being pivotally connected with one side of said base unit; and a connecting hinge (3) connecting said base unit with said display and including a horizontal tube (32) extending horizontally, a longitudinal tube (34) extending longitudinally, said longitudinal tube including a projection (342); wherein when said connecting hinge is located in a first position, one side of said projection of said longitudinal tube resists against one side of said protrusion of said mounting base, and when said connecting hinge is located in a second position, the other side of said projection of the longitudinal tube resists against the other side of said protrusion of said mounting base.

Abstract: A redundant link management switch for use in a stack of switches forming a closed-loop link topology, including a stacking module, a processor and a management module. The stacking module has an uplink port for connecting a next-higher switch in the stack and a downlink port for connecting a next-lower switch in the stack. The processor instructs the stacking module to disable a downlink control bus within the downlink port when receiving a disconnect command, and instructs the stacking module to enable the downlink control bus when receiving a reconnect command. The management module asserts the disconnect command if a link status, received from the processor, indicates that the redundant link management switch and the stack of switches are stacked into the closed-loop link topology. Additionally, the management module asserts the reconnect command to recover a redundant link if the management module detects that the closed-loop link topology is changed.

Abstract: A method and system of transmitting electronic files over to a mobile phone is disclosed. The system introduces a personalized service by allowing the sender of an electronic file to add a personalized note to the WAP PUSH message, such that the receiver of the WAP PUSH message can be well informed of the motive and the identity of the sender behind the electronic file and use the routing information to retrieve the electronic file; and later the sender can receive a confirmation message from the network server after the receiver has successfully downloaded the electronic file. For the sender of electronic file, the personal message can be clearly expressed without causing any confusion for the receiver, which is largely lacking from current download services.

Abstract: A modified data synchronization system having data security and proxy capabilities has a delivery server, a PC, and at least one mobile phone. The PC sends out the exchange data through the Internet to a remote location where the delivery server is installed, and then one mobile phone compliant with SyncML protocols dials in to conduct data synchronization with the delivery server through wireless means, through which the existing data discrepancy between the mobile phone and the PC can be eliminated. The PC does not need to install a dedicated SyncML server, and data security can be ensured in the synchronization process, as data transfer between the PC and the delivery server through secured protocol over the Internet, and that between the mobile phone and the delivery server is through a dedicated channel.

Abstract: A system for analyzing and structuring business processes implemented in software to provides businesses with tools to manage business processes. The system i) notifies the user that he or she has a step to begin or to complete; ii) provides the user with the proper tools to complete a task; iii) provides the user with the proper information to complete a task; iv) allows the user to see where a task fits in the overall process; v) manages proper reminders, alerts, and follow-ups to keep the process moving; vi) automates certain standard procedures; vii) integrates with the organization's existing business systems; and viii) provides application program interfaces that allow developers to develop applications that are workflow-enabled. The system utilizes a workflow server including a transactions manager and a database.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus which is used to enable application developers to generate workflow enabled applications which request services from the workflow server component of the workflow system, remotely and indirectly using messaging, shared databases or inter-process communications. The present invention provides a standard transaction format (STF) for accessing such a workflow system through STF processors via messaging, updates to the shared databases or inter-process communications. Workflow enabled applications are used by users to act and participate in business processes and enable users and managers to observe and query the status of workflows and business processes.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of producing a multiple compartment corrugated hose with at least one inner corrugated partition. The corrugation of the inner partition is achieved by maintaining a predetermined ratio between the peripheral wall and the inner partition wall. The hose is produced using either a continuous blow molding with internal pressure and/or vacuum assist process where the inner partition is allowed to shrink and relax into a corrugated pattern. Such an hose is flexible in all directions and available for many applications.

Abstract: The invention is a method and system which provides consultants, business process analysts, and application developers with a unified tool with which to conduct business process analysis, design, documentation and to generate business process definitions and workflow-enabled applications. The invention may be implemented using a software system which has two functional sets. One is a set of graphical tools that can be used by a developer or business analyst to map out business processes. The second is a set of tools that can be used to document and specify in detail the attributes of each workflow definition, including roles, cycle time, conditions, of satisfaction, cost and value, associated text, forms, application data as well as detail the attributes of links between workflows required to complete a business process map, and to generate a business process definition and a workflow-enabled application.

Abstract: The invention is a method and system which provides consultants, business process analysts, and application developers with a unified tool with which to conduct business process analysis, design, and documentation. The invention may be implemented using a software system which has two functional sets. One is a set of graphical tools that can be used by a developer or business analyst to map out business processes. The second is a set of tools that can be used to document and specify in detail the attributes of each workflow definition, including roles, timing, conditions of satisfaction, forms, and links required to complete a business process definition. The invention utilizes fundamental concept of workflow analysis that any business process can be interpreted as a sequence of basic transactions called workflows.

Abstract: A method for managing business, social, and/or personal communications utilizing a programmed computer system including certain defining steps. All communications between a set of participants are defined as moves in conversations for declaring specific realizable possibilities or as moves in conversations for producing actions to complete specific possibilities. These conversations are defined as taking place within a set of declared or understood domains of possibilities. A set of conversational roles played by participants in the conversations is defined. Each participant plays at least one conversational role in any conversation. A set of types of incompletions which occur recurringly within the conversations is also defined. A set of types of permitted moves in conversations is defined on the basis of the defined incompletions, the defined roles, and the specific types of incompletions produced by the permitted moves. For each of the types of moves a set of associated data is defined.

Abstract: A method for managing communications between individuals utilizing a programmed computer system. The method involves several definitional steps that are critical to achieving a practicable methodology for conversation management. The integrated concepts of "moves in conversations" of two basic types (Conversation for Action and Conversation for Possibilities), conversational roles, types of incompletions, and logical/functional relationships between moves, incompletions, and roles, provide a set of constructs on which a powerful and practicable methodology for conversation management may be built. They provide a basis for defining a meaningful conversation record format which can be integrated into a conversation data base using standard data base building and management tools. A system for managing communications which incorporates the methodology of this invention provides a powerful framework for structuring human conversations.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for improved plasma treating of circuit boards is disclosed wherein a plasma treating zone and a gas resupply zone are established in a chamber, an actuating mechanism being provided to establish relative movement between the circuit boards and the zones during treatment of the circuit boards. The apparatus preferably includes a chamber for receipt of a gas and having electrodes centrally positioned therein for generating an electrical field at a central portion of the chamber thereby exciting the gas thereat and creating a zone of intense plasma.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner hose comprises alternating height corrugations which break up airflow and reduce or eliminate whistle during vacuum cleaner operation. The hose likewise provides a high degree of flexibility, crush and kink resistance, and returnability back to its original shape. The hose may be formed of a single non-reinforced member by an extrusion blow-molding process. In one embodiment, the widths of the corrugations alternate with the heights.