Abstract: The present invention relates to shopping bags, bags, cases, envelops and similar (15, 40) for the packaging or transport of articles, made of a composite material comprising at least a first layer (11), at least a second layer (12), and at least a third layer (13) arranged between said first and second layer. The intermediate layer can have an aesthetic and/or shock-absorbing purpose. The shopping bag further exhibits a flat bottom that improves its capacity.

Abstract: A method, and apparatus, for the unified management of all types of communications, such as: telephone calls, faxes, SMS and MMS, video, e-mails, CHAT and multimedia communications in general, allows to interface various communications/telecommunications networks and their related transmission protocols. All outbound and inbound communications are controlled and globally managed through an Internet Web Browser that also generates a historical log of the communications and their contents using a single database. All the functions required for the fully integrated management of all the said types of communications to and from every device connected to the LAN comprising the apparatus, and/or the WAN, and/or the Internet, are generated by applying the invention method, thereby producing a full Computer Telephony Integration (CTI). Thanks to the method in question, the management of all types of communications is achieved without the need for any telephone switchboard (PBX, PABX, IPPBX).

Abstract: A apparatus for the integration of phone communications and IT data transmissions through a LAN provides central equipment and peripheral devices of said local area network comprising means, hardware and software, for the analogue/digital and digital/analogue conversion of phone signals into data packets and vice-versa, for the detection of data packets referring to phone communications, for the priority transmission of said data packets to the addressed phone sets, for the automatic transfer of phone communications from public phone network to LAN phone users and vice-versa, for the integrated management of messages having a multimedia content, for the performance of typical functions of an exchange and further, for the automatic selection of the most inexpensive telecommunication carrier and telephone connection mode as a function of phone service cost parameters and statistic parameters referring to the use of telephone services by each LAN phone user.