Abstract: A peer-to-peer network in which a respective uploaders is paid for uploading content in accordance with a request for the content by a respective downloader. More specifically, the respective uploader is paid an amount determined in accordance with quality of service factors committed to in advance of the uploading by the respective uploader, quality of service factors actually provided to the respective downloader by the respective uploader or a quality of service requested by the respective downloader. A central system reconciles payment from the respective uploader, to a respective downloader and to a content rights holder.

Abstract: A switch element is enclosed in the enclosure. The switch element includes a movable piece designed to move along a straight line between a switch-on position and a switch-off position. An operating piece is located along the outer surface of the enclosure. A connecting piece is located along the inner surface of the enclosure. The connecting piece is connected to the movable piece of the switch element. A sliding piece extends around the edge of the enclosure to connect one end of the operating piece to one end of the connecting piece. The sliding piece is designed to slide on the edge of the enclosure. The movable piece of the switch element moves between the switch-on position and the switch-off position in response to the movement of the operating piece.

Abstract: The present invention provides a master recording medium, a magnetic transfer method, a magnetic transfer apparatus, and a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus thereby made, which are capable of obtaining a good regenerative signal with few even harmonic components such as the second-order harmonic components on reproducing the information transferred to the magnetic recording medium in the case of recording the information on the magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer composed of the perpendicular magnetization film by the magnetic transfer.

Abstract: To realize a display driver chip for an information medium having a display function adaptable to any information medium chip, the information medium having a display function includes first communication means for transmitting and receiving information to and from a reader/writer in a contactless manner, second communication means having a communication interface that is the same as that of the first communication means and receiving information from the reader/writer independently of the first communication means, and display means for displaying information received from the reader/writer by the second communication means. Thus, it is possible to mount a memory display panel without modifying the configuration of the information medium chip such as a conventional IC card chip and the same display driver chip can be used for any information medium chip.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enable a real-time distribution even if the band of a network varies. A distributing apparatus receives a packet retransmission request or a packet restoration notification, which is transmitted from a receiving apparatus, with an error information receiving unit. If the number of received retransmission requests or that of restoration notifications becomes equal to or larger than a certain value, a distribution band controlling unit decreases a band used to distribute a packet by a certain band.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic head device that includes a soft magnetic layer includes the steps of forming a plating base layer in the soft magnetic layer through sputtering, and applying, during the forming step, a magnetic field in a direction parallel to an orientation fringe of a wafer in which the magnetic head device is formed.

Abstract: A transmission method for use in a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a source apparatus and a destination apparatus, where at least transmission from the source apparatus to the destination apparatus is conducted via an intermediate apparatus. The source apparatus is arranged to transmit an identification message to identify itself to the system. The method includes, in the intermediate apparatus, determining whether an identification message from the source apparatus is received and if so, informing the destination apparatus of the reception of the identification message. The method also includes, in the destination apparatus, detecting any identification message received directly at the destination apparatus from the source apparatus, detecting whether the intermediate apparatus has informed the destination apparatus of the reception of the identification message, and using said detections to decide whether to send a response to the source apparatus.

Abstract: A moving picture decoding apparatus includes one or more variable-length decoding units, a data buffer configured to store data output from the one or more variable-length decoding units, and a plurality of image decoding units configured to read the data from the data buffer and to perform image decoding the data.

Abstract: In a scan conversion apparatus, a first interpolation pixel generation unit generates an interpolation pixel of a nonexistent line for one of images of two fields based on a motion vector detected between the images of the same parity. A second interpolation pixel generation unit generates an intra-field interpolation pixel of a nonexistent line by using a pixel for the image of the field for which the interpolation pixel has been generated by the first interpolation pixel generation unit, among the images of the two fields. An erroneous-interpolation detection unit detects an erroneous interpolation for the interpolation pixel generated by the first interpolation pixel generation unit by comparing with pixels existing in the upper and lower lines. A signal blending output unit outputs a video signal using interpolation pixels generated by the first and second interpolation pixel generation units based on the detection by the erroneous-interpolation detection unit.

Abstract: A transmission method for use in a wireless communication system is provided. The system includes a source apparatus, a destination apparatus and an intermediate apparatus, where the source apparatus and destination apparatus are arranged to transmit and receive information via the intermediate apparatus, and where at least the source apparatus is arranged to perform a network entry process in order to connect to the system. The includes, in the intermediate apparatus, determining whether the source apparatus has initiated a network entry process with the intermediate apparatus and if so, notifying the destination apparatus thereof while continuing to conduct the network entry process with the source apparatus. The method also includes, in the destination apparatus, responding to said notification with a return message to the intermediate apparatus, said return message being used to facilitate completion of the network entry process.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus characterized by having a memory interface with a buffer for reading and buffering an instruction stored in memory, an instruction decoder decoding a program counter relative branch instruction supplied from the above-mentioned memory interface, and extracting a program counter relative branch destination address in the above-mentioned program counter relative branch instruction, and a judgment section judging whether an instruction at the above-mentioned program counter relative branch destination address exists in the buffer in the above-mentioned memory interface on the basis of the above-mentioned program counter relative branch destination address in the same cycle as a cycle of the above-mentioned instruction decoder decoding the above-mentioned program counter relative branch instruction.

Abstract: A single information processing device capable of configuring an information system that maintains matching between information retained by a self device and information retained by a partner device in a way that links up a plurality of information processing devices with each other, has a storage unit including a memory cell retaining a predetermined quantity of information and a comparing unit that compares the information retained by the memory cell at the present with information written afresh to the memory cell, an extraction unit extracting the information written afresh to the memory cell about which the comparing unit judges that the information retained at the present is different from the information written afresh, and a transmitting unit transmitting the extracted information to the partner device linking up with the self device.

Abstract: A cover is coupled to a base with the inner surface of the cover opposed to the inner surface of the base. In this case, a rib standing from the inner surface of the cover is guided along the contour of a printed wiring board fixed to the inner surface of the base. The method allows the printed wiring board on the base to guide the movement of the rib of the cover. The printed wiring board is utilized to align the cover with the base with a higher accuracy. The cover is thus reliably prevented from colliding against an electronic component mounted on the printed wiring board. This results in a reliable avoidance of damage to the electronic component.

Abstract: A distributed power supply circuit supplying common power to multiple packages in an apparatus so that a primary voltage of the common power is converted into a secondary voltage in a voltage conversion part so as to be supplied to a circuit in each of the packages is disclosed. The distributed power supply circuit includes a power supply monitoring part configured to monitor the primary voltage; a reset part configured to stop the supply of the primary voltage to the voltage conversion part when the power supply monitoring part detects the abnormality of the primary voltage; and a discharge part configured to release a stored charge on the primary side of the voltage conversion part when the power supply monitoring part detects the abnormality of the primary voltage. The power supply monitoring part is separated from the reset part by multiple diodes so as to be provided in parallel with the reset part.

Abstract: A wall stands upright from the surface of the bottom plate in the vertical direction in an electronic apparatus. An opening is defined in the wall. A connector defines a cylindrical portion located in the opening to receive a plug. A rib stands upright from the surface of the bottom plate. The rib defines a lock surface and an inclined surface. The lock surface extends in the vertical direction so as to hold the connector between the wall and the lock surface itself. The inclined surface is connected to the upper end of the lock surface. When the connector is set within the enclosure, the connector is received on the inclined surface. The connector slides on the inclined surface. The cylindrical portion enters the opening. When the connector drops of f the inclined surface, the connector is fitted between the lock surface and the wall.

Abstract: The semiconductor device has an insulation layer formed over a semiconductor substrate, a conductor plug 46 buried in the insulation layer, a capacitor formed above the insulation layer and the conductor plug and including a lower electrode formed of the first conduction film and the second conduction film formed over the first conduction film and formed of Pt, Pt alloy, Pd or Pd alloy, a capacitor dielectric film formed of a ferroelectric or a high dielectric formed over the lower electrode and an upper electrode formed over the capacitor dielectric film, the capacitor dielectric film contains a first element of Pb or Bi, and the concentration peak of the first element diffused in the lower electrode from the capacitor dielectric film positioning in the interface between the first conduction film and the second conduction film.

Abstract: A capacitor has a MOS gate structure in which a gate insulating film is held between a gate terminal and a ground terminal as a dielectric. A switch unit is connected between the gate terminal and a power supply. The ground terminal is connected to a ground. A switch control circuit that switches a state of the switch unit between a conductive state and a nonconductive state is provided. A predetermined voltage and a voltage of the gate terminal are input to a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal of the switch control circuit, respectively. The switch unit is conductive when the voltage of the gate terminal is higher than the predetermined voltage, and nonconductive when the voltage of the gate terminal is lower than the predetermined voltage.

Abstract: An RFID tag includes a dielectric member, an antenna pattern formed on and around a surface of the dielectric member, and an IC chip that is electrically connected to the antenna pattern by means of two chip pads.

Abstract: In a device for processing data signals, a storing part stores an input signal and the data signals included in the input signal are extracted from the storing part and the data signals are output at a desired output speed. Then, the data signal is output based on storage information of the input signal.

Abstract: The magnetoresistive effect element comprises an electrode layer 12 of a crystalline material; a base layer 14 of a conductive amorphous material formed over the electrode layer 12, an antiferromagnetic layer 18 of a crystalline material formed over the base layer 14, a ferromagnetic layer 20 formed over the antiferromagnetic layer 18 and having the magnetization direction defined by the antiferromagnetic layer 18, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer 22 formed over the ferromagnetic layer 20, a ferromagnetic layer 24 formed over the nonmagnetic intermediate layer 22 and having the magnetization direction changed by an external magnetic field, and an electrode layer 28 formed over the ferromagnetic layer 24.