Abstract: The invention provides a method and a system for rebuilding single ring network topology. In the method, each node in the single ring network detects, at a predetermined time interval, whether the link connected with the root port of the present node is failed (S401); when one node in the single ring network detects a link failure, the node having a blocking port obtains the information that the link failure occurs in the single ring network (S403); and the node having the blocking port switches the state of the port in a blocking state to a forwarding state (S405). With the technical solution provided by the invention, the passive wait for obtaining the link failure can be converted to the active detection for the link failure, and the state of the port in the blocking state is directly switched to the forwarding state. Therefore, the convergence speed is accelerated.

Abstract: One embodiment is a fleet dispatch plan optimization system and method that provides a planning and assignment mechanism for assigning shipments of goods, supplies, cargo, or any other type of delivery to a driver and equipment. The method may include, for example, receiving as an input a plurality of shipments of items or goods that need to be assigned and a plurality of drivers available to handle the shipments. The drivers can include those from the private fleet or from a common carrier. The method may then include determining, using a simulation engine for example, the most cost effective assignment of one of the drivers to at least one of the shipments.

Abstract: Objects stored in a zip archive may be extracted in random-access fashion (without involving other objects stored in the zip archive) using the addresses of the objects stored in the central directory of the zip archive. However, zip archives often provide insufficient information to enable random access to the data within an object. This capability may be provided by segmenting the object into sections of a section size, and including in the zip archive a block table specifying, for respective sections, the block size of the corresponding block. A zip archive extractor may achieve random access to the object by using the block table to computing the addresses of blocks comprising the selected portion and extracting only those blocks. Backwards compatibility of the zip archive with other zip archive extractors may be preserved by including the block table within a zip extension of the central directory of the zip archive.

Abstract: Door arrangement, more particularly a sliding door arrangement of an automatic door of an elevator or of a building, which comprises a door panel, and a guide arrangement for controlling the path of movement of the door panel, which guide arrangement comprises at least one guide connected to the aforementioned door panel, and a guide rail, closely along which the aforementioned guide is arranged to move, and from which guide rail the guide takes lateral support force with respect to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The guide comprises a first guide roll for taking the support force from the guide surface of the guide rail on the side of a first side of the guide, and a second guide roll for taking support force from the guide surface of the guide rail on the side of a second side of the guide.

Abstract: An FET device includes a plurality of Fin-FET devices. The fins of the Fin-FET devices are composed of a first material. The FET device includes a second material, which is epitaxially merging the fins. The fins are vertically recessed relative to an upper surface of the second material. The FET device furthermore includes a continuous silicide layer formed over the fins and over the second material, and a stress liner covering the device.

Abstract: Statistical approaches to large-scale image annotation are described. Generally, the annotation technique includes compiling visual features and textual information from a number of images, hashing the images visual features, and clustering the images based on their hash values. An example system builds statistical language models from the clustered images and annotates the image by applying one of the statistical language models.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a body having a terminating end and a mating end. A power contact extends from the mating end of the body. The power contact is configured to be engaged by a power contact of a mating connector connected to a predominantly capacitive load. An auxiliary contact extends from the mating end of the body. The auxiliary contact is coupled in series with a resistor. The auxiliary contact configured to be engaged by an auxiliary contact of the mating connector. The auxiliary contact in series with the resistor is configured to engage the mating connector before the power contact to resist a surge current due to the capacitive load from the mating connector.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to mapping from application objects to an abstract data model. In aspects, a mapper receives registrations that indicate behavior (e.g., how objects are constructed, modified, or examined) of application objects. The behavior may be specified using user-supplied expressions. The mapper aggregates this data and uses it to map application requests for data access into one or more operations that operate on the abstract data model. A data access layer may then translate the operations into actions to access data corresponding to the requests from a store. If appropriate, data obtained from the store may then be inserted into application objects as indicated by the registrations.

Abstract: Ensuring forward progress of token-required cache operations in a shared cache, including: snooping an instruction to execute a token-required cache operation; determining if a snoop machine is available and if the snoop machine is set to a reservation state; if the snoop machine is available and the snoop machine is in the reservation state, determining whether the instruction to execute the token-required cache operation owns a token or is a joint instruction; if the instruction is a joint instruction, instructing the operation to retry; if the instruction to execute the token-required cache operation owns a token, dispatching a cache controller; determining whether all required cache controllers of relevant compute nodes are available to execute the instruction; executing the instruction if the required cache controllers are available otherwise not executing the instruction.

Abstract: A computer may identify an individual according to one or more biometrics based on various physiological aspects of the individual, such as metrics of various features of the face, gait, fingerprint, or voice of the individual. However, biometrics are often computationally intensive to compute, inaccurate, and unable to scale to identify an individual among a large set of known individuals. Therefore, the biometric identification of an individual may be supplemented by identifying one or more devices associated with the individual (e.g., a mobile phone, a vehicle driven by the individual, or an implanted medical device). When an individual is registered for identification, various device identifiers of devices associated with the individual may be stored along with the biometrics of the individual. Individuals may then be identified using both biometrics and detected device identifiers, thereby improving the efficiency, speed, accuracy, and scalability of the identification.

Abstract: Techniques are described for managing states of an object using a finite-state machine. The states may be used to indicate whether an object has been added, removed, requested or updated. Embodiments of the invention generally include dividing a process into at least two threads where a first thread changes the state of the object while the second thread performs the processing of the data found in the object. While the second thread is processing the data, the first thread may receive additional updates and change the states of the objects to inform the second thread that it should process the additional updates when the second thread becomes idle.

Abstract: An image forming method and a charged particle beam apparatus suitable for suppressing the inclination of charging when scanning a two-dimensional area with a charged particle beam. A third scanning line located between a first scanning line and a second scanning line is scanned. After the first, second and third scanning lines have been scanned, a plurality of scanning lines are scanned between the first and third scanning lines and between the second and third scanning lines.

Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) carrier for enclosing an optical transceiver PCBA. The PCBA carrier includes a base portion including one or more first connection members, the base portion being configured to receive an optical transceiver PCBA and a top portion including one or more second connection members configured to couple to the first connection members to thereby secure the top portion to the base portion, the top portion being configured to reside above the optical transceiver PCBA when the first and second connection members are coupled. The PCBA carrier is further configured to enclose the optical transceiver PCBA when the base and top portions are coupled to provide a solid structure for the optical transceiver PCBA without the need for a separate optical transceiver module housing.

Abstract: A method and system for walk-away locking of a vehicle. The vehicle may be automatically locked when an occupant walks away from the vehicle in a passive manner. The automatic locking capabilities may be incorporated within an energy conservation strategy that allows one or more vehicle components and a fob to enter a sleep mode or otherwise become inactive at particular intervals when signals necessary to automatically locking the vehicle are less likely.

Abstract: In order to put the voice transmission function of a data transmission device into practice, the present invention provides an analog processing device for a data transmission device, which includes an analog signal processing unit for performing analog signal processes on an input signal received by the data transmission device and an output signal transmitted by the data transmission device, an audio interface unit coupled to the analog signal processing unit, for transmitting the input signal and the output signal, an output unit coupled to the audio interface unit, for transmitting the output signal from the audio interface unit to an external device, and an input unit coupled to the audio interface unit, for transmitting the input signal from the external device to the audio interface unit.

Abstract: A system and method are described for securing over the air communications between a service and a communication device. For example, one embodiment of a method for creating a security token on a communication device for communication between the communication device and a service includes combining a device identification of the communication device with a device capability to create a device information, the device capability known by the service. The method further includes encrypting the device information.

Abstract: A method, system and program are disclosed for automatically adjusting the allocation of a plurality of information processing system (IPS) resources among a plurality of logical partitions (LPARs). An LPAR is created on a first central processor complex (CPC) and a first LPAR identifier is generated. A configuration change manager is implemented on the LPAR to communicate changes in the LPAR's identifier to an automated resource manager (ARM). IPS resources are automatically allocated to the LPAR. If the LPAR is migrated a second CPC, a second LPAR identifier is similarly generated, resulting in an LPAR configuration change event. The ARM is notified that the migrated LPAR's identifier has changed and receives the changed LPAR identifier. Comparison operations are performed to determine whether the second LPAR identifier matches the first CPC. If not, resources allocated to the migrated LPAR are released for automated allocation to other LPARs comprising the first CPC.

Abstract: A method for operating a cleanout cycle to remove treating chemistry dispensed within a dispenser dryer.

Abstract: A mutant hydrolase optionally fused to a protein of interest is provided. The mutant hydrolase is capable of forming a bond with a substrate for the corresponding nonmutant (wild-type) hydrolase which is more stable than the bond formed between the wild-type hydrolase and the substrate and has at least two amino acid substitutions relative to the wild-type hydrolase. Substrates for hydrolases comprising one or more functional groups are also provided, as well as methods of using the mutant hydrolase and the substrates of the invention. Also provided is a fusion protein capable of forming a stable bond with a substrate and cells which express the fusion protein.

Abstract: A remote controller for operating another apparatus has: an operating unit having operation keys to which different key numbers have been allocated and with which operation commands for operating the another apparatus have been associated; a transmitting/receiving unit for communicating with the another apparatus by bidirectional radio communication; a memory to store the operation commands; and a control unit for reading out the operation command according to the executed operation and transmitting the operation command to the another apparatus. The control unit forms a request signal for requesting code information including a key number and the operation command, transmits it to the another apparatus, receives the code information corresponding to the request signal, and stores the operation command into the memory so as to be associated with the operation key.