Abstract: A method in one embodiment is performed at least in part at a server in a network file system that includes said server and a plurality of clients connected by a network, the method comprising: receiving a data write request from one client; selecting a client as a write object of said data from the other clients according to a condition of said one client stored in advance and/or conditions of said other clients; and transmitting said data write request to the client selected as a write object. Additional systems, methods and computer program products are also presented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaping method of a thin film layer and a manufacturing method of a perpendicular recording magnetic head using the same. In the thin film layer shaping method according to the present invention, since a second thin film of a lower etching rate is etched by a preliminary etching amount allowing for a difference between the etching rate of the second thin film and an etching rate of a first thin film in side-by-side relationship with each other, both the first and second thin films can be etched by the same etching amount through a subsequent etching step, so that the thin film layer can be shaped into a given shape. Thus, the surface of the thin film layer can be planarized.

Abstract: A method and system for performing a requested job. The system includes multiple processing servers and a management server. Each processing server executes an assigned program for performing the requested job. An execution direction, which identifies each of the multiple programs and an execution order for their execution (including identification of a first program to be executed), is generated. The management server sends to a first processing server the execution direction and input data. The first processing server: executes the first program using the input data, resulting in updating the input data; sends to the management server an inquiry for identification information that identifies a second processing server to execute a second program included in the execution direction; receives the identification information from the management server; and sends to the second processing server the execution direction and the updated input data for subsequent execution of the second program.

Abstract: A polymer material, containing at least one kind of polymer substance selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid-based polymers, polyester-based polymers, and polycarbonate-based polymers; and a compound represented by formula (2) contained in the polymer substance: wherein A21 and A22 each independently represent an atom other than hydrogen atom and carbon atom; Y21 and Y22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; at least one of Y21 and Y22 represents a substituent having a Hammett substituent constant ?p of 0.2 or more; Y21 and Y22 may bind to each other to form a ring; and (B) represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a five- or six-membered ring with A21, A22 and the carbon atom.

Abstract: A mobile communication system in accordance with the present invention is a system in which a mobile communication terminal 200 communicates with a plurality of mobile communication base stations 100 simultaneously using a multi-carrier radio communication scheme. It includes an upstream channel quality measuring section 108 for measuring the channel quality information of subcarriers between the mobile communication base stations 100 and the mobile communication terminal 200; and a subcarrier allocation deciding section 16 for deciding the subcarrier allocation for each mobile communication base station 100 according to the channel quality information of subcarriers measured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaping method of a thin film layer and a manufacturing method of a perpendicular recording magnetic head using the same. In the thin film layer shaping method according to the present invention, since a second thin film of a lower etching rate is etched by a preliminary etching amount allowing for a difference between the etching rate of the second thin film and an etching rate of a first thin film in side-by-side relationship with each other, both the first and second thin films can be etched by the same etching amount through a subsequent etching step, so that the thin film layer can be shaped into a given shape. Thus, the surface of the thin film layer can be planarized.

Abstract: An ultraviolet absorbent, containing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein X1 and X2 each are an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or —NR16—; R11, R12, R13, R14, R15 and R16 each are a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent.

Abstract: A polymer material, containing at least one kind of polymer substance selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid-based polymers, polyester-based polymers, and polycarbonate-based polymers; and a compound represented by formula (2) contained in the polymer substance: wherein A21 and A22 each independently represent an atom other than hydrogen atom and carbon atom; Y21 and Y22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; at least one of Y21 and Y22 represents a substituent having a Hammett substituent constant ?p of 0.2 or more; Y21 and Y22 may bind to each other to form a ring; and (B) represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a five- or six-membered ring with A21, A22 and the carbon atom.

Abstract: A method and system for performing a requested job. The system includes multiple processing servers and a management server. Each processing server executes an assigned program for performing the requested job. An execution direction, which identifies each of the multiple programs and an execution order for their execution (including identification of a first program to be executed), is generated. The management server sends to a first processing server the execution direction and input data. The first processing server: executes the first program using the input data, resulting in updating the input data; sends to the management server an inquiry for identification information that identifies a second processing server to execute a second program included in the execution direction; receives the identification information from the management server; and sends to the second processing server the execution direction and the updated input data for subsequent execution of the second program.

Abstract: This on-vehicle map display apparatus comprises a map scale setting unit that sets a map scale, a summary map generation unit that generates a summary map by abbreviating road shapes if a map scale that is less than a predetermined scale is set by the map scale setting unit, a summary map display control unit that displays the summary map generated by the summary map generation unit upon a display monitor, a congestion information acquisition unit that acquires congestion information, and a congestion information display control unit that displays the congestion information acquired by the congestion information acquisition unit as superimposed upon the summary map displayed upon the display monitor by the summary map display control unit.

Abstract: A method in one embodiment is performed at least in part at a server in a network file system that includes said server and a plurality of clients connected by a network, the method comprising: receiving a data write request from one client; selecting a client as a write object of said data from the other clients according to a condition of said one client stored in advance and/or conditions of said other clients; and transmitting said data write request to the client selected as a write object. Additional systems, methods and computer program products are also presented.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, present in an intranet, sharing information with an information processing apparatus present in the other intranet connected to the intranet via a network, includes a memory storing the information, and a controller setting the information stored in the memory to an update disabled state in the updating of the information stored in the memory if the information is in an update enabled state, requesting the information processing apparatus sharing the information and present in the other intranet to set an update disabled state, and updating the information on condition that the update disabled state is set in all information processing apparatuses sharing the information and present in the intranets. Updating of the information shared by a plurality of intranets connected to each other via a network is thus synchronized to prevent updating contention.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, present in an intranet, sharing information with an information processing apparatus present in the other intranet connected to the intranet via a network, includes a memory storing the information, and a controller setting the information stored in the memory to an update disabled state in the updating of the information stored in the memory if the information is in an update enabled state, requesting the information processing apparatus sharing the information and present in the other intranet to set an update disabled state, and updating the information on condition that the update disabled state is set in all information processing apparatuses sharing the information and present in the intranets. Updating of the information shared by a plurality of intranets connected to each other via a network is thus synchronized to prevent updating contention.

Abstract: Sending and receiving of electronic mail attached with a large-sized file can be made easy. When a size of mail to be sent exceeds an upper limit value of mail size, the mail is sent by automatically dividing the sent mail into a plurality of sub-mail sections, and the plurality of received items of divided mail are automatically reconstituted to a single original form of the mail data.

Abstract: In a document processing apparatus wherein when a format of a document or the like is set, a plurality of format patterns are simultaneously displayed, a selection is made of a desirable format pattern among said format patterns so as to perform a format setting operation, displays of the format patterns are subdivided into a plurality of screens based on a purpose or usage of a document to be formed. After selecting or designating the purpose or usage of the document, the above-described format pattern is displayed. The document format setting operation which was cumbersome in prior art can be readily performed by selecting a desirable format sample from the format samples which have been categorized based upon the usage thereof, and also by adding an item capable of freely setting a format into the format samples.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ribbon roll by joining a splice tape to a ribbon, is capable of accomplishing automatization to deal with splice tapes different in length and kind. This method comprises a ribbon supply process, an edit process for joining first and second splice tapes to the ribbon and a take-up process for rolling up the ribbon joined to the first and second splice tapes. In the edit process, the first and second splice tapes are joined by an adhesive tape sticking section and its feeding quantity is adjusted by an accumulator. On the other hand, the ribbon is drawn out by a given length from a supply unit and cut. A rotating bed 42 supporting the cut ribbon is rotated so that the end of the cut ribbon comes into an opposed relation to the end of the first or second splice tape. In this state, the ribbon and the splice tape are joined to each other.

Abstract: In a document processing apparatus wherein a format of a document or the like is set, a plurality of possible format patterns are simultaneously displayed, and a selection of a desirable format pattern among said format patterns is made so as to perform a format setting operation. Displays of the format patterns are subdivided into a plurality of screens based on a purpose or usage of a document to be formed. After selecting or designating the purpose or usage of the document, the above-described format pattern is displayed. The document format setting operation which was cumbersome in prior art can be readily performed by selecting a desirable format sample from the format samples which have been categorized based upon the usage thereof, and also by adding an item capable of freely setting a format into the format samples.