Abstract: A mobile monitoring device, comprising a gas measurement device designed to read a value of a measured gas property of a gas and to provide a gas measurement signal dependent on the read value of the measured gas property; a body measurement device designed to read a value of a measured physical body property of a body of a person wearing the mobile monitoring device and to provide a body measurement signal dependent on the read value of the measured body property; and a control unit designed to receive the gas measurement signal and the body measurement signal and to control the mobile monitoring device dependent on a degree of correlation between a gas signal derived from the gas measurement signal and a body signal derived from the body measurement signal.

Abstract: A method for depassivation of a lithium-thionyl battery includes applying at least one current test load (LAST) (101) to an electrode of the battery (10), wherein at least one of a shape, a magnitude or points in time of the application of the at least one current test load (LAST) occurs dependent on a measurement of a response signal (u(t), du(t) on the battery (10), and energy of the at least one current test load (LAST) is drawn from the battery (10), comparing the response signal (u(t), du(t) of the battery (10) arising from application of the at least one current test load (LAST) to at least one predefined criterion (103), and establishing an operating state (12) or issuing an error message depending on satisfaction of the at least one predefined criterion (103).

Abstract: A mobile monitoring device, comprising a gas measurement device designed to read a value of a measured gas property of a gas and to provide a gas measurement signal dependent on the read value of the measured gas property; a body measurement device designed to read a value of a measured physical body property of a body of a person wearing the mobile monitoring device and to provide a body measurement signal dependent on the read value of the measured body property; and a control unit designed to receive the gas measurement signal and the body measurement signal and to control the mobile monitoring device dependent on a degree of correlation between a gas signal derived from the gas measurement signal and a body signal derived from the body measurement signal.

Abstract: A method for depassivation of a lithium-thionyl battery includes applying at least one current test load (LAST) (101) to an electrode of the battery (10), wherein at least one of a shape, a magnitude or points in time of the application of the at least one current test load (LAST) occurs dependent on a measurement of a response signal (u(t), du(t) on the battery (10), and energy of the at least one current test load (LAST) is drawn from the battery (10), comparing the response signal (u(t), du(t) of the battery (10) arising from application of the at least one current test load (LAST) to at least one predefined criterion (103), and establishing an operating state (12) or issuing an error message depending on satisfaction of the at least one predefined criterion (103).

Abstract: A method for receiving input from a user of a virtual world, the method including: interacting with an object displayed in the virtual world; displaying another object in the virtual world in response to the interacting, the another object adapted to interact with the user; displaying at least one of a user specific label and a service specific label in place of a generic label associated with the another object; selecting the another object; and receiving the generic label and the at least one of the user specific label and the service specific label as the input in response to the selecting.

Abstract: Providing tracking information about events in a virtual world using a computer is presented including: causing the computer to provide a re-usable code portion, the re-usable code portion configured with a unique identifier and an address of an external data storage, causing the computer to configure at least a set of events to be tracked for sending information about tracked events to the external data storage; causing the computer to associate the re-usable code portion with a virtual object to be tracked in the virtual world. In some embodiments, methods are presented wherein the causing the computer to associate the re-usable code portion with the virtual object comprises causing the computer to integrate the re-usable code portion on a source code level into the virtual object.

Abstract: A method for providing e-token based access control to virtual world (VW) spaces includes intercepting a request from a first VW member to invite a second VW member to a VW space within a VW network, the request intercepted outside of the VW network. The access controls also include using a secret code associated with the first member to generate an e-token that includes an identifier of the second member and the space. The access controls further include sending the e-token inside the network. In response to a request for access to the space, the access controls include sending the e-token outside of the network for verification. Upon successful verification of the e-token, the access controls include accessing the network and controlling a guard bot inside the network to grant access for the second member to the space. The guard bot adds the second member to an access control list.

Abstract: A method for providing e-token based access control to virtual world (VW) spaces includes intercepting a request from a first VW member to invite a second VW member to a VW space within a VW network, the request intercepted outside of the VW network. The access controls also include using a secret code associated with the first member to generate an e-token that includes an identifier of the second member and the space. The access controls further include sending the e-token inside the network. In response to a request for access to the space, the access controls include sending the e-token outside of the network for verification. Upon successful verification of the e-token, the access controls include accessing the network and controlling a guard bot inside the network to grant access for the second member to the space. The guard bot adds the second member to an access control list.

Abstract: A method for virtual world (VW) access control management includes intercepting a policy object from a VW network in response to a request from a VW client system to access a VW space, the policy object intercepted by a proxy server located outside of the network. The method also includes selecting an identity based upon the policy object, which provides credentials required in the policy object as a condition of granting access to the network, generating proof from the selected identity, and transmitting the proof to a verifier avatar located inside the network, the verifier avatar logically mapped to, and controlled by, a verification system located outside of the network. The method further includes receiving, at the verification system, the proof from the verifier avatar. In response to successful validation of the proof, the verification avatar places an avatar of the client system on a list of avatars having access to the space.