Abstract: A detector for measuring relative position along a measurement path comprising: a passive, laminar electrical intermediate device extending along the measurement path wherein the extent of the said electrical intermediate device in an axis normal to the measurement path varies along the measurement axis; at least one laminar transmit winding and at least two laminar receive windings wherein the said at least two laminar receive windings are displaced from each other along the measurement path wherein each laminar receive winding is substantially electrically balanced with respect to the at least one laminar transmit winding; arranged such that the mutual inductance between at least one laminar transmit winding and at least two laminar receive windings indicates the relative position of the electrical intermediate device.

Abstract: A device for measuring the position of a first body relative to a second body comprising: a first body which further comprises an electrical intermediate device; a second body which further comprises at least two inductors energised with an alternating current and at least one of which is formed by a planar spiral winding on a printed circuit board normal to the measurement axis and attached to the second body; arranged such that displacement of the electrical intermediate device causes a change in inductance of the planar spiral winding and whereby measurement of the ratio of the inductances indicates the position of the first body relative to the second.

Abstract: A detector to measure the displacement of relatively moveable bodies along an axis comprising: a resonant electrical intermediate device further comprising an inductor, whose width varies along the displacement axis, and a capacitor in electrical series which co-operates with an antenna comprising transmit and receive windings whose mutual inductance varies according to the position of the electrical intermediate device relative to the antenna.

Abstract: A low cost, high performance method and apparatus for identifying electrical intermediate devices and measuring their position relative to an antenna is provided. The technique preferably uses electrical intermediate devices co-operating with AC energized antennae. The resulting electrical data can be used in a wide variety of user interfaces, identification systems and sensors to measure, for example, rotary position, linear position, weight, level, torque, vibration, turbidity and flow. The invention includes means for the contactless transmission of data and power to general instrumentation.

Abstract: The present disclosure is a method or redirecting text messages and mobile phone calls. The method for redirecting communication may receive a communication, detect a recipient's failure to receive communication, request to redirect communication and transfer communication to an alternate recipient.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solution for efficiently tracking web user sessions. Specifically, under the present invention, web user sessions are tracked on an analytics system based upon a unique identifier assigned to a requested web page and a session cookie that identifies a particular web user session. By tracking web user sessions in this manner, web page data transmitted during a particular web user session can be efficiently and accurately correlated for analysis.

Abstract: A detector for measuring relative position along a measurement path comprising: a passive, laminar electrical intermediate device extending along the measurement path wherein the extent of the said electrical intermediate device in an axis normal to the measurement path varies along the measurement axis; at least one laminar transmit winding and at least two laminar receive windings wherein the said at least two laminar receive windings are displaced from each other along the measurement path wherein each laminar receive winding is substantially electrically balanced with respect to the at least one laminar transmit winding; arranged such that the mutual inductance between at least one laminar transmit winding and at least two laminar receive windings indicates the relative position of the electrical intermediate device.

Abstract: There is described an apparatus which monitors the orientation of or the rotational movement of a substantially spherical body. The apparatus comprises a substantially spherical body with at least one resonant circuit fixed thereto. A transmit aerial generates an alternating magnetic field in the region of space including the spherical body which induces an electric signal in the or each resonant circuit, and a receive aerial receives an induced sense signal generated in response to said induced electric signal in the or each resonant circuit. The electromagnetic coupling between the transmit aerial and the receive aerial via the or each resonant circuit varies in accordance with the orientation of the spherical body so that the induced sense signal in the receive aerial varies in accordance with the orientation of the spherical body.

Abstract: An apparatus for user interfaces is described to measure inductively the deformation of a body (1) comprising at least two laminar conductive elements (3, 4), at least one of which is an AC energized inductor (4), wherein deformation causes relative axial movement between the at least two laminar elements (3, 4) and the maximum deformation distance is limited to prevent damage.

Abstract: An Internet-scale file sharing system includes a client-side file sharing application that allows file-sharing users to identify files to share and transmit metadata corresponding to those files to a metadata repository. A server-side application operating on the metadata repository tracks metadata received from associated file-sharing users, as well as metadata from other affiliated metadata repositories. Each metadata repository acts as a search engine for any querying users and can provide search results based on locally stored metadata alone. Each metadata repository may additionally choose to locally-store popular files from an associated file-sharing user so as to alleviate transmission burdens on that file-sharing user. Associated metadata repositories each periodically synchronize their stored metadata so that all metadata repositories may generate similar search results.

Abstract: Data is stored in a server database relating to the availability and/or technical requirements for accessing web pages accessible at specific URLs. When a user browses a web page that includes hyperlinks to one or more other pages, stored availability/technical requirements data is retrieved from the server database and presented to the user to enable the user to decide whether or not to attempt to access one or more of the hyperlinked pages. The stored data may be retrieved for all hyperlinks on a web page when the page is first presented to the user or may be retrieved for a particular hyperlink only when a user has tentatively selected the particular hyperlink by a user action such as hovering a pointer icon over the hyperlink.

Abstract: A sensor for sensing a parameter such as position, comprises: (i) an excitation winding for example coils (7, 9) in quadrature; (ii) a signal generator (41, 42, 43) operable to generate an excitation signals and arranged to apply the generated excitation signal to the excitation winding; (iii) a sense coil (11) that can be electromagnetically coupled to the excitation winding such that, in response to the excitation signal being applied to the excitation winding by the signal generator, a periodic electric signal is generated in the sense coil that is indicative of the value of the parameter to be measured by the sensor; and (iv) a signal processor (108) operable to process the periodic electric signal generated in the sensor winding to determine a value representative of the parameter being measured.

Abstract: A system to measure the displacement of relatively moveable bodies along an axis comprising: a resonant electrical intermediate device further comprising an inductor, whose width varies along the displacement axis, and a capacitor in electrical series which cooperates with an antenna comprising transmit and receive windings whose mutual inductance varies according to the position of the electrical intermediate device relative to the antenna.

Abstract: There is described a sensing apparatus comprising first and second members which are supported relative to each other by a support means. The first member comprises a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field and the second member comprises an aerial for monitoring the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator. At least one of the first and second members is locally deformable relative to the other of the first and second members in order to vary at least one of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator and the electromagnetic coupling between the magnetic field generator and the receive aerial so that, in response to a local deformation, a signal is induced in the receive aerial indicative of the position of the local deformation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solution for efficiently tracking web user sessions. Specifically, under the present invention, web user sessions are tracked on an analytics system based upon a unique identifier assigned to a requested web page and a session cookie that identifies a particular web user session. By tracking web user sessions in this manner, web page data transmitted during a particular web user session can be efficiently and accurately correlated for analysis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (1): in which R1 and R2 each independently represent a C1-6alkyl, C3-6alkenyl, C3-6cycloalkylC1-3alkyl or C3-6cycloalkyl; each of which is optionally substituted by 1 to 3 halogen atoms; R3 is isoxazolidin-2-ylcarbonyl or tetrahydroisoxazin-2-ylcarbonyl wherein each ring is optionally substituted by one hydroxy group; Q is —CO— or —C(R4)(R5)— in which R4 is a hydrogen atom or C1-4alkyl and R5 is a hydrogen atom or hydroxy group; and Ar is a 5- to 10-membered aromatic ring system in which up to 4 ring atoms may be heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, the ring system being optionally substituted by one or more substituents as defined in the specification. It also relates to methods of preparing, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods of using the compound of the formula (1), particularly in the modulation of autoimmune disease.

Abstract: The invention relates to thienopyrimidinediones of formula (I): wherein: R1, R2, Q are as defined in the specification, and Ar and Ar2 are selected from certain aromatic ring systems which may be optionally substituted, as defined in the specification. Processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy are also described and claimed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (1) in which Q is —CO— or —C(R4)(R5)—, where R4 is a hydrogen atom or C1-4alkyl and R5 is a hydrogen atom or hydroxy group; and Ar is a 5- to 10-membered aromatic ring system where up to 4 ring atoms may be heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, the ring system being optionally substituted by one or more substituents as defined in the specification. It also relates to methods of preparing, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods of using the compound of the formula (1), particularly in the modulation of autoimmune disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solution for efficiently tracking web user sessions. Specifically, under the present invention, web user sessions are tracked on an analytics system based upon a unique identifier assigned to a requested web page and a session cookie that identifies a particular web user session. By tracking web user sessions in this manner, web page data transmitted during a particular web user session can be efficiently and accurately correlated for analysis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (1); wherein: R1 and R2 each independently represent a C1-6alkyl, C3-6 alkenyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl C1-3 alkyl or C3-6 cycloalkyl; each of which may be optionally substituted by 1 to 3 halogen atoms; R3 is isoxyzolidin-2-ylcarbonyl or tetrahydroisoxazin-2-ylcarbonyl wherein each ring is optionally substituted by one hydroxy group; Q is CO— or C(R4)(R5)-(wherein R4 is a hydrogen atom or C1-4alkyl and R5 is a hydrogen atom or hydroxy group); Ar is a 5- to 10-membered aromatic ring system wherein up to 4 ring atoms may be heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, the ring system being optionally substituted by one or more substituents as defined in the specification.