Abstract: A superconducting magnet system, including a cryostat, and a ride-through system for the superconducting magnet system include: one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes configured to have therein a cryogenic fluid; a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes to a cryocooler; a storage device having an input connected to the first heat exchanger and configured to receive and store a boiled-off gas from the first heat exchanger; and a thermal regenerator having an input connected to the output of the storage device.

Abstract: A device is employed for an apparatus including an electrically conductive coil (230) which is disposed within a cryostat (210) and which is configured to produce a magnetic field when an electrical current is passed therethrough. The device dissipates heat from an electrical contact which is disposed within the cryostat and which is configured to supply electrical power to the electrically conductive coil, The device includes: a cooling gas circuit (326) configured to supply a cooling gas to the electrical contact which is disposed within the cryostat and configured to supply electrical power to the electrically conductive coil; and a heat exchanger (308) disposed within the cryostat and configured transfer heat from the electrical contact to the cooling gas to raise the temperature of the cooling gas.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for creating a virtual machine are provided. In particular, a mechanism is provided which allows the automated creation of a virtual machine based on attributes of an existing physical machine. This allows for an efficient and user-friendly way of transitioning a physical machine or set of machines to a virtual machine architecture.

Abstract: An apparatus including a persistent current switch of a superconducting material which is electrically superconducting at a superconducting temperature and electrically resistive at a resistive mode temperature which is greater than the superconducting temperature. The apparatus further includes a first heat exchange element; a convective heat dissipation loop thermally coupling the persistent current switch to the first heat exchange element; a second heat exchange element spaced apart from the first heat exchange element; and a thermally conductive link thermally coupling the persistent current switch to the second heat exchange element. The first heat exchange element is disposed above the persistent current switch. The thermally conductive link may have a greater thermal conductivity at the superconducting temperature than at a second temperature which is greater than the superconducting temperature.

Abstract: An apparatus including an electrically conductive coil which produces a magnetic field when an electrical current passes therethrough; a selectively activated persistent current switch connected across the electrically conductive coil; a cryostat having the electrically conductive coil and the persistent current switch disposed therein; an energy dump; at least one sensor which detects an operating parameter of the apparatus and outputs at least one sensor signal in response thereto; and a magnet controller. The magnet controller receives the sensor signal(s) and in response thereto detects whether an operating fault (e.g. a power loss to the compressor of a cryocooler) exists in the apparatus, and when an operating fault is detected, connects the energy dump unit across the electrically conductive coil to transfer energy from the electrically conductive coil to the energy dump unit. The energy dump unit disperses the energy outside of the cryostat.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for creating a virtual machine are provided. In particular, a mechanism is provided which allows the automated creation of a virtual machine based on attributes of an existing physical machine. This allows for an efficient and user-friendly way of transitioning a physical machine or set of machines to a virtual machine architecture.

Abstract: A technique is disclosed for receiving call-control data, often from a variety of sources; processing the data into a format, content, and size that is appropriate for a telecommunications endpoint; and transmitting the processed call-control data to the endpoint. The personal profile manager of the illustrative embodiment is what first acquires the call-control data, which includes a dialing plan. The manager also reformats the call-control data and deletes redundant data. Subsequently, when a request is received from an endpoint, the personal profile manager further processes the call-control data and then transmits, to the requesting endpoint, the portion of the processed data that is appropriate for the endpoint. Transmitting the call-control data to the endpoint offloads some of the processing from the supporting call-processing server, as the data that constitute call-control rules that are used by the endpoint to make call-control decisions.

Abstract: A footing form for supporting posts or other upright structural members of buildings and the like includes a primary web, and a plurality of structural webs extending upwardly from the primary web. The webs include structural webs that extend radially outward from a center portion of the base web, and a plurality of ring-like concentric webs that provide additional structural support. The webs form a plurality of upwardly-opening pockets, and apertures through the base web provide for drainage of water and the like from the upwardly-opening pockets. The footing form may have a one-piece molded construction. The footing form provides sufficient support to thereby eliminate the need for concrete or the like to support the posts.

Abstract: A technique is disclosed for receiving call-control data, often from a variety of sources; processing the data into a format, content, and size that is appropriate for a telecommunications endpoint; and transmitting the processed call-control data to the endpoint. The personal profile manager of the illustrative embodiment is what first acquires the call-control data, which includes a dialing plan. The manager also reformats the call-control data and deletes redundant data. Subsequently, when a request is received from an endpoint, the personal profile manager further processes the call-control data and then transmits, to the requesting endpoint, the portion of the processed data that is appropriate for the endpoint. Transmitting the call-control data to the endpoint offloads some of the processing from the supporting call-processing server, as the data that constitute call-control rules that are used by the endpoint to make call-control decisions.

Abstract: A modular window well arrangement includes one or more window well members. The window well members can be interconnected in a vertically stacked arrangement to provide the required overall height. Snap-connectors interconnect the vertically adjacent window well members, and a plurality of steps provide for escape. The window well members may have different sizes, and extension walls may be utilized to increase the size of the window well members to provide for a wide variety of configurations. The window well members may be made of a relatively lightweight structural foam material.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, both a first and second of audio information are buffered during transmission so that when a transition occurs between transmission types no information is lost.

Abstract: A modular window well arrangement includes one or more window well members. The window well members can be interconnected in a vertically stacked arrangement to provide the required overall height. Snap-connectors interconnect the vertically adjacent window well members, and a plurality of steps provide for escape. The window well members may have different sizes, and extension walls may be utilized to increase the size of the window well members to provide for a wide variety of configurations. The window well members may be made of a relatively lightweight structural foam material.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, both a first and second of audio information are buffered during transmission so that when a transition occurs between transmission types no information is lost.

Abstract: A technique for searching in a source sequence for a target sequence using parallel processing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing data is described. The most frequent symbols (A-Group.) are encoded using an Arithmetic Code, then the remainder of the symbols (H-Group) are first encoded using Huffman's algorithm (or any Prefix code) and then combined with the Arithmetic code resulting in a hybrid Arithmetic/Huffman code. After being encoded into a Huffman code, the H-Group symbols are made into a "super-symbol" which fits into an Arithmetic subinterval allocated to the symbols in the H-Group. The Arithmetic subintervals for the symbols in the H-Group preferably are a negative power of 2 (e.g., 1/2, 1/4, 1/16, 1/32, etc.) of the code space. Each such H-group subinterval has its own associated subset of H-group symbols comprising one Huffman code table that fits into that respective interval. Decoding in an AMSAC system first treats the code stream as Arithmetically encoded.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for converting an input data character stream into a variable length encoded data stream in a data compression system. The data compression system includes a history array. The history array has a plurality of entries and each entry of the history array is for storing a portion of the input data stream. The method for converting the input data character stream includes the following steps. Performing a search in a history array for the longest data string which matches the input data string. If the matching data string is found within the history buffer, the next step includes encoding the longest matching data string found by appending to the encoded data stream a tag indicating the longest matching data string was found and a string substitution code.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for converting an input data character stream into a variable length encoded data stream in a data compression system. The data compression system includes a history array. The history array has a plurality of entries and each entry of the history array is for storing a portion of the input data stream. The method for converting the input data character stream includes the following steps. Performing a search in a history array for the longest data string which matches the input data string. If the matching data string is found within the history buffer, the next step includes encoding the longest matching data string found by appending to the encoded data stream a tag indicating the longest matching data string was found and a string substitution code.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for converting an input data character stream into a variable length encoded data stream and encoding the variable length encoded date stream according to byte length. A 2 byte length is encoded by 2 bits having the values "00". Encoded lengths of 3 and 4 bytes are represented respectively by 2 bits having the values "01" and "10". Byte lengths of 5 to 7 are represented by 4 bits "1100" to "1110" and so on to thereby enable an efficient procedure for encoding the length of a bit string during compression.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for converting an input data character stream into a variable length encoded data stream in a data compression system. The data compression system includes a history array. The history array has a plurality of entries and each entry of the history array is for storing a portion of the input data stream. The method for converting the input data character stream includes the following steps. Performing a search in a history array for the longest data string which matches the input data string. If the matching data string is found within the history buffer, the next step includes encoding the longest matching data string found by appending to the encoded data stream a tag indicating the longest matching data string was found and a string substitution code.

Abstract: An apparatus and method as disclosed for converting an input data character stream into a variable length encoded data stream in a data compression system. The data compression system includes a history array means. The history array means has a plurality of entries and each entry of the history array means is for storing a portion of the input data stream. The method for converting the input data character stream includes the following steps. Performing a search in a history array means for the longest data string which matches the input data string. If the matching data string is found within the history buffer means, the next step includes encoding the longest matching data string found by appending to the encoded data stream a tag indicating the longest matching data string was found and a string substitution code.