Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for bookmarking a path to a presently displayed Web page are provided. The path is made of a plurality of web pages that have previously been accessed and from which the presently displayed Web page emanates. When a user wants to bookmark the presently displayed Web page, the user is given an option to choose all the Web pages that were previously accessed. If the user so chooses, all the Web pages are bookmarked at once. When the bookmark folder is accessed anytime thereafter, the bookmarked Web pages are displayed as a chain of bookmarked Web pages and in the order they were accessed.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel 5-substituted tetralones of Formulas I, II, III, and IV and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, amides, and prodrugs thereof, which are useful for treating and preventing uncontrolled or abnormal proliferation of tissues, such as cancer, atherosclerosis, restenosis, and psoriasis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism by which the number of bits used to identify the WIDs for each of the color buffer and the overlay buffer may be programmed into the graphics adapter based on the currently active application environment. With the apparatus and method of the present invention, a programmable WAT color size selection device is provided in a RAMDAC of the graphics adapter. This programmable WAT color size selection device may be dynamically programmed to use varying bit splits of a WID from a WID buffer to obtain different indexes into a color WAT table and an overlay WAT table. In this way, different splits of, for example, an eight bit WID may be obtained based on the setting of the programmable WAT color size selection device such that varying color and overlay capabilities are obtainable dynamically.

Abstract: An occupant detection system comprises a weight sensor and an electric field sensor, each operatively coupled to a seat. The electric field sensor generates an electric field from at least one electrode in the seat bottom of the seat, provides for generating a response to an influence of the occupant thereupon, and is adapted to provide for discriminating from the response a seated infant or child seating condition from another seating condition. If a measure of weight from the weight sensor is less than a threshold, or if a seated child seating condition is detected by the electric field sensor, then a signal processor provides for disabling an associated restraint actuator. The electric field sensor may comprise a plurality of electrodes over separate first and second regions of differing proximity to a seated infant or child, or at least one electrode in cooperation with a shield or void over at least one of the regions.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing color maps in a data processing system. Responsive to a request to add a color map to a color table, a determination is made as to whether the color map is already installed in the color table. If the color map is not already installed in the color table, a decision is made as to whether a free block of color table entries sufficient to hold the color map is present in the color table. A determination is made as to whether existing blocks of color table entries in the color table can be rearranged to form a new free block of color table entries, if the free block of color table entries is insufficient to hold the color map. The existing blocks of color table entries in the color table are rearranged if the existing blocks of color table entries can be rearranged to form the new free block of color table entries.

Abstract: A webbing of a seat belt engages an opening of a seat belt tension sensor. In one embodiment, the webbing is bunched or folded so as to prevent rubbing against the sides of the opening in the housing and anchor plate, or an outer surface of the seat belt tension sensor. The webbing is maintained in a bunched or folded state using either a set of stitches between the two portions of the webbing of the loop; separate sets of stitches in the respective separate portions; a ring enclosing the two portions; separate rings, or ring portions separated by a spacer, enclosing the respective separate portions; or a sleeve, thimble, or thimble portion of the carriage of the seat belt tension sensor engaging the bunched or folded webbing. In another embodiment, the openings in the housing and anchor plate are sufficiently wider than the opening in the carriage, and the carriage incorporates a flange.

Abstract: A guide (12) for setting the depth of cut of a rotary cutting tool, or other hand-held power tool, which automatically locks into a desired position to set the depth of a cut without requiring manual operation of a locking knob or similar structure. The depth guide is released from the locked position by actuation of a release switch (94). The depth guide includes a depth guide base (50), a depth guide shaft (52) attached to the depth guide base, and an automatic locking and release mechanism (54) coupled to the depth guide shaft. The automatic locking and release mechanism and depth guide shaft may be mounted in a handle (24) of the hand-held power tool, such as a detachable handle, for mounting the depth guide to the tool.

Abstract: Antenna elements that have at least three pairs of coplanar and aligned conducting loops, of approximately one-wavelength to two-wavelength perimeters, that have shapes such that there are corners at the centers and smooth curves or straight lines at the outer edges of each pair of loops. Where the loops of adjacent pairs of loops approach each other, they are connected. Various applications of these antenna elements also are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for forming a craft coating on a glass or ceramic substrate is provided. The method generally includes applying a coating composition comprising an acetoacetoxy functional monomer to a glass or ceramic substrate to form a craft coating thereon. The glass or ceramic substrate can form a portion of an article of windows, kitchenwares, decorative housewares, and ceramic tiles.

Abstract: A display interface at a sending/receiving display terminal including the conventional implementations for reading and sending E-Mail with an implementation for organizing the text content of a chronological sequence of E-Mail documents having the same subject identifier or header. There is designated a subject identifier of one received electronic mail as a message text sequencer and there is an implementation at a receiving display station for enabling the display of a chronological sequence of the text of said received message and the text of all subsequent messages having said designated subject identifier. The designation of the identifier may automatically designate a subject identifier as a message text sequencer based upon user predetermined attributes.

Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition comprising a charge generating material and a medium wherein the charge generating material absorbs radiation in both the near infra-red and visible regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Also provided is an electrophotographic toner composition comprising a binder resin and the charge generating material. The compositions are useful in, for example, security marking wherein the composition is printed on an article or substrate. Methods of establishing the authenticity of an article or substrate are also provided which comprise detecting an absorption of infra-red radiation by the charge generating material.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a hardware crosshair cursor function in a graphics adapter in a data processing system. A region, such as a window, is defined on a display using a set of coordinates. A hardware crosshair cursor is displayed only within the region by using the set of coordinates with the hardware crosshair cursor function in the graphics adapter.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for bookmarking a path to a presently displayed Web page are provided. The path is made of a plurality of web pages that have previously been accessed and from which the presently displayed Web page emanates. When a user wants to bookmark the presently displayed Web page, the user is given an option to choose all the Web pages that were previously accessed. If the user so chooses, all the Web pages are bookmarked at once. When the bookmark folder is accessed anytime thereafter, the bookmarked Web pages are displayed as a chain of bookmarked Web pages and in the order they were accessed.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for accessing bookmarked Web pages without opening a bookmark folder are provided. This is made possible by providing a next and a previous icon in the browser to access the bookmarked Web pages. When a Web page is being bookmarked, it can be chosen to be part of a route (i.e., a string of bookmarks to be successively accessed) or not. If it is part of a route, the bookmarked Web page may be accessed without opening the bookmark folder by using either the next or the previous icon.

Abstract: Flame-effect heating apparatus comprises a housing with walls defining an air duct extending therethrough. Simulated fuel is supported by the housing, externally of the duct, and at least one flame-effect generator is disposed in the duct. A light source is provided in the housing to illuminate both the simulated fuel and the flame-effect generator. A mirror is supported by the housing so that light reflected by the flame-effect generator is incident thereon. A wall of the housing which defines the air duct, is formed as a viewing screen on which light reflected by the mirror falls, the viewing screen being positioned higher than the simulated fuel. An electric fan causes air to flow through the air duct, so causing operation of the flame-effect generator, and a heat exchanger disposed in the duct warms air passing thereover.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for storing colors in a color table used in displaying graphics in a data processing system. A request for a color map is received, wherein the request includes a number of entries for the color map. A color map location and size in the color table is set based on the number of entries in the request. Colors for the color map are loaded into the color table at the color map location, wherein dynamic sizing of color tables occurs.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing color maps in a data processing system. Responsive to a request to add a color map to a color table, a determination is made as to whether the color map is already installed in the color table. If the color map is not already installed in the color table, a decision is made as to whether a free block of color table entries sufficient to hold the color map is present in the color table. A determination is made as to whether existing blocks of color table entries in the color table can be rearranged to form a new free block of color table entries, if the free block of color table entries is insufficient to hold the color map. The existing blocks of color table entries in the color table are rearranged if the existing blocks of color table entries can be rearranged to form the new free block of color table entries.

Abstract: A method, data processing system, and computer instructions for simulating direct frame buffer access. A request for access to a frame buffer memory is received from an application. A portion of system memory is allocated for use as the frame buffer memory in response to receiving the request. A pointer to the portion of system memory is returned to the application. The application writes data to the portion of system memory, treating the portion of system memory like the frame buffer memory.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism by which the number of bits used to identify the WIDs for each of the color buffer and the overlay buffer may be programmed into the graphics adapter based on the currently active application environment. With the apparatus and method of the present invention, a programmable WAT color size selection device is provided in a RAMDAC of the graphics adapter. This programmable WAT color size selection device may be dynamically programmed to use varying bit splits of a WID from a WID buffer to obtain different indexes into a color WAT table and an overlay WAT table. In this way, different splits of, for example, an eight bit WID may be obtained based on the setting of the programmable WAT color size selection device such that varying color and overlay capabilities are obtainable dynamically.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer instructions for processing graphics data in a graphics adapter for a set of clip areas in a clip region. Trivial rejection is performed on primitives to reject any primitive outside of the set of clip rectangles, wherein a set of identified primitives is formed in which the set of identified primitives contain unrejected primitives. The set of identified primitives is sent to a memory in the graphics adapter as a command stream to form a set of stored commands. A hardware clipper in the graphics adapter is set to an unprocessed clip rectangle within the set of clip rectangles. The set of identified primitives for the unprocessed clip rectangle is processed using the hardware clipper with the set of stored commands in the memory. The setting of the hardware clipper and the rendering of the set of identified primitives is repeated for each unprocessed clip rectangle until all of the clip rectangles in the set of clip rectangles are processed.