Abstract: A method of selecting one server (S1-S4) out of a server set for the purpose of requesting one or more service/s, for example related to an internet- and session-based application, each of the servers (S1-S4) of the server set being capable of supporting the service/s, whereby a status vector is maintained which comprises a timestamp value (t1-t4) indicating a point of time at which the status of the corresponding server (S1-S4) is determined, to improve over existing server selection policies in its ability to reduce transaction control times.

Abstract: In a method for communicating information from e-mails which are intended for a subscriber of a telecommunication network and are filed in an e-mail service, subsequent to the activation of a corresponding service, e-mail messages arriving in the e-mail service for the subscriber are at least partially converted into speech, forwarded to a voice mail service and loaded there as a spoken message. In a suitable telecommunication system, an e-mail/voice mail converter is provided, which is arranged for the at least partial conversion of e-mail messages into speech and/or speech into digital written form, a control logic being provided for the actuation of the converter by comma nd messages of a subscriber.

Abstract: A method and communication system for the first-time entry of subscriber data of a mobile subscriber into a central subscriber data base wherein entry composed of a special telephone number and of blocking information for temporarily barring calls for the mobile subscriber is formed in at least one central subscriber data base and is transferred into a decentralized subscriber data base that is the first one responsible for the location registration for the mobile radio telephone subscriber on the basis of his current location. As soon as the mobile subscriber makes an outgoing call for the first time via a radio telephone subscriber station, a connection setup occurs to a calling point on the basis of the special telephone number stored in the decentralized subscriber data base. The subscriber data, including a mobile subscriber telephone number is entered into the central subscriber data base via the calling point, and the blocking information reset therein and the special telephone number is deleted.

Abstract: The amount of formic acid ester produced by the Oxo Process is reduced and the amount of alcohol is increased when the reaction product of said process, in contact with a copper/nickel supported catalyst, is subjected to elevated temperatures. Such catalysts are also useful for the conversion, by hydrogenation, of formyl esters to their corresponding alcohols.