Abstract: A communications apparatus is provided having a first line driver transmitting data at a first end of a serial bus to a second line receiver at a second end of the serial bus. A first line receiver receives data at the first end of the serial bus from a second line driver at the second end of the serial bus. The first line receiver has a selectable input parameter that controls a physical layer quality of data received at the first end of the serial bus. Programming instructions stored in memory cause the second line driver to transmit a training signal that is not a COMWAKE signal to the first line receiver in response to the first line driver transmitting a COMWAKE signal to the second line receiver. A controller compares a received physical layer quality of the training signal at the first line receiver to a desired physical layer quality and computes a value for the input parameter to obtain a desired physical layer quality.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program for data communication, or “handshaking,” between wireless devices and a server on a wireless network. Upon a wireless device communicating with the server, the server obtains data from the wireless device indicative of wireless device attributes, and the server determines access of the wireless device, based upon the wireless device attributes, to applications either resident on that server or on other computer devices on the wireless network.

Abstract: A method of reducing Raman tilt in a transmission apparatus capable of transmitting a plurality of signals, occupying contiguous channels in a transmission band, through a length of optical transmission cable which exhibits the Raman effect of transferring energy from the shorter wavelength signals at one end of the transmission band towards the longer wavelength signals at the other end of the transmission band, including the transmission of half the maximum number of signals at twice the normal channel frequency spacing at a higher-than-normal level and the transmission signals in selected ones, fewer than all, of the available channels at the normal channel spacing at a normal power level. As new channels are added at the lower frequency channel spacing, the powers of both neighboring channels are reduced to the normal power level.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program for data communication, or “handshaking,” between wireless devices and a server on a wireless network. Upon a wireless device communicating with the server, the server obtains data from the wireless device indicative of wireless device attributes, and the server determines access of the wireless device, based upon the wireless device attributes, to applications either resident on that server or on other computer devices on the wireless network.

Abstract: This invention relates to waterborne polymer compositions and their applications. More particularly, the invention relates to the utilization of water-dispersible polymers and fatty acid as surface-active agents in emulsion polymerization reactions to produce waterborne polymer compositions which exhibit superior grease, water, and chemical resistance properties.

Abstract: Compositions comprising inorganic particles or inorganic-organic particles, a non-hydrogen Lewis Acid, and an epoxy group-containing silicon compound, articles coated with the cured composition to provide scratch and abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A data processing system comprising an interface, a query builder connected to the interface for receiving the factual information and for building a search query describing the innovation, a search engine connected to the interface and to the query builder, for selecting a database and accessing this database via a transmission network and for searching the query in the database, a relevancy filter for filtering the search result provided by the search engine, means for comparing the search query with the filtered prior art output by the relevancy filter and a statutory analyzer for analyzing the comparison. A computer implemented electronic records system and a data processing system for automatically maintaining an electronic laboratory records system and a corresponding method, and to a computer program product directly loadable into the internal memory of a computing apparatus or network.

Abstract: Compositions comprising inorganic particles or inorganic-organic particles, a non-hydrogen Lewis Acid, and an epoxy group-containing silicon compound, articles coated with the cured composition to provide scratch and abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A glitch-free clock switch circuit for an integrated circuit having a plurality of asynchronous clocks, wherein only one clock is selected at a time, and wherein the clock switching circuitry for switching from a currently selected clock to an inactive clock to next be selected is activated only for the time it takes to complete the switching. The clock switch circuit includes at least three sets of clock drivers, wherein each set is comprised of two drivers and separate clock drivers are each associated with the output clock, the currently selected clock and the clock to next be selected, respectively. An edge detector turns on these clock drivers in response to a clock select signal, and a set of synchronizers receive and synchronize the clock select signal first with the output clock and then with the currently selected clock and the clock to next be selected, respectively.

Abstract: There is disclosed a loop counter reload circuit loads an initial count value into a counter and a shadow register. A count value output from the counter is changed by a predetermined displacement resulting in a changed count value. The count value from the shadow register is loaded into the counter if the changed count value has reached a predetermined reference value, and otherwise the changed count value is loaded into the counter.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method and apparatus are provided for controlling an N-bit barrel shifter to shift the bits of an input word by a shift value. The method includes the steps of performing a ones' complement of an m-bit binary representation of a shift value to generate an input when the shift direction takes on a first direction and passing the binary representation of the shift value as the input when the shift direction takes on a second direction. Decoding the input into 2.sup.m control signals and generating a plurality of groups of control signals from the 2.sup.m control signals. Selecting one of the plurality of groups of control signals as the control activation for the barrel shifter. The apparatus provides bits of a binary representation of the shift value are passed through a plurality of exclusive OR gates and provided as inputs to a first decoder. The first decoder decodes the inputs into a plurality of bits used as control signals.

Abstract: Purifying reagent for the purification of starting materials to be used in a metal compound catalyzed polymerization, containing proton donating reactive contaminants, consisting of a solid product, obtainable by the metallation of a product of a nucleophilic displacement reaction between a halogen alkylated crosslinked poly(vinylaromatic) resin and a metallated conjugated diene compound, which product is insoluble inorganic solvents, which is not able to initiate anionic polymerization of olefins or dienes and which is able to scavenge proton donating contaminants, which may hamper polymerizations catalysted by metal organic compounds; and process for purification of starting materials applying said purifying reagent.

Abstract: There is an equalizer or a receiver including an equalizer which has means to factor detected symbols transmitted over a transmission channel into a magnitude portion and a repetitive phase portion. The receiver further has means to generate modified tap weights by multiplying the repetitive phase portion by tap weights representative of the channel. Modified tap weights are generated by multiplying the repetitive phase portion by tap weights representative of the channel. The modified tap weights are convolved with bits of possible states to generate possible transmitted symbols. A maximum likelihood sequence estimation is performed on the possible transmitted symbols comparing each possible transmitted symbol to a received symbol to generate an MLSE detected symbol. The detected symbol is multiplied by a rotating vector to generate a decoded symbol.

Abstract: Purifying reagent for the purification of starting materials to be used in a metal compound catalyzed polymerization, containing proton donating reactive contaminants, consisting of a solid product, obtainable by the metallation of a product of a nucleophilic displacement reaction between a halogen alkylated crosslinked poly(vinlyaromatic) resin and a metallated conjugated diene compound, which product is insoluble inorganic solvents, which is not able to initiate anionic polymerization of olefins or dienes and which is able to scavenge proton donating contaminants, which may hamper polymerizations catalysted by metal organic compounds; and process for purification of starting materials applying said purifying reagent.