Abstract: A method for buying and/or selling advertising spots electronically is provided. Buyers (agencies) may enter requests describing a desired advertising spot, and the requests may be correlated and/or filtered against available inventory posted by sellers (stations). A station may be notified of a request to and may respond by offering to sell an advertising spot corresponding to the request. In various implementations, agencies may accept, decline, or counter-offer the offer, or an application may automatically process an agency response to the offer. The method may be practiced in scatter markets and/or up-front advertising markets.

Abstract: An exercise bicycle including a frame having a seat and handlebars, a high-inertia flywheel having a hub at a center of rotation, the flywheel being rotatably supported on the frame at the hub, and a drive train including a drive sprocket, a crank arm attached to and extending from the drive sprocket, and a pedal attached to the crank arm, the drive train being rotatably supported by the frame. The drive train also includes a slave sprocket fixed to the flywheel at the hub, with the drive and slave sprockets connected in a direct-drive relationship, the drive train driveable in a forward and rearward directions to cause the flywheel to rotate. A clutch mechanism is positioned in engagement with the slave sprocket and the hub to create a frictional engagement between the sprocket and the hub, and to establish a break-free force threshold.

Abstract: A range detection apparatus comprising a transmitter adapted to transmit a microwave signal and a receiver adapted to receive an echo signal reflected from a target which corresponds to a portion of the transmitted signal; a signal generating means adapted to generate a drive signal to be applied to the transmitter to produce the transmitted signal, the signal generator producing a drive signal which includes a first signal frame comprising at least two frequencies and a second signal frame comprising at least two frequencies, the second signal frame differing from the first, and a processor adapted to process the echo signal together with the transmitted signal so as to determine the distance to the target that produced the echo signal. The apparatus is particularly suited for Frequency Shift Key (FSK) radar in automotive, typically adaptive cruise control functions. It may reduce ambiguity in range measurements. An equivalent method of reducing ambiguity is also disclosed.

Abstract: A cell necrosis apparatus for delivering thermal microwave energy to a specific site in a body, including: a. a microwave generator, b. a coolant delivery system for delivering and circulating a quantity of cooled liquid coolant via inlet and return passageways, c. a probe including a probe handle and a probe body having a proximal portion coupled to the probe handle and a distal portion, d. a microwave antenna in the distal portion of the probe body for applying thermal microwave energy to a specific site in cell necrosis treatment, and e.

Abstract: An exercise bicycle including a frame having a seat and handlebars, a high-inertia flywheel having a hub at a center of rotation, the flywheel being rotatably supported on the frame at the hub, and a drive train including a drive sprocket, a crank arm attached to and extending from the drive sprocket, and a pedal attached to the crank arm, the drive train being rotatably supported by the frame. The drive train also includes a slave sprocket fixed to the flywheel at the hub, with the drive and slave sprockets connected in a direct-drive relationship, the drive train driveable in a forward and rearward directions to cause the flywheel to rotate. A clutch mechanism is positioned in engagement with the slave sprocket and the hub to create a frictional engagement between the sprocket and the hub, and to establish a break-free force threshold.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for asynchronously querying for intellectual capital. A first datatype is asynchronously received at a subscriber. It is determined whether the subscriber subscribes to additional datatype after receiving the first datatype. A query is made for the additional datatypes responsive to a determination that the subscriber subscribes to additional datatypes.