Abstract: A system for providing destination guidance based on tracked real-time ambient health conditions includes one or more location tracking devices carried by one or more participants. The one or more location tracking devices track the locations of the one or more participants and providing the tracked locations to a central server when it is determined that the one or more participants are infected by a communicable ailment. The central server receives the provided tracked locations and transmits the tracked locations to a navigation guidance device carried by a user, without transmitting identifying details about the one or more participants. The navigation guidance device carried by the user provides guidance to the user on selecting a destination or route that avoids contact with or exposure to the plurality of participants.

Abstract: A system for providing destination guidance based on tracked real-time ambient health conditions includes one or more location tracking devices carried by one or more participants. The one or more location tracking devices track the locations of the one or more participants and providing the tracked locations to a central server when it is determined that the one or more participants are infected by a communicable ailment. The central server receives the provided tracked locations and transmits the tracked locations to a navigation guidance device carried by a user, without transmitting identifying details about the one or more participants. The navigation guidance device carried by the user provides guidance to the user on selecting a destination or route that avoids contact with or exposure to the plurality of participants.

Abstract: A system and method of implementing a security mode in a mobile communications device, including a mobile communications device comprising a processor, and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to activate a security mode of the mobile communications device, and pursuant to activation of the security mode, disable a first class of features of the mobile communications device, wherein other features of the mobile communications device remain enabled after activation of the mobile security.

Abstract: A system and method of implementing a security mode in a mobile communications device, including a mobile communications device comprising a processor, and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to activate a security mode of the mobile communications device, and pursuant to activation of the security mode, disable a first class of features of the mobile communications device, wherein other features of the mobile communications device remain enabled after activation of the mobile security.

Abstract: An interface and method for a synchronous DRAM (syncDRAM) memory are provided that improve performance. The read operation in a syncDRAM is significantly sped up by eliminating the step of opening a new page of data in a SyncDRAM using a speculative read method. This provides the ability to open a page of information in the SyncDRAM with a command generator in response to a data request. Speculative read logic is also included to continue reading from the page with an invalid address until a second read request occurs. Thus, in the event that a subsequent read request occurs that requests data located on the same page as the prior request, the data can be indexed and read from a location on that page without having to first assert the SCS# and SCAS#. This frequently removes the step of opening a page from the read process and, over time, can significantly speed up the overall SyncDRAM reads in a computer system.

Abstract: A cache controller unit includes an address comparator unit for comparing an address to be accessed in memory with a tag address. An invalid pattern comparator is coupled to the address comparator. The invalid pattern comparator operates to compare the tag address with an invalid pattern. A qualifier unit is coupled to the address comparator and the invalid pattern comparator. The qualifier unit outputs a signal when the address to be accessed in the memory matches the tag address in the address tag and the address tag does not match the invalid pattern.

Abstract: A cache memory system having a hybrid tag architecture and a series of data lines is disclosed. The cache memory includes a cache controller and a dirty tag memory included within the cache controller. The dirty tag memory indicates the status of each data line in the cache memory. A tag memory is coupled to the cache controller and is located external to the cache controller.

Abstract: A method of improving computer system performance during memory reads. Prior art computer systems experience a considerable time penalty during microprocessor reads from system memory. This time penalty is mitigated by the method of the present invention, wherein data is speculatively retrieved from system memory upon receipt of a microprocessor read request. A microprocessor initiates a read request which is decoded by a memory controller. Before the decoding has completed, the memory controller speculatively begins to retrieve data from the system memory device. Thus if the decode step determines that the requested data is in system memory, the time required to retrieve the data is decreased.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved memory storage system which allows selective ranges of memory locations, which can also be referred to as virtual memory banks, to be enabled and disabled. The ranges of memory locations can be disabled to avoid refreshing unused memory location and to eliminate faulty memory locations. Also, the ranges of memory locations can be treated as blocks or banks of memory regardless of the physical chips used to store the data. In other words, if a memory bank has a capacity of 16 MB, the range of memory locations may be a portion of the total capacity of this memory bank, for example 8 MB or 4 MB, and the remainder of the memory bank can be unaffected or be the subject of another range of memory locations. In a preferred embodiment, the ranges of memory locations is at least 2 MB in size.

Abstract: This invention relates to a glass reflector and tungsten-halogen lamp combination wherein the lamp is cemented into the glass reflector with an aluminum phosphate cement composition which comprise a mixture of aluminum phosphate containing excess phosphoric acid, relatively small particle size alumina and a mixture of relatively medium and coarse particle size inert filler materials and wherein the lamp contains a hermetic seal between quartz and a molybdenum foil with that portion of the foil in the seal area which is exposed to an oxidizing environment coated with alkali metal silicate.