Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.

Abstract: An improved object-oriented transaction computing system is disclosed. The system allows for the compiling, linking, and managing of one or more objects, classes, and/or method libraries through the set-up, managing, and termination of corresponding internal or external procedural call modules. The objects in the system interface with one another using a message pointer interface including one or more message interface ports that correspond with the internal or external procedural calls. The system also includes a transaction controller for allocating one or more time units for a designated transaction corresponding with the one or more objects, classes, methods, and/or messages. A scheduler monitors the transaction controller by monitoring a beginning and/or ending time mark for the designated transaction.

Abstract: A system for producing a quantitized scaleable signal during a particular period of time in which the signal is digitized and is represented by a polynomial expression. The number of terms in the expression relates to the accuracy of the digitized signal. The digitized signals are compressed and then are transmitted, stored, retrieved and reconstructed.

Abstract: An integrated sensor and memory device for sensing, capturing, and memorizing spatial and/or time domain distribution of events, comprises a sequence of events; an array of cells for sensing and capturing spatial and/or time domain distribution of each event; source for charging/loading signal coupled to each cell, wherein each charging/loading signal provides a suitable magnitude to correspond with an elapsed time mark of each event; and memory cell integrated within each cell, that memorize current value of charging/loading signal at the moment of cell activation, which correspond with the time instance when an event happens.

Abstract: A system architecture for multimedia communications comprises a bandwidth controller for continuously moderating the run-time status and/or condition changes of the telecommunications network and dynamically adjusting the corresponding bandwidth requirement for accommodating the change of status or condition prior to transmitting the video and/or audio information. The system further includes a reconfiguration memory for standardizing and re configuring the video and/or audio information according to a selective internal file format which is universally compatible with any coding algorithms received from, or supplied to the telecommunications network, the reconfiguration memory performing scalable internal data reformatting among incompatibly received or transmitted video and/or audio information.

Abstract: A self-directed transaction processing system for controlling data flow and regulating data transfer among multiple computing devices, wherein said computing devices comprising a predictor means for predicting the forthcoming subject of interest for a particular user/application according to the selection, correlation, and/or interpretation of the past history of individual work flow and/or data entry of said user/application, said system further allow said computing devices to proceed searching and retrieving relevant information from remote or local database/transaction information source and forwarding to said user/application.

Abstract: A method for encryption and decryption of analog signal, wherein encryption and decryption are performed in analog domain. The transmitter creating digital representations with unique behavior; producing computation instructions for each digital representation; randomly generating analog identification signals with random waveform appearance and yet preserving common behavior as in said digital representation; encryption through partitioning said analog signal and inserting said analog identification signals prior to, in between, and/or after said partitioned analog signal segments. As a result, encrypted analog signal sequence becomes totally destructed to unauthorized receivers.

Abstract: A server system for distributed communications which supports a multiple user/application environment, comprising a user/application system for interfacing a multiple user/application environment; a input/decoding means for receiving and converting an external information to a selective internal format; a parsing means for marking said information according to its organization, and further providing access to each segment of said information for producing a segmented information; and a subject input/evaluation means for receiving a plurality of subject of interest requests from said user/application system, and performing evaluation on said segmented information in order to determine whether it is relevant to any of said list of subject of interest.

Abstract: A digital dictionary system comprising a means for constructing and maintaining a single or plurality of vocabulary data structure is represented as a selective single or plurality of alphabet, sign, symbol, number, character, or code with a means for communicating with a selective one or a plurality of user applications for receiving, prioritizing, maintaining, and updating a selective one or a plurality of lists of subjects of interest for each user application. The vocabulary data structure has a means for associating a single or plurality of vocabulary data structures with each of the subjects of interest as defined by a selective one or plurality of users or applications.

Abstract: A system for producing a quantitized scaleable signal during a particular period of time in which the signal is digitized and is represented by a polynomial expression. The number of terms in the expression relates to the accuracy of the digitized signal. The digitized signals are compressed and then are transmitted, stored, retrieved and reconstructed.

Abstract: A signal identification system for arbitrary contour, wherein personalized--contour signal is applied for the identification--of an individual user, entity, device, or phenomena. Said personalized identification signal does not disclose the physical shape information of the signal, and only requires simple computation and little data storage. Said signal identification system employs a portable storage device and/or network to store, download, or retrieve features and/or parameters according to a predefined signal template, wherein said parameters are used for simplification of processing of an incoming test signal, said features are used for verification of said incoming test signal for conforming the identity of said individuals. Said signal identification system supports a single or plurality of individuals, and allows each individual to select an unique personalized-identification-signal which represents the unique identity of said individual.

Abstract: A time sharable run-time resource utilization controller and a method of processing information including a scheduling device for receiving and accumulating a number of utilization request signals for assigning a time slot for the beginning and the end of each utilization. One or more address locations would be allocated for each of the utilizations. A formatting device would determine the internal format of each of the utilizations.

Abstract: An improved system utility using pointers and stacks and a method for high level language procedure for representing, storing, retrieving, processing, and/or manipulating documents, said system utilities facilitates compilation, linkage, processing, and management of said high level language procedures. Call, return, and auxiliary stacks are included to store pointers of normal, exceptional/conditional, and alternative operations. A bit mapping logic and smart object memory are used to look ahead, monitor, and predict forthcoming exceptional/conditional operation, a system look-up table further prefetch relevant procedural and data pointers for maintaining pipeline coherence.

Abstract: An improved system utility using pointers and stacks and a method for high level language procedure for representing, storing, retrieving, processing, and/or manipulating documents, said system utilities facilitates compilation, linkage, processing, and management of said high level language procedures. Call, return, and auxiliary stacks are included to store pointers of normal, exceptional/conditional, and alternative operations. A bit mapping logic and smart object memory are used to look ahead, monitor, and predict forthcoming exceptional/conditional operation, a system look-up table further prefetch relevant procedural and data pointers for maintaining pipeline coherence.

Abstract: A document data processor for an object-oriented knowledge management system including a packet processor in communication with a personal database. The packet processor includes an object interface in communication with an external user, an application programming interface and a coprocessor. The packet processor includes a means for establishing a behavioral model as well as a means for stack operation of the personal database.

Abstract: The present invention pertains integrated circuit method and apparatus for achieving the optimum computation performance of document data types. The integrated circuit maintain a digital dictionary for editing, storage, updating, referencing, and retrieval of vocabulary data structure corresponding to selective subject of interest as defined by each user or application. The integrated circuit further directly retrieve, execute, and evaluate the external incoming document according to said selective subject of interest in order to confirm whether the selective user or application have interest in this document. The integrated circuit further directly interpret, and execute the incoming document and the corresponding procedural calls provided particular subject of interest can be confirmed. The present invention produce, maintain, and retrieve user or application specific multimedia reference material for each generic text based document.

Abstract: A object-oriented real time transaction processing system and a method for improving the control of data flow and the regulation of the data transfer among, multicomputers including a control and scheduling device for looking ahead and predicting the execution path for processing and communications. Said system is adaptive to allow the change of run-time environment including bandwidth for internal processing and/or storage, as well as the external communications/transmission. Said system can be self-directive for allowing autonomous operation of knowledge/information processing.

Abstract: A controller apparatus and method for executing a plurality of control functions for communication of multimedia articles including voice, audio, text, still image, motion video and animated graphics which incorporates a frame memory system which is compatible with multiple standard or customized coding algorithmic signals such as H.261, MPEG, JPEG, EDTV or HDTV or in multiple incompatible video coding equipment employing different video coding algorithms can now freely communicate with each other, the controller apparatus further including a band width management function for automatically scaling the multimedia article signal to conform to available band width.

Abstract: A spiral for traversing a strand during winding includes: (a) a shaft having a first portion, a second portion and a length therebetween having a midpoint; and (b) a first wing and a second wing. Each wing has a first end, a second end and a curved portion therebetween. The first end of each wing is adjacent to the second end of the other wing and displaces the strand from contact with the second end of the other wing during winding.

Abstract: A general purpose architecture and process for multimedia communications in which a number of video and audio information production devices are connected to a telecommunications network. Each of these video and audio information production devices is provided with an input/output device for receiving and transmitting information from the telecommunications network on a real time basis. The input/output device continuously monitors the run-time status and condition changes of the telecommunications network and would dynamically control and adjust, on a real time basis, the corresponding network bandwidth prior to immediately transmitting all of the video and audio information to the telecommunications network.