Abstract: A changeable cover for an electronic device and method of using same in a payment system is provided. The cover has a transponder responsive to interrogation by an electric field. The cover provides an electronic identification number and other information in response to the interrogation signal. Also provided is a system for making payments, comprising at least one mobile station (4) which has an associated cover (100) for providing local data transfer. The system also comprises at least one point of sale terminal or the like, which has a second transceiver for providing data transfer.

Abstract: A changeable cover for an electronic device and method of using same in a payment system is provided. The cover has a transponder responsive to interrogation by an electric field. The cover provides an electronic identification number and other information in response to the interrogation signal. Also provided is a system for making payments, comprising at least one mobile station (4) which has an associated cover (100) for providing local data transfer. The system also comprises at least one point of sale terminal or the like, which has a second transceiver for providing data transfer.

Abstract: A scalable engine having multiple datapaths, each of which is a unique multi-function floating point pipeline capable of performing a four component dot product on data in a single pass through the datapath, which allows matrix transformations to be computed in an efficient manner, with a high data throughput and without substantially increasing the cost and amount of hardware required to implement the pipeline.

Abstract: A computerized method and system for testing an information-processing system-under-test. This includes using few system-under-test resources by driving native operating software stimulation commands to a system-under-test software test agent over a platform-neutral, open-standard connection, capturing an output from the system-under-test for comparison with an expected output for success determination. This also includes the use of a host testing system having a target interface for interfacing with a system-under-test by issuing a stimulation instruction to the target interface, processing the instruction to derive a stimulation signal for the system-under-test, and sending the signal to the software test agent running in the system-under-test unit. The use of the software test agent includes executing a set of test commands to derive and issue a stimulation input to the native operating software of the system-under-test based on a stimulation signal received from the target interface.

Abstract: A scalable engine having multiple datapaths, each of which is a unique multi-function floating point pipeline capable of performing a four component dot product on data in a single pass through the datapath, which allows matrix transformations to be computed in an efficient manner, with a high data throughput and without substantially increasing the cost and amount of hardware required to implement the pipeline.

Abstract: A brake arrangement, especially a disk brake for vehicles, includes a brake caliper with brake pads guided on both sides of a brake disk which are operatively connected with hydraulically actuatable actuating pistons. Each actuating piston includes a bore directed toward the brake pad in which is arranged a cylindrically shaped insert number that includes a flange covering the piston end surface and is held with a radial and axial play with respect to the inner circumferential and bottom surface of the bore.