Abstract: An information collection apparatus working as an agent of a plurality of client terminals for collecting information from an information providing server. A plurality of requested-item lists are stored in the requested-item list table, one for each client terminal. Each requested-item list is composed of a plurality of requested-items identifying a plurality of information items to be obtained by each client terminal. An information manager, which has the function of a combining processor, combines the contents of a plurality of requested-item lists to create a collection list. The collection list is composed of a plurality of collection items identifying a plurality of information to be collected by the information collection apparatus. The collection list is stored in a collection list table. An information collection processor actively references the information providing server to check if information has been updated, based on the collection list. Updated latest information is collected in this way.

Abstract: The crosslinkable rubber composition of the invention is crosslinkable by hot air, and a hot-air crosslinked rubber sheet thereof has no scratch on the surface in a hardness test using a pencil of HB and has a compression set of not more than 70% after a heat treatment at 150° C. for 22 hours. The rubber composition comprises an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene random copolymer rubber comprising a specific vinyl end group-containing norbornene compound, a SiH group-containing compound having at least two SiH groups in one molecule, and if necessary, an addition reaction catalyst comprising a platinum group element and a reaction inhibitor.

Abstract: A system is provided for improving security during data transfer. A transmitter side transfer controller (12) divides data to be transferred into a plurality of pieces, removes a portion of data from each piece and encrypts the piece, and uploads each encrypted piece to different relay servers (22) on the Internet (20). The transmitter side transfer controller (12) also provides a receiver side transfer controller (12) information indicating which piece is uploaded to which relay server (22) using a secure communication protocol. The data of the fragment removed from each piece is transmitted to the receiver side transfer controller (12) separately from the encrypted pieces. The receiver side transfer controller (12) downloads the encrypted pieces each uploaded to the relay server (22), decodes the encrypted pieces, complements the decoded data with the data of the fragment to restore the state before the removal, and assembles the restored pieces to obtain the original data to be transferred.

Abstract: The crosslinkable rubber composition of the invention is crosslinkable by hot air, and a hot-air crosslinked rubber sheet thereof has no scratch on the surface in a hardness test using a pencil of HB and has a compression set of not more than 70% after a heat treatment at 150° C. for 22 hours. The rubber composition comprises an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene random copolymer rubber comprising a specific vinyl end group-containing norbornene compound, a SiH group-containing compound having at least two SiH groups in one molecule, and if necessary, an addition reaction catalyst comprising a platinum group element and a reaction inhibitor. The automobile weatherstrip, hose, rubber vibration insulator, belt, sealing material, expanded product, covered electric wire, electric wire joint, electric insulating part and household rubber product according to the invention comprise the above-mentioned rubber composition.

Abstract: The crosslinkable rubber composition of the invention is crosslinkable by hot air, and a hot-air crosslinked rubber sheet thereof has no scratch on the surface in a hardness test using a pencil of HB and has a compression set of not more than 70% after a heat treatment at 150° C. for 22 hours. The rubber composition comprises an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene random copolymer rubber comprising a specific vinyl end group-containing norbornene compound, a SiH group-containing compound having at least two SiH groups in one molecule, and if necessary, an addition reaction catalyst comprising a platinum group element and a reaction inhibitor. The automobile weatherstrip, hose, rubber vibration insulator, belt, sealing material, expanded product, covered electric wire, electric wire joint, electric insulating part and household rubber product according to the invention comprise the above-mentioned rubber composition.

Abstract: A network connection system includes a client apparatus, an authentication server, and a connection server. The authentication server authenticates a user of the client apparatus and transmits a network address of the client apparatus to the connection server. When information indicating the transition to a connection wait state is received from the connection server, the network address of the connection server is transmitted to the client. The client apparatus transmits an encrypted user name and password to the network address. The connection server 11 conducts authentication using the encrypted user name and password.

Abstract: To deal with user network communication activity which cannot easily and clearly be determined as problematic behavior, a behavior analysis apparatus 14 monitors communication between each user PC 16 in a domain 10 and Internet 20 via a gateway apparatus 12. For example, when there is a monitored item related to information leakage of the user in the detected communication, a weight value corresponding to the monitored item is added to a score concerning a possibility of the user leaking information. Subsequently, the scores are totaled and recorded for each unit of time. The behavior analysis apparatus 14 inputs data of time-series transition of the total value to a neural network which has performed learning for prediction processing, and predicts the possibility of the user's information leak at a time in the near future. When an increasing risk of leakage is predicted, the behavior analysis apparatus 14 communicates an alarm to a security manager.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mail processing system which reduces the load on an e-mail hosting. A center-side mail server (30) receives electronic mail addressed to client domains (10) and combines the electronic mail into one file (bulk mail data) for each domain. A client-side mail server (14) in the client domain (10) regularly accesses the center-side mail server (30) to download the bulk mail data, which is addressed to the client domain (10), from the server (30). The client-side mail server (14) disassembles the downloaded bulk mail data into individual electronic mail data and saves it in respective destination mailboxes. A user PC (16) in the client domain (10) can receive electronic mail, which is addressed to the user PC, from the client-side mail server (14) using a protocol such as POP3.

Abstract: An inexpensive data storage technique utilizing available capacity in individual computer devices connected to a network is provided. When a backup client (BC) (14) of a user PC receives a backup instruction for a file from a user, the backup client (14) requests backup to a backup control server (20). The backup control server (20) divides and encrypts the file to be backed up into a plurality of encrypted pieces, transfers the encrypted pieces to user PCs (10), and stores the encrypted piece in the HDDs (12) of the user PCs (10). When the destributively backed up file is to be extracted, the user PC 10 obtains each encrypted piece from the user PCs 10 on which they are stored, and combines and decrypts the encrypted pieces to restore the original file.

Abstract: A system is provided for improving security during data transfer. A transmitter side transfer controller (12) divides data to be transferred into a plurality of pieces, removes a portion of data from each piece and encrypts the piece, and uploads each encrypted piece to different relay servers (22) on the Internet (20). The transmitter side transfer controller (12) also provides a receiver side transfer controller (12) information indicating which piece is uploaded to which relay server (22) using a secure communication protocol. The data of the fragment removed from each piece is transmitted to the receiver side transfer controller (12) separately from the encrypted pieces. The receiver side transfer controller (12) downloads the encrypted pieces each uploaded to the relay server (22), decodes the encrypted pieces, complements the decoded data with the data of the fragment to restore the state before the removal, and assembles the restored pieces to obtain the original data to be transferred.

Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-&agr;-olefin-unconjugated polyene random copolymer rubber having hydrolyzable silyl groups in the molecule, which is crosslinkable with air-borne moisture at room temperature and is not only useful for resin modification, but also applicable as elastic sealants and adhesives, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: To reduce the load on a management server in a load distributed system, a server list manager 16 of a management server 10 selects servers 4, 6, 20, and 30 to be accessed by a client terminal management server 43 by referencing an operation status or a load status of the servers 4, 6, 20, and 30, generates a server list, and sends the generated server list to the client terminal management server 43. An inquiry unit 47 of the client terminal management server 43 regularly sends an inquiry to the network monitoring server 30, which is included in the server list 45, to ascertain whether or not information has been updated. If the information has been updated, an information collection unit 48 acquires a corresponding latest module and a rule base from the information providing server 20 included in the server list 45 based on information from the network monitoring server 30.

Abstract: In a method for preferably assigning, to a client, setting information necessary for connection to an external network, an address assignment processing section of a server which is a coordinator server at that point assigns an IP address and GW address and returns the assigned information to the client in response to an address assignment request from the client. The address assignment processing sections of servers which will become, through a server circulation process, the coordinator server respectively at subsequent points in time also function similarly. The client connects to the Internet via one of the gateways by referring to the GW address designated in the response from the server. A server which recognized that a failure has occurred in another server changes the GW address assigned to the client in order to switch the communication route for the client to access the Internet.

Abstract: An information collection apparatus working as an agent of a plurality of client terminals for collecting information from an information providing server. A plurality of requested-item lists are stored in the requested-item list table, one for each client terminal. Each requested-item list is composed of a plurality of requested-items identifying a plurality of information items to be obtained by each client terminal. An information manager, which has the function of a combining processor, combines the contents of a plurality of requested-item lists to create a collection list. The collection list is composed of a plurality of collection items identifying a plurality of information to be collected by the information collection apparatus. The collection list is stored in a collection list table. An information collection processor actively references the information providing server to check if information has been updated, based on the collection list. Updated latest information is collected in this way.

Abstract: A method for assigning setting information to a client suitably distributes clients among gateways which are used for connection to an external network. A server assigns gateways to each client in order such that the load placed onto the gateways can be distributed. When a request for extension of use is received from a client A which uses GW1 after a failure has occurred in GW1, the server assigns GW2 which is available. In this process, a lease period is set at a shorter time than the base lease period. When a request for extension of use is received from the client A after GW1 is restored, the server returns the gateway to be used to GW1.

Abstract: In order to simplify prevention of unauthorized or malicious electronic mail transmission, a mail server comprises a password conversion table which shows registered correlation among user ID, a formal password, and a virtual password different from the formal password, both assigned to each user for user authentication by a general-purpose mail server. A user is informed of only a virtual password. When electronic mail having a virtual password and addressed to an outsider of a company is sent from a client PC, a password conversion processor converts the virtual password into a corresponding formal password with reference to the password conversion table, and the virtual SMTP server function processor sends the electronic mail now having the formal password to the general-purpose mail server. A user at a client PC cannot access the general-purpose mail server using a virtual password as the user is not authenticated using the virtual password.

Abstract: A polyurethane chip molded product having improved properties and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The polyurethane chip molded product is manufactured by press-molding polyurethane chips and a binder together, wherein at least some of the polyurethane chips are split polyurethane chips made by splitting foamed polyurethane.

Abstract: A forward clutch choke (251) having an internal long narrow path is provided in an oil path which feeds a clutch pressure (PFWD/C) to an oil chamber (604) of a forward clutch mechanism (6). The choke restricts a flow of the hydraulic oil into the oil chamber at a low temperature where the viscosity of the hydraulic oil is high to thereby increase a time required for the oil chamber to be filled with the oil, which prevents the clutch mechanism (6) from being engaged tightly in a short time to thereby prevent an instantaneous rise in the output shaft torque. Since the viscosity of the hydraulic oil is low at normal temperature and the choke functions as an orifice, the clutch mechanism is smoothly engaged tightly based on the operation of an accumulator concerned (FIG. 4).

Abstract: A high pressure fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine having a high pressure pump for delivering fuel to a fuel injector. The pressure output of the pump is sensed and is controlled to provide appropriate fuel pressure to the fuel injector for the given running condition. In addition, a release passage is formed that intersects the high pressure pump at a point intermediate the ends of its stroke and which is controlled by a control valve for releasing pressure to further provide pressure control. Even if fully opened due to failure, the release valve will not preclude the generation of pressure sufficient to run the engine.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising (A) a urethane polymer having at least one aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon group on a side chain in a molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two hydrosilyl groups in a molecule, and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst firmly bonds to surfaces of various substrates, especially silicone rubber substrates, without a need for pre-treatment and readily forms thereon a surface protective layer having wear resistance. A silicone rubber member in which a silicone rubber substrate is coated on its surface with the inventive coating composition is endowed on the surface with wear resistance and is useful as silicone rubber key pads and silicone rubber rolls.