Abstract: The computer implemented method of solving a Hamiltonian can include performing, in a tensor network contracting a plurality of tensors in the network, a Lanczos method acting on the uncontracted tensors, the Lanczos method including evaluating a recursive relation of an equation including using the equation at least two times, forming a block tridiagonal matrix having a block size greater than one, based on the recursive relation, and diagonalizing the block tridiagonal matrix to obtain new tensors and energy levels of the tensor network, wherein at least one of the uncontracted tensors of the network has an index for the group of excitations; and solving for the rest of the tensor network, yielding an energy level solution of the Hamiltonian, outputting the energy level solution.

Abstract: A Web-based call routing management workstation application which allows authorized customers to control toll free routing and monitor call center status. An architecture including one or more web servers located in a firewalled demilitarized zone (DMZ) as communications medium between the customer workstations at the customer sites and the enterprise back-end applications providing the call routing management services, provides a secure infrastructure for accessing the enterprise applications via the otherwise insecure public Internet. The present invention enables creation and management of call by call routing rules by a customer with a workstation having an Internet access and a supported Web browser. The customized rules may be tested and/or debugged via the Web-enabled workstation, using a debugger/tester which runs the routing rules under a simulated environment.

Abstract: A method and apparatus implementing an enhanced protocol between an I2C master and an I2C slave. In various embodiments the invention permits greater addressability space and high priority access to the slave device. The enhanced protocol is implemented by the addition of command code data being transmitted which is recognized through an interface circuit inside the slave device. The invention provides an I2C solution for accessing high priority address space with one command byte, medium priority space with two command bytes and low priority space with three command bytes.

Abstract: A Web-based call routing management workstation application which allows authorized customers to control toll free routing and monitor call center status. An architecture including one or more web servers located in a firewalled demilitarized zone (DMZ) as communications medium between the customer workstations at the customer sites and the enterprise back-end applications providing the call routing management services, provides a secure infrastructure for accessing the enterprise applications via the otherwise insecure public Internet. The present invention enables creation and management of call by call routing rules by a customer with a workstation having an Internet access and a supported Web browser. The customized rules may be tested and/or debugged via the Web-enabled workstation, using a debugger/tester which runs the routing rules under a simulated environment.

Abstract: A Web-based call routing management workstation application which allows authorized customers to control toll free routing and monitor call center status. An architecture including one or more web servers located in a firewalled demilitarized zone (DMZ) as communications medium between the customer workstations at the customer sites and the enterprise back-end applications providing the call routing management services, provides a secure infrastructure for accessing the enterprise applications via the otherwise insecure public Internet. The present invention enables creation and management of call by call routing rules by a customer with a workstation having an Internet access and a supported Web browser. The customized rules may be tested and/or debugged via the Web-enabled workstation, using a debugger/tester which runs the routing rules under a simulated environment.

Abstract: A Web-based call routing management workstation application which allows authorized customers to control toll free routing and monitor call center status. An architecture including one or more web servers located in a firewalled demilitarized zone (DMZ) as communications medium between the customer workstations at the customer sites and the enterprise back-end applications providing the call routing management services, provides a secure infrastructure for accessing the enterprise applications via the otherwise insecure public Internet. The present invention enables creation and management of call by call routing rules by a customer with a workstation having an Internet access and a supported Web browser. The customized rules may be tested and/or debugged via the Web-enabled workstation, using a debugger/tester which runs the routing rules under a simulated environment.

Abstract: An attachment device is disclosed incorporating a self-returning hinge releasably joining a pair of prongs disposed on a basket frame with a flattened open end of a tubular handle member. A crimping device is carried at the joint operable to be forcibly compressed to crimp or frictionally engage the device with the flattened open end to secure the prongs in place. The frame and prongs are composed of a flexible spring metal so as to constitute a self-returning hinge when the frame is bent or pushed to-either side of a handle center line.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically balancing special service telephone calling traffic among a plurality of automatic call distributors and servicing agents as a function of supply and demand for such services. Data is gathered from originating and terminating switches of the telephone network, from each automatic call distributor, and from a call routing data base. The collected data is analyzed to characterize the supply and demand. A routing plan through the network is formulated so that the number of calls to each automatic call distributor is alloted as a function thereof and of the relative costs in routing to one point or another. The formulated plan is implemented for control by effecting changes in the routing data base. In the routing plan formulation, cognizance may also be taken of manpower availability for agent staffing.

Abstract: A thermally conductive adhesive, and processes for formulating the same, are provided for bonding an electrical device package, such as an integrated circuit (IC) package, to a surface of a substrate, such as a printed circuit board. The thermally conductive adhesive comprises a polyurethane-based resin material and a predetermined amount of thermally conducting, electrically insulating material, such as alumina, mixed therewith. With such arrangement, a thermally conductive adhesive is provided having a low modulus of elasticity. Thus, such adhesive is soft and pliable rather than rigid, and thus deforms in response to the different amounts of thermal expansion, or contraction, of the IC package and PCB against, or away from, the thermally-conductive adhesive, thereby preventing damage to either the IC package or PCB, or separation of solder joints therebetween, due to such thermal expansion or contraction.

Abstract: A printed circuit board having a compliant layer sandwiched between a pattern of conductors and an insulating layer. The printed circuit board has leadless chip carriers attached to soldering pads on the board using conventional soldering techniques. The elasticity of the compliant layer between the pattern of conductors and the insulating layer provides mechanical decoupling for minimizing stresses on the solder joints due to the different thermal coefficients of expansion of contiguous materials.

Abstract: An electrical totalizer for forming an output signal with occurrences separated by a minimum time interval and representative of the total number of random occurrences in first and second circuits. First and second input circuits receive occurrences from, respectively, such first and second circuits. First and second bistable state circuits respond to separate strobes for changing states for each occurrence at, respectively, the first and second input circuits. A combining circuit is coupled to the first and second bistable state circuits for forming an output representation for each different occurrence at the input circuits. A separator forms, in an output signal, an output occurrence responsive to an applied strobe for each of the output representations. A strobing circuit is operative during repetitive cycles for applying, during each cycle, a strobe to each of the first and second bistable state circuits and to the separator in a predetermined sequence.

Abstract: An electrical totalizer for forming an output signal with occurrences separated by a minimum time interval and representative of the total number of random occurrences in first and second circuits. First and second input circuits receive occurrences from, respectively, such first and second circuits. First and second bistable state circuits respond to separate strobes for changing states for each occurrence at, respectively, the first and second input circuits. A combining circuit is coupled to the first and second bistable state circuits for forming an output representation for each different occurrence at the input circuits. A separator forms, in an output signal, an output occurrence responsive to an applied strobe for each of the output representations. A strobing circuit is operative during repetitive cycles for applying, during each cycle, a strobe to each of the first and second bistable state circuits and to the separator in a predetermined sequence.

Abstract: Polymeric paraxylylene coatings and films possessing significantly improved oxidation resistance, particularly at elevated temperatures, are disclosed as well as a process for their preparation wherein certain antioxidants are vaporized and codeposited with vaporous poly(paraxylylene) precursors onto a substrate.

Abstract: For use in combination with a supporting open frame structure adapted for connection to a handle and formed from a material of generally circular cross-section, there is described a net replacement unit which comprises a resiliently deformable, tubular cover and a depending net formed integral therewith. The cover has an inner surface defining an ovate longitudinal bore communicating through a slot coextensive with the bore along its narrow side for reception of the frame therethrough. Additionally, the cover is provided with a plurality of longitudinal ribs coextensive with the bore and extending thereinto from the cover's inner surface in a particular orientation to bias the frame to retain the frame in the cover, yet permit the cover to be readily snapped on and off the frame using only hand pressure when necesssary to replace the net and/or cover.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a self-returning hinge is embodied in an appliance or tool comprising a tubular handle and an open frame formed from a flexible spring metal into a desired shape and having a pair of U-shaped end sections extending laterally outwardly therefrom in mutually overlying relation into a hollow end section of the handle which is crimped along one side thereof with the opposite side being flattened to retain the U-shaped end sections therein in such overlying relation. Various elements such as nets, brushes, and scrapers may be attached to the frame as desired.Other embodiments which do not provide a self-returning hinge are also described; however, such embodiments do provide certain other advantages also associated with the preferred embodiment. In one other embodiment, the frame is made from a non-spring metal and in a second other embodiment, the referenced hollow end section is crimped along two opposing sides and the frame is made from a non-spring metal.