Abstract: A tip assembly includes a tip having a nose portion. The tip defines a central bore. The nose portion includes a lip portion and defines a counterbore. The counterbore has a counterbore side wall and a seat surface. The counterbore is contiguous with the central bore. An insert member includes an inner surface, an outer surface and a side wall. The inner surface is opposite the outer surface. The side wall interconnects the inner surface and the outer surface. The insert defines a central aperture that extends from the inner surface to the outer surface. The insert is disposed within the counterbore such that the central aperture is substantially concentric with the central bore of the tip. The lip portion of the tip engages the outer surface of the insert.

Abstract: A technique for providing multi-modal interaction with a directory. A user of a telephone set connects to a directory service, such as a directory assistance service that provides telephone numbers. The user interacts with the system, either by engaging in voice communications with a human operator, or by interacting with an automated system that employs voice recognition. The directory service then provides the requested information (e.g., a requested telephone number) to the user in the form of data that can be captured and used by the telephone—e.g., if the requested information is a telephone number, the telephone may store the data representation of that number in a contacts list, or place a call to the number without the user having to enter the number with a keypad.

Abstract: A tip assembly includes a tip having a nose portion. The tip defines a central bore. The nose portion includes a lip portion and defines a counterbore. The counterbore has a counterbore side wall and a seat surface. The counterbore is contiguous with the central bore. An insert member includes an inner surface, an outer surface and a side wall. The inner surface is opposite the outer surface. The side wall interconnects the inner surface and the outer surface. The insert defines a central aperture that extends from the inner surface to the outer surface. The insert is disposed within the counterbore such that the central aperture is substantially concentric with the central bore of the tip. The lip portion of the tip engages the outer surface of the insert.

Abstract: A manufacturing/process control system information access provider architecture is disclosed. Manufacturing/process control system data provider flexibility is achieved through a user-configurable manufacturing/process control information portal server that comprises multiple selectable data provides (sources) and/or data types that a particular data provider accommodates. A user configures the portal server to deliver manufacturing/process control information associated with a controlled process environment, such as a food processing plant floor or an oil refinery reactor, to the user via a browser client over the Internet or a corporate intranet.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for providing a service framework for a distributed object network system are provided. In some embodiments, an apparatus that includes a server, a service for a limited resource residing on the server, and a pool of workers for the service that execute service requests from a client in a distributed object network system is provided. In some embodiments, a method that includes providing client-side service request encapsulation, balancing workloads among clones of service locators, clones of services, and workers in a worker pool of a service, and improving fault tolerance in a distributed object network system is provided.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for providing a service framework for a distributed object network system are provided. In some embodiments, an apparatus that includes a server, a service for a limited resource residing on the server, and a pool of workers for the service that execute service requests from a client in a distributed object network system is provided. In some embodiments, a method that includes providing client-side service request encapsulation, balancing workloads among clones of service locators, clones of services, and workers in a worker pool of a service, and improving fault tolerance in a distributed object network system is provided.

Abstract: A dynamic hardware emulation model (10) to be used with a hardware simulator for testing a user device (26) under test. A programming interface (12) controls a memory pool (14) and a command processor/bus manager (16) such that a command cycle is initiated to read and write data through a computer bus (24), to and from the user device (26). The programming interface (12) and the user device (26) can act in a master or slave mode. When the user device (26) is in slave mode, a slave memory (18) contains expected data for comparison purposes, and an arbiter (20) determines which device will have access to the computer bus (24).

Abstract: A dynamic hardware emulation model (10) to be used with a hardware simulator for testing a user device(26) under test. A programming interface (12) controls a memory pool (14) and a command processor/bus manager (16) such that a command cycle is initiated to read and write data through a computer bus (24), to and from the user device (26). The programming interface (12) and the user device (26) can act in a master or slave mode. When the user device (26) is in slave mode, a slave memory (18) contains expected data for comparison purposes, and an arbiter (20) determines which device will have access to the computer bus (24).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for extruding single or multiple layers of plastic on an electrical conductor without having to adjust the concentricity of layers every time the tooling is changed to make different sizes.