Abstract: A sanitary ware of environmental protection including a sanitary ware body; wherein a sewage cavity is provided at the bottom of the sanitary ware body, and a sewage draining exit is arranged on the bottom of the sewage cavity; a liquid channel and a foam channel that are not in communication with each other are provided on the sanitary ware body, and the liquid channel and the foam channel are ceramic structure integrally formed in the sanitary ware body; the sanitary ware body is further provided with a water inlet and a foam inlet, the water inlet is in communication with the liquid channel; the liquid channel is provided with liquid outlets; a deodorizing device adapted to be closed and opened is provided at the bottom of the sewage draining exit.

Abstract: The present invention describes methods and apparatuses for sensing touches and/or fingerprint images with an integrated device comprising, a transparent touch-fingerprint capacitive sensing array comprising a collection of capacitive sensing cells, a multi-resolution scanline driver circuitry, a multi-resolution column driver circuitry, and a readout circuitry coupling with said transparent touch-fingerprint capacitive sensing array wherein said readout circuitry can transmit digital or analog output of selected capacitive sensing cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods of an apparatus that comprises a layer of fingerprint imagers, an addressing circuit, a fingerprint controller, an electronic storage devices, a layer of touch panel and a display panel. The touch panel behind the layer of fingerprint imagers can sense touch position when touched. The specific fingerprint imagers can be activated according to the touch panel coordinates when touched by a user. After fingerprint is captured, the system evaluates quality of the captured fingerprint and admits fingerprint for recognition when its quality is above a threshold value. User of a computing system can be accepted or rejected based on the comparison between the captured fingerprint and an authorized fingerprint list.

Abstract: A method for the synthesis of rare earth containing phosphates of the LaPO4:Ce,Tb type comprising providing an initial charge of phosphate having a pH above 2 to a reactor; subsequently commencing introduction of a rare earth solution to the reactor, and subsequently, continuing to introduce both the phosphate and the rare earth solution to the reactor to form a mixture; whereby a rare earth phosphate precipitate is produced, at least a portion of which is precipitated while the pH of the mixture is less than 2.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating sharing device connections across multiple physical and/or virtual (logical) computers. A method may include receiving a USB device request from a virtual host controller driver of a client when a host is not in a power save mode and passing a USB device request to a host controller driver of the client when the host is in a power save mode. A method may also include activating a sharing switch of a host controller to connect a device connection port to the host when the host is not in a power save mode and to connect the device connection port to the client when the host is in a power save mode. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing a virtual machine with dynamic direct assignment of a physical hardware resource. A method may include providing a virtual machine with a directly assigned physical hardware resource and an emulated hardware resource corresponding to the directly assigned physical hardware resource. The method may further include causing the virtual machine to hot-swap from using the directly assigned physical hardware resource to using the emulated hardware resource. The method may additionally include, subsequent to causing the virtual machine to hot-swap to using the emulated hardware resource, causing the directly assigned physical hardware resource to be hot-removed from the virtual machine Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.

Abstract: A system for establishing multi-party wireless game sessions includes a game session broker and at least two wireless units. Each wireless unit includes a first wireless device having relatively low power consumption and a second wireless device having relatively high power consumption. The game session broker receives a session ready message that includes location information for a first player and search for a second player having location information matching the location information for the first player. Finding a matching player, the game session broker sends session available messages to wireless units associated with the first and second players. Session ready messages are sent and session available message are received via first wireless devices. Upon receiving the session available message, the first and second players can establish a wireless game session using their respective second wireless devices.

Abstract: A system for establishing multi-party wireless game sessions includes a game session broker and at least two wireless units. Each wireless unit includes a first wireless device having relatively low power consumption and a second wireless device having relatively high power consumption. The game session broker is configured to receive a session ready message that includes location information for a first player and search for a second player having location information matching the location information for the first player. Upon finding a matching player, the game session broker sends session available messages to the wireless units associated with the first and second players. Session ready messages are sent and session available message are received using the first wireless devices. Upon receiving the session available message, the first and second players can establish a wireless game session using their respective second wireless devices.

Abstract: A method for providing passive user identification may include causing selective processing of data indicative of characteristics of a user of a device by aggregating one or more modality specific biometric classification processes conducted in background operation of the device, comparing the selectively processed data to a profile of a currently logged in or default user to determine a likelihood that the user corresponds to the currently logged in or default user, and selectively implementing an active authentication process based on a result of the determining. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: A sanitary ware of environmental protection type is disclosed. The sanitary ware comprises: a sanitary ware body; wherein a sewage cavity is provided at the bottom of the sanitary ware body, and a sewage draining exit is arranged on the bottom of the sewage cavity; a liquid channel and a foam channel that are not in communication with each other are provided on the sanitary ware body, and the liquid channel and the foam channel are ceramic structure integrally formed in the sanitary ware body; the sanitary ware body is further provided with a water inlet and a foam inlet, the water inlet is in communication with the liquid channel; the liquid channel is provided with liquid outlets; a deodorizing device adapted to be closed and opened is provided at the bottom of the sewage draining exit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that authenticate a user of a mobile device with motion sensors. During a learning session, the user initializes the mobile device by providing a motion sample. The mobile device extracts motion features that are unique to the user and converts them to parity bits and to a password shadow. During a recognition session, a motion pattern is gathered from the user moving the mobile device as if it were a virtual pen. The mobile device then uses the stored parity bits to correct small differences between motion patterns exhibited by the same user at different times. The mobile device converts the corrected motion pattern into a motion password that is compared with the stored password shadow. A user is authenticated only if the two values coincide. The system erases the generated motion password.

Abstract: The present invention presents methods and apparatuses of game appliance execution and rendering service wherein a game appliance system can start a game appliance for a client system and said client system can send input to the game appliance system via a network to control game play of the game appliance and in return receive media stream of the game appliance via a network.

Abstract: During operation, each client device will be provided with a list of addresses for all nodes within a network. The addresses for all nodes will be unique to a particular client device such that {address(node 1), address(node 2), . . . address(node n)} for a first client does not equal {address(node 1), address(node 2), . . . address(node n)} for a second client. Each client's address for a particular node will preferably only be known by the client and a naming server. When sending a message to a destination node, a client device will create a source route consisting of the unique addresses. Because each client's address for a particular node will only be known to itself and the naming server, anyone who intercepts the route will not know what nodes along the route are used for routing the message.

Abstract: A system for establishing multi-party wireless game sessions includes a game session broker and at least two wireless units. Each wireless unit includes a first wireless device having relatively low power consumption and a second wireless device having relatively high power consumption. The game session broker is configured to receive a session ready message that includes location information for a first player and search for a second player having location information matching the location information for the first player. Upon finding a matching player, the game session broker sends session available messages to the wireless units associated with the first and second players. Session ready messages are sent and session available message are received using the first wireless devices. Upon receiving the session available message, the first and second players can establish a wireless game session using their respective second wireless devices.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method for the synthesis of rare earth containing phosphates of the LaPO4:Ce, Tb type.

Abstract: During operation, each client device will be provided with a list of addresses for all nodes within a network. The addresses for all nodes will be unique to a particular client device such that {address(node 1), address(node 2), . . . address(node n)} for a first client does not equal {address(node 1), address(node 2), . . . address(node n)} for a second client. Each client's address for a particular node will preferably only be known by the client and a naming server. When sending a message to a destination node, a client device will create a source route consisting of the unique addresses. Because each client's address for a particular node will only be known to itself and the naming server, anyone who intercepts the route will not know what nodes along the route are used for routing the message.