Abstract: In a construction having a radiation tube in an envelope filled with an insulating liquid, a radiation generating apparatus which realizes a miniaturization of the apparatus, an improvement of a withstanding voltage between the envelope and the radiation tube, and a decrease in attenuation amount of the radiation and a radiation imaging apparatus using the radiation generating apparatus are provided. The radiation generating apparatus has an envelope 12 having a first window 27 for transmitting the radiation, a radiation tube 14 enclosed in the envelope 12 and having a second window 19 for transmitting the radiation at a position in opposition to the first window 27, and an insulating liquid 13 filled between the envelope 12 and the radiation tube 14. A solid-state insulating member 28 is placed between the first window 27 and its periphery and the second window 19 and its periphery.

Abstract: Embodiments of a mobile device and server system are described. The mobile devices communicate with the server system and present targeted content, such as advertisements to the mobile device users. The content is targeted based on usage statistics stored on the server system which were previously collected from the mobile device. The server receives the usage statistics collected from the mobile device, makes inferences about preferences of users by tracking application and/or content usage behaviors of the users, generates recommendations for advertisements targeted toward the users of the mobile devices based on usage statistics; and transmits the recommendations to one or more of the mobile devices for presentation to the user(s).

Abstract: A first node seeking entry into a secure spread spectrum communications network sends a discovery burst at a low rate, and sends traffic bursts at a higher rate to exchange data rate for range. A receiving node receives discovery bursts via an omni-directional link and transmits and receives traffic bursts via directional links. As a node within the network detects a fading signal, it transmits a discovery burst at low rate on both its uplink and downlink channels. Other nodes may reply via the original uplink channel, and the fading node updates a list of candidate nodes through which it can relay through the network to its intended recipient by reversing the link direction of its original uplink and original downlink channels.

Abstract: This invention uses a computer program to mine preexisting dialing plan data located in a variety of preexisting source dialing plan databases. The computer program either creates a new dialing plan database from parts of existing dialing plan databases or modifies an existing dialing plan database. The computer program replaces the current system's reliance upon manual data entry by data engineers to configure the operation of a new telecommunication switch or replace the software in a telecommunication switch that was damaged or requires a new dialing plan data configuration.

Abstract: A meter-rate billing system is disclosed in which billing is performed according to an interval while a subscriber uses a network actually, without any exclusive device. The meter-rate billing system on a LAN system for controlling connections to other networks includes a table in which a subscriber information is registered, a LAN controller for retrieving the table according to said subscriber information when a subscriber accesses joining to said LAN system accesses the LAN system, registering the subscriber information in said table if the information has not been registered, updating the registration information if the subscriber information is registered, and deleting the registration information if the registration information is not updated within a predetermined interval, and a billing device for receiving the registration information stored in the table in every predetermined informing interval and judging an interval time during which the registration information is registered in the table.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a display control device adapted to be used in a communication apparatus providing an information for transmitting the information to a display and transmitting the information to a second device when the information is required by the second device, which includes a buffer device storing therein the information, a decoder electrically connected to the buffer device for decoding the information stored in the buffer device and outputting the decoded information to the display, a bidirectional transmission device electrically connected to the buffer device for transmitting the information to the display and transmitting the information to the second device when the information is required by the second device, and a controller electrically connected to the bidirectional transmission device for controlling a transmission between the bidirectional transmission device and the second device.