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A system and method of providing one or more user selectable transaction limits (soft limit) for an associated account, generally within the constraints of fixed transaction limits for the account. The soft limit may be adjusted by the user in response to anticipated transaction volume to reduce fraudulent charge risk. By way of example, the soft limit remains at a low default transaction limit that is generally sufficient for covering daily expenditures when utilizing the account, and may be temporarily set to a higher limit by the user contemplating making a purchases which may exceed the soft limit. After a time period has elapsed or a given number of transactions have occurred after user selection of the soft limit it drops back to the default value. The inventive system and method may be practiced within or interfaced to "card processing centers" of transactions cards or other account tokens.

A communication apparatus that shares precise return channel uplink timing information includes a common symbol timing reference and one or more control stations that each transmit independent asynchronous DVB data streams which evenly share the common symbol timing. The control stations each include respective delay trackers to determine broadcast transmission delays associated with the particular control station and transmission path. Each broadcast data stream includes the same non real-time frame marker and a transmission delay message particular to the respective control station. A remote receiver receives one of the broadcast streams and timestamps the non real-time frame marker with a local time of receipt. A timing recovery circuit determines an upcoming return channel frame start time by adjusting the local time of receipt by the particular broadcast transmission delay and a unique receiver offset time. A local transmitter subsequently uplinks a TDMA message in a predetermined time-slot after the return channel frame start time. The method for transmitting a frame synchronized message includes receiving a non real-time frame reference marker in a receiver, timestamping the received frame reference marker with a reception time, and subsequently receiving a control node timing differential at the receiver. The local reception time of the non real-time frame marker is corrected to determine the proper return channel frame transmit start time by applying the control node timing differential and the local offset time. Users then uplink a message during an assigned period after the return channel frame transmit start time.

Methods and apparatus for managing erase counts in a non-volatile memory system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for initializing an erase count block in a system memory of a non-volatile memory system, the non-volatile memory system which includes a non-volatile memory involves allocating a plurality of pages within the system memory that are divided into a plurality of entries. Each entry of the plurality of entries has an associated block in the non-volatile memory. The method also includes identifying usable blocks which are suitable for use in accepting user data, and storing values in each entry which is associated with a usable block. Storing the values in each entry which is associated with a usable block substantially identifies the usable block as being usable.

Performance data and lyric data stored in an external storage device 35 is read out in accordance with the progression of a song. The performance data is sent to a tone generator 36, so that melody and accompaniment tones are reproduced by use of the performance data. The lyric data is sent to a display control circuit 14, so that lyrics represented by the lyric data are displayed on a display unit 12. The timing at which the lyrics are reproduced is determined by relative time data ΔT added to the lyric data, so that the lyrics are displayed at right positions corresponding to bar and beat positions. When a bar has lengthy lyrics, the width of the bar to be displayed on the display unit 12 is adjusted. As a result, the position of lyrics displayed corresponds to the progression of a song, resulting in users being capable of obtaining timing in both performing a musical instrument and singing when they sing a song while performing the musical instrument.

A navigation apparatus and method store traffic information and searches for a guidance route to a specified destination. The apparatus and method calculate congestion degrees for the guidance route based on a factor by time period and the stored traffic information and display the guidance route and the congestion degrees by time period.

This disclosure relates generally to data decoding, and more particularly to iterative decoders for data encoded with a low-density parity check (LDPC) encoder. LDPC decoders are disclosed that use reduced-complexity circular shifters that may be used to decode predefined or designed QC-LDPC codes. In addition, methods to design codes which may have particular LDPC code performance capabilities and which may operate with such decoders using reduced-complexity circular shifters are provided. The generation of quasi-cyclic low density parity check codes and the use of circular shifters by LDPC decoders, may be done in such a way as to provide increased computational efficiency, decreased routing congestion, easier timing closure, and improved application performance.

An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal, includes: a first encoding processor for encoding a first audio signal portion in a frequency domain, wherein the first encoding processor includes: a time frequency converter for converting the first audio signal portion into a frequency domain representation having spectral lines up to a maximum frequency of the first audio signal portion; a spectral encoder for encoding the frequency domain representation; a second encoding processor for encoding a second different audio signal portion in the time domain; a cross-processor for calculating, from the encoded spectral representation of the first audio signal portion, initialization data of the second encoding processor, so that the second encoding processing is initialized to encode the second audio signal portion immediately following the first audio signal portion in time in the audio signal.

An arrangement and a method to retrofit a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine is retrofitted by at least one of its blades. The blade is prepared for a connection with the hub of the wind turbine. An extension unit is designed and prepared to increase the surface-area of the blade. The extension unit and the blade are designed and arranged to interact with each other by an opening. Thus the opening might be arranged inside the blade and / or inside the extension unit. The extension unit is connected with the blade by an adhesive, which is applied at least partly within the opening.

The invention concerns a method of providing a Push-to-Talk (=PTT) service within one or more telecommunication networks (1, 2, 3, 4) by means of a gateway-server (5) which sets up a virtual connection per PTT connection. The virtual connection provides information about the participating terminals (10, 20, 30, 40) of the PTT connection, the service type to reach each terminal (10, 20, 30, 40), and the connection status of each terminal (10, 20, 30, 40). Thus, the gateway-server (5) is capable of providing the PTT service within and / or across different telecommunication networks comprising radio access telecommunication networks (1), fixed wire-line telecommunication networks (2), circuit-switched telecommunication networks (3), and packet-switched telecommunication networks (4).

Providing a wireless communication device that, even if clock stop of a radio frequency part is controlled by a baseband part operating on the same clock signal, can resume clock oscillation, and makes it easy to time the clock reactivation to other operations based on a shared clock. The wireless communication device comprises an RF part generating a first clock signal and a baseband part. The baseband part generates a second clock signal, controls the generation and stop of the first clock signal, uses the first clock signal to perform data processing and a clocking operation, and in a low power consumption state in which the first clock signal is stopped, uses the second clock signal to perform a timer operation and a clocking operation. The generation timing of the first clock signal can be generated by the timer operation using the second clock signal.

A blade of the wind turbine is prepared to be connected with the hub of the wind turbine. An extension unit is designed and prepared to elongate the blade. The extension unit is connected with the tip of the blade by a pressure, which is applied between the tip of the blade and the extension unit. The applied pressure is a low-pressure in relation to the ambient barometric pressure.

A latch section includes a latch circuit. The latch circuit includes inverters and latches an input signal from a gating section. Between one of the inverters of the latch circuit and the output terminal OUT is disposed an analog switch whose ON / OFF characteristics are switched according to High / Low of a reset signal. Between the output terminal and an input for receiving a low potential as a power supply of a flip-flop is disposed a switching element whose ON / OFF characteristics are switched according to High / Low of the reset signal.

A latch section includes a latch circuit. The latch circuit includes inverters and latches an input signal from a gating section. Between one of the inverters of the latch circuit and the output terminal OUT is disposed an analog switch whose ON / OFF characteristics are switched according to High / Low of a reset signal. Between the output terminal and an input for receiving a low potential as a power supply of a flip-flop is disposed a switching element whose ON / OFF characteristics are switched according to High / Low of the reset signal.

A toolbox for use with a foldable stepladder has a housing and a top plate with a peripheral lip extending above the top plate for retaining objects placed on the top plate. The housing may have one enclosure or, a different embodiment, a pair of housing portions secured on opposite sides of the top plate. When the toolbox has two housing portions a central plate defining the top plate rests on a top step of a ladder. In the embodiment using one enclosure, the toolbox is hooked to an underside of an upper step and is positioned in a cantilevered fashion below the top step.

The objective of the present invention is to enable a speaker to visually confirm whether or not his voice has reached a listener. In order to achieve this objective, in the present invention, the listener terminal generates a reception result for voice data, and the talker terminal displays the reception state based on this reception result.It is a further objective of the present invention to enable conversational timing to be achieved easily. In order to achieve this objective, in the present invention, the talker terminal sends utterance data prior to sending voice data, this utterance data being shorter than the voice data. The listener terminal displays the talker terminal's utterance based on this utterance data.Another objective of the present invention is to deliver voice data from the talker terminal to a particular listener terminal only, without having to form a private group. In order to achieve this objective, in the present invention, the server stores permission or denial for sending data from an optional terminal to another optional terminal, and distributes the voice data based on this storage.

This disclosure relates generally to data decoding, and more particularly to iterative decoders for data encoded with a low-density parity check (LDPC) encoder. LDPC decoders are disclosed that use reduced-complexity circular shifters that may be used to decode predefined or designed QC-LDPC codes. In addition, methods to design codes which may have particular LDPC code performance capabilities and which may operate with such decoders using reduced-complexity circular shifters are provided. The generation of quasi-cyclic low density parity check codes and the use of circular shifters by LDPC decoders, may be done in such a way as to provide increased computational efficiency, decreased routing congestion, easier timing closure, and improved application performance.

A machine assistance platform for management, analysis, and transaction of intellectual property assets is described herein. In an example implementation, a system provides automated analysis of intellectual assets using machine learning techniques. In an example, a software program is provided to continuously manage and monitor government intellectual property office data. In the context of asset analysis, a virtual data room (or deal room) is provided to strategically organize assets. In an intellectual asset analysis example, a machine learning program is provided to interpret intellectual assets. The machine learning program provides insights into the innovation landscape, relevant organizations, products, research and the like. The machine learning program performs tasks analogous to a professional intellectual asset analysis.

An aqueous dispersion-type acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes acrylic copolymer emulsion particles dispersed in an aqueous medium. The acrylic copolymer emulsion particles has a ratio (ANIN) / (ANSUR) of 1 or more, wherein (ANIN) is an amount of acid groups in the acrylic copolymer emulsion particles, and (ANSUR) is an amount of acid groups on the surfaces of the acrylic copolymer emulsion particles, (ANIN) and (ANSUR) being calculated from a titration curve of potentiometric titration performed by adding an inorganic base solution to an acidic sample dispersion solution containing the acrylic copolymer emulsion particles dispersed in ion exchange water. A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which strongly adheres to an adherend and has excellent removability can be formed using the aqueous dispersion-type acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.

A method and a system (2) for gas stunning animals for slaughter is described, where the animals arrive at the poultry slaughterhouse in transport crates (6), where gas stunning of the animals is effected while they are still in transport crates (6), and where the transport crates with the animals, by means of a number of conveyors (12, 14, 18, 20), are conveyed successively through a stunning chamber (8), where the action of the gas for stunning of the animals is adjusted by shortening or prolonging the conveying time and / or the conveying route of the said transport crates (6) through the stunning chamber (8). It has surprisingly appeared that by means of such simple measures it is possible to optimize stunning while at the same time considering all the parameters. If the stunning condition of the animals is not optimum, it is easy to prolong or shorten the conveying time and / or the conveying route through the stunning chamber.

Users establish an individual or collective brand that uses their expertise with a mobile app. A linket is a label for a deep link. A deep link is at minimum 2 items. An id of an app. And a network address or domain where the app is run. A Registry maps from a linket to a deep link. A linket can be a user's personal or professional brand, accessible globally. The personal brand can be for her persona in a game if the underlying app is that game. The professional brand can be where she teaches a subject via the app. The owner of a linket can auction off different time or spatial slots. The owner tells the Registry to map from her linket to the winners' linkets for the slots. A user who queries the top level linket at a time in a given time slot and region will get the winner's linket or deep link for that time and region. The slot winner will interact with the user. The owner can subcontract a task, like teaching English as a Second Language, on a global basis. The Registry can offer auction software, for linket owners to easily auction time and spatial slots.

An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal has: a first encoding processor for encoding a first audio signal portion in a frequency domain, having: a time frequency converter for converting the first audio signal portion into a frequency domain representation; an analyzer for analyzing the frequency domain representation to determine first spectral portions to be encoded with a first spectral resolution and second regions to be encoded with a second resolution; and a spectral encoder for encoding the first spectral portions with the first spectral resolution and encoding the second portions with the second resolution; a second encoding processor for encoding a second different audio signal portion in the time domain; a controller for analyzing and determining, which portion of the audio signal is the first audio signal portion encoded in the frequency domain and which portion is the second audio signal portion encoded in the time domain; and an encoded signal former for forming an encoded audio signal having a first encoded signal portion for the first audio signal portion and a second encoded signal portion for the second portion.

A bracelet or necklace link and method for facilitating the assembling of tennis bracelets (gold links set with diamonds), other bracelets and necklaces. A wire or rail or cable is used to assemble the links to form a bracelet or necklace. In this manner, the links do not need to be connected one by one, and soldered one by one, but rather they are threaded together on a wire that runs through openings in the links. The soldering is performed only at the beginning and end of the assembling of the bracelet or necklace, at the first and last links, with no need to solder each and every link at the joint.

This utility discloses a timer display device for displaying time. The timer display device comprises a counting unit and at least twelve light generating modules with circular arrangement to hour positions. The counting unit is a clock for counting actual time. The light generating module is used to modify light generating status according to the counting unit to display actual time correspondingly.

A beer frothing device for stably generating froth without degrading beer quality is provided. The device frothing beer in a vessel by squirting a pressurized gas through a nozzle submerged in the beer, includes a pressurized gas supply, a squirting mechanism, connected to the gas supply and having a cutoff valve to obstruct the gas squirting through the nozzle, a lifting mechanism for supporting the squirting mechanism during its vertically reciprocating up-and-down movement with a half track between a start point where the nozzle is positioned right above the vessel and a lower point where the nozzle is submerged at a predetermined depth in the beer, a start switch for lowering the lifting mechanism, a direction change switch for raising the lifting mechanism when the lower point is detected during lowering operation, a stop switch for stopping the lifting mechanism when the start point is detected during rising operation, and an open-valve switch, arranged between the direction change switch and the stop switch, for opening the cutoff valve to detect an appropriate position where the nozzle is submerged in the beer. The direction change switch and the stop switch make a limit switch.

A video program length is changed by processing an MPEG compressed video signal. Two temporally adjacent B-frames are selected, by looking for pairs with small differences. The selected B-frames are combined to create at least one intermediate frame; which is inserted in place of or between the selected frames. Presentation time stamps are altered to provide a uniform display rate.

A beer frothing device for stably generating froth without degrading beer quality is provided. The device frothing beer in a vessel by squirting a pressurized gas through a nozzle submerged in the beer, includes a pressurized gas supply, a squirting mechanism, connected to the gas supply and having a cutoff valve to obstruct the gas squirting through the nozzle, a lifting mechanism for supporting the squirting mechanism during its vertically reciprocating up-and-down movement with a half track between a start point where the nozzle is positioned right above the vessel and a lower point where the nozzle is submerged at a predetermined depth in the beer, a start switch for lowering the lifting mechanism, a direction change switch for raising the lifting mechanism when the lower point is detected during lowering operation, a stop switch for stopping the lifting mechanism when the start point is detected during rising operation, and an open-valve switch, arranged between the direction change switch and the stop switch, for opening the cutoff valve to detect an appropriate position where the nozzle is submerged in the beer. The direction change switch and the stop switch make a limit switch.

A heterocyclic benzene compound such as benzotriazole, is dissolved in at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a primary alcohol having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a glycol having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, an ether represented by the Formula 2 (wherein m is an integer of from 1 to 4), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, γ-butyrolactone and propylene carbonate, and an aqueous dispersion of fine oxide particles which constitute abrasive grains is mixed therewith, whereby a polishing compound is obtained. By use of this polishing compound in polishing a substrate provided with an insulating film 2 on which a wiring metal film 4 and a barrier film 3 are formed, the formation of an embedded wiring 5 is made possible with low dishing, low erosion and low scratching at a high removal rate.