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A wireless instant messaging system is disclosed. A mobile station (MS), such as a cellular telephone for instance, may be registered with an instant messaging (IM) server as being available to receive instant messages via an IM proxy. A user at an IM client terminal may then send an instant message destined for a user at the MS. The IM server may direct the message to a service node (SN), which may convert the message into an industry standard SMS message and send the SMS message to the MS. At the MS, a user may read the SMS message and engage a callback feature, which will establish a dial-up voice connection between the MS and the SN. The user at the MS may then speak an instant message response, and the SN may record the response as a compressed audio file. The SN may then send the compressed audio file as an attachment to an instant message back to the user at the IM client terminal. The IM client terminal may then play the spoken response message. The invention facilitates robust instant messaging communication, while avoiding the need for a user at the mobile station to engage in cumbersome text entry via a numeric keypad.

A server system enables a subscriber to select a specific broadcast program for recording and a specific location and time frame for play-out of the recorded program.

In a read processing storage system, using a pool of CPU cores, the CPU cores are assigned to process either write operations, read operations, and read and write operations, that are scheduled for processing. A maximum number of the CPU cores are set for processing only the read operations, thereby lowering a read latency. A minimal number of the CPU cores are allocated for processing the write operations, thereby increasing write latency. Upon reaching a throughput limit for the write operations that causes the minimal number of the plurality of CPU cores to reach a busy status, the minimal number of the plurality of CPU cores for processing the write operations is increased.

The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus (1) for continuously mixing two flows, a first, larger flow (2) and a second, smaller flow (3). The second flow (3) is introduced counter-directed into the first flow (2). The apparatus (1) comprises a T pipe (4) where a first connection (6) constitutes an inlet (20) for the first flow. A second connection (7), at 180° in relation to the first connection (6), constitutes an inlet (21) for the second flow (3). The second flow (3) is led into the first flow (2) through a conduit (13) within the T pipe (4). The first connection (6) is provided with a conical portion (10) in which are provided a number of holes (12), so that the first flow (2) is throttled and divided up into a plurality of subflows immediately before the mixing operation. A third connection (9) is oriented at 90° in relation to the other connections (6, 7) and constitutes an outlet (22) for the intermixed flows (19), which implies that the intermixed flows (19) are caused to change direction immediately after the mixing.

A service server for communicating with a user terminal via a network and delivering a voice message about a picture the server has received an order to print from the user to the user terminal, comprising: a database for managing a voice message to be provided for a user and a playing condition for the voice message; an inputting device for inputting a voice message and a playing condition to be managed in the database; an access information issuing device for issuing access information to obtain the voice message via a network for the database to manage in association with the voice message and playing condition; a print instruction device for sending the picture for which the server has received an order to print with access information to a printer to record the picture and access information on the same print medium; a determination device for determining whether the current condition matches a playing condition managed in the database when the service server accessed from a user terminal by using access information recorded on the print medium; and a sending device for reading a voice message corresponding to the access information from the database and sending the voice message to the accessing user terminal when the current condition is determined to match the playing condition.

A subsonic aircraft having backswept lifting wings is equipped with individually rotatable winglets at the wing tips thereof, in order to reduce drag during cruise flight, to minimize the dangers posed by wing tip vortices to following aircraft during take-off and landing, and to minimize the total wingspan during ground operations, with respective different positions of the winglets. A streamline-shaped rotation body made up of at least two individually rotatably supported rotation segments is mounted on the wing tip of each lifting wing. A respective winglet is mounted on each respective rotation segment. Each rotation segment with its associated winglet is individually rotatable about a rotation axis of the rotation body extending substantially parallel to the aircraft lengthwise axis. Thereby, each winglet is individually pivotable to any selected pivot angle relative to a horizontal plane extending through the rotation axis. Each winglet and its associated rotation segment is rotatable through an angular range between maximum end limits of at least +90° (vertically upward) and at least -90° (vertically downward) relative to the horizontal plane.

A shower plate adapted to be installed in a plasma deposition apparatus including a gas inlet port, a shower head, a reaction chamber and an exhaust duct, the shower plate being adapted to be attached to the showerhead and having: a front surface adapted to face the gas inlet port; and a rear surface opposite to the front surface, wherein the shower plate has multiple apertures each extending from the front surface to the rear surface, and wherein the shower plate further has at least one aperture extending from the front surface side of the shower plate to the exhaust duct.

A server is capable of receiving large numbers of concurrent download requests, establishing TCP sessions with each client. A copy of the socket of each session, together with descriptor information of the file requested are transferred to a download manager, and the original connection immediately closed. The connection to the client remains open via the copy of the socket, which is then converted to a non-blocking socket by the download manager converts to copy of the socket to a non-blocking socket, and downloads the requested information to the client using the non-blocking socket and its own connection to the server. The arrangement is capable of dealing with loads that would ordinarily overwhelm the server's capability of establishing and maintaining individual TCP sessions with its clients. Heavy loads, including bursty peak loads, are handled gracefully, without causing the server to stall, or to refuse connections.

A system for monitoring patient activity comprising: at least one measurement device configured to provide data related to a patient's physical activity; and a server configured to make an inference regarding the patient's physical activity based on data provided by the at least one measurement device. In some embodiments, the inference is a determination of a type of physical activity. In some embodiments, the measurement device is configured to be worn by the patient or carried in the patient's pocket. In some embodiments, two or more measurement devices are used. In some embodiments, the server is remotely located from the measurement device. In some embodiments, the server is configured to archive and retrieve the data provided by the measurement device and the inferences.

Linear electric generators include stationary windings and armature magnets arranged to reciprocate axially relative to the windings, or stationary magnet structures and movable windings arranged to reciprocate relative to the stationary magnet structures. The armature magnets or stationary magnet structures are in the form of multiple pole magnets made up of a plurality of individual pole structures, each pole structure including a pair of magnets joined to each other with facing poles of like polarity. In addition, the windings may be in the form of a double winding structure including at least one first clockwise winding and at least one second counterclockwise winding arranged in a multi-layered stacked arrangement.

Management control system for managing an energy supply and storage system for a rig power supply of the type having a power generator coupled to rig loads, the power generator used for powering the rig and for charging the storage system, and the storage system adapted for selectively supplementing rig power, is adapted for controlling the selection of rig function operation, for setting the system to recommended settings for the selected rig function operation, for monitoring rig power usage for the selected rig function operation for distributing excess power to the storage system when the rig power usage falls below a preselected threshold, and for distributing stored power from the storage system when the rig power usage is above a preselected threshold. The recommended setting for the selected rig function may be modified depending upon power usage by setting preselected thresholds.

A flash re-programmable, non-volatile memory system is operated to disable foreground execution of housekeeping operations, such as wear leveling and data scrub, in the when operation of the host would be excessively slowed as a result. One or more characteristics of patterns of activity of the host are monitored by the memory system in order to determine when housekeeping operations may be performed without significantly degrading the performance of the memory system, particularly during writing of data from the host into the memory.

A power supply provides power to a power terminal of an integrated circuit device under test (DUT). The DUT's demand for current at the power input terminal may temporarily increase due, for example, to state changes in the DUT. To limit variation (noise) in voltage at the power input terminal, a supplemental current is supplied to the power input terminal.

A wiper blade is proposed for cleaning windows, especially of motor vehicles, is proposed, which is provided with an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip that can be placed against the window, which wiper strip is disposed on the lower band face (13), oriented toward the window, of a bandlike-elongated support element (12) made from a spring-elastic steel, on whose other, upper band face (11) facing away from the middle, particularly in the middle portion of the support element, a device (15) for connecting the wiper blade to the free end, urged toward the window, of a driven wiper arm (16) guided on the motor vehicle is welded. It has proved particularly advantageous, in view of the demands made of the support element, if the support element is made from an alloyed quenched and tempered steel, which has the following alloy components: carbon (C), 0.18% to 0.36%; silicon (Si), 0.40% to 0.50 %; manganese (Mn), 1.10 % to 1.80%; phosphorus (P), 0.015% to 0.035%; and sulfur (S), 0.035% to 0.04%.

A closed two-wheel motorcycle including a closed cab with a door arranged around the motorcycle structure and having retractable floors for the driver's feet, separated from each the other, which can be depressed toward the ground and are resettable by spring members is presented. Each retractable floor is connected with an external rocker arm hinged at a rear section of the motorcycle and a sliding member guided by a sleeve at a front section of the cab. The spring members operate between an upper portion of the sliding members and the front section of the cab, while locking brakes cooperate, at rest, with the sliding members for holding depressed the floor portions against the action of the spring members.

The invention disclose a micro-emulsification type stainless steel cutting fluid belonging to metal-cutting lubricant technical field to solve the problems that the existing cutting fluid can not be commendably used in cutting process of stainless steel and can endanger the health of the workers. The micro-emulsification type stainless steel cutting fluid comprises 20-40 wt% water, 5-20 wt% paraffin base mineral oil or naphthenic base mineral oil, 1-15 wt% non-ionic surfactant of alkyl phenol polyoxyethylene ether or fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether, 5-10 wt% chloroparaffin, 1-10 wt% petroleum sodium sulphonate and hardship or alkenyl succinic acid rust preventive, 5-25 wt% mixing alkyol amine of mono ethanolamine and trieanolamine, 5-15 wt% oleic acid, 2-10 wt% polyatomic alcohol lauric acid ester or polyatomic alcohol oleic acid ester, 0.1-0.5 wt%.benzotriazole, and 0.1-0.5 wt% methyl silicone oil anti-foam agent. The micro-emulsification type stainless steel cutting fluid is specially used in the cutting process of the stainless steel.

A system providing a driver of an electric vehicle with the ability to exchange a depleted battery with a charged battery. Information regarding the status of an electric battery is transmitted to service stations, and information is returned to a driver indicating the location of a service station with a charged battery. The driver enters the station and is automatically positioned next to a rotating carousel. A robotic arm removes the depleted battery from the vehicle and pulls it onto the carousel, which rotates and deposits the battery onto a return conveyor belt, which carries the battery to a transportation platform for movement to a battery rack for charging. The transportation platform removes a charged battery from the battery rack and carries it to an outgoing conveyor belt, which carries it to the carousel, which rotates until the battery is next to the vehicle for insertion by the robotic arm.

A flash re-programmable, non-volatile memory system is operated to disable foreground execution of housekeeping operations, such as wear leveling and data scrub, in the when operation of the host would be excessively slowed as a result. One or more characteristics of patterns of activity of the host are monitored by the memory system in order to determine when housekeeping operations may be performed without significantly degrading the performance of the memory system, particularly during writing of data from the host into the memory.

A system for capturing, encoding and transmitting continuous video from a camera to a display monitor via a network includes a user friendly interface wherein a map is provided at a display screen for illustrating the location of the cameras and indicating the direction of the camera angle. The monitor includes a display area for selectively displaying selected cameras and for controlling the selection, display and direction of the cameras from a remote location. The display screen can be configured to display one or any combination of cameras. The cameras can be selected by manual selection, pre-programmed sequencing or by event detection with the selected camera automatically displayed on the display area. Secondary monitors may be incorporated to enhance the display features. The secondary monitors are controlled by the control panel provided on the primary monitor.

A system and method for transmitting data over a channel, in which the data are categorized in at least two different categories. For example, the data are categorized according to the effect on perceived degradation on the data when error mitigation is performed on the data. Corrupted data of the first category are replaced using a first replacement method, such as retransmission and forward error correction. The corrupted data of the second category are replaced using a second replacement method different from the first replacement method, e.g., error mitigation or interpolation.

Exemplary methods, computer systems, and computer program products for processing a previously compressed data stream in a computer environment are provided. In one embodiment, the computer environment is configured for separating a previously compressed data stream into an input data block including a header input block having a previously compressed header. Sequences of bits are included with the input data block. Compression scheme information is derived from the previously compressed header. The input data block is accessed and recompressed following the header input block in the previously compressed data stream one at a time using block-image synchronization information. Access to the block-image synchronization information is initialized by the compression scheme information to generate an output data block. The block-image synchronization information is used to provide decompression information to facilitate decompression of the results of the output data block.

Linear electric generators include stationary windings and armature magnets arranged to reciprocate axially relative to the windings, or stationary magnet structures and movable windings arranged to reciprocate relative to the stationary magnet structures. The armature magnets or stationary magnet structures are in the form of multiple pole magnets made up of a plurality of individual pole structures, each pole structure including a pair of magnets joined to each other with facing poles of like polarity. In addition, the windings may be in the form of a double winding structure including at least one first clockwise winding and at least one second counterclockwise winding arranged in a multi-layered stacked arrangement.

Disclosed herein are vaccines and methods for inducing an immune response against cancer cells and cells infected with intracellular parasites. Vaccines having housekeeping epitopes are disclosed. The housekeeping epitope is formed by housekeeping proteasomes in peripheral cells, but not by professional antigen presenting cells. A vaccine containing a housekeeping epitope that is derived from an antigen associated with a peripheral target cell can thus direct an immune response against the target cell. Methods of treatment are also disclosed, which involve administering a vaccine having a housekeeping epitope.

The invention method and system provides rotation of an image on a display screen. A graphics library translates on-screen coordinates from a base viewing mode to a desired alternate viewing mode. The translated coordinated are rendered directly to the display screen.