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The present invention is directed to a computer aided design method for producing an implant for a patient prior to operation comprising the steps of: generating data with a non-invasive 3D (3-dimensional) scan of the patient's defect site that digitally represents the area that will receive the implant; designing and validating an implant on a computer based on digital data generated from a volume image of the patient; and fabricating the implant based solely on the implant design data generated on computer.

A presentation system is disclosed for synchronizing a performance of a plurality of presentation content portions at a network node, wherein, when two such content portions are to be presented concurrently at the network node, at least one is delayed until the other such portion can be presented concurrently therewith. In one embodiment, the content portions are transmitted via at least a portion of the Internet to a plurality of network nodes, wherein the presentation system can distribute the presentation content data to the network nodes via a plurality of network routes and presentation formats. Additionally, the present invention can provide various portions of the content data from a plurality of network server nodes, and during a performance of the presentation, the presentation receiving network nodes can determine a particular variation of the presentation to retrieve from the network server nodes. In particular, the retrieval of presentation data depends upon the transmission characteristics of the network such as data transmission rate. Thus, if a low transmission data rate is detected at a first network node, presentation elements of a reduced size can be retrieved.

The present invention discloses methods for reducing power consumption in a PON while maintaining service continuity, the method including the steps of: providing an OLT operationally connected to at least one ONU; triggering a sleep request for at least one requesting ONU; upon receiving a sleep acknowledgement, activating a sleep mode for at least one requesting ONU according to a sleep period designated in the sleep request; and terminating the sleep mode according to the sleep period. Preferably, the sleep acknowledgement is transmitted from the OLT to the requesting ONU. Preferably, the sleep period is executed by a sleep command in the sleep acknowledgement. Preferably, the method further includes the step of: upon completion of the sleep period, transmitting buffered data traffic from the OLT to a sleeping ONU. Preferably, the step of transmitting is performed without the sleeping ONU being re-registered and without causing packet reordering.

A presentation system is disclosed for synchronizing a performance of a plurality of presentation content portions at a network node, wherein, e.g., when two such content portions are to be presented concurrently at the network node, at least one is delayed until the other such portion can be presented concurrently therewith. That is, these two portions may be received by the network node at times sufficiently far apart so that the earlier received content portion must have its presentation appropriately delayed in order to be presented concurrently with the second content portion. In one embodiment, the content portions are transmitted via at least a portion of the Internet to a plurality of network nodes, wherein the presentation system can distribute the presentation content data to the network nodes via a plurality of network routes and presentation formats. In particular, a first portion of the content data may be provided as slides in, e.g., HTML, while a second portion of the content data may be provided as an audio / video stream. Additionally, the present invention can provide various portions of the content data from a plurality of network server nodes, and during a performance of the presentation, the presentation receiving network nodes can determine a particular variation of the presentation to retrieve from the network server nodes. In particular, the retrieval of presentation data depends upon the transmission characteristics of the network such as data transmission rate. Thus, if a low transmission data rate is detected at a first network node, presentation elements of a reduced size can be retrieved. Alternatively, if a higher transmission rate is detected at a second network node, presentation elements of greater size (and corresponding enhanced quality of presentation) can be retrieved. Thus, within a single performance, network nodes with varying available network bandwidths can synchronously and simultaneously provide the presentation.

An EMI shielding enclosure, for an electronic assembly, comprising a ground plane of a printed circuit connected to a shaped EMI shielding cover. The cover results from thermoforming a composite sheet of several layers, including a carrier for a fibrous metal mat that has fibers substantially surrounded by a fiber-coat. Connection of the cover to the ground plane, to form the EMI shielding enclosure, requires the fiber-coat to adhere to the printed circuit in the vicinity of the ground plane.

A presentation system is disclosed for synchronizing a performance of a plurality of presentation content portions at a network node, wherein, e.g., when two such content portions are to be presented concurrently at the network node, at least one is delayed until the other such portion can be presented concurrently therewith. That is, these two portions may be received by the network node at times sufficiently far apart so that the earlier received content portion must have its presentation appropriately delayed in order to be presented concurrently with the second content portion. In one embodiment, the content portions are transmitted via at least a portion of the Internet to a plurality of network nodes, wherein the presentation system can distribute the presentation content data to the network nodes via a plurality of network routes and presentation formats.

A system for transferring electronic medical files is provided, such as for providing for patient file integrity and continuity in a telemedicine system. The system includes a record server that has a medical record data file for each patient, wherein each patient's medical record data file holds medical record data for that patient. A record client coupled to the record server receives the medical record data file. The medical record data is encapsulated to prevent modification of the medical record data, thus providing for integrity and continuity of the patient's medical record.

A management server 201 transmits information representing a list of additional applications installable on an image forming apparatus 202 to the image forming apparatus 202 (S410). When an application is selected from the list and an instruction to execute the application is issued, a request for installation is issued to the management server 201 if the application has not been installed. The management server 201 installs the requested application on the image forming apparatus if the management server 201 has a license for the requested application and the application can be installed (M470). On the other hand, if the application cannot be installed because of insufficient resources, a resource is freed up by flushing and then the application is installed.

A presentation system is disclosed for distributing a performance of a presentation synchronously to a plurality of client nodes on a network such as the Internet. The presentation system distributes presentation content data to a plurality of network server nodes, and during a performance of the presentation, the client nodes receiving the presentation determine a particular variation of data presentation to retrieve from the network server nodes. In particular, the retrieval of presentation data depends upon the transmission characteristics of the network such as data transmission rate. Thus, if a low transmission data rate is detected at a first client node, presentation elements of a reduced size can be retrieved. Alternatively, if a higher transmission rate is detected at a second client node, presentation elements of greater size (and corresponding enhanced quality of presentation) can be retrieved. Thus, within a single performance, client network nodes with varying available network bandwidths can be utilized for synchronously and simultaneously performing the presentation.

Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that performs a process of splicing encoded streams together at a splicing point, the apparatus including: control means for determining a section to be subjected to re-encoding in the encoded streams; decoding means for decoding the encoded streams to generate baseband signals; and encoding means for encoding an edited baseband signal generated by splicing the baseband signals generated by the decoding means together at the splicing point to generate an edited encoded stream. The control means provisionally determines a first section to be subjected to re-encoding in first and second encoded streams to be spliced together at a first splicing point. When a second splicing point exists in the first section or a predetermined section that follows the first section, the control means determines a second section to be subjected to re-encoding based on the second splicing point.

A communication apparatus has a plurality of interfaces serving a plurality of networks. The communication apparatus selects an interface according to electric wave reception intensity to reduce power consumption and contribute to the maintenance of reliability in communication. The communication apparatus (communication terminal apparatus, the other party's communication terminal apparatus) is used for communication in such a way that the communication apparatuses are connected to the plurality of networks wirelessly to carry out communication through each network. The communication apparatus has the plurality of interfaces (cellular interface CI, WLAN interface WI) responding to the networks. The communication apparatus also has controlling unit (power supply controlling unit) that connects any one of the interfaces to the power supply to actuate the connected interface, and that connects an interface on rest to the power supply in response to a communication state of an interface on communication to change communication connection from the interface on communication to the other interface on rest. The communication apparatus changes the interfaces while maintaining communication with the other party's communication apparatus.

The infrastructure has a core network, radio network controllers linked to the core network and base stations provided with radio interfaces and each linked to one of the controllers. Ciphered information is transmitted over a first communication path in circuit mode between the core network and the terminal, passing through a first master controller, then over a second communication path in circuit mode between the core network and the terminal, passing through a second master controller. The second path is established in a transfer procedure comprising the transmission of adjustment data from the first to the second master controller and the suppression of the first path. These data are representative of a current value of a sequence number used to encipher the information and incremented at regular intervals, and of an offset between this sequence number and a time reference available to the second controller.

A fiber block segment suitable for controlling erosion and stabilizing soil is described that comprises an elongated fiber block formed of a densely packed elongated thick fibrous material. The fiber block is wrapped with a fabric around three sides so that the fabric defines a top anchor portion and a bottom anchor portions extending from the block. The fiber block is securely attached to the wrapped fabric by another fabric or twine spanning the fourth side of the block. Additionally, the fabric is wrapped only up to the edges defining one end (a male end) and beyond the edges defining the opposite end (the female end) to define a pouch-like structure at the female end. The fiber block is made of coconut fibers (coir). The fabric is woven from coir twine, and coir twine secures the fabric to the fiber block.

A method for controlling display of content, the content including a plurality of display pages of a sequence, the method comprising: displaying a first display page on the display screen, receiving a first user input for changing from the first display page to a second display page of the content, the second display page being a neighboring display page of the first display page in the sequence, detecting the second user input when the second display page is a locked display page, extracting the fingerprint information from the second user input when the second user input is detected, and displaying the second display page when the second display page is accessible based on the fingerprint information or a third display page when the second display page is not accessible based on the fingerprint information.

An omnidirectional image processing apparatus is provided that enables the visibility of a specified monitoring object in an omnidirectional image to be improved while maintaining the continuity of that omnidirectional image. An omnidirectional image processing apparatus (400) is an apparatus that performs image processing on an omnidirectional image, and has a monitoring object specification section (405) that specifies a monitoring object photographed in the omnidirectional image, an image rotating section (406) that rotates the omnidirectional image so that the position of a specified monitoring object becomes upper-central, and a center position moving section (407) that moves the center position of the omnidirectional image rotated by the image rotating section (406) downward by means of warping processing.

The invention discloses a video information inter cut method during playing or buffering stream media, which comprises the following steps: firstly a request of ordering stream media content is transmitted to a stream media server by a terminal device; secondly the stream media server sends a request of supplying video information content to a video information server, and transmits the obtained video information and stream media data to the terminal device; then the terminal device buffers the received video information and stream media data respectively, and squeezes the video information content in during the stream media buffering process or when the users pauses the stream media text, or squeezes the video information content into the stream media text for playing together during the stream media playing process. The invention overcomes the defect of passive waiting through video information inter cut when stream media playing is interrupted, thereby enabling the user to watch more video information resources, effectively maintaining the continuity of video data browsing, and meeting the entertainment requirements of the user.

The present invention provides methods and systems for providing discriminated partner system resources to the user of a host system. A host entity has a business relationship with one or more partnered entities. A user accesses the host's system and then uses the host's system to connect to a partner's system. Access from one system to the next is seamless and requires no additional user input to verify the user's access rights to subsequently accessed partners' systems. The content delivered to the user from a partner's system is discriminated from a larger pool of information to appear consistent in appearance, message, or both with the host system. The host system, the partner system or both systems may perform the discrimination functions. The user is thereby provided with seamless access to partnered systems that reflects the business partnership of the host and various partners.

A telecommunications system provides mobile internet protocol related communications services to mobile nodes via a plurality of access networks. A mobility manager directs a change of affiliation of a first mobile node between the access networks, or a change of communications session level of the mobile node, in accordance with the congestion state of the access networks, the link quality currently experienced by the mobile node, applications server messages and the level of service quality to which the first mobile node has subscribed. A quality of service for communications sessions of a mobile nodes can be maintained even on unregulated access networks, such as Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) independently of a Mobile IP v4 / v6 stack. Moreover congested access networks can be decongested by controlling the communications bandwidth used by the mobile nodes.

The invention discloses a method and a device for cell switching. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring result of measurement on reference signals carried out by terminal equipment; determining a target base station of cell switching according to the measurement result; sending a switching request message to the target base station; and receiving a switching request confirmation message sent by the target base station, wherein the switching request confirmation message carries configuration information of at least one target CSI-RS or a confirmation instruction for confirming the configuration information of the at least one CSI-RS carried in the switching request message. The device comprises a first acquiring module, a first determining module, a first transmitting module and a receiving module. With the method and the device for cell switching provided by the embodiment of the invention, the terminal equipment can use a plurality of stations at the same time before and after cell switching, and thus business continuity of the terminal equipment during switching can be maintained.

A cluster recovery and maintenance technique for use in a server cluster having plural nodes implementing a server tier in a client-server computing architecture. A first group of N active nodes each run a software stack comprising a cluster management tier and a cluster application tier that actively provides services on behalf of client applications running in a client application tier. A second group of M spare nodes each run a software stack comprising a cluster management tier and a cluster application tier that does not actively provide services on behalf of client applications. First and second zones in the cluster are determined in response to an active node membership change involving active nodes departing from or being added to the first group as a result of an active node failing or becoming unreachable or as a result of a maintenance operation involving an active node.

Fiber-reinforced separators / solid electrolytes suitable for use in a cell employing an anode comprising an alkali metal are disclosed. Such fiber-reinforced separators / solid electrolytes may be at least partially amorphous and prepared by compacting, at elevated temperatures, powders of an ion-conducting composition appropriate to the anode alkali metal. The separators / solid electrolytes may employ discrete high aspect ratio fibers and fiber mats or plate-like mineral particles to reinforce the separator solid electrolyte. The reinforcing fibers may be inorganic, such as silica-based glass, or organic, such as a thermoplastic. In the case of thermoplastic fiber-reinforced separators / solid electrolytes, any of a wide range of thermoplastic compositions may be selected provided the glass transition temperature of the polymer reinforcement composition is selected to be higher than the glass transition temperature of the amorphous portion of the separator / solid electrolyte.

A modular air-handling plenum for capable of supporting surgical apparatus or other objects is disclosed. The plenum is usually rectangular, may be formed of sheet metal, and features a truss spanning the width of the plenum to carry the weight of the apparatus. The plenum itself is attached to the ceiling of a room. An air handling component may be included to provide filtered and / or conditioned air in the vicinity of the suspended apparatus, or the plenum may be used strictly as an apparatus support, with no air-conditioning function. An ordinary suspended ceiling may also be mounted in the plenum for continuity with the remainder of the room.

The invention discloses an electronic product metal shell formed with an antenna slot and a preparation method of the electronic product metal shell. The electronic product metal shell comprises a metal layer and hard anodic oxidation layers, wherein the hard anodic oxidation layers wrap the surface of the metal layer; the antenna slot runs through the back hard anodic oxidation layer and the metal layer of the electronic product metal shell in the thickness direction; the inner side of the front hard anodic oxidation layer is exposed; and the antenna slot is filled with a non-conducting material. The antenna slot formed in the electronic product metal shell disclosed by the invention is invisible in appearance; the cleanliness and the continuity of the appearance of the electronic product metal shell are ensured; and the overall metal texture of the electronic product metal shell is not destroyed.

Files or directories in a persistent image such as a file system backup structure are hidden from general access by establishing a data set used by the file system when accessing the persistent image. The data set indicates a visibility status of the files or directories in the persistent image. Requests to the file system for access to the image are filtered through the data set to prevent unintentionally revealed information in the image from being generally available. Commands to add and remove entries in the data set are provided. The data set may be composed of combinations of lists, in which list entries indicate a hidden file or directory, or indicate a visible file or directory. The data set is maintained in system memory and updated on disk to permit restoration of the data set when a volume is mounted or during recovery from a system crash. Information that was unintentionally revealed in the active file system while a backup was being made can be obscured retroactively to provide protection from general access to improve information security in the file system.

A communication condition between the transmitting apparatus and the mobile receiving apparatus at a future position of the mobile receiving apparatus is estimated on the basis of the position information and the information materials of communication environments. A transmission rate which is related to the transmission of the content data from the transmitting apparatus to the mobile receiving apparatus, is changed on the basis of the estimation result. Alternatively, the transmission of the content data from the transmitting apparatus to the mobile receiving apparatus is temporarily stopped, on the basis of the estimation result.

An electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) end of train (EOT) pneumatic emulation system allows fill train operation of standalone ECP unit trains, even with non-ECP equipped locomotives. The emulation system is based on close integration with the EOT system and allows operation of unit trains equipped with “all electric” ECP without pneumatic overlay or emulation capability, using standard, non-ECP equipped locomotives.

A method for allocating frequency resources to be used for multiple terminals in a Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) wireless communication system in which a base station communicates with the multiple terminals in a predetermined service frequency band. The method includes performing at a first transmission time a process of hierarchizing a series of resource units constituting the service frequency band in a plurality of levels, and hierarchically dividing the series of resource units into blocks including at least one consecutive resource unit in each of the levels, and allocating some of the hierarchically divided blocks as frequency resources for each of the terminals; and performing, at a second transmission time following the first transmission time, a process of hierarchically hopping the blocks allocated as the frequency resources for each of the terminals so that the blocks each have a different frequency band from a frequency band used at the first transmission time, and allocating the hopped blocks as frequency resources for each of the terminals.