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A wireless communication system includes a number of controllable electronic devices and a mobile station for communication with one of the controllable electronic devices through a short-range wireless communication link, when in-range with the one controllable electronic device. The mobile station includes a display screen and a browser. The mobile station and the one controllable electronic device form a client-server pair. Through the short-range wireless communication link, the client requests the server to download a control interface stored at the server. Upon downloading, a browser is used to navigate through control menu pages included in the control interface, and to post control parameter settings to the server. In the server, a program runs to interpret received control parameter settings, to invoke a control action in accordance with the received control parameter settings, and to instruct the client what to do next.

A hybrid energy market and currency system is provided to manage energy consumption in an energy market comprising a community of users. A central energy authority issues energy currency units to users and sets an exchange rate between the energy currency units and a monetary currency unit, thereby setting a variable price for energy. Energy currency units have a defined validity period at the end of which the energy currency unit is automatically converted to monetary currency units by the central energy authority. Users consume energy currency units through use of energy consumptive services, such as domestic consumption of electricity and water, and through use of transportation. Users are also able to buy additional energy currency units from the central energy authority, and to sell them back. Users cannot speculatively trade energy currency units. Prices are set by comparing the cumulative actual and desired demand

A method for changing the depth at which an image is focused is provided in a portable imaging device that includes an image recording arrangement that has a lens system, an image sensor for recording images, and a display arrangement for presentation of the recorded images. The method includes moving a movable focusing frame covering a part of a recorded image presented on the display to identify an area of interest in the presented image. The method also includes analyzing the image within the frame to obtain a setting required to focus the image within the frame and applying the obtained setting to the full presented image to focus the presented image at the depth defined by the current position of the movable focusing frame.

A hybrid energy market and currency systems is provided to manage energy consumption in an energy market comprising a community of users. Energy currency units may be issued to users and an exchange rate between the energy currency units and a monetary currency unit may be set, providing a variable price for energy. Energy currency units may have a defined validity period, at the end of which the energy currency unit is automatically converted to monetary currency units. Users consume energy currency units through use of energy consumptive services, such as domestic consumption of electricity and hot water, and through use of transportation. Prices for energy may be set by comparing the cumulative actual and desired demand. By providing a continuous feedback mechanism, some embodiments of methods disclosed herein may raise an energy conscience—an awareness of when the community needs the help of its citizens to meet its ambitious sustainability goals.

The present invention discloses a method for selecting a real-time service data transmission path, comprising establishing an independent bearer control layer comprising more than one bearer network resource manager between a service control layer and a bearer network. The method further comprises: after a source bearer network resource manager which is connected to the service control layer receives a connection request for a real-time service, orderly selecting and determining, from the source bearer network resource manager towards a destination bearer network resource manager, an intra-domain route path for the real-time service in a management domain corresponding to each bearer network resource manager, and an inter-domain route path between adjacent management domains corresponding to adjacent bearer network resource managers. In addition, the present invention discloses six methods for selecting a real-time service data transmission path based on different strategies. The methods according to the present invention can increase success ratio of routing, and can obtain an optimal route in simple and flexible manners, thus can guarantee reasonable allocation of resources.

A method for associating a data packet (DP) with a packet bearer (PB) in a user equipment (UE1) of a communication network is proposed. The packet bearer (PB) transmits the data packet to a communication entity in the communication network. The communication network comprises at least one control entity to exchange signaling information with the user equipment. The user equipment comprises at least one executing unit for executing one or more applications which create the data packet, a packet marking entity for marking at least one control field in the data packet and a transmission unit for sending the data packet on the packet bearer. After setting up the packet bearer between the transmission unit and the communication entity, a first signaling of filter parameters for defining a packet filter is received by the user equipment. The filter parameters correspond to a packet marking. A second signaling of the packet marking from the control entity is received by the user equipment and forwarded to the packet marking entity. The data packet is marked with the signaled packet marking. The packet filter corresponding to the filter parameters is established for scanning data packets forwarded from the executing unit to the transmission unit and is associated with the packet bearer. The data packet with the marking corresponding to the filter parameters is forwarded on the associated packet bearer. A corresponding mobile network, control entity, user equipment and computer program are also described.

The present invention relates to a method, system, client device, conference server device and computer program product of controlling media composition in a multi-party conversation involving a central control point (50). At a participant (10) of said multi-party conversation, a scope information (SoM) which specifies members of said multi-party conversation is selected and added to a session modifying request. The session modifying request is transmitted to the central control point (50) which initiates a media modification at the specified members in response to the scope information (SoM). Thereby, a client can control whether media modification is applied to the whole conference, selected participants or only between the client itself and the conference server.

This invention called Sciac™ is a method and system for operating a new financial instrument and payment card, which integrates savings and credit transactions belonging to the same payment plan into a single account, which can be carried out at different periods in time, for any amount, agreed on with different fixed or adjustable interest rates, without losing the payment conditions of each savings and credit. The Sciac card as a financial instrument can be used to carry out long, medium and short-term savings and credit financial transactions and simultaneously as a payment card to buy and sell any kind of value. The Sciac card is operated through financial institutions and service centers by a computer system, which manages transactions between Sciac cardholders themselves and with financial institutions, maintains account balances, determines installments for debt and savings balances, manages available credit limits and guarantees, and manages other financial and payment services.

The invention relates to an augmented reality system having a first augmented reality device and a second augmented reality device. The first augmented reality device includes a first communication module at least temporarily connected with a second communication module of the second augmented reality device via at least one data connection during an augmented reality session. Also included is a peer-to-peer network having a peer-to-peer application configured to access a second communication data set related to the second communication module. The peer-to-peer application includes a controlling means that controls the establishment of the data connection between the first communication module and the second communication module by providing the second communication data set to the first communication module via a peer-to-peer module assigned to the first augmented reality device such that the first communication module establishes the data connection based on the provided second communication data set.

The invention discloses a method, a system and a device for presenting an advertisement. The method comprises the following steps: receiving application contents transmitted by an SP; obtaining an advertisement playing strategy corresponding to the application contents; and obtaining an advertisement according to the advertisement playing strategy and presenting the advertisement. The embodiment of the invention obtains the advertisement playing strategy corresponding to the application contents by receiving the application contents transmitted by the SP, obtains the advertisement according to the advertisement playing strategy and presents the advertisement. When different advertisements are played in the application contents, only multiple advertisement playing strategies are needed to be established, and the application contents do not need to be changed, thereby realizing flexible and simple advertisement presentation. Aiming at the application contents used by an off-line user, a flexible advertisement playing form can be selected according to different conditions of the user.

The invention discloses a signaling field of a wireless MIMO communication system. The signaling field comprises a scrambling code initializing subfield for allocating the scrambling code state, a single carrier/orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing subfield for finishing single carrier and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing transmission, a dynamic bandwidth allocation subfield, a spatial flow allocation subfield and a length subfield for allocating the length of sent data. The invention further provides a frame structure based on the signaling field and a wireless MIMO communication method with the frame structure adopted. The dynamic bandwidth is achieved more easily, and the spectral efficiency is effectively improved. By means of the signaling field and the communication method of the wireless MIMO communication system, multi-user and multi-flow allocation and allocation of a plurality of carrier sending modes are achieved more effectively.

In an imaging device including an image recording arrangement, a tilt-sensor, and a display, a method may include detecting a tilt-angle for the image recording arrangement using the tilt-sensor; and presenting at least one marker-arrangement via the display indicative of the tilt-angle.

A method for fault protection in a bidirectional ring network includes transmitting first and second flows of packets around the bidirectional ring network while defining the first flow as a wrapping flow and the second flow as a non-wrapping flow. Upon detection by a node in the network that a segment of the network proximal to the node has failed, the packets in the first flow are wrapped at the node between clockwise and counterclockwise directions on the network so as to avoid the failed segment, while the packets in the second flow are not wrapped.

In a method to control movements of a medical apparatus via a control device with a touch-sensitive display, an apparatus component of the medical apparatus is selected and; and move the selected apparatus component is moved according to commands made at the touch-sensitive display. A safety loop must be closed in order to activate the movement of the apparatus component. A control device to control a medical apparatus, and a medical apparatus having at least one apparatus component, operate according to this method.

The present invention involves growing diatoms on a surface for the purpose of forming nanoscale-sized siliceous structures on the surface. In accordance with the invention, diatom films are grown on various substrates, which are then fired to remove all organic material from the diatoms and produce a surface coated with intricate, nanoscale-sized structures. The nanoscale-sized structured surface is subsequently treated with a hydrophobic film-forming agent to form a structured self-cleaning surface.

Disclosed is a display terminal apparatus including a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication with a set external device, a display unit, a display information obtaining unit which obtains display information including a display content to be displayed in the display unit, a display period setting of the display content and a changing condition for changing the display period through the wireless communication unit, a display control unit which controls the display period of the display content in the display unit on the basis of the display period setting, a determination unit which determines whether a state corresponds to the changing condition, and a display period changing unit which changes the display period on the basis of a determination result obtained in the determination unit.

Wireless access equipment provides access to a data network, such as the Internet, through a cellular communication system. A command receiver receives commands from terminal equipment in accordance with an interface protocol, which may be a dial-up protocol. A first access point identifier is stored in an APN store. When a session setup command is received, an APN controller selects between the first and a second access point identifier in response to a parameter of the session setup command. For example, the session setup command may comprise an access point identifier overriding the stored first access point identifier. A session controller proceeds to set up a packet data session of the cellular communication system to the data network using the selected session access point identifier. Embodiments of the invention may provide a flexible and user friendly means of supporting a plurality of network access points through a cellular communication system.

An electronic device 300 comprises a processing component 330 for reducing electromagnetic interferences. The processing component 330 is adapted to determine an activity status of at least one first component 311-315 operating in at least one known frequency range. The processing component 330 is further adapted to adjust an operating frequency of an active second component 321-322 depending on the determined activity status of the at least one first component 311-315. The invention relates equally to a chipset 330, to a method, to a software code 331 and to a software program product realizing the functions of the processing component 330.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for measuring optical power, an optical line terminal and an optical network unit, belonging to the communication field. The method comprises the following steps: generating physical layer operations and maintenance (PLOAM) information which comprises identification of ONUs to be measured and information of time intervals distributed to the ONUs to be measured and used for transmitting upstream optical signals; transmitting the PLOAM information to a plurality of ONUs; receiving the upstream optical signal transmitted by ONUs to be measured in the distributed time intervals; and detecting the received upstream optical signals and determining the optical power of the upstream optical signals. The invention avoids bandwidth wastage caused by bandwidth for optical power detection assigned by a DBA module to the ONUs to be measured in the process of optical power detection in the prior art.

A method for coupling a mobile device to an output device is proposed. The mobile device is used to control a selection and/or output of data contents provided via a cellular communication network. The mobile device initiates a coupling component via the cellular communication network. The coupling component determines the output device based on a stored, user-specific environment pattern and dynamically couples the output device to the mobile device. A system has a mobile device to control a selection and/or output of data contents and an output device and a cellular communication network which provides the data contents. A coupling component determines the output device to be coupled based on a store, user-specific environment pattern and couples the output device to the mobile device.