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An implant for osteosynthesis used in the stabilization of fractured bone of the mandible. The plate consists of apertures through which the plate is secured to bone using surgical screws. The apertures are connected by (a) two lateral bar sections running approximately parallel to the long axis of the mandible and (b) two cross bar sections intersecting each other near the centroid of the plate and at acute angles to the lateral bar sections. The plate design can be modified to accommodate patient anatomy depending on the type of bone it is designed to stabilize. Design and size parameters of the fixation plate can be customized to each individual patient using a customization software application to determine the least invasive fixation plate that will provide adequate functioning in stabilizing the bone fracture to a degree that will allow safe bone healing. The invention includes a method of design of osteosynthesis plates using shape optimization for different types and locations of fractures.

Some of these problems with digital information protection systems may be overcome by providing a mechanism which allows a content provider to encrypt digital information without requiring either a hardware or platform manufacturer or a content consumer to provide support for the specific form of corresponding decryption. This mechanism can be provided in a manner which allows the digital information to be copied easily for back-up purposes and to be transferred easily for distribution, but which should not permit copying of the digital information in decrypted form. In particular, the encrypted digital information is stored as an executable computer program which includes a decryption program that decrypts the encrypted information to provide the desired digital information, upon successful completion of an authorization procedure by the user. In combination with other mechanisms that track distribution, enforce royalty payments and control access to decryption keys, the present invention provides an improved method for identifying and detecting sources of unauthorized copies. Suitable authorization procedures also enable the digital information to be distributed for a limited number of uses and / or users, thus enabling per-use fees to be charged for the digital information.

In a communication network (100) comprising a plurality of wireless devices (120), a method determines whether to change one or more communication channels over which the wireless devices (120) communicate. The method includes receiving a plurality of configuration parameters for the communication network (100); receiving information related to one or more communication channel's availability for communications by one or more of the wireless devices (120); and determining whether to change one or more communication channels over which the wireless devices (120) communicate by executing a communication channel change determination algorithm using the configuration parameters and the received information related to one or more communication channel's availability for communications by one or more of the wireless devices (120).

A device (200) for wireless communication with at least one node in a wireless network (100) is adapted to obtain statistical data regarding one or more selected communication channels over which the device is adapted to communicate (330), and to report from the device (200) to at least one other device at least one metric related to an availability of each of the one or more selected communications channels for communications (350).

A method of providing programming to a portable wireless music player includes connecting to a music service provider from a remote client and defining a play list at the music service provider through user interaction at the remote client. The player connects to the music service provider over a wireless service network and downloads music to the player from the music service provider in accordance with the previously defined play list. The music or other programming is played at the player.

In a method (300) for receiving a radio signal, there are steps of: receiving (301, 303) first and second received signal components by use of first and second antennas having different properties; processing (305) a received signal component to produce a sampled signal component; producing (307) at least one combined signal, which is a linear combination of at least two sampled signal components; and selecting (306) at least one set of complex values for coefficients of the linear combination so that a quality of a combined signal is at least equal to the quality of that sampled signal component having the best quality. Furthermore, the antennas are alternately connected (302, 304) via a switching element to radio frequency means so that received signal components are interleaving and so that first and second parts of a certain piece of transmitted information are received with the first and second antennas, respectively. A corresponding receiver device is also presented.

The invention discloses an LNG ship remote monitoring system. An AIS system of an LNG ship supervision platform is used for analyzing an AIS message to obtain information of a supervised ship so as to position the supervised ship, and a ship position is displayed through an electronic chart system; corresponding supervision data and query statistical information of the ship are displayed for people with different permissions at a client based on the permission management. The system disclosed by the invention integrates an information technology, a networking technology, an intelligent technology and a visualization technology, can cover the whole LNG ship and a sea area in an LNG wharf to perform the remote monitoring on the LNG ship, thereby achieving aims of remote visualization monitoring, information acquisition, paperless office, and all-weather supervision; the problems of insufficient functions of traditional monitoring equipment, difficulty in performing automatic evaluation on navigation safety of the LNG ship, the risk source certification and analytic hierarchy method of LNG ship berthing and departing and unloading job, and fuzzy comprehensive evaluationare solved, and the interconnection and intercommunication among port and waterway, pilotage, port control and maritime affairs departments, an LNG receiving station and the like can be effectively realized.

A system for coordinating remote response services, such as emergency services for safeguarding populations during environmental and other disasters, such as storms, floods, fire in order to ensure that resources are appropriately allocated and emergencies dealt with. The system comprises a host computing system and a number of remote computing systems. The host computing system may be operated by a Management Unit and remote computing systems by remote (field) Units. Each computing system includes the facility to enable entries of Requests For Assistance (RFA) and allocation of tasks responses to the RFAs. A Request For Assistance will include RFA data comprising location data, provided information data on the location of an RFA incident, an incident data, providing emergency information on the incident. The computing systems include sufficient functionality as such that in cases of communications breakdown, RFAs can still be managed. A number of other features are included in the computing system to facilitate organisation of emergency response.

Systems and methods for software licensing enforcement using an ACPI BIOS. A digital license is provided that includes information about both the software and hardware on which it is to be run. The licensing process receives hardware and software information from the end user and binds the license to both. A main BIOS binary contains code and static motherboard specific data. Dynamic state values containing, e.g., machine-specific system management data, such as, a serial number may be stored subsequently on NVRAM or its equivalent. The main BIOS binary allows provides sufficient functionality to test the hardware. Once the software to be loaded on the system is known, a corresponding digital license containing both the software and hardware information is loaded to NVRAM.

A remote management system is able to remotely manage service objects (311) in a bundle (301). The remote management system thereto contains a management platform (302) in a customer device where the bundle (301) is installed, a remote management server (304) somewhere in the network, and a management agent (303) able to expose the service object representation (312) of the service objects (311) via a remote management protocol (307) to the remote management server (304). The remote management system in addition is foreseen with a proxy bundle (305) with a generic interface to populate and export a generic service object representation (351) of the service objects (311) towards the management agent (303).

A method of providing programming to a portable wireless music player includes connecting to a music service provider from a remote client and defining a play list at the music service provider through user interaction at the remote client. The player connects to the music service provider over a wireless service network and downloads music to the player from the music service provider in accordance with the previously defined play list. The music or other programming is played at the player.

A multipurpose yoga device designed for therapeutic, fitness and circus use which can be suspended in the doorway of a person's home or over any horizontal bar to allow a user to perform any of a large multiplicity of yoga exercises, movements, postures or functions ranging from, traction, inversion therapy (hanging upside down), correcting scoliosis, conditioning, total body stretching or strengthening, fascial self massage, partner massage, simple relaxation, client massage by trained massage therapists and tantric position for lovers, and said multipurpose yoga device comprising: a massage swing, a plurality of safe sticks, a plurality of fastening straps, a plurality of rings, a plurality of hand straps and a plurality of leg straps.

An intelligent door lock system that permits both electronic and manual control of a deadbolt. The door lock system can include an inner bezel assembly, an outer bezel assembly, and a deadbolt assembly, where the deadbolt assembly can be coupled to the outer bezel assembly via a twist-lock feature. The inner bezel assembly also includes a puck assembly that seats within an inner bezel. The puck assembly can be retained within or released from the inner bezel via a latch assembly. The outer bezel assembly includes a display assembly that seats within an outer bezel. The outer bezel is coupled to a motor chassis assembly that includes a motor and gear assembly having a series of gears that translate movement of dial elements or a motor into movement of a bolt element between locked and unlocked positions.

Described is an improved method, system, and computer program product for implementing an improved resequencer, along with related mechanisms and processes. Some embodiments provide an approach for generating a message sequence having start and increment values.

Described is an improved method, system, and computer program product for implementing an improved resequencer, along with related mechanisms and processes. An improved error handling method and system for messages is also described.

A strap for utilization as a safety harness, particularly for use by firefighters is disclosed, wherein the strap comprises an elongated center section with four handles, two at each end extending from the elongated center section approximately opposite each other. The invention discloses a single easily deployable tool and methods which can at least carry S.C.B.A. cylinders and / or other equipment, work as a ladder belt and / or a hose strap, move charged lines, provide an increased search area, work as a hasty harness, work for dragging a victim or firefighter, work easily for Denver drill scenarios, and carry victims or firefighters up or down stairs.

A microphone system has a lid coupled with a base to form a package with an interior chamber. The package has a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sides, and at least one of those sides has a portion with a substantially planar surface forming an opening for receiving an acoustic signal. The microphone system also has a microphone die positioned within the interior chamber. The microphone is positioned at a non-orthogonal, non-zero angle with regard to the opening in the at least one side.

A hardware device (TCK) for securing data in a database accessed through an Internet server is presented. The TCK controls access to its internal database through two physically separate access channels. Through at least one “unprivileged channel (port)” the TCK provides access to its individual records, one at a time, subject to stringent security provisions. Through at least one physically separate “privileged channel” not reachable by the Internet server through the unprivileged channel, the TCK provides access to administrative operations, and facilitates more complete access to the database, thus allowing, for example, retrieval or listings of stored keys and values, multi-record access, and / or the ability to run other computer programs. Thus, the TCK system can provide extra security protection for data needed by Internet servers that are utilized by multiple known and / or anonymous users.

The invention discloses a method, device and system for V2G battery management. The system comprises a controllable PWM rectifier used for receiving the alternating current from a power grid and also used for converting of the alternating current and the direct current, a both-way DC / DC converter used for changing the direction of the current, a detector used for detecting a battery pack to obtain detection data and sending the detection data to a controller, the controller used for receiving a control command from the power grid and the detection data from the detector, controlling the controllable PWM rectifier and the both-way DC / DC converter according to the control command, processing the detection data according to the preset simulation algorithm to obtain the current state of the battery pack, determining the equalization strategy of an equalization circuit according to the current state and sending the equalization strategy to the equalization circuit, and the equalization circuit used for executing the equalization strategy. By means of the method, device and system, the problem that the function of a battery management system is not complete when the battery management system is applied to the V2G technology.

A halogenated elastomer partially functionalized with triethylamine, in a mixture with fiiier and a cure package, suitable for use as an air barrier in an innertube or tire innerliner, is disclosed. The halogenated elastomer can be a polymer comprising C4 to C7 isoolefm derived units, para-alkylstyrene derived units, para-(haloalkylstyrene) derived units, and para-(triethylammoniumalkylstyrene) derived units. The Mooney viscosity of the elastomer can be controlled by the degree of triethylamine functionalization. Also disclosed is a method for making an article using the tri ethy iamine-functionalized elastomer.

The invention discloses a conference information processing method and system, and a server. The system comprises: a receiving circuit for receiving conference application information from a first terminal, a processing circuit for obtaining conference standard content corresponding to the conference application information from a prestored conference standard database, a generation circuit for generating a conference list carrying identification information of a second terminal under the condition that the conference standard content is to establish a conference plan, and a sending circuit for sending the conference list to the second terminal according to the identification information of the second terminal, wherein the second terminal generates conference content through executing the conference list and records the conference content in the conference list. According to the invention, the problem of insufficient functions of a conference management system in related arts is solved.

The present invention relates to an electrospun fully biodegradable vascular valved prosthesis, allowing tissue regeneration and growth potential optionally comprising a bifurcation, preferably T-shaped, a mandrel for electrospinning said vascular valved prosthesis, and a method for electrospinning said vascular valved prosthesis.

The invention discloses a CAN communication channel switching circuit for vehicles. The CAN communication channel switching circuit comprises a main controller MCU, a CAN channel interface circuit, a CAN channel one-to-two expanding circuit, and a power supply which supplies power for the main controller MCU, the CAN channel interface circuit and the CAN channel one-to-two expanding circuit respectively, wherein the main controller MCU is in bi-directional connection with the CAN channel interface circuit; and the CAN channel interface circuit is in bi-directional connection with the CAN channel one-to-two expanding circuit. Therefore, the problems that the main controller only has one CAN channel and is lack of CAN channel function are solved; vehicle information collection and diagnosis of two CAN channels of which the baud rates are 250 kpbs and 500 kpbs respectively are realized simultaneously by equipping different configurations on the CAN channels and using the CAN communication channel switching circuit.

A polyolefin microporous membrane is disclosed. The membrane has a width of not less than 100 mm, and a variation range of an F25 value in a width direction is not greater than 1 MPa. The F25 value is a value obtained by dividing a load at 25% elongation of a sample of the laminated polyolefin microporous membrane as measured with a tensile testing machine by a cross-sectional area of the sample.

An oral occlusion device and method for the treatment of respiratory disturbances in human subjects, particularly for the treatment of periodic mouth breathing. An adhesive strip, which in one embodiment is sized to fit the lips within the vermillion border of the lips, gently secures the upper and lower lips to provide gentle oral occlusion, particularly during sleep.

Provided is a seat which includes: a cushion frame including left and right side frames located separately from each other in a lateral direction, and front and rear cross members by which the left and right side frame are connected; left and right second supporting wires located separately from each other in a lateral direction and laid to connect the front and rear cross members; and left and right side supporting members made of plastic and formed integrally with the second supporting wires. The side supporting members have engagement portions which are engaged with the side frames.

A lighting system (100) for illuminating an environment and a method of starting the installation of a program on a programmable controller of a lighting module are provided. The lighting system (100) comprises a particular lighting module (110), a neighboring lighting module (120) and an installation decision generator (112). A portion of the environment is illuminated by both lighting modules (110, 120). Both lighting modules (110, 120) have a programmable controller (114, 124) and may receive a program via a network interface for installation on the programmable controller (114, 124). The installation decision generator (112) decides whether the installation of the program on the particular lighting module (110) may start, based on operational information as to whether the light emission capabilities of the neighboring lighting module (120) enable illumination of the portion of the environment to be sufficiently close to a desired illumination of the portion.

A device for wireless communication with at least one node in a wireless network is configured to obtain statistical data regarding one or more selected communication channels over which the device is adapted to communicate. The, device is further configured to report to at least one other device at least one metric related to an availability of each of the one or more selected communications channels for communications.