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A method for effecting load balancing in a packet-switched network is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of:(a) providing a set of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to a Universal Resource Locator (URL), wherein the ordering of the IP addresses in the set of IP addresses is indicative of a corresponding desirability of contacting each of the IP addresses and wherein the set of IP addresses are in a first order;(b) receiving activity-related information associated with at least one of the IP addresses; and(c) reordering the set of IP addresses to be in a second order different from the first order.

A method for determining driving characteristics of a vehicle. To provide an enhanced method to determine from a driving characteristics of the vehicle a long term mechanical stress of a vehicle, it is proposed that during operation of the vehicle an acceleration of the vehicle is detected by an acceleration sensor in the vehicle and evaluated by a vehicle analyzing system in the vehicle, wherein a driving parameter occurring during an acceleration event in which the vehicle acceleration is above a predetermined threshold is used to determine a driving characteristics value of the vehicle.

A system and method are disclosed for reducing interference in simultaneous wireless LAN (WLAN) and wireless personal area network (PAN) signal handling in mobile wireless terminals having both a WLAN and a PAN interface. The wireless terminal includes a first transceiver operating in the PAN network in a communications band and a first communications protocol transmitting first data units. The wireless terminal also includes a second transceiver operating in the WLAN network in substantially the same communications band and a second communications protocol transmitting second data units. The wireless terminal further includes a controller coupled to the first and second transceivers, assigning a higher transmission priority to the second data units than to the first data units when transmission of the second data units overlaps a first occurring transmission of the first data units, to abort transmission of the first occurring data unit. The controller assigns a higher transmission priority to the aborted first data unit than to the second data units when transmission of the second data units overlaps the retransmission of the aborted first data unit, to transmit the aborted first data unit.

Method for exploiting frequency diversity in a multi-carrier communications system to improve retransmission performance. A preferred embodiment comprises receiving the request for retransmission, formatting data for the retransmission, selecting a carrier from a plurality of carriers, and transmitting the retransmission on the selected carrier. The selected carrier may be different from a carrier used transmit the damaged transmission, thereby frequency diversity is exploited to change the probability of successful transmission in the retransmission. Alternatively, the retransmission may take place at a later time, to permit changes in the selected carrier to take place and obtain frequency diversity via the changed carrier.

A system and method are disclosed for reducing interference in simultaneous wireless LAN (WLAN) and wireless personal area network (PAN) signal handling in mobile wireless terminals having both a WLAN and a PAN interface. The wireless terminal includes a first transceiver operating in the PAN network in a communications band and a first communications protocol transmitting first data units. The wireless terminal also includes a second transceiver operating in the WLAN network in substantially the same communications band and a second communications protocol transmitting second data units. The wireless terminal further includes a controller coupled to the first and second transceivers, assigning a higher transmission priority to the second data units than to the first data units when transmission of the second data units overlaps a first occurring transmission of the first data units, to abort transmission of the first occurring data unit. The controller assigns a higher transmission priority to the aborted first data unit than to the second data units when transmission of the second data units overlaps the retransmission of the aborted first data unit, to transmit the aborted first data unit.

A method for providing map tiles associated to a route is described. Generally, a route comprising a number of route segments is received. Then, a respective route segment attribute for each of the route segments is determined. Next, associated map tiles for each of the route segments are determined, using said route segment attributes, and finally an indication of the determined map tiles are transmitted to a map tile fetcher.

Center filled confections, such as gummy or jelly candies or fruit snacks are continuously produced by co-deposition into a mold without candy tailing to obtain products with substantially uniform side walls and little, if any, shell breakage and filler leakage or bleed-out problems. Decentering of the filler and its accompanying production of thin or weak shell walls is avoided by at least substantially preventing excessive flow of a fluid or liquid shell component along a single side of shell introduction into the manifold nozzle or nozzle cavity. At least substantially uniform flow of the shell component in an annular passageway of a co-deposition nozzle assembly may be achieved with an apertured disk insert, a plurality of manifold bores, or opposing shell component entry points to evenly distribute the shell component and prevent or substantially reduce filler leakage or bleed-out.

A system and method are disclosed for reducing interference in simultaneous wireless LAN (WLAN) and wireless personal area network (PAN) signal handling in mobile wireless terminals having both a WLAN and a PAN interface. The wireless terminal includes a first transceiver operating in the PAN network in a communications band and a first communications protocol transmitting first data units. The wireless terminal also includes a second transceiver operating in the WLAN network in substantially the same communications band and a second communications protocol transmitting second data units. The wireless terminal further includes a controller coupled to the first and second transceivers, assigning a higher transmission priority to the second data units than to the first data units when transmission of the second data units overlaps a first occurring transmission of the first data units, to abort transmission of the first occurring data unit. The controller assigns a higher transmission priority to the aborted first data unit than to the second data units when transmission of the second data units overlaps the retransmission of the aborted first data unit, to transmit the aborted first data unit.

An apparatus and method for authorizing a gateway are provided. The apparatus includes a gateway function determiner, which determines whether a gateway on a predetermined network performs a particular function for a predetermined node based on a network database including information on each node managed by the gateway and information indicating a function performed by the gateway for the node; and a gateway authorizer, which authorizes the gateway to perform the particular function for the predetermined node when the gateway function determiner determines that the gateway performs the particular function for the predetermined node.

A method for authenticating an element in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a request for one or more triplets. One or more of the triplets may be associated with an authentication communications protocol that may be executed in order to facilitate a communication session. The method further includes returning one or more of the triplets in response to the request and initiating the communication session in response to the triplets after proper authentication of an entity associated with the request.

A system for pumping blood to assist or assume the cardiac function of a patient is characterized by a blood pump that exhibits a steep performance curve such that only small changes in pump flow occur for large changes in differential pressure across the pump. The pump therefore exhibits flow-limiting characteristics to protect the physiological system against harmful flow rates or pressures. Pump flow may also be limited by controlling the current provided to a driver from a power supply or by suitable restrictions within or external to the pump housing.

A client terminal 201 comprises a presence provider 222 which sends information on a user's location to a presence server 110, a space modeling means 221 which calculates the user's location in a virtual space, an audio renderer 216 which controls sound effects based on the user's location in the virtual space, a graphics renderer 219 which generates image data based on the user's location in the virtual space, and a policy session control unit 223 which controls a communication session, to realize conversations between a plurality of users utilizing the virtual space.

A method for driving a nonvolatile memory device including a semiconductor substrate, an island semiconductor layer on the substrate, a memory cell having a control gate and a charge storage layer surrounding a peripheral surface of the island semiconductor layer, a first selection transistor provided between the memory cell and the substrate and having a first selection gate, a source diffusion layer between the substrate and the island semiconductor layer, a drain diffusion layer provided in an opposing end of the island semiconductor layer from the source diffusion layer, and a second selection transistor provided between the memory cell and the drain diffusion layer and having a second selection gate, the method comprising the steps of: applying a negative first voltage to the drain and the first selection gate, applying a positive second voltage to the second selection gate, and applying 0V or a positive third voltage to the source; and applying a positive fourth voltage higher than the second voltage to the control gate of the memory cell for injecting electric charges into the charge storage layer.

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for cooling a material to be removed from the grate of a fluidized bed furnace. Material at a high temperature is passed from the grate of the fluidized bed furnace into a fluidized bed cooler in charges of a given size by measuring the quantity of the material accumulating in the fluidized bed cooler. When the quantity of the material in the cooler has reached a predetermined limit value, the supply of material into the fluidized bed cooler is prevented. The charge is cooled in the fluidized bed cooler by fluidization air and via heat transfer into a cooling liquid circulation system and the temperature of the charge is measured. The charge is removed when the temperature of the charge has fallen to a predetermined limit value. The second end (5) of a supply conduit (3) is provided with a supply valve (15) actuated by a power means (16). A discharge conduit (14) is provided with a discharge valve (17) actuated by a second power means (18). Quantity detection means (19, 20) are provided to produce quantity data regarding the amount of material in a fluidized bed space (11), and temperature measuring means (21) are provided to produce temperature data. A control device (22) controls the first power means (16) to open and close the supply valve (15) and the second power means (18) to open and close the discharge valve (17) on the basis of the quantity data and temperature data and the predetermined limit values of quantity and temperature so that the loading of material into the fluidized bed space and its cooling and removal from the fluidized bed space take place in a charge-by-charge and cyclic manner.

The present invention is directed to collapsible type pallets and related products embodiments of which include a construction wherein support beams can be integrally formed from the sheet material of the pallet itself. The beams can be supported internally by structural inserts. Additionally, the supporting inserts may include braces for added stability and strength. The beams, as well as the platform can be further braced and structurally supported by cross braces, which run generally at right angles to the beams and pass through apertures in the beams themselves and slots in the inserts. In certain embodiments, the cross braces pass underneath and support the underside of the platform to create significant structural advantages to the pallet. Embodiments of the pallet can be easily assembled from components that can be easily and economically stored and transported. Embodiments are light-weight thereby providing savings in assembly, transportation, and storage.

The invention relates to a method for carrying out a Two Way Ranging, preferably a Symmetrical Double-Sided Two Way Ranging, between a blind node whose position is unknown and to be determined and at least one reference or mobile node whose position is known in order to determine the location of the blind node, wherein the blind node and the reference or mobile node comprise wireless transceivers for transmitting and receiving radio signals. The invention is characterized in that the Symmetrical Double-Sided Two Way Ranging is initiated by the blind node.

A method for monitoring a traffic space, the method including a step for reading in, a step for ascertaining, a step for comparing, and a step for supplying. In the step of reading in, an item of positional information and / or a movement vector of a rod user within the traffic space is / are read in. In the step of ascertaining, a future position of the road user within the traffic space is ascertained using the item of positional information and / or the movement vector. In the step of comparing, the future position is compared with an item of risk information. The item of risk information represents at least one dangerous area of the traffic space. In the step of supplying, a warning signal is supplied on the basis of a result of the comparison.

A transport control server, a network system, and an aggregated path setting method for avoiding congestion on the bypass destination route when an aggregated path consisting of a group of paths was bypassed (diverted) to a bypass destination route. Edge nodes measure the traffic information flowing along each path and notify the transport control server. The transport control server calculates the available capacity of bypass destination routes for each aggregated path based on this traffic information. After receiving a path add request, the transport control server assigns additional paths to the aggregated path so that the aggregated path traffic band that was assigned additional paths, does not exceed the available capacity on the bypass path. The transport control server sends an aggregated path set message to the edge nodes. The edge node complies with the aggregated path set message received from the transport control server and sets the aggregated path.

Charge pump circuits having circuit components such as transistors which may be damaged by voltage transients greater than the normal operating voltage levels of the charge pump circuit, such as may be experienced during powering down. The circuit components to be protected are connected in parallel with a leakage element arranged to have a leakage current that is small enough during normal operation to allow the charge pump to operate effectively but which is large enough, during development of a voltage transient, to prevent excess voltage levels being achieved. The leakage element may have a significant leakage current at a voltage less than the breakdown voltage of the circuit component. Suitable leakage elements are poly diodes.

In a power converter which performs power conversion between plural-phase AC and DC, variation in voltage of the DC capacitor in each converter cell is detected, and when the variation exceeds a predetermined value, a DC voltage command value as a control target value in a DC voltage control unit which controls DC voltage between DC buses is corrected by being increased or decreased. Thus, when AC grid failure occurs, the capacitor voltage of each converter cell is maintained and the operation continuity is improved.

A decoder (100) is disclosed, which selectively reconstructs at least one predetermined data unit out of a coded bit stream (c). The decoder (100) includes a parsing unit (120) to search and parse unambiguous information (up) characterizing the at least one predetermined data unit uniquely. Next, the parsing unit (120) provides this parsed information (up) either directly to a decoding unit (130) or to a look-up table (140) such that the decoding unit (130) could reconstruct the predetermined data unit directly out of the coded bit stream (c) based on the parsed information (up) without decoding and reconstructing the coded bit stream (c) completely. Optionally, a specification unit (110) provides an start position (us) of the coded bit stream (c) to the parsing unit (120) used for starting the search. Therewith, data traffic, computation time and memory resources could be saved for decoding and displaying e.g. compressed JPEG pictures.

An apparatus for application-based communications may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a message from a remote device at a receiving device. The message may have been generated based on application registration data associated with the receiving device. The processor may also be configured to execute an application based on content included in the message. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided.

An exemplary method and optical network that provide optical network restoration using refreshed state tables are disclosed. The exemplary method for recovering from a failure in an optical network using refreshed switch state tables includes generating and storing connection information in switch state tables of associated optical switches that define optical link connections to be made in the event of a failure, monitoring whether a failure has occurred, and refreshing the switch state tables by continuing to generate and store connection information in the plurality of switch state tables that are associated with the plurality of optical switches of the optical network until the failure in the optical network is detected. Once the failure is detected, optical switching is automatically performed in the optical switches based on the lookup table connection information in the switch state tables that are associated with the optical switches. The exemplary method may then include determining whether any of the telecommunications traffic in the optical links of the optical network was not restored due to the optical switching that was automatically performed.

In one embodiment, information is signaled between aggregating routers indicating the components of aggregated addresses. This information is used to dynamically leak, or deaggregate, specific parts of the aggregated address space to reduce sub-optimal routing and possibly prevent routing black holes from occurring in a network.

A lost packet in a plurality of packets broadcasted from a broadcasting apparatus is detected. Packet complement request information indicative of a packet complement request for complementing the lost packet is transmitted to a device in a high hierarchical level, and a dummy packet for holding transmission of the packet complement request information for a predetermined hold time is transmitted in place of the lost packet to a node device connected in a low hierarchical level.

The present invention is directed to formable pallets that are easy to construct into a generally stably product receiving state and easy to collapse into a storage / transport state. The pallet includes one or more display elements which may be integrated with the supporting platform to achieve point of purchase objectives. The display element may be a separate component that is removeable from the pallet or the display element may be configurable from the pallet such as by unfolding and / or folding portions of the supporting platform.

A system, method and a device for offline authentication of transactions using mobile device, based on, analytic engine such as behavioral pattern detection are provided. The behavioral pattern can be for a specific person, for group of people with similar characteristics, or a combination of the two. The invention has the advantage over the prior art centralized authentication and fraud detection systems in that it is more precise in identifying and preventing fraud in real time. The precision is better for both customer and merchant frauds. The present invention also requires fewer investments in infrastructure and uses less communication traffic when compared to the prior art.