baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2387684-A (GB)
Title: Management of a long term digital document storage system
Inventor: CASASSA MONT MARCO
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2002-04-19
Abstract: A long-term digital document storage system, comprising means for receiving one or more digital documents for storage in a storage means, one or more storage sites for storing, in association with the one or more digital documents, metadata defining a data management strategy or "agreement" with respect to the one or more digital documents, the "agreement including one or more "clauses" defining respective constraints to be applied by the storage system to the one or more digital documents, the system further comprising means for configuring the data management strategy or agreement by defining or specifying at least some of the constraints individually according to specific requirements related to said one or more pieces of digital data. As such, the invention is concerned with the fine-grained management of documents within a storage system by the flexible definition and association with a document of a number of clauses (i.e. management constraints to be fulfilled by the storage system) concerning the required management of that document. Management strategies include maintaining security of documents, maintaining ownership of documents, updating document formats and preserving contexts of documents. Some strategies make use of encryption and time-stamping.
Patent GB-2372076-A (GB)
Title: The discharge of bulk containers using a compressed air supply pipe
Inventor: RICHARDSON FREDERICK
IPC: F04F1/06
Filed: 2002-05-02
Abstract: A compressed air extension pipe 11 has at one end a pressurisation coupling 12, with a one way valve, connectable to a venting/ compressed air fitting 9 of an Intermediate Bulk Transport Container (IBC) 1 and has at its other end a fitting 13 for connection to a compressed air supply. Fitting 13 is located at the lower end of the container in the vicinity of the container's discharge fitting 10. The extension pipe may be housed at least partly within a column 15 whose height approximates that of the container and having at its lower end a mounting foot 17 and at its upper end a location head 21, 25. The column may be telescopic so that its height can be adjusted to accommodate different height containers.
Patent GB-2393570-A (GB)
Title: Reducing unwanted emissions in a magnetron
Inventor: EDWARDS Martin
IPC: H03B9/10
Filed: 2002-05-31
Abstract: A magnetron comprising a cylindrical anode 12 with a plurality of anode vanes 13 to 30 extending radially inward from its inner wall, and at least one strap in contact with alternate ones of the vanes. The strap has at least one protruding region arranged so that the capacitance between the strap and a further strap, or between the strap and the anode vanes is increased at selected positions. This increases the stability of the magnetron in the desired mode, limits oscillations at undesired frequencies and reduces the coupling of harmonics into the cathode structure. Preferably a plurality of protrusions 34 to 40 spaced regularly around a portion of the strap 32 are provided. A plurality of straps 31 and 32 may be used, some or all of which may include at least one protruding region. Straps may also be adjustable allowing the capacitance to be adjusted as required.
Patent GB-2389582-A (GB)
Title: Pharmaceutically active carboxamides
Inventor: URBAHNS KLAUS
IPC: A61K31/197
Filed: 2002-06-13
Abstract: A carboxamide derivative of the formula (I), its tautomeric or stereoisomeric form, or a salt thereof: <EMI ID=1.1 HE=31 WI=97 LX=586 LY=393 TI=CF> <PC>wherein m and n independently represent an integer from 0 to 2; -X- represents -CH2-CH2-, -CH=CH-, or -C  I  C-; -R<1> represents -OR<11>, -SR<11> -SOR<11>, -SO2R<11>, -NR<12>R<13>, or -CHR<14>R<15>, ```wherein R<11> represents (C2-6)alkenyl optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, (C2-6)alkynyl optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, (C1-6) alkyl optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, ```R<12> and R<13> independently represent hydrogen, (C2-6)alkenyl optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, (C2-6)alkynyl optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, (C1-6) alkyl optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, or R<12> and R<13> together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5-7 membered saturated hetero ring optionally interrupted by O or NH; ```R<14> and R<15> independently represent hydrogen, (C2-6)alkenyl optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, (C2-6)alkynyl optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, (C1-6) alkyl optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, (C1-6) alkoxy optionally substituted by aryl or heteroaryl, or ```R<14> and R<15> together with the CH to which they are attached, form a (C3-8)cycloalkyl optionally interrupted by NH, or O, or R<14> and R<15> together with the CH to which they are attached, form a phenyl optionally substituted by hydroxy, halogen or (C1-6) alkyl; ```R<2> represents hydrogen, cyano, (C1-6) alkoxy, (C2-6)alkenyl, (C2-6)alkynyl, (C3-7)cycloalkyl, or (C1-6) alkyl optionally substituted by amino, (C1-6) alkylamino, or phenyl, is a PGI2 antagonist.
Patent GB-2374962-A (GB)
Title: Cache line flush micro-architectural implementation method and system
Inventor: PALANCA SALVADOR
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 2000-12-28
Abstract: A system and method for flushing a cache line associated with a linear memory address from all caches in the coherency domain. A cache controller receives a memory address, and determines whether the memory address is stored within the closest cache memory in the coherency domain. If a cache line stores the memory address, it is flushed from the cache. The flush instruction is allocated to a write-combining buffer within the cache controller. The write-combining buffer transmits the information to the bus controller. The bus controller locates instances of the memory address stored within external and intel cache memories within the coherency domain; these instances are flushed. The flush instruction can then be evicted from the write-combining buffer. Control bits may be used to indicate whether a write-combining buffer is allocated to the flush instruction, whether the memory address is stored within the closest cache memory, and whether the flush instruction should be evicted from the write-combining buffer.
Patent GB-2391434-A (GB)
Title: A communication infrastructure of cellular and wireless local area networks
Inventor: STENTON STUART PHILIP
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2002-07-31
Abstract: A communication infrastructure comprises a cellular telecommunications network having a distribution of cell sites defining a cellular coverage of the network; a matrix of wireless local area networks (WLANs) each of which is connected to the cellular telecommunications network over a private data network, at least some of the WLANs in the matrix falling within the cellular coverage of the cellular telecommunications network; and a plurality of mobile communication devices having both cellular communications network and wireless LAN connectivity. Integrating a low bandwidth cellular telecommunications network with a high bandwidth wireless local area network (WLAN) can comprise: providing a mobile communication device with cellular telecommunication network connectivity and WLAN connectivity; the cellular telecommunication network authorising connection of the mobile communication device to a wireless LAN over a private data network; and connecting the mobile communication device to the wireless LAN. A mobile communication device incorporates a wireless LAN chip set and a cellular telecommunication modem set to enable cellular telecommunication network connectivity and wireless LAN connectivity.
Patent GB-2380635-A (GB)
Title: Short message delivery system
Inventor: UCHIMURA AYAKA
IPC: H04M3/42
Filed: 2002-08-13
Abstract: A short message delivery system includes mobile terminal devices 40 each having a function of generating and receiving short messages; ground facilities 20, 30 each including a radio station 20 connected to a mobile terminal device by radio; and a short message center 10 for receiving the short message issued from a mobile terminal device via a ground facility and transmitting the received short message to a specified transmission destination. The short message center 10 includes a retry control section 12 responsive to a failure of the transmission of the short message for retrying the transmission in a manner dependent upon the communication state of a mobile terminal device at the reception side (power off or out of range) and/or on the term of validity associated with the short message.
Patent GB-2382928-A (GB)
Title: Antenna Assembly
Inventor: THOMAS LOUIS DAVID
IPC: H01Q1/52
Filed: 2002-11-12
Abstract: An antenna assembly 70 has multiple antennas with non-convergent boresight headings e.g. 76. No antenna is located nearer to a scene to which another antenna transmits or from which it receives. The antennas are closely spaced with respect to one another. Antennas are incorporated in radomes A1 to A15, with adjacent radomes e.g. A7 and A8 having an intervening gap Dr only sufficient to accommodate relative movement between the radomes due to changing environmental conditions experienced in normal use. The gap Dr may be less than one tenth of any antenna operating wavelength in free space, preferably less than 0.033 of such wavelength. The radomes A1 to A15 have support struts 72 extending backwardly away from their respective transmission directions and disposed generally symmetrically about respective lines through antenna centres perpendicular to antenna planes.
Patent GB-2400270-A (GB)
Title: Mobile data communications
Inventor: KING-SMITH ANTHONY DAVID
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2003-03-31
Abstract: A communications system for transmitting data to a mobile device comprises a first communications link 16 for broadcasting first, general information and a second communications link, 12, eg a cellular link, over which user-specific data is transmitted.
Patent GB-2388987-A (GB)
Title: User modification of a composite image via an interactive interview process
Inventor: BEEMAN EDWARD S
IPC: G06T5/50
Filed: 2003-04-02
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhancing related digital images (322, 324) through a user-friendly interactive-interview process (400). A digital-image-processing system may be implemented with a user interface (310), a data manager (320), and an image processor (330). The user interface (310) identifies a flawed region (323a) of a first digital image (322) and a substitute region (325b). The image processor (330) is configured to generate a composite image (500) comprising the first digital image (322) and the substitute region (325b) wherein the image processor (330) is responsive to an interactive interview process (400) to produce a modified composite image. A digital-image processing method includes receiving related digital-image information (404), identifying an undesirable feature within the digital-image information (406), associating a desired feature within the digital-image information with the undesirable feature (408, 410), replacing the undesirable feature with the desirable feature, and adjusting the image information responsible for generating the desirable feature to produce a modified digital image (416). The user modification of the composite image may reduce differences between the desirable feature and the image into which it is inserted, for example, so that the inserted feature blends in to the image into which it is inserted.
Patent GB-2389630-A (GB)
Title: A pump having a plastic valve plate
Inventor: LARKE KEITH
IPC: F04B43/02
Filed: 2003-05-23
Abstract: A fluid pump (10) which can operate at pressures from 0 to approximately 100 psi is disclosed. The pump (10) has a rotational drive shaft (13), driven by a motor (12) with a lower valve plate (14) being seated on the motor (12). A drive mechanism, connected to the drive shaft (13) is mounted on the lower valve plate (14) and is adapted to drive valve elements (17). A fluid input means (16) so operably connected to the valve elements (17) which draw fluid from the fluid input means (16) and expel the fluid through an output (19). The lower valve plate (14) is formed of a plastics material. The plastics material is a poly (phenylenesulphide) which includes p-phenylene rings within its chain. An inert filler is included within the plastics material, which filler is glass, a mineral or mixture thereof.
Patent GB-2385446-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized access by a network device
Inventor: BLUMENAU STEVEN M
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: A method and apparatus for a network computer system including a plurality of devices and a shared resource. In response to one of the devices attempting to access the shared resource and representing itself to the shared resource as a first device, determining whether the device is attempting to access the shared resource through a physical connection through the network that is different than a physical connection used by the first device to access the shared resource, and when it is, denying the attempted access.
Patent GB-2388323-A (GB)
Title: Defibrillation System
Inventor: MILLER JAMES L
IPC: A61N1/39
Filed: 2000-07-14
Abstract: A defibrillation system (8) includes an automatic external defibrillator (10) and a supply module (14) containing pads (34) and battery means (32), the pads and the battery means having respective expiration dates and the supply module having an expiration date which is the earlier of said two expiration dates, electronic indicia being provided on the supply module (14) relating to its expiration date, and the external defibrillator (10) being configured to receive signals relating to the electronic indicia. The supply module (14) may be physically coupled to the defibrillator (see fig 10). Other items containable by the supply module include ECG leads, gloves, scissors, and PCMCIA cards. Memory (38) or other circuitry may be provided on the supply module (14) to communicate with the defibrillator prior to, during or after operation of the defibrillator to facilitate exchanges of information between the supply module, defibrillator, defibrillator operator and defibrillator maintenance personnel.
Patent GB-2395340-A (GB)
Title: Gaming device having multiple symbols at a single symbol position
Inventor: MARKS HOWARD
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2003-09-05
Abstract: A gaming device comprises a plurality of reels 54a - e having a plurality of symbols 100 including at least one replicator symbol 102, 104 comprising at least two of the same symbols in a single symbol position. The replicator symbol increases the likelihood that a player will obtain a winning symbol combination on the reels and also an award in the game. The reels may further include at least one bonus symbol providing a bonus outcome to the player when a winning symbol combination including the bonus symbol occurs. The gaming device is controlled by a processor and may be played through a data network e.g. the internet.
Patent GB-2408769-A (GB)
Title: Safety door and frame assembly
Inventor: HENRY RUPERT G
IPC: E06B7/36
Filed: 2003-12-05
Abstract: A door and frame assembly comprising a first compressible member <B>104</B> located at an edge portion of the door <B>100</B> and a second compressible member <B>105</B> located at an edge portion of the frame <B>101</B>. When the door is closed with an obstruction, such as a hand <B>1200</B>, placed between the edge portions of the door <B>100</B> and frame <B>101</B> the compressible members <B>104</B>, <B>105</B> compress about the obstruction <B>1200</B>. The compressible members <B>104</B>, <B>105</B> may be elongate coated resilient foam strips. The compressible members <B>104</B>, <B>105</B> may have locating means such as dove-tail projections for fitting to the door <B>100</B> and frame <B>101</B>. The compressible members <B>104</B>, <B>105</B> may be positioned at opening edges of the door and frame and/or at hinged edges of the door and frame. A sleeved locking mechanism may be fitted to the assembly. Also provided are compressible members <B>104</B>, <B>105</B> for fitting to a door <B>100</B> and frame <B>101</B>, a kit of parts and methods of manufacturing such a door and frame assembly and methods of inhibiting injury to fingers <B>1200</B> using such an assembly.
Patent GB-2409811-A (GB)
Title: Battery-operated bath lift
Inventor: ROSSER GARY
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 2004-01-08
Abstract: A bath lift (1) comprising a chassis (5) for resting, in use, at the bottom of a bath, the chassis supporting a moveably mounted seat (8), the seat being moveable between raised and lowered positions by a battery-operating lifting mechanism (11), the lifting mechanism including an electric motor (15) having a drive shaft (16), a worm gear (17) fixed to the drive shaft and in mesh with a spur gear (18) mounted for rotation with a driven shaft (19), the driven shaft driving either directly or indirectly a threaded end of a linearly moveable actuating arm (14) for raising and lowering the seat, characterised in that the driven shaft includes at one end means (22) for connection to a handle (23) for rotating the driven shaft independently of the electric motor, and that the pitch of the worm gear and hence the spur gear is such as to allow the driven shaft to be rotatable by the handle in substitution for the electric motor.
Patent GB-2394913-A (GB)
Title: Slip-and marking-resistant floor covering
Inventor: SHORTLAND ADRIAN JOHN
IPC: E04F15/10
Filed: 2002-07-30
Abstract: The present invention provides a slip resistant flooring material including a low surface tension additive to improve resistance to marking.
Patent GB-2414824-A (GB)
Title: Policy-based autonomous control
Inventor: MATSUBARA MASAZUMI
IPC: G06F11/00
Filed: 2004-09-27
Abstract: Controlling an information processing system made up of a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected via a network, includes a storage unit which stores policies required for managing the information processing system. The system allows for autonomous control, enabling automatic reconfiguration upon failure or load change in accordance with the system policies.
Patent GB-2403346-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor device
Inventor: KOBAYASHI TAKASHI
IPC: H01L29/06
Filed: 2001-10-24
Abstract: A vertical metal/oxide/semiconductor (MOS) device such as a MOS-type field effect transistor (MOSFET) or insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) has a breakdown-voltage sustaining layer 12 above a layer with low electrical resistance 11, the breakdown-voltage sustaining layer comprising at least one semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a well region 13 in the surface of the breakdown-voltage sustaining layer. Guard rings (g1-g14, Fig. 13) having the same conductivity type as the well region surround the well region, and the spacing between the well region and the first guard ring nearest to the well region being d1/4 or narrower, where d1 is the shallower one of the junction depth of the well region and the junction depth of the guard rings. The device may have surface regions (14, Fig. 2) of the first conductivity type which are extended portions of the breakdown-voltage sustaining layer 12, surrounded by the well region 13. The surface area ratio of the surface regions to the well region may be in the region 0.01-0.2 and the surface region may be stripe-shaped. The devices have a high breakdown voltage and low on-resistance, minimising the trade-off relationship between the on-resistance and the breakdown voltage, enabling a high switching speed.
Patent GB-2409043-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for determining forces on a downhole drillling tool
Inventor: BOGATH CHRISTOPHER C
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2004-10-29
Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining forces on a downhole drilling tool is provided. The downhole tool is provided with a drill collar operatively connectable to the drilling tool, and a sensor mounted about the drill collar. The sensor is adapted to measure deformation of the drill collar whereby forces on the drilling tool are determined. The sensor may be part of a force measurement system, a strain gauge system or a drilling jar system. The drill collar is adapted to magnify and/or isolate the deformation applied to the drill string. In another embodiment the sensor comprises two sensing elements. An electrical property of the sensor varies as the distance between the two elements varies or the area between them varies, as in a capacitive position sensor. However the sensor can be that of the following types: LVDT, impedance, variable reluctance, eddy current or inductive. The sensor may even comprise a sealed cavity in which pressure variation is measured.
Patent GB-2420796-A (GB)
Title: Levelling cradle for supporting a flooring batten
Inventor: ANSELL WILLIAM CHARLES
IPC: E04F15/024
Filed: 2004-12-03
Abstract: A levelling batten support cradle <B>1</B> has a base <B>2</B> and a batten receiving region. The cradle <B>1</B> is interlockably stackable with another cradle of the same configuration. The batten receiving region may define a batten receiving channel. The channel may be defined by a plurality of legs <B>5</B> upstanding from the base. There may be at least four legs <B>5</B> defining two channels set at right angles to each other. A plurality of channels extending parallel to each other may be provided. Upper portions <B>6</B> of the legs may be interlockable with recesses in an underside of another cradle of the same configuration to allow stacking. The recesses may be within a lower portion <B>7</B> of the legs. The cradles <B>1</B> can be stacked to provide the desired height of support and spacers <B>9</B> may be positioned in the batten receiving region between the support cradle <B>1</B> and the batten to more finely adjust this height. An acoustic damping pad may be positioned beneath the support cradle.
Patent GB-2410138-A (GB)
Title: Power converter with multiple DC outputs
Inventor: ROSS ALAN
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2004-12-22
Abstract: A power converter system comprises a single mains input, a primary AC-DC transformer (not shown) for converting a mains alternating current to a fixed direct current (1), a plurality of output (8), and a plurality of secondary DC-DC converters (2) each associated with one of the plurality of outputs, wherein the input to each of the secondary converters is the fixed direct current output of the first transformer, and wherein the output of each of the secondary transformers is connected to a respective one of a plurality of output ports. The system is particularly useful with laptop computers, or mobile phones or PDAs.
Patent GB-2414779-A (GB)
Title: A damping buffer apparatus for a flip-down ceiling screen
Inventor: YANG JENG-JI
IPC: B60R11/02
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: A damping buffer apparatus for a flip-down ceiling screen including a case 1 and a lid 2 pivotally coupled with one lateral end 100 of the case 1 for holding a screen 20. The lateral end 100 has two sides forming a first action side A and a corresponding second actions side B. The first action aside A has a speed reducing mechanism 11, 111 to reduce the flipping speed of the lid 2 via a damper C and a reducing gear set T and provide a buffer effect when the lid 2 is driven by a first elastic element S1 and unfolds. The second action side B has a second elastic element S2 compressed by the flipping lid 2 at the initial unfolding stage during the buffering process, and expanded at a later unfolding stage of the lid 2 to provide a returning elastic force to move and anchor the lid 2 in a desired position. The impact and vibration resulting from fast flipping of the lid 2 is thus minimised and may be prevented.