1. A method for generating a multi-level hierarchical directory structure and establishing relationships between descriptors, the method comprising:
selecting an initial data object;
creating one or more descriptors associated with the data object wherein each of said descriptors are further associated with one or more corresponding descriptors thereby forming a multi-level relational tree;
determining the relationship between the one or more descriptors;
creating a hierarchical structure linking the different levels of descriptors;
updating a corresponding database; and
identifying a single initial descriptor that links a plurality of descriptors and two or more predecessor descriptors linking another single descriptor to thereby establish relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the single initial descriptor.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein each descriptor can be related to one or more predecessor descriptors thereby forming a hierarchical relationship.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein each descriptor can be associated with one or more predecessor descriptors and the relationship of the object to the one or more predecessor descriptors is acyclic.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the initial data object.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation further comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) to navigate the enmeshed directory in both directions, said GUI presents both descriptors or objects described by a particular descriptor using proper links and the descriptors describing the object or descriptor using proper links.
6. A network management system communicatively coupled to one or more element management systems adapted to perform a method for creating a multi-level hierarchical directory structure and establishing relationships between descriptors, comprising:
a processor for executing software instructions received from a memory to perform thereby a method for, the method comprising:
linking each of a plurality of data objects to multiple respective descriptors, each of said descriptors being linked with one or more predecessor tags; and
identifying a single initial descriptor that links a plurality of descriptors and two or more predecessor descriptors linking another single descriptor to thereby establish the relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the single initial descriptor.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the operation further comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) to navigate the enmeshed directory in both directions, said GUI presents both descriptors or objects described by a particular descriptor using proper links and the descriptors describing the object or descriptor using proper links.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the relationships of the object to the one or more descriptors is acyclic.
9. A mesh network system comprising a processor, a network manager adapted to manage the mesh network and perform a method for creating a multi-level hierarchical directory structure and establishing relationships between descriptors, the method comprising:
linking each of a plurality of mesh clients and nodes to multiple respective descriptors, each of said descriptors being linked with one or more predecessor descriptors; and
identifying a single initial descriptor that links a list of mesh clients and two or more predecessor descriptors linking another single descriptor thereby establishing the relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the single initial mesh client.
10. The mesh network system of claim 9, wherein the network manager further comprises a GUI to navigate the enmeshed directory in both directions, said GUI presenting both descriptors or objects described by particular descriptor using proper links and the descriptors describing the client or descriptor using proper links.
11. The mesh network system of claim 9, wherein the client is one of a radio node, a router, a gateway.
12. The mesh network system of claim 9, wherein the relationships of the client to the one or more descriptors is acyclic.
13. A computer readable storage medium for storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors communicatively coupled to a network, perform a method for creating a multi-level hierarchical directory structure and establishing relationships between descriptors, comprising:
linking by a device an object to multiple descriptors describing said object, each of said descriptors being identified by one or more predecessor descriptors linked to the descriptor; and
identifying a single initial descriptor that links a plurality of descriptors and two or more predecessor descriptors linking another single descriptor to thereby establish relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the single initial descriptor.
14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein navigating the enmeshed directory in both directions requires the GUI, said GUI presents both descriptors or objects described by a particular descriptor using proper links and the descriptors describing the object or descriptor using proper links.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the relationship of the object to the one or more descriptors is acyclic.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising determining the relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the initial data object.
17. A content server comprising a processor, said content server multicasting to a plurality of client servers in a network system adapted to perform a method for creating a multi-level hierarchical directory and establishing relationships between descriptors, the method comprising:
linking by the content server each of a plurality of client servers to multiple respective descriptors, each of said descriptors being linked with one or more predecessor descriptors wherein a top level predecessor descriptor corresponds to the content server; and
identifying a single initial descriptor that links a plurality of client servers and two or more predecessor descriptors linking another single descriptor to thereby establish relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the single initial client server.
18. The content server of claim 17, further comprising generating a graphical user interface (GUI) to visualize navigation of the enmeshed directory in both directions, said GUI presenting both descriptors or clients servers described by a particular descriptor using proper links and descriptors describing the client server or descriptor using proper links.
19. The network system of claim 17, wherein each descriptor can be associated with one or more predecessor descriptors and the relationships of the client server to the one or more descriptors is acyclic.
20. The network system of claim 17, wherein the network further comprises a social network and the plurality of client servers comprise one or more end users.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A cooling assembly comprising:
a cooling garment configured to thermally contact a body portion, the cooling garment having a first wall and a second wall defining a chamber;
a fluid inlet coupled to the cooling garment, the fluid inlet configured to couple to a pressurized liquid refrigerant source and deliver a liquid refrigerant from the pressurized liquid refrigerant source to the chamber;
a vent coupled to the cooling garment and in fluid communication with the chamber, the vent configured to allow release of evaporated liquid refrigerant from the chamber as the liquid refrigerant evaporates within the chamber; and
a heat transfer fluid within the chamber and in thermal communication with the liquid refrigerant, the heat transfer fluid configured to exchange heat between the liquid refrigerant and the body portion in thermal contact with the cooling garment as the liquid refrigerant evaporates within the chamber.
2. The cooling assembly of claim 1 wherein the cooling garment comprises an evaporator assembly in fluid communication with the heat transfer fluid, the evaporator assembly configured to receive the liquid refrigerant from the pressurized liquid refrigerant source via the fluid inlet.
3. The cooling assembly of claim 2 wherein the evaporator assembly comprises a pressure relief valve configured to maintain a pressure within the evaporator chamber and control evaporation of the liquid refrigerant.
4. The cooling assembly of claim 1 wherein the fluid inlet comprises a flow control valve.
5. The cooling assembly of claim 1 wherein the cooling garment is chosen from the group consisting of a cap, a vest, trousers, a blanket, or a collar.
6. The cooling assembly of claim 1 wherein the vent comprises a gas permeable membrane forming at least one of the first wall and the second wall of the cooling garment.
7. The cooling assembly of claim 1 wherein the cooling garment comprises an iontophoresis assembly.
8. A cooling system comprising:
a pressurized liquid refrigerant source having a liquid refrigerant; and
a cooling assembly having:
a cooling garment configured to thermally contact a body portion, the cooling garment having a first wall and a second wall defining a chamber;
a fluid inlet coupled to the cooling garment, the fluid inlet coupled to the pressurized liquid refrigerant source and configured to deliver the liquid refrigerant from the pressurized liquid refrigerant source to the chamber;
a vent coupled to the cooling garment and in fluid communication with the chamber, the vent configured to allow release of evaporated liquid refrigerant from the chamber as the liquid refrigerant evaporates within the chamber; and
a heat transfer fluid within the chamber and in thermal communication with the liquid refrigerant, the heat transfer fluid configured to exchange heat between the liquid refrigerant and the body portion in thermal contact with the cooling garment as the liquid refrigerant evaporates within the chamber.
9. The cooling system of claim 8 wherein the cooling garment comprises an evaporator assembly in fluid communication with the heat transfer fluid, the evaporator assembly configured to receive the liquid refrigerant from the pressurized liquid refrigerant source via the fluid inlet.
10. The cooling system of claim 9 wherein the evaporator assembly comprises a pressure relief valve configured to maintain a pressure within the evaporator chamber and control evaporation of the liquid refrigerant.
11. The cooling system of claim 8 wherein the fluid inlet comprises a flow control valve.
12. The cooling system of claim 8 wherein the cooling garment is chosen from the group consisting of a cap, a vest, trousers, a blanket, or a collar.
13. The cooling system of claim 8 wherein the vent comprises a gas permeable membrane forming at least one of the first wall and the second wall of the cooling garment.
14. The cooling system of claim 8 wherein the cooling garment comprises an iontophoresis assembly.
15. The cooling system of claim 8 further comprising a gel in thermal communication with the cooling garment and configured to thermally contact the body portion.
16. The cooling system of claim 15 wherein the gel comprises an anesthetic agent.
17. The cooling system of claim 11 further comprising a control console having a physiological sensor configured to contact a subject, the control console coupled to the flow control valve and configured to receive a signal from the physiological sensor and adjust the flow control valve to adjust cooling of the subject based upon the received signal.
18. A method for altering a temperature of a subject comprising:
thermally contacting a cooling garment with a body portion of the subject, the cooling garment having a first wall and a second wall defining a chamber, a fluid inlet coupled to the cooling garment, a vent coupled to the cooling garment and in fluid communication with the chamber, and a heat transfer fluid within the chamber;
coupling the fluid inlet to a pressurized liquid refrigerant source; and
activating the pressurized liquid refrigerant source to deliver a liquid refrigerant from the pressurized liquid refrigerant source to the chamber, the heat transfer fluid configured exchanging heat between the liquid refrigerant and the body portion in thermal contact with the cooling garment as the liquid refrigerant evaporates within the chamber and the vent allowing release of evaporated liquid refrigerant from the chamber as the liquid refrigerant evaporates within the chamber.
19. The method of claim 18 comprising:
applying a heat transfer gel to the body portion of the subject; and
placing the cooling garment in thermal communication with the gel.
20. The method of claim 18 comprising:
coupling a physiological sensor with the subject;
coupling a control console to a flow control valve associated with the fluid inlet of the cooling garment; and
activating the control console to (i) receive a signal from the physiological sensor and (ii) adjust the flow control valve in response to the signal received from the physiological sensor to adjust cooling of the subject.
21. The cooling system of claim 8 further comprising:
a housing coupled to the pressurized liquid refrigerant source; and
a treatment device coupled to the housing, the treatment device chosen from the group consisting of a defibrillation device, a chest compression apparatus, or an intravenous fluid infusion device.