We claim:
1. A tape-like, magnetic recording medium I comprising a nonmagnetic substrate III, at least one layer applied to this substrate and, in at least one of these layers, an inorganic needle-shaped pigment II which is suitable as a supporting pigment and has a ratio of the average length to the average diameter of the pigment II of from 3:1 to 15:1, wherein the mean modulus of elasticity of the stated layers is not less than 15 GPa in the longitudinal direction of the tape-like recording medium I.
2. A tape-like, magnetic recording medium I as claimed in claim 1, having a modulus of elasticity in the longitudinal direction of the tape-like recording medium I of not less than 20 GPa.
3. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 1 or 2, comprising
a) a nonmagnetic substrate III and
b) a layer IV suitable for magnetic information storage.
4. A recording medium I as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3, comprising a layer V which contains a binder and the supporting pigment II.
5. A recording medium I as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the nonmagnetic substrate III contains the supporting pigment II.
6. A recording medium I as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the layer IV suitable for magnetic information storage contains the supporting pigment II.
7. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 3, wherein a layer V is arranged between the nonmagnetic substrate III and the layer IV suitable for magnetic information storage.
8. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 3, wherein the nonmagnetic substrate III is arranged between a layer V and the layer IV suitable for magnetic information storage.
9. A recording medium I as claimed in any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the layer IV suitable for magnetic information storage contains a binder and finely divided ferromagnetic pigments.
10. A recording medium I as claimed in any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the layer IV suitable for magnetic information storage essentially comprises a ferromagnetic metal or ferromagnetic alloy.
11. A recording medium I as claimed in any of claims 1 to 10, containing a ferromagnetic pigment as supporting pigment II.
12. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 11, containing ferromagnetic metal or alloy pigments as supporting pigment II.
13. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 11, containing ferromagnetic metal oxide pigments as supporting pigment II.
14. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 13, containing -Fe2O3 pigments, Co-containing -Fe2O3 pigments, -Fe3O4 pigments or CrO2 pigments as supporting pigment II.
15. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 13, containing, as supporting pigment II, needle-shaped chromium-containing pigments of the formula VI
CraOx.n H2O VI
where
a is the average valency of the chromium with 3.0<a3.25,
x is the oxygen equivalents determined by the valency of the chromium and
n is the water content with 0<n<(4a)2,
having a ratio of the average length of the needles to the average diameter of the needles of from 3:1 to 10:1.
16. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 15, wherein the pigments VI consist of
a) 50% by weight of a core and
b) 50% by weight of a shell and
the atomic ratios of Cr(IV) to Cr(III) in the core and in the shell are identical.
17. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 15, wherein the pigments VI consist of
a) 50% by weight of a core and
b) 50% by weight of a shell and
the atomic ratio of Cr(IV) to Cr(III) in the shell is greater than that in the core.
18. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 15, wherein the pigments VI consist of
a) 50% by weight of a core and
b) 50% by weight of a shell and
the atomic ratio of Cr(IV) to Cr(III) in the core is greater than that in the shell.
19. A recording medium I as claimed in any of claims 1 to 10, containing a nonferromagnetic pigment as supporting pigment II.
20. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 19, containing FeOOH or -Fe2O3 as supporting pigment II.
21. A recording medium I as claimed in claim 19, containing, as supporting pigment II, a pigment of the formula VII
Cr2O3.n H2O VII
where
n is from 0 to 0.5,
having a ratio of the average length of the needles to the average diameter of the needles of from 3:1 to 10:1.
22. A recording medium I as claimed in any of claims 14 to 18 and 21, containing
a) a nonmagnetic substrate III and, arranged thereon,
b) a layer V which contains a binder and a chromium-containing needle-shaped metal oxide having a ratio of the average length to the average diameter of the pigment of at least 7 and an orientation ratio of at least 4 and, arranged thereon,
c) a layer IV suitable for information storage and containing a binder and ferromagnetic metallic pigments,
the modulus of elasticity in the longitudinal direction of the tape-like recording medium I being greater than 30 GPa.
23. A pigment VI or VII suitable as a supporting pigment and according to the definition in claims 15 to 18, 21 and 22.
24. A supporting pigment as claimed in claim 23, having an average needle length of from 100 to 400 nm.
25. A process for the preparation of the pigments VI and VII as claimed in claims 23 and 24, wherein pigments of the formula VIII
CrOx VIII
where
x is 1.8×2.2,
a) are heated at from 400 to 500 C. or
b) are reacted under hydrothermal conditions at from 110 to 250 C. with a reducing agent and then heated at from 200 to 400 C.
26. The use of pigments VI and VII as claimed in claims 23 and 24 for modifying the mechanical properties of the polymeric materials.
27. The use as claimed in claim 26 for an isotropic modification of the mechanical properties of polymeric materials.
28. A method for modifying the mechanical properties of polymeric materials, wherein pigments VI or VII are incorporated into melts or solutions of polymeric materials or melts or solutions of compounds from which polymeric materials can be prepared, and the mixture is then cured or allowed to solidify.
29. A method as claimed in claim 28, anisotropic modification of the mechanical properties of polymeric materials being effected, wherein the pigments are rheologically oriented and the materials are cured or allowed to solidify.
30. A method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the pigments VI are oriented in an external magnetic field and the materials are cured or allowed to solidify.
31. A polymeric material obtainable as claimed in any of claims 28 to 30.
32. A magnetic recording medium produced with the use of a polymeric material as claimed in claim 31.
33. A recording medium I as claimed in any of claims 15 to 18, containing pigments VI, oriented in an external magnetic field.
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 system comprising:
a visiting telephony adapter having a universal serial bus port:
for receiving an authentication before receiving user profile data;
for receiving the user profile data from a universal serial bus memory device, wherein the user profile data comprises a telephone number associated with a home telephony adapter, a first setting for a call forwarding feature, a second setting for a caller identification feature, a third setting for a call waiting feature, and a fourth setting for a three-way calling feature, wherein the home telephony adapter is for transferring the user profile data to the universal serial bus memory device after receiving an authentication for transferring the user profile data to the universal serial bus memory device, wherein the authentication for transferring the user profile data to the universal serial bus memory device comprises a password;
for transmitting a registration message to a call control element, the registration message comprising a request to associate the telephone number associated with the home telephony adapter with an internet protocol address associated with the visiting telephony adapter, wherein the registration message is for causing a network configuration setting to be transferred to the visiting telephony adapter; and
for receiving the forwarded telephone call, wherein the forwarded telephone call was destined for the telephone number associated with the home telephony adapter.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the call control element is:
for authenticating the registration message; and
for associating the telephone number associated with the home telephony adapter with the Internet protocol address associated with the visiting telephony adapter.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the home telephony adapter is geographically separated from the visiting telephony adapter.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user profile data further comprises at least one of:
a fifth setting for a ring tone selection feature, a sixth setting for a display feature, and a seventh setting for a telephone book information feature.
5. A method comprising:
receiving, by a visiting telephony adapter having a universal serial bus port, an authentication before receiving user profile data;
receiving, by the visiting telephony adapter, the user profile data from a universal serial bus memory device, wherein the user profile data comprises a telephone number associated with a home telephony adapter, a first setting for a call forwarding feature, a second setting for a caller identification feature, a third setting for a call waiting feature, and a fourth setting for a three-way calling feature, wherein the home telephony adapter is for transferring the user profile data to the universal serial bus memory device after receiving an authentication for transferring the user profile data to the universal serial bus memory device, wherein the authentication for transferring the user profile data to the universal serial bus memory device comprises a password;
transmitting, by the visiting telephony adapter, a registration message to a call control element, the registration message comprising a request to associate the telephone number associated with the home telephony adapter with an internet protocol address associated with the visiting telephony adapter, wherein the registration message is for causing a network configuration setting to be transferred to the visiting telephony adapter; and
receiving, by the visiting telephony adapter, the forwarded telephone call, wherein the forwarded telephone call was destined for the telephone number associated with the home telephony adapter.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the home telephony adapter is geographically separated from the visiting telephony adapter.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the call control element is for:
authenticating the registration message; and
associating the telephone number associated with the home telephony adapter with the internet protocol address associated with the visiting telephony adapter.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the registration message further comprises authentication information and wherein the authenticating the registration message is based on the authentication information.
9. The method of claim 5, wherein the user profile data further comprises at least one of:
a fifth setting for a ring tone selection feature, a sixth setting for a display feature, and a seventh setting for a telephone book information feature.
10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operation for receiving user profile data by a visiting telephony adapter having a universal serial bus port, the operations comprising:
receiving an authentication before receiving the user profile data;
receiving the user profile data from a universal serial bus memory device, wherein the user profile data comprises a telephone number associated with a home telephony adapter, a first setting for a call forwarding feature, a second setting for a caller identification feature, a third setting for a call waiting feature, and a fourth setting for a three-way calling feature, wherein the home telephony adapter is for transferring the user profile data to the universal serial bus memory device after receiving an authentication for transferring the user profile data to the universal serial bus memory device, wherein the authentication for transferring the user profile data to the universal serial bus memory device comprises a password;
transmitting a registration message to a call control element, wherein the registration message comprises a request to associate the telephone number associated with the home telephony adapter with an internet protocol address associated with the visiting telephony adapter, wherein the registration message is for causing a network configuration setting to be transferred to the visiting telephony adapter; and
receiving the forwarded telephone call, wherein the forwarded telephone call was destined for the telephone number associated with the home telephony adapter.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the user profile data further comprises at least one of:
a fifth setting for a ring tone selection feature, a sixth setting for a display feature, and a seventh setting for a telephone book information feature.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the transmitting the registration message causes the visiting telephony adapter to be registered in a network and informs the network that the first setting, the second setting, the third setting and the fourth setting are maintained.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the network comprises a voice over internet protocol network.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the home telephony adapter is geographically separated from the visiting telephony adapter.