1. A decorative moldingcasing comprising:
a) a non-metallic frame having edges, a rear surface and a front face section;
b) a longitudinal groove in the rear surface defining a first interior surface;
c) an artistic design cutout through the front face section establishing at least one opening through the first interior surface and into the longitudinal groove;
d) a non-plastic colored filler material having a colored surface positioned within the longitudinal groove, the colored surface being in contact with the first interior surface, the filler material not extending into the cutout; and
e) a fastener constructed and arranged to secure the filler material within the longitudinal groove whereby the colored surface is visible through the cutout transversing the front face section to highlight the cutout and the decorative moldingcasing.
2. The decorative moldingcasing according to claim 1, further comprising grooves proximate to the edges of the frame said grooves defining said front face section.
3. The decorative moldingcasing according to claim 1, wherein said support sections are substantially symmetrical.
4. The decorative moldingcasing according to claim 1, wherein the front face section is substantially flat.
5. The decorative moldingcasing according to claim 1, the front face section comprising a plurality of cutouts.
6. The decorative moldingcasing according to claim 1, the fastener comprising and adhesive.
7. The decorative moldingcasing according claim 1, the fastener comprising nails.
8. A decorative moldingcasing comprising:
a) a non-metallic frame having an exterior surface and a rear surface, said rear surface comprising a longitudinal groove defining a pair of support sections;
b) at least one artistic design cutout through the exterior surface and the rear surface, said at least one cutout defining at least one opening through the frame;
c) a filler material having a colored surface positioned within the longitudinal groove and proximate to the rear surface, the filler material not extending into the at least one cutout; and
d) a fastener constructed and arranged to secure the filler material to the rear surface whereby the colored surface is visible through the at least one cutout to highlight the at least one cutout the decorative moldingcasing.
9. A decorative moldingcasing comprising:
a) a non-metallic frame having the appearance of wood, said frame having edges, an exterior surface, a rear surface, a front face section, and at least one cutout traversing the exterior surface and the rear surface;
b) a longitudinal groove in the rear surface defining a first interior surface; and
c) a filler material having a colored surface positioned within said longitudinal groove, the colored surface being in contact with the first interior surface, the filler material being secured within the longitudinal groove, said colored surface positioned proximate to said cutout whereby the colored surface is visible through the cutout to highlight the cutout and the decorative moldingcasing.
10. The decorative moldingcasing according to claim 9, wherein said longitudinal groove defines a pair of support sections.
11. The decorative moldingcasing according to claim 10, said exterior surface comprising at least one channel, an edge, and a substantially flat front face section.
12. The decorative moldingcasing according to claim 11, wherein said channel is positioned proximate to said edge said exterior surface.
13. The decorative moldingcasing according to claim 10, wherein said support sections are substantially symmetrical.
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 method comprising:
during a data transfer session,
sending, via a communications channel to a destination, a first data transfer session packet, then
sending, via the communications channel to the destination, a series of additional packets to reserve, for multiple consecutive time slots, the communications channel for a second data transfer packet sent from the destination via the communications channel in response to the first data transfer session packet, wherein the additional packets are different to the first data transfer session packet.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication channel is between a first device operating as a master and a second device operating as a slave, wherein a slave is configured to send a packet to the master only in response to a poll from the master.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication channel is a time division duplex channel comprising frames having a downlink time slot and an uplink time slot.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication channel is between a first device operating as a master and a second device operating as a slave, wherein a slave is configured to send a packet to the master only in response to a poll from the master, wherein the communication channel is a time division duplex channel comprising frames having a downlink time slot and an uplink time slot and wherein the latency between the receipt of a message in a data transfer protocol and the transmission of a message in reply is greater than a frame duration.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data transfer session uses an asynchronous data transfer protocol.
6. A method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the latency between the receipt of a message in the asynchronous data transfer protocol and the transmission of the next message in the asynchronous data transfer protocol is greater than 1.25 ms.
7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data transfer session is for transferring first data and comprises sending a sequence of packets including data transfer session packets interspersed with additional packets wherein the first data transfer session packets transfer the first data and the additional packets do not transfer the first data but repeatedly reserve the communications channel.
8. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising sending a data transfer session packet, then repeatedly sending additional packets until receipt of an acknowledgement of receipt of the data transfer session packet.
9. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first data transfer session packet is a final packet of an OBEX, Object Exchange Protocol, PUT command.
10. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional packets are polls sent by a Master.
11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data transfer session is for transferring first data and comprises sending a sequence of packets including data transfer session packets interspersed with additional packets wherein the first data transfer session packets acknowledge transfer of the first data and the additional packets do not transfer the first data or acknowledge transfer of the first data but repeatedly reserve the communications channel.
12. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication channel is a time division duplex channel comprising frames having a downlink time slot and an uplink time slot, the method comprising sending a data transfer session packet in an uplink slot, then repeatedly sending additional packets in each uplink slot, thereby holding the communications channel, until the next data transfer in the downlink slot.
13. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first data transfer session packet is a final packet of an OBEX, Object Exchange Protocol, CONTINUE response.
14. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional packets are packets sent by a Slave that obtain polls in reply from a master.
15. A method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a master on receiving a packet from a slave, during a data transfer session, polls that slave.
16. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional packets are selected from the group comprising: data packets with an empty payload and empty RFCOMM packets.
17. A device comprising:
a controller configured during a data transfer session to control the sending, via a communications channel to a destination, of a first data transfer session packet and the subsequent sending, via the communications channel to the destination, a series of additional packets to reserve the communications channel for multiple, consecutive time slots, for a second data transfer pack sent from the destination via the communications channel in response to the first data transfer session packet, wherein the additional packets are different to the first data transfer session packet.
18. A device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the device is configured either as a master or a slave and the communication channel is between a master and a slave, wherein a slave is configured to send a packet to the master only in response to a poll from the master.
19. A device as claimed in claim 18, wherein a master on receiving a packet from a slave, during a data transfer session, polls that slave.
20. A device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the communication channel is a time division duplex channel comprising frames including a downlink time slot and an uplink time slot.
21. A device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the data transfer session uses an asynchronous data transfer protocol.
22. A non-transitory computer program product tangibly embodying program instructions for enabling a device during a data transfer session
to send, to a destination via a communications channel, a first data transfer session packet, and
to subsequently send to the destination via the communications channel, a series of additional packets to reserve, for multiple, consecutive time slots, the communications channel for a second data transfer packet sent from the destination via the communications channel in response to the first data transfer session packet, wherein the additional packets are different to the first data transfer session packet.
23. A chipset arranged to control, during a data transfer session,
the sending, to a destination via communications channel, of a first data transfer session packet and
the subsequent sending, to the destination via the communications channel, of an additional packet or packets to reserve, for multiple, consecutive time slots, the communications channel for a second data transfer packet sent from the destination via the communications channel in response to the first data transfer session packet, wherein the additional packets are different to the first data transfer session packet.
24. A method comprising:
during the data transfer session,
sending, to a destination via a communications channel, a first data transfer session packet containing transfer data, then,
sending to the destination via the communications channel, an additional packet or packets that reserve the communications channel for a second data transfer session packet sent by the destination in response to the first data transfer session packet via the communications channel, wherein the additional packets do not contain transfer data.
25. A method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the data transfer session is for transferring first data and comprises sending a sequence of packets including first data transfer session packets interspersed with polls wherein the first data transfer session packets transfer the first data and the polls do not transfer the first data but each poll reserves the communications channel.
26. A method as claimed in claim 24, comprising sending a data transfer session packet, then repeatedly sending polls until receipt of an acknowledgement of receipt of the data transfer session packet.
27. A method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the data transfer session packet is a final packet of an OBEX, Object Exchange Protocol, PUT command.
28. A method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the additional packet and packets are selected from the group comprising: data packets with an empty payload; empty RFCOMM packets.
29. A device comprising:
means for sending, to a destination via a communications channel, a first data packet; and
means for sending, to the destination via the communications channel, an additional data session extension packet or packets after the first data packet, to reserve, for multiple, consecutive time slots, the communications channel for a second data transfer packet sent from the destination via the communications channel in response to the first data transfer session, packet, wherein the additional packets are different to the first data transfer session packet.
30. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first data transfer session packet is sent, to the destination via the communications channel, in response to a packet received from the destination prior to said sending.