Author: claimsbot

1. A method of facilitating remote access to a mobile network, comprising:
obtaining information specific to a user terminal (UT);
employing the UT-specific information to determine access capabilities of the UT; and
generating a custom system determination list (SDL) for selecting between disparate types of access points based upon the access capabilities of the UT.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising including identifying data for a home Femto cell of the UT within the custom SDL.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising specifying relative priority of respective access points based at least in part on access point type.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
defining or obtaining a home geographic area (GEO) within which a home Femto cell of the UT is located; and
providing multiple priority hierarchies in the custom SDL that establish different access point priorities when the UT is within and outside the home GEO.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing within the custom SDL as preferred:
a cell ID or frequency channel of a home Femto cell when the UT is within a GEO comprising the home Femto cell; or
a cell ID or frequency channel of a macro cell when the UT is not within the GEO comprising the home Femto cell.
6. The method of claim 1, obtaining the UT-specific information further comprises receiving an ID of the UT and employing the ID to extract the information from at least one of:
a network operator’s database; or
a centralized core network database.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising accessing the centralized core network database as a function of users authorized to use a home Femto cell or as a function of home Femto cells associated with the UT.
8. The method of claim 1, generating the custom SDL further comprises:
employing an access point coupled to the UT to obtain a current SDL for the UT;
employing UT-specific data to identify a home Femto cell associated with the UT;
obtaining updated network information for a current GEO of the UT; and
employing the updated network information and data pertaining to the home Femto cell to dynamically modify the current SDL and generate the custom SDL.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising employing a macro or Femto access point to push the custom SDL to the UT via over the air (OTA) signaling.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising including a parameter with the custom SDL that redirects the UT to a non-Femto carrier if the UT is a non-Femto device.
11. The method of claim 1, further comprising including a set of neighbor Femto cell IDs with the custom SDL to facilitate searching for nearby Femto cells on multiple carriers if the UT is in a multi-carrier environment and is a Femto-capable UT.
12. An apparatus that facilitates remote access to a mobile network, comprising:
a communication processor that obtains information specific to a UT via a data link with a base station (BS) serving the UT or an OTA link with the UT;
a data parser that employs the UT-specific information to determine access capabilities of the UT; and
an SDL module that generates a custom SDL for selecting between disparate types of access points based upon the access capabilities of the UT.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the SDL module configures the custom SDL to include data pertaining to a home Femto cell associated with the UT.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a data interface that couples to an operator’s core network to obtain the home Femto cell data, or to the Internet to obtain such data from a Femto cell coupled to the UT.
15. The apparatus of claim 12, the SDL module specifies a relative priority for the disparate types of access points based at least in part on access point type.
16. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a database that maintains subscriber data for the UT, data identifying one or more home Femto cells for the UT, and optionally frequency channels employed by the home Femto cells.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the subscriber data is used to establish a home GEO for the UT.
18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the SDL module:
defines a home GEO for the UT in which a home Femto cell of the UT is located; and
configures the custom SDL to establish a high relative priority for Femto cells if the UT is within the home GEO.
19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the SDL module includes data identifying one or more home Femto cells within the custom SDL, the identifying data is obtained from:
a network database comprising Femto ID data for a Femto cell network;
a mobile operator’s home location register comprising Femto cell ID data associated with a Femto subscription; or
an OTA message originated at the UT.
20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the SDL module configures the custom SDL to establish a high relative priority for macro cells if the UT is not within a home GEO or the UT is a non-Femto device.
21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the SDL module comprises an over the air service provisioning function (OTAF) module configured to generate the custom SDL.
22. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a bootstrap configuration module that generates a bootstrap SDL for initial provisioning of the UT with a home Femto cell, the bootstrap SDL comprises a bootstrap cell ID or bootstrap frequency channel.
23. An apparatus configured to facilitate remote access to a mobile network, comprising:
means for obtaining information specific to a UT;
means for employing the UT-specific information to determine access capabilities of the UT; and
means for generating a custom SDL for selecting between disparate types of access points based upon the access capabilities of the UT.
24. A processor configured to facilitate remote access to a mobile network, comprising:
a first module configured to obtain information specific to a UT;
a second module configured to employ the UT-specific information to determine access capabilities of the UT; and
a third module configured to generate a custom SDL for selecting between disparate types of access points based upon the access capabilities of the UT.
25. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium, comprising
a first set of codes for causing a computer to obtain information specific to a UT;
a second set of codes for causing the computer to employ the UT-specific information to determine access capabilities of the UT; and
a third set of codes for causing the computer to generate a custom SDL for selecting between disparate types of access points based upon the access capabilities of the UT.
26. A method for selecting an access point to a mobile network, comprising:
submitting a network registration request that comprises a UT ID to a cell of the mobile network;
obtaining a custom SDL configured to the UT ID, the custom SDL establishes a preferred type of access point based on a characteristic of the UT; and
employing the custom SDL to search neighboring cells or channels if the cell is not a preferred cell or is an un-preferred cell.
27. The method of claim 26, employing the custom SDL to search neighboring cells further comprises matching a node ID of the cell to a node ID in the custom SDL to determine whether the cell is preferred or un-preferred.
28. The method of claim 26, further comprising identifying a GEO of the cell and comparing the GEO to the custom SDL to determine whether the cell is preferred or un-preferred.
29. The method of claim 28, identifying the GEO further comprises analyzing a signal transmitted by the cell or determining a position of the UT.
30. The method of claim 28, further comprising determining whether the GEO of the cell is a home GEO associated with the UT based on the comparison.
31. The method of claim 26, further comprising coupling to the un-preferred cell if the preferred cell is not identified within a threshold time.
32. The method of claim 31, further comprising periodically searching for the preferred cell while coupled to the un-preferred cell.
33. The method of claim 26, obtaining the custom SDL further comprises submitting data identifying a home GEO or a home Femto cell to the mobile network.
34. The method of claim 26, wherein the characteristic of the UT is an access type characteristic.
35. The method of claim 26, further comprising obtaining an updated SDL based on network topology changes from the cell of the mobile network.
36. The method of claim 26, further comprising employing a mobile subscriber identifier (MSI), international mobile subscriber identifier (IMSI), electronic serial number (ESN) or a device number (DN), or a combination thereof as the UT ID.
37. A UT configured for selecting an access point to a mobile network, comprising:
a communication processor that submits a network registration request that comprises a UT ID to a cell of the mobile network;
a receiver that obtains a custom SDL configured to the UT ID, the custom SDL establishes a preferred type of access point based on a characteristic of the UT; and
a base station re-selection module that employs the custom SDL to search neighboring cells if the cell is not a preferred cell or is an un-preferred cell.
38. The UT of claim 37, wherein the base station re-selection module matches a node ID of the cell to a node ID in the custom DSL to determine whether the cell is preferred or un-preferred.
39. The UT of claim 37, wherein the base station re-selection module identifies a GEO of the cell and compares the GEO to the custom SDL to determine whether the cell is preferred or un-preferred.
40. The UT of claim 39, further comprising a signal analysis module that identifies the GEO by analyzing a signal transmitted by the cell.
41. The UT of claim 39, wherein the base station re-selection module determines whether the GEO of the cell is a home GEO associated with the UT based on the comparison.
42. The UT of claim 37, wherein the base station re-selection module couples to the un-preferred cell if the preferred cell is not identified within a threshold time.
43. The UT of claim 42, wherein the base station re-selection module periodically searches for the preferred cell while coupled to the un-preferred cell.
44. The UT of claim 37, wherein the communication processor submits data identifying a home GEO or a home Femto cell to the mobile network to illicit the custom SDL.
45. The UT of claim 37, wherein the characteristic of the UT is a Femto-capability or Femto subscription information.
46. The UT of claim 37, wherein the receiver obtains an updated SDL based on network topology changes from the cell of the mobile network.
47. The UT of claim 37, wherein the UT ID comprises an MSI, IMSI, ESN or a DN of the UT, or a combination thereof.
48. An apparatus configured for selecting an access point to a mobile network, comprising:
means for submitting a network registration request that comprises a UT ID to a cell of the mobile network;
means for obtaining a custom SDL configured to the UT ID, the custom SDL establishes a preferred type of access point based on a characteristic of the UT; and
means for employing the custom SDL to search neighboring cells if the cell is not a preferred cell or is an un-preferred cell.
49. A processor configured to select among access points of a mobile network, comprising:
a first module that submits a network registration request that comprises a UT ID to a cell of the mobile network;
a second module that obtains a custom SDL configured to the UT ID, the custom SDL establishes a preferred type of access point based on a characteristic of the UT; and
a third module that employs the custom SDL to search neighboring cells if the cell is not a preferred cell or is an un-preferred cell.
50. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer-readable medium, comprising:
a first set of codes for causing a computer to submit a network registration request that comprises a UT ID to a cell of the mobile network;
a second set of codes for causing the computer to obtain a custom SDL configured to the UT ID, the custom SDL establishes a preferred type of access point based on a characteristic of the UT; and
a third set of codes for causing the computer to employ the custom SDL to search neighboring cells if the cell is not a preferred cell or is an un-preferred cell.

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. An ossicular prosthesis designed to replace or bridge at least one element of a human ossicular chain, comprising:
a sound-conducting, elongated prosthesis body;
on a first end of the elongated prosthesis body, a first coupling element designed as a top plate configured for placement of the prosthesis against a tympanic membrane, or as a clip for mechanical connection to a component of the ossicular chain or as a connecting piece for a sound-conducting connection to an actuator end piece of an active hearing implant on a first end; and on a second end of the elongated prosthesis body, a second coupling element having an access opening in a receiving space is designed as a bell or clip configured to receive a stapes or a head of the stapes and mechanically connect the prosthesis thereto; wherein the second coupling element comprises a backing section that projects from an inner surface of the receiving space, as an axial extension of the elongated prosthesis body so that the backing section is configured to bear against the stapes or the head of the stapes in the receiving space and prevents or minimizes the formation of a hollow space between the stapes and the inner surface of the receiving space in the axial extension of the elongated prosthesis body.
2. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein the second coupling element is designed as a bell having several slots on a side and is fastened via a bell hood at one end of the elongated prosthesis body.
3. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 2, wherein the bell has a roundly arched bell hood.
4. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 2, wherein the bell has a bell hood that is flattened, is indented from above or both.
5. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein the second coupling element is designed as a clip having a plurality of respectively alternating, lateral blades and slots.
6. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein the backing section is spherical or ellipsoid and is disposed symmetrically relative to the extended axis of the elongated prosthesis body.
7. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein the backing section is conical in shape and is disposed symmetrically relative to the extended axis of the elongated prosthesis body and wherein a cone tip protrudes from the elongated prosthesis body into the receiving space.
8. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein the backing section is cylindrical in shape and is disposed symmetrically relative to the extended axis of the elongated prosthesis body and wherein a cylinder protrudes from the elongated prosthesis body into the receiving space.
9. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein the backing section is shaped as a plunger and is disposed symmetrically relative to the extended axis of the elongated prosthesis body, and wherein a plunger shank carrying a plunger body protrudes from the elongated prosthesis body into the receiving space.
10. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 9, wherein the plunger body comprises a concave contact surface directed into the receiving space.
11. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 9, wherein the plunger body comprises a flat contact surface directed into the receiving space.
12. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 9, wherein the plunger body comprises a convex contact surface directed into the receiving space.
13. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 1, wherein the elongated prosthesis body comprises at least one joint.
14. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 13, wherein the joint comprises a ball mounted on an end of the elongated prosthesis body thereof facing the second coupling element, a sleeve that covers the ball on the side thereof remote from the second coupling element and a recess in a side facing the second coupling element that functions as a socket for the ball.
15. The ossicular prosthesis according to claim 14, wherein the sleeve is formed of a plastic sealing compound.

1. An illumination device comprising:
a light source;
a light guiding unit where light from the light source is supplied to one end surface, and light incident from the one end surface is propagated inside to exit from the other end surface;
an illuminating optical system that spatially separates a luminous flux output from the other end surface of the light guiding unit into a plurality of luminous fluxes and that forms, on a display element, an optical image that is formed on the other end surface of the light guiding unit;
a reflective polarizing plate that is located between the illuminating optical system and the display element and that transmits first polarized light while reflecting second polarized light different in polarized state from the first polarized light toward the illuminating optical system;
a reflecting element that is disposed at a position where the plurality of luminous fluxes are spatially separated and that reflects light reflected by the reflective polarizing plate toward the reflective polarizing plate; and
a phase plate that is located between the reflecting element and the reflective polarizing plate,
wherein the reflecting element includes a transmission region through which the plurality of luminous fluxes are transmitted, and a reflecting film that is formed in a region other than the transmission region;
a light emitting center of the light source is located on a center axis that passes through a center of gravity of both end surfaces of the light guiding unit; and
the illuminating optical system forms, on the reflecting film, a plurality of optical images that is formed on the reflective polarizing plate by the second polarized light of the plurality of luminous fluxes that passed through the transmission region.
2. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein:
the illuminating optical system includes:
a first lens group that is located between the light guiding unit and the reflecting element and that separates the luminous flux output from the other end surface of the light guiding unit into the plurality of luminous fluxes; and
a second lens group that condenses the plurality of luminous fluxes that passed through the reflecting element on the display element; and
when seen from a direction vertical to a plane that intersects both optical axes of the first and second lens groups, the optical axis of the first lens group is shifted with respect to that of the second lens group.
3. The illumination device according to claim 2, wherein the reflecting film is formed into a striped shape and, when seen from a direction vertical to a surface of the reflecting element, a longitudinal direction of the reflecting film intersects a shifting direction of the optical axis of the first lens group with respect to that of the second lens group.
4. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein:
the illuminating optical system includes:
a first lens group that is located between the light guiding unit and the reflecting element and that separates the luminous flux output from the other end surface of the light guiding unit into the plurality of luminous fluxes;
a second lens group that condenses the plurality of luminous fluxes that passed through the reflecting element on the display element; and
a parallel plate that is located between the reflecting element and the first lens group and that shifts an incident position of the plurality of luminous fluxes on the reflecting element; and
an optical axis of the first lens group matches that of the second lens group.
5. The illumination device according to claim 4, wherein the reflecting film is formed into a striped shape and, when seen from a direction vertical to a surface of the reflecting element, a longitudinal direction of the reflecting film intersects a shifting direction of the parallel plate.
6. The illumination device according to claim 3, wherein a width of the reflecting film is equal to or more than that of the transmission region.
7. A projection type display device comprising:
an illumination device;
a display element that is illuminated with light from the illumination device; and
a projection optical system that projects image light from the display element, wherein the illumination device includes:
a light source;
a light guiding unit where light from the light source is supplied to one end surface, and light incident from the one end surface is propagated inside to exit from the other end surface;
an illuminating optical system that spatially separates a luminous flux output from the other end surface of the light guiding unit into a plurality of luminous fluxes and that forms, on the display element, an optical image that is formed on the other end surface of the light guiding unit;
a reflective polarizing plate that is located between the illuminating optical system and the display element and that transmits first polarized light while reflecting second polarized light different in polarized state from the first polarized light toward the illuminating optical system;
a reflecting element that is disposed at a position where the plurality of luminous fluxes are spatially separated and that reflects light reflected by the reflective polarizing plate toward the reflective polarizing plate; and
a phase plate that is located between the reflecting element and the reflective polarizing plate;
and wherein the reflecting element includes a transmission region through which the plurality of luminous fluxes are transmit, and a reflecting film that is formed in a region other than the transmission region;
and wherein a light emitting center of the light source is located on a center axis that passes through a center of gravity of both end surfaces of the light guiding unit; and
the illuminating optical system forms, on the reflecting film, a plurality of optical images that is formed on the reflective polarizing plate by the second polarized light of the plurality of luminous fluxes that passed through the transmission region.
8. The illumination device according to claim 5, wherein a width of the reflecting film is equal to or more than that of the transmission region.

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 mobile storage system comprising:
a plurality of storage units at least some of which are movable toward and away from one another to define an aisle between a pair of the units;
a means on each of the movable storage units for driving said unit in two directions;
a logic system on each movable unit;
at least one motion control actuator on each movable unit for creating a signal when actuated at a movable storage unit where an aisle is desired;
said movable storage units being connected such that a signal from said motion control actuator on a movable storage unit which is to move where an aisle is desired directs a run signal to at least one unit to cause said at least one or multiple units to be driven successively away from said desired aisle; and
wherein when multiple units are moved together a motion control actuator on the unit adjacent the closing aisle is operated to move the actuated unit and the other units.
2. The mobile storage system of claim 1, wherein said logic system remembers and maintains each new open aisle width and closed aisle width after the termination of said movement.
3. The mobile storage system of claim 1, wherein said logic system retains preset maximum and minimum aisle widths.
4. The mobile storage system of claim 3, wherein said logic system considers an aisle open and refuses to return to an idle state if an aisle is left at a width greater than said preset maximum aisle width.
5. The mobile storage system of claim 3, wherein said logic system will consider an aisle closed if the aisle width is equal to or less than the preset maximum aisle width, and said logic system remembers and maintains the open aisle width.
6. The mobile storage system of claim 1, further comprising an emergency stop actuator.
7. The mobile storage system of claim 6, further comprising visual signals associated with said at least one motion control actuator and said emergency stop actuator.
8. The mobile storage system of claim 1, wherein said at least one motion control actuator comprises a first motion actuator and a second motion actuator on opposed sides of said mobile storage unit.
9. A method of opening and closing aisles among a row of mobile storage units in a mobile storage system, wherein multiple storage units may be moved in a single movement, said method comprising:
selecting an aisle to be formed by means of actuating a motion control actuator on a mobile storage unit adjacent a desired aisle to be formed;
operating a motion control actuator on a mobile storage unit adjacent an existing aisle; and
wherein said mobile storage unit adjacent said existing aisle moves to close said existing aisle, and drags any other mobile storage units between said unit adjacent said existing aisle and said selected aisle to be formed.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the act of programming preset maximum and minimum aisle widths into a logic system.
11. The method of claim 9, further comprising the acts of storing and maintaining said width of said aisle to be formed once said aisle to be formed is established.
12. The method of claim 9, further comprising the act of establishing a visual signal on the motion control actuators adjacent the desired aisle to be formed and adjacent an existing aisle.
13. A mobile storage system comprising:
a plurality of mobile storage units at least some of which are movable toward and away from one another to define an aisle between a pair of the units, said mobile storage units being connected such that a signal established at a single mobile storage unit can direct movement of a single mobile storage unit or multiple units to create a desired aisle; and
a logic system on each unit wherein said logic system remembers and maintains each new open aisle width and closed aisle width after the termination of a movement.
14. The mobile storage system of claim 13, further comprising at least one motion actuator on each mobile storage unit for creating said signal.
15. The mobile storage system of claim 14, wherein said at least one motion actuator comprises a first motion actuator and a second motion actuator on opposed sides of said mobile storage unit.
16. The mobile storage system of claim 14, wherein said at least one motion actuator creates the signal when actuated at a mobile storage unit where an aisle is desired and said signal is conveyed to a mobile storage unit adjacent an existing aisle to cause said mobile storage unit adjacent an existing aisle or multiple units to be driven successively away from said desired aisle; and
wherein when multiple units are moved together a motion actuator on the unit adjacent the closing aisle is operated to move the unit adjacent the closing aisle and the other units.
17. The mobile storage system of claim 13, wherein said logic system retains preset maximum and minimum aisle widths.
18. The mobile storage system of claim 17, wherein said logic system considers an aisle open and refuses to return to an idle state if an aisle is left at a width greater than said preset maximum aisle width.
19. The mobile storage system of claim 1, further comprising an emergency stop actuator.
20. The mobile storage system of claim 6, further comprising visual signals associated with said at least one motion control actuator and said emergency stop actuator.