Author: claimsbot

1. A method of processing a video including football comprising:
(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said football video, wherein said identifying for the end of at least one of said segments is based upon detecting a scene change, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said football video; and
(b) creating a summarization of said football video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said football video.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said scene change is based upon a threshold between at least two frames.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said scene change is based upon a gradual transition below a threshold level.
4. A method of processing a video including football comprising:
(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said football video, wherein said identifying for the end of at least one of said segments is based upon detecting a plurality of scene changes, where the first scene change detected after the start of said at least one of said segments is free from being selected as said end of said at least one of said segments, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said football video; and
(b) creating a summarization of said football video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said football video.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is as follows:

1. An interactive game system for use by a user over an electronic network, the interactive game system comprising:
an electronic device in environmental proximity with said user, said electronic device connected to said electronic network;
a computational center connected to said electronic network;
a host studio for hosting an interactive program;
a mass media transmitter for transmitting a program signal of said interactive program; and
a mass media terminal in environmental proximity with said user for receiving said program signal and reproducing said interactive program.
2. The interactive game system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said computational center is connected to said host studio.
3. The interactive game system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said computational center comprises a plurality of central processing units at a plurality of processing sites in locations physically remote from said electronic device.
4. The interactive game system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of users and wherein said interactive program is a competitive endeavor.
5. The interactive game system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said program signal is simultaneously broadcast in more than one language.
6. The interactive game system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of mass media transmitters and wherein a plurality of program signals are simultaneously broadcast over said plurality of mass media transmitters using different mass media formats.
7. The interactive game system as claimed in claim 6 where in said different mass media formats include television, radio, and the Internet.
8. A method for playing an interactive game comprising the steps of:
establishing a communication connection between an electronic device and an electronic network;
loading an interactive environment on the electronic device;
transmitting a program signal from a mass media transmitter to a mass media terminal and presenting interactive content to a user;
said user entering a response to said interactive content on said electronic device in said interactive environment;
evaluating the response entered by the user, said step of evaluating the response being performed by a computational center;
tabulating an outcome of said step of evaluating the response;
presenting to said user a result of said step of tablulating; and
evaluating said result of said step of tabulating, said step of evaluating said result being performed by said computational center.
9. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein the electronic network is the Internet, the communication connection is established via an Internet service provider and the interactive environment is loaded on a web-browser.
10. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 9 wherein the web-browser is a proprietary web-browser or group of proprietary web-browsers.
11. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 9 wherein the Internet service provider is a proprietary Internet service provider or group of proprietary Internet service providers.
12. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 9 wherein the interactive environment includes a persistent load.
13. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 further comprising the step of authenticating the user to participate on the electronic device.
14. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 13 wherein said step of authenticating is accomplished by means of a hardware authentication device.
15. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 14 wherein said hardware authentication device is an external token.
16. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 13 wherein said step of authenticating is accomplished by means of software.
17. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 13 wherein said step of authenticating requires the user to manually enter an authentication code on the electronic device.
18. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said communication connection is established via an electronic network service provider and further comprising the step of authenticating the electronic network service provider.
19. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said step of evaluating the response entered by the user includes evaluating the correctness of the response.
20. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said step of evaluating the response entered by the user includes evaluating the speed of the response.
21. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said step of presenting interactive content includes presenting said interactive content visually by written words, and audibly by spoken words.
22. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said step of said user entering a response is performed by a plurality of users.
23. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 22 wherein said steps of presenting interactive content, entering a response, evaluating the response, tabulating, and presenting to said user a result of said step of tablulating are repeated, and the conclusion of said repetition defines a round.
24. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 23 further comprising the step of announcing a one of said plurality of users that is a winner.
25. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 23 further comprising the step of announcing a group among said plurality of users that are successful.
26. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 25 wherein said group among said plurality of users that are successful repeat said round.
27. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 23 wherein said plurality of users are grouped into a plurality of groups based on a characteristic of each of said plurality of users and further comprising the step of announcing a set of winners within each of said plurality of groups.
28. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 27 wherein said set of winners within each of said plurality of groups repeat said round.
29. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 28 wherein said characteristic is selected from the group consisting of geographic location, time zone, age, gender, time of participation, and organizational affiliation.
30. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 23 wherein said plurality of users are randomly grouped into a plurality of groups and further comprising the step of announcing a set of winners within each of said plurality of groups.
31. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 30 wherein said set of winners within each of said plurality of groups repeat said round.
32. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 23 wherein said round is repeated continuously.
33. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said steps of presenting interactive content, entering a response, and evaluating the response are repeated.
34. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said steps of presenting interactive content, entering a response, evaluating the response, and tabulating are repeated.
35. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said step of tabulating is performed by said computational center.
36. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said step of presenting a result comprises transmitting said result from said computational center to said electronic device.
37. The method for playing an interactive game as claimed in claim 8 wherein said step of presenting a result is performed by a human host and included in said program signal.

1. A method for determining a four-dimensional (4D) plan for carrying out intensity-modulated radiation therapy of a target volume having irregular periodic motion with a radiation therapy apparatus, the radiation therapy apparatus comprising a radiation source moveable around the target volume and a collimator with an adjustable aperture for beam forming of a beam of radiation emanating from the radiation source, wherein the irregular periodic motion of the target volume has a plurality of phases with a given phase sequence, for each phase of the plurality of phases, the 4D plan comprises a respective 3D radiation therapy plan that defines a plurality of positions of the radiation source and aperture settings of the collimator assigned to the plurality of positions, the method comprising:
selecting the plurality of positions of the radiation source, the number of positions of the radiation source being selected to be identical in all 3D radiation therapy plans; and
selecting a number of the aperture settings assigned to a respective position of the plurality of positions of the radiation source to be identical in all 3D radiation therapy plans,
wherein a restriction is predetermined, the restriction comprising a geometrical restriction, a temporal restriction, a dynamic restriction, or a combination thereof, the restriction restricting a change of the aperture from one aperture setting to another aperture setting.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that, for the aperture settings, APi,j,k and APi+1,j,k fulfill the restriction for all i=1, 2, . . . , n\u22121, APi,j,k and APi,j,k+1 fulfill the restriction for all k=1, 2, . . . , w\u22121, and APi+1,j,k+1 fulfill the restriction for all i=1, 2, . . . , n\u22121 and k=1, 2, . . . , w\u22121, or a combination thereof, and
wherein AP represents the aperture settings, i is a radiation therapy plan index and is equal to 1, 2, . . . , n, j is a position index and is equal to 1, 2, . . . , m, and k is an aperture setting index and is equal to 1, 2, . . . w.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that APi,j,k and AP1+2,j,k fulfill the restriction for all i=1, 2, . . . , n\u22122, APi,j,k und APi,j,k+2 fulfill the restriction for all k=1, 2, . . . , w\u22122, APi,j,k and AP1+2,j,k+2 fulfill the restriction for all i=1, 2, . . . , n\u22122 und k=1, 2, . . . , w\u22122, or a combination thereof.
4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that APi,j,k=w and APi+1,j,k=1 fulfill the restriction, and APi=n,j,k=w and APi=1,j,k=1 fulfill the restriction.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the collimator is a multi-leaf collimator with adjustable leaves, and the restriction specifies at least a maximum leaf speed.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that a radiation dose generated in each case by execution of one of the respective 3D radiation therapy plans in the target volume is identical for all 3D radiation therapy plans.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that a radiation dose distribution generated in each case by execution of one of the respective 3D radiation therapy plans in the target volume is identical for all 3D radiation therapy plans.
8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of phases are determined on the basis of the irregular periodic motion of the target volume such that all phases of the plurality of phases have an identical probability of occurring.
9. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that APi,j,k=w and APi+1,j,k=1 fulfill the restriction, and APi=n,j,k=w and APi=1,j,k=1 fulfill the restriction.
10. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the collimator is a multi-leaf collimator with adjustable leaves, and the restriction specifies at least a maximum leaf speed.
11. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the collimator is a multi-leaf collimator with adjustable leaves, and the restriction specifies at least a maximum leaf speed.
12. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the collimator is a multi-leaf collimator with adjustable leaves, and the restriction specifies at least a maximum leaf speed.
13. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that a radiation dose generated in each case by execution of one of the respective 3D radiation therapy plans in the target volume is identical for all 3D radiation therapy plans.
14. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that a radiation dose generated in each case by execution of one of the respective 3D radiation therapy plans in the target volume is identical for all 3D radiation therapy plans.
15. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that a radiation dose generated in each case by execution of one of the respective 3D radiation therapy plans in the target volume is identical for all 3D radiation therapy plans.
16. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that a radiation dose distribution generated in each case by execution of one of the respective 3D radiation therapy plans in the target volume is identical for all 3D radiation therapy plans.
17. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that a radiation dose distribution generated in each case by execution of one of the respective 3D radiation therapy plans in the target volume is identical for all 3D radiation therapy plans.
18. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that a radiation dose distribution generated in each case by execution of one of the respective 3D radiation therapy plans in the target volume is identical for all 3D radiation therapy plans.
19. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the plurality of phases are determined on the basis of the irregular periodic motion of the target volume such that all phases of the plurality of phases have an identical probability of occurring.
20. A method for determining a four-dimensional (4D) plan for carrying out intensity-modulated radiation therapy of a target volume having irregular periodic motion with a radiation therapy apparatus, the radiation therapy apparatus comprising a radiation source moveable around the target volume and a collimator with an adjustable aperture for beam forming of a beam of radiation emanating from the radiation source, wherein the irregular periodic motion of the target volume has a plurality of phases with a given phase sequence, for each phase of the plurality of phases, the 4D plan comprises a respective 3D radiation therapy plan that defines a plurality of positions of the radiation source and aperture settings of the collimator assigned to the plurality of positions, the method comprising:
selecting the plurality of positions of the radiation source, the number of positions of the radiation source being selected to be identical in all 3D radiation therapy plans; and
selecting a number of the aperture settings assigned to a respective position of the plurality of positions of the radiation source to be identical in all 3D radiation therapy plans,
wherein a restriction is predetermined, the restriction comprising a geometrical restriction, a temporal restriction, a dynamic restriction, or a combination thereof, the restriction restricting a change of the aperture from one aperture setting to another aperture setting,
wherein the 3D radiation therapy plans are determined such that, for the aperture settings, APi,j,k and APi+1,j,k fulfill the restriction for all i=1, 2, . . . , n\u22121, APi,j,k and APi,j,k+1 fulfill the restriction for all k=1, 2, . . . , w\u22121, APi,j,k and APi+1,j,k+1 fulfill the restriction for all i=1, 2, . . . , n\u22121 and k=1, 2, . . . , w\u22121, or a combination thereof, and
wherein AP represents the aperture settings, i is a radiation therapy plan index and is equal to 1, 2, . . . , n, j is a position index and is equal to 1, 2, . . . , m, and k is an aperture setting index and is equal to 1, 2, . . . w.

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. Inverter (1) for thin, flat product (2), especially printing substrates in a printing machine with belts (7, 8) positioned over two deflection pulleys (3, 4, 5, 6) that are together set at 180 between the deflection pulleys (3, 4, 5, 6), characterized by the fact that, viewed in the transport direction (9), after setting region (10) at least three guide rolls (11, 12, 13) are mounted on the supporting strand side (7, 8) of belt (7, 8) in alternating arrangement and at least one of the guide rolls (11, 12, 13) has a retaining collar (14) on at least one side.
2. Inverter according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that a retaining collar (14) is situated on the side (15) on which the outer edge (16) of product (2) moves upward after the setting region (10).
3. Inverter according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that the second upper guide roll (13) after the setting region (10) has a retaining collar (14).
4. Inverter according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that after the setting region (10) two upper (11, 13) and one lower guide roll (12) are arranged.
5. Inverter according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized by the fact that guide rolls (11, 12, 13) lie against the belt (7, 8) so that they are deflected from the linear direction (25).
6. Inverter according to one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized by the fact that at least one guide roll (18) is also arranged in or before the setting region (10).
7. Inverter according to claim 6, characterized by the fact that guide roll (18) is arranged beneath the supporting strand sides (7, 8) of belts (7, 8).
8. Inverter according to one of the claims 1 to 7, characterized by the fact that at least one guide device (19, 20, 21) is arranged that guides the product (2) on at least one outer side (16, 16).
9. Inverter according to claim 8, characterized by the fact that guide device (19) to guide the outer edge (16) that moves downward after the setting region (10) is arranged).
10. Inverter according to claim 8 or 9, characterized by the fact that a guide device (19) is designed so that it lifts the outer edge (16) to zenith.
11. Inverter according to one of the claims 8 to 10, characterized by the fact that a guide device (20) is provided which lifts the upward moving edge (16) on the horizontal plane toward the end of inversion.
12. Inverter according to one of the claims 8 to 11, characterized by the fact that guide device (21) is arranged that supports the downward moving edge (16) in the horizontal plane toward the end of inversion.
13. Inverter according to one of the claims 1 to 12, characterized by the fact that the belts (7, 8) are designed as V belts.
14. Inverter according to one of the claims 1 to 13, characterized by the fact that the deflection pulleys (3, 4, 5, 6) are equipped with retaining collars (14) on both sides at least where they serve as guide rolls.
15. Inverter according to one of the claims 1 to 14, characterized by the fact that the retaining collars (14) are designed freely rotatable relative to rolls (3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 24).
16. Inverter according to one of the claims 1 to 15, characterized by the fact that the angle () of the retaining surfaces (22) of retaining collars (14) is adjusted to the angular position () for flanks (23) of belts (17, 18) at the location of the corresponding roll (3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18 or 24).
17. Inverter according to one of the claims 1 to 16, characterized by the fact that at least one additional path-holding roll (24) is arranged for belts (7, 8).
18. Inverter according to claim 16, characterized by the fact that the at least path-holding roll (24) has retaining collars (14) on both sides.
19. Inverter according to claim 17 or 18, characterized by the fact that at least path-holding roll (24) is arranged on the product guiding strand sides (7, 8) of belts (7, 8).
20. Inverter according to claim 17, 18 or 19, characterized by the fact that at least one path-holding roll (24) is arranged on the return side (7, 8) of belts (7, 8).