Author: claimsbot

1. A method comprising:
loading initialization code into a control store in an embedded processor, the embedded processor in an array of embedded processors in a multi-core processor;
executing the initialization code, the initialization code comprising instructions to initialize the embedded processor;
determining if the execution of the initialization code is complete; and
replacing the initialization code in the control store of the embedded processor with main code after the execution of the initialization code is complete, the main code comprising instructions related to tasks to be performed by the embedded processor after initialization of the embedded processor.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein replacing the initialization code includes overwriting the initialization code.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein replacing the initialization code includes:
clearing the control store; and
writing the main code into the control store.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising resetting a program counter before executing the main code.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising maintaining separate execution states for the initialization code and the main code.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
killing all threads of the embedded microprocessor subsequent to determining that the initialization is complete; and
reviving all threads of the embedded microprocessor prior to executing the main code.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the initialization code is not called from functions included in the main code.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising concurrently compiling the initialization code and the main code.
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising calling the initialization code from the main code and removing the call from the main code after execution of the initialization code is complete.
10. A system comprising:
an engine, the engine in an array of engines in a multi-core processor;
a compiler; and
a loader, the compiler and loader located separately from the engine, wherein the compiler and loader are configured to:
load an initialization routine into a control store of the engine, the initialization routine comprising instructions to initialize the engine;
upon completion of the initialization routine replace the initialization code in the control store of the engine with a main routine, the main code comprising instructions related to tasks to be performed by the engine after initialization of the engine.
11. The system of claim 10 wherein the loader and compiler are further configured to inactivate at least some threads subsequent to the determined completion of the initialization routine.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein the compiler and loader are further configured to revive the threads.
13. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for executing instructions on a processor, the computer program product being operable to cause a machine to:
load initialization code into a control store in an embedded microprocessor, the embedded processor in an array of embedded processors in a multi-core processor;
execute the initialization code, the initialization code comprising instructions to initialize the embedded processor;
determine if the execution of the initialization code is complete; and
replace the initialization code in the control store of the embedded processor with main code after the execution of the initialization code is complete, the main code comprising instructions related to tasks to be performed by the embedded processor after initialization of the embedded processor.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the instructions to cause a machine to replace the initialization code include instructions to cause a machine to overwrite the initialization code.
15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the instructions to cause a machine to replace the initialization code include instructions to cause a machine to: clear the control store; and
write the main code into the control store.
16. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising instructions to cause a machine to reset a program counter before executing the main code.
17. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising instructions to cause a machine to maintain separate execution states for the initialization code and the main code.
18. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising instructions to cause a machine to:
kill all threads of the embedded microprocessor subsequent to determining that the initialization is complete; and
revive all threads of the embedded microprocessor prior to executing the main code.
19. A router comprising:
a backplane; and
a processor, the processor including:
a plurality of engines; and

a loader located separately from the engines, wherein the loader is configured to:
load an initialization routine into a control store of the engines;
executing the initialization routine, the initialization routine comprising instructions to initialize the engine;
determine completion of the initialization routine; and
overwrite the initialization routine in the control store of the engine with a main routine after the execution of the initialization routine is complete, the main routine comprising instructions related to tasks to be performed by the engine after initialization of the engine.
20. The system of claim 19 wherein the loader is further configured to kill all threads subsequent to the determine completion of the initialization routine.
21. The system of claim 19 wherein the loader is further configured to revive the threads.
22. An arrangement configured to:
concurrently compile an initialization code and a main code to generate compiled initialization instructions and compiled main instructions;
load the compiled initialization instructions into a control store in an embedded microprocessor, the embedded microprocessor in an array of embedded processors in a multi-core proccssor;
determine if the execution of the compiled initialization instructions is complete; and
replace the compiled initialization instructions in the control store of the embedded microprocessor with the compiled main instructions after the execution of the initialization instructions is complete, the main instructions comprising instructions related to tasks to be performed by the embedded microprocessor after initialization of the embedded processor.
23. The arrangement of claim 22 further configured to reset a program counter before executing the main code.
24. The arrangement of claim 22 further configured to maintain separate execution states for the initialization code and the main code.
25. The arrangement of claim 22 further configured to insert a call in the main code to the initialization code and remove the call from the main code after execution of the initialization code is complete.
26. The arrangement of claim 22 wherein the arrangement includes a compiler.
27. The arrangement of claim 22 wherein the arrangement includes a loader.

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 conferencing system, comprising:
one or more computerized servers connected to a network;
software executing on the one or more servers providing an interface allowing a caller to invoke specific functions by spoken or keyed input, including at least:
enabling a caller using a telephony device to initiate and configure a new conference by input of a pre-assigned code, wherein configuration allows the initiator to select participants from personal profile information stored in a data repository accessible to the server, or to leave the conference open to new participants.
2. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein the initiator is enabled to select a pre-stored list of participants for a new conference, or may select participants individually from one or more lists presented by the interface.
3. The conferencing system of claim 2 wherein the interface is adapted to call participants to join the conference after the initiator of the conference selects participants either by a list or individually.
4. The conferencing system of claim 2 wherein pre-stored lists of participants are stored by list names that have social or business context.
5. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein the initiator is prompted by the interface to enter a conference name or identifier code to be used by other participants to join the conference, and wherein subsequent callers entering the name or identifier code are joined to the conference.
6. The conferencing system of claim 5 wherein the conference name has a social or a business context.
7. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein the initiator is verified before being enabled to initiate a conference.
8. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein, after configuration, as each participant enters the conference, an enunciated message is provided to just that participant as to one or both of the number and identity of participants who are already in the conference.
9. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein, after a conference has started, the interface announces to participants in the conference the arrival of any new participant and the departure of any participant from the conference, and how many participants remain in the conference.
10. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein, after a primary conference has started, the interface enables a participant in the conference to open a private secondary conference by inviting individual ones of participants in the primary conference to a secondary conference, the audio processes of the secondary conference not available to uninvited participants in the primary conference.
11. A conferencing method, comprising the steps of:
(a) contacting a conference server by an initiator;
(b) presenting an interface to the initiator by software executing from a non-transitory medium on a processor of the server;
(c) inputting a pre-assigned code by the initiator through the interface to establish a new conference.
(d) selecting participants by the initiator through the interface from personal profile information stored in a data repository accessible to the server, or leaving the conference open to new participants.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the initiator is enabled to select a pre-stored list of participants for a new conference, or may select participants individually from one or more lists presented by the interface.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein the interface is adapted to call participants to join the conference after the initiator of the conference selects participants either by a list or individually.
14. The method of claim 12 wherein pre-stored lists of participants are stored by list names that have social or business context.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein the initiator is prompted by the interface to enter a conference name or identifier code to be used by other participants to join the conference, and wherein subsequent callers entering the name or identifier code are joined to the conference.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the conference name has a social or a business context.
17. The method of claim 11 wherein the initiator is verified before being enabled to initiate a conference.
18. The method of claim 11 wherein, after configuration, as each participant enters the conference, an enunciated message is provided to just that participant as to one or both of the number and identity of participants who are already in the conference.
19. The method of claim 11 wherein, after a conference has started, the interface announces to participants in the conference the arrival of any new participant and the departure of any participant from the conference.
20. The method of claim 11 wherein, after a primary conference has started, the interface enables a participant in the conference to open a private secondary conference by entering identity to invite individual ones of participants in the primary conference to a secondary conference, the audio processes of the secondary conference not available to uninvited participants in the primary conference.

What is claimed:

1. A continuous digester system comprising:
a. a pressure vessel having a lengthwise axis, a rear upstream inlet end having a wood chip intake means, and a front outlet end having a pulp outlet means, said vessel having an elongate processing chamber through which wood chips travel forwardly in the presence of a digesting agent while being transformed into pulp, with the pulp being discharged from the pulp outlet means at the front outlet end of the vessel;
b. liquid flow means to circulate processing liquid through said digester to carry dissolved solids with said processing liquid, said flow means comprising;
i. initial inlet means to initially introduce processing liquid into the pressure vessel at an initial inlet downstream location;
ii. a plurality of processing liquid inlet means at inlet locations along the lengthwise axis of the pressure vessel to introduce processing liquid into the processing chamber;
iii. a plurality of processing liquid outlet means at outlet locations along the lengthwise axis of the pressure vessel to extract processing liquid from said processing chamber, said outlet locations being spaced laterally from said inlet locations, so that flow of said processing liquid from each of said inlet means to related outlet means has a lateral flow component through said processing chamber;
iv. recirculating means comprising a plurality of interconnecting line means, at least some of said interconnecting line means connecting at least some of the outlet means with related inlet means at further upstream locations to direct processing liquid from said at least some of said liquid outlet means through related interconnecting line means to further upstream locations to flow through the related liquid inlet means into the processing chamber and laterally in the processing chamber to other outlet means to again be recirculated through related interconnecting line means to other inlet means;
V. liquor outlet means to discharge liquor, said liquor outlet means being upstream of the initial downstream location and upstream of at least some of said liquid inlet means and said liquid outlet means;

c. said digester system being characterized in that the processing liquid moving in a recirculating pattern through the processing chamber and through said recirculating means carries dry solid content extracted from the wood chips during processing in the processing chamber in a net upstream flow pattern to be discharged from the processing chamber at said liquor outlet means.
2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein there is a washer to receive pulp from the digester and to dewater and wash the pulp, a substantial portion of filtrate from the washer being directed into the initial inlet means as said processing liquid to move through said recirculating means in said net upstream direction.
3. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein a digesting agent is introduced into said liquid flow means to flow through said recirculating means and through said processing-in a net upstream direction to extract dry solids content from said wood chips being processed and carry said dry solids content in a net upstream direction.
4. The system as recited in claim 3, said system further comprising an evaporation and recovery means to receive liquor discharged from said pressure vessel at a plurality of discharge locations at different operating locations in said pressure vessel so as to extract liquor having different characteristics from different extraction locations.
5. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein said digesting agent is alcohol, with said evaporation and recovery means extracting said alcohol from said black liquor and recirculating said recovery alcohol back to said liquid flow means to be recirculated into said liquid flow means.
6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system comprises an impregnation zone located in said pressure vessel at an upstream location, at least one cooking zone located downstream of said impregnation zone, and at least one wash displacement zone located downstream of said cooking zone, at least some of said liquid inlet means and said liquid outlet means being located at said displacement wash zone to receive said processing liquid and recirculate said processing liquid sequentially through related pairs of said liquid inlet means and said liquid outlet means, said flow means further comprising means to move the processing liquid from the wash displacement zone to an upstream location to be directed into said cooking zone, to flow in a downstream direction in the processing chamber toward said displacement wash zone.
7. The system as recited in claim 6, wherein at least some processing liquid from said displacement wash zone is recirculated ultimately to said impregnation zone to flow downstream in said vessel through said impregnation zone and into said cooking zone.
8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein liquor is extracted from the impregnation zone and directed to said evaporation and recovery means for processing.
9. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein liquor is extracted from said cooking zone and directed to said evaporation and recovery means for processing.
10. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said liquid flow means comprises at least one displacement wash zone, having a downstream end and an upstream end, with a plurality of said liquid inlet means being positioned at longitudinally spaced inlet locations along a length of said displacement wash zone and a plurality of said liquid outlet means positioned at spaced locations along a length of said displacement wash zone, said pluralities of liquid outlet and liquid inlet means being arranged so that there are a related first downstream and a second upstream liquid inlet means being arranged to a related first downstream and second upstream outlet means in a manner that at least a portion of processing liquid from said first downstream inlet means flows through said processing chamber to pass into said first downstream outlet means, with at least a portion of flow into said first downstream inlet means being recirculating through said recirculating means to said second upstream inlet means, with at least a portion of the flow from said second liquid inlet means flowing across said processing chamber to said second upstream inlet means, with at least a portion of the flow from said second upstream inlet means being recirculated by said recirculating means in an upstream direction, thus accomplishing said net upstream flow of processing liquid.
11. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said pressure vessel has a generally cylindrical cross sectional configuration transverse to its lengthwise axis, and said digester system comprises an inner-containing means positioned within said pressure vessel, with said inner-containing means defining the elongate processing chamber, said inner-container means comprises at least in part planar wall surfaces.
12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein there are inlet screen means and outlet screen means located at longitudinally spaced locations at said planar wall surfaces, at least some of said liquid inlet means passing liquid into said processing chambers through related screen means, and at least some of said liquid outlet means discharging processing liquid through related screen means, at least some of said screen means having propeller blade means which move across related screen means to prevent obstruction of flow through said screen means.
13. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said pressure vessel comprises a generally cylindrical sidewall, which defines the processing chamber as a generally cylindrical processing chamber, at least one of said liquid inlet means and liquid outlet means comprises liquid passageway means formed in said cylindrical sidewall, said liquid passageway means having flow axes, said flow axes being slanted in a radially inward and forward direction.
14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said liquid flow means comprises a plurality of circumferential ring assemblies positioned at longitudinally spaced locations along said sidewall, each of said ring assemblies defining a flow chamber to communicate with related passageway means extending through said wall member.
15. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said plurality of liquid inlet means and said plurality of liquid outlet means are arranged in alignment pairs, having an alignment flow path between the liquid inlet means and the liquid outlet means of a related pair, at least some of said pairs of liquid inlet and liquid outlet means being arranged in an alternating pattern, whereby cross flow of processing liquid between adjacent alternating pairs have different flow directions through said processing chamber.
16. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said elongate processing chamber is defined by a longitudinally extending chamber wall means, said liquid inlet means and said liquid outlet means being positioned at said chamber wall means in a manner that said liquid inlet means causes processing liquid to flow through said chamber wall means into said processing chamber, and said liquid outlet means extracts processing liquid from said processing chamber through said chamber wall means, said liquid inlet means and said liquid outlet means being arranged in related alignment pairs where at least some of the liquid from the liquid inlet means flows in a flow path substantially across said processing chamber to its related liquid outlet means.
17. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein there is an evaporation and recovery means to receive liquor discharged from said pressure vessel, said evaporation and recovery means comprising at least first and second heat exchange means to cause evaporation of liquid from said liquor, and first and second separator means, said first evaporator means being arranged to initially receive liquor from said pressure vessel and to discharge liquor from said first heat exchange means, means to direct liquor from said first heat exchange means to said first separator means said first separator means to separate a portion of the liquor from to the first evaporator means, means to direct remaining liquor from said first separator means to said second heat exchange means where said remaining liquor is subjected to a further heat exchange process, means to direct liquor from said second evaporator means to said second separator means to extract a portion of the liquor from said second heat exchanger means.
18. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein there are:
a. at least one impregnation zone at an upstream location in said pressure vessel;
b. first and second cooking zones, with said first cooking zone being positioned downstream of said impregnation zone, and said second cooking zone being located downstream of said first cooking zone;
c. first and second displacement wash zones, with said first displacement wash zone being positioned downstream of said second cooking zone, and said second displacement wash zone being positioned between said first and second cooking zones;
d. each of said displacement wash zones having a downstream end and an upstream end, with a plurality of said liquid inlet means being positioned at longitudinally spaced inlet locations along a length of said displacement wash zone and a plurality of said liquid outlet means positioned at spaced locations along a length of said displacement wash zone, said pluralities of liquid outlet and liquid inlet means being arranged so that there are a related first downstream and a second upstream liquid inlet means being arranged to a related first downstream and second upstream outlet means in a manner that at least a portion of processing liquid from said first downstream inlet means flows through said processing chamber to pass into said first downstream outlet means, with at least a portion of flow into said first downstream inlet means being recirculated through said recirculating means to said second upstream inlet means, with at least a portion of the flow from said second liquid inlet means flowing across said processing chamber to said second upstream inlet means, with at least a portion of the flow from said second upstream inlet means being recirculated by said recirculating means in an upstream direction, thus accomplishing net upstream flow of processing liquid in said displacement wash zone;
e. said recirculating means interconnecting said first and second wash zones with said first and second cooking zones and said impregnation zone in a manner that within said processing chamber, there is a substantially continuous flow of pulp and processing liquid in a downstream direction from the inlet end to the outlet end, and a substantially continuous flow of processing liquid from said displacement wash zones through said recirculating means to upstream locations into said first and second cooking zones and into said impregnation zone,
whereby dissolved solids are carried through said recirculating means in a net upstream direction, while wood chips being processed into pulp and the processing liquid in the digester travel in downstream direction.
19. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said pressure vessel is aligned so that its major alignment component is horizontal.
20. A method of digesting wood chips, said method comprising:
a. providing a pressure vessel having a lengthwise axis, a rear upstream inlet end having a wood chip intake means, and a front outlet end having a pulp outlet means, said vessel having an elongate processing chamber;
b. feeding wood chips through said wood chip intake means into said processing chamber and causing said wood chips to travel forwardly in said processing chamber in the presence of a digesting agent while being transformed into pulp, and discharging the pulp from the pulp outlet means at the front outlet end of the vessel;
c. circulating processing liquid through said digester to carry dissolved solids with said processing liquid by:
i. initially introducing processing liquid into the pressure vessel at an initial inlet downstream location;
ii. directing processing liquid through a plurality of processing liquid inlet means at inlet locations along the lengthwise axis of the pressure vessel into the processing chamber;
iii. directing processing liquid from said processing chamber through a plurality of processing liquid outlet means at outlet locations along the lengthwise axis of the pressure vessel to extract processing liquid from said processing chamber, with said outlet locations being spaced laterally from said inlet locations, so that flow of said processing liquid from each of said inlet means to related outlet means has a lateral flow component through said processing chamber;
iv. recirculating said processing liquid through a plurality of interconnecting line means, with at least some of said interconnecting line means connecting at least some of the outlet means with related inlet means at further upstream locations, by directing processing liquid from said at least some of said liquid outlet means through related interconnecting line means to further upstream locations to flow through the related liquid inlet means into the processing chamber and laterally in the processing chamber to other outlet means to again be recirculated through related interconnecting line means to other inlet means;
v. discharging liquor through liquor outlet means at at least one location upstream of the initial downstream location and upstream of at least some of said liquid inlet means and said liquid outlet means;

d. said method being characterized in that the processing liquid moving in a recirculating pattern through the processing chamber and through said recirculating means carries dry solid content extracted from the wood chips during processing in the processing chamber in a net upstream flow pattern to be discharged from the processing chamber at said liquor outlet means.

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 lighting fixture, comprising:
a bracket having a mounting portion, the bracket having a groove extending from the mounting portion, and
a cover attached to the bracket and concealing at least a portion of the groove.
2. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the bracket has an outer perimeter, and the cover is shaped to match at least a portion of the bracket’s outer perimeter.
3. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the bracket has an inner perimeter, and the cover is shaped to match at least a portion of the bracket’s inner perimeter.
4. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the groove extends beyond the cover.
5. The fixture of claim 1, further comprising a wire residing in the groove, the wire being part of an electrical connection between a power supply and a lamp.
6. The fixture of claim 1, further comprising a lamp housing supported by the bracket.
7. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the bracket is connected to a power supply housing.
8. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the lamp housing is rotatable relative to the bracket.
9. The fixture of claim 1 further comprising a power supply, wherein the power supply is electrically connected to the power supply housing.
10. The fixture of claim 9, wherein the bracket and power supply housing are electrically connected.
11. The lighting fixture of claim 9, wherein the power supply, power supply housing, bracket, and lamp housing are electrically connected.
12. The lighting fixture of claim 11, further comprising a lamp, wherein an electrical conductor connects the lamp to the lamp housing.
13. A lighting fixture, comprising:
a bracket extending to a lamp housing from an electrical track adapter, the bracket having a groove, and
a cover attached to the bracket and concealing at least a portion of the groove.
14. The fixture of claim 13, further comprising an electrical wireway over an electrical junction box.
15. The fixture of claim 13, further comprising a canopy covering an electrical junction box.
16. The fixture of claim 13, wherein the groove extends beyond the cover.
17. The fixture of claim 13, further comprising a wire residing in the groove, the wire being for providing electrical power to the lamp.
18. The fixture of claim 13, further comprising a lamp housing supported by the bracket.
19. The fixture of claim 13, wherein the lamp housing is rotatable relative to the bracket.