Author: claimsbot

1. A method for allowing a stand-by server to operate as a replacement for a main server, comprising:
detecting, by a stand-by server, lack of a signal initiated by a main server, wherein reception of said signal is indicative of availability of said main server;
establishing a connection with at least one client connection device by said stand-by server to support a call, wherein said stand-by server operates as a replacement for said main server;
requesting current call state information from said client connection device;
receiving current call state information from said client connection device; and
updating a call state information resource based on said current call state information received from said client connection device.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving configuration information.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said establishing a connection with at least one client connection device includes establishing a connection with said client connection device using an IP address known to said client connection device.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said requesting current call state information from said client connection device includes requesting information from said client connection device regarding status of at least one communication line supported by said client connection device.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving current call state information from said client connection device includes receiving information regarding status of at least one communication line supported by said client connection device.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
prior to said detecting lack of a signal initiated by said main server, receiving at least one signal initiated by said main server, said at least one signal being indicative of availability of said main server.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
requesting information regarding availability of said main server after said detecting lack of a signal initiated by said main server indicative of availability of said main server.
8. A method for allowing a stand-by server to take over support for communications from a main server, comprising:
detecting lack of a signal sent initiated by a main server, wherein reception of said signal is indicative of availability of said main server;
establishing a connection with at least one client connection device by said stand-by server to support a call, wherein said stand-by server operates as a replacement for said main server;
requesting that said client connection device reset an active call to a designated call state; and
creating a call state information resource based, at least in part, on said designated call state.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
receiving configuration information.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
prior to said detecting lack of a signal initiated by said main server, receiving at least one signal initiated by said main server, said at least one signal being indicative of availability of said main server.
11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
requesting information regarding availability of said main server after said detecting lack of a signal initiated by said main server indicative of availability of said main server.
12. A method for allowing a stand-by server to take over support for communications from a main server, comprising:
a main server establishing at least one connection with at least one client connection device for support of at least one call;
said main server providing at least one signal to a stand-by server when said main server is available;
said stand-by server establishing at least one connection with said at least one client connection device to support said at least one call when said stand-by server does not receive a designated number of signals from said main server indicative of availability of said main server, wherein said stand-by server operates as a replacement for said main server;
said stand-by server requesting call state information from said at least one client connection device; and
said stand-by server updating a call state information resource based on said call state information received from said at least one client connection device.
13. A method for allowing a stand-by server to take over support for communications from a main server, comprising:
a main server establishing at least one connection with at least one client connection device for support of at least one call;
said main server providing at least one signal to a stand-by server when said main server is available;
said stand-by server establishing at least one connection with said at least one client connection device to support said at least one call when said stand-by server does not receive a designated number of signals from said main server indicative of availability of said main server, wherein said stand-by server operates as a replacement for said main server;
said stand-by server requesting said at least one client connection device to reset to a designated call state; and
said stand-by server creating a call state information resource based, at least in part, on said designated call state.
14. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for facilitating communications, comprising:
instructions for directing a first server to establish at least one connection with at least one client connection device for support of at least one call;
instructions for directing said first server to initiate at least one signal sent to a second server when said first server is available, said signal being indicative of availability of said first server to support said at least one call;
instructions for directing said second server to establish at least one connection with said at least one client connection device to support said at least one call when said second server does not receive a designated number of signals initiated by said first server indicative of availability of said first server, wherein said stand-by server operates as a replacement for said main server;
instructions for directing said second server to request call state information from said at least one client connection device; and
instructions for directing said second server to update a call state information resource based on said call state information received from said at least one client connection device.
15. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for facilitating communications, comprising:
instructions for directing a first server to establish at least one connection with at least one client connection device for support of at least one call;
instructions for directing said first server to initiate at least one signal sent to a second server when said first server is available, said signal being indicative of said first server being available to support said at least one call;
instructions for directing said second server to establish at least one connection with said at least one client connection device to support said at least one call when said second server does not receive a designated number of signals initiated by said first server indicative of availability of said first server, wherein said stand-by server operates as a replacement for said main server;
instructions for directing said second server to request said at least one client connection device to reset to a designated call state; and
instructions for directing said second server to create a call state information resource based, at least in part, on said designated call state.

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 process to prepare a multi-metallic procatalyst comprising
(a) reacting a hydrocarbon-soluble organomagnesium compound or complex thereof and an active non-metallic or metallic halide to form a halogenated magnesium support;
(b) contacting the magnesium halide support with a conditioning compound containing an element selected from the group consisting of boron, aluminum, gallium, indium and tellurium under conditions sufficient to form a conditioned magnesium halide support;
(c) contacting the conditioned magnesium halide support and a compound containing, as a first metal, titanium, to form a supported titanium compound;
(d) contacting the supported titanium compound and a second metal and a third metal independently selected from the group consisting of zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten, provided that the second metal and the third metal are not the same; and further provided that the molar ratio of the magnesium to a combination of the titanium and the second and third metals ranges from 30:1 to 5:1; under conditions sufficient to form a multi-metallic procatalyst.
2. A multi-metallic procatalyst obtained according to the process of claim 1.
3. The procatalyst of claim 2 wherein the molar ratio of magnesium to titanium ranges from 8:1 to 80:1.
4. A multi-metallic polymerization catalyst comprising the reaction product of the multi-metallic procatalyst of claim 2 and an organometallic cocatalyst.
5. A polyethylene polymer prepared by a process wherein ethylene and optionally one or more olefin comonomers are polymerized in the presence of the multi-metallic polymerization catalyst of claim 4.
6. The polyethylene polymer of claim 5 having a polydispersity (PDI) of less than 3.5, and a MWCCR in the range of 0.75 to 1.10.
7. The polyethylene polymer of claim 5 or 6 characterized as greater than or equal to 1 parts by combined weight of at least three metal residues remaining from the multi-metallic polymerization catalyst per one million parts of polyethylene polymer, where such metals are selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and combinations thereof, and wherein each said residual metal is present at least 0.4 ppm.
8. The polyethylene polymer of claim 5 or 6, wherein said polyethylene is characterized by one of the following properties:
(a) a density in the range of from 0.900 to 0.960 gcm3; or
(b) a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.1 to 50 g10 minutes; or
(c) a melt flow ratio (I10I2) in the range of from 6 to 10.
9. A composition comprising the polyethylene polymer of claim 5 or 6, and one or more polymers or one or more additives.
10. An article comprising the polyethylene polymer of claim 5 or 6.

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
receiving a designation of content having user-selectable elements;
analyzing the content to identify an audio command corresponding to one or more user-selectable elements of the user-selectable elements, the audio command being identified based at least in part on an acoustic differentiation between the audio command and a different audio command meeting or exceeding a threshold;
receiving a signal associated with an utterance of a user, the signal generated by a microphone associated with a device;
analyzing the signal associated with the utterance to determine the audio command; and
responding to the utterance in accordance with a user-selectable element of the one or more user-selectable elements corresponding to the audio command, the responding including
causing information associated with the audio command to be visually output via a projector associated with the device.
2. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises identifying words of the content based at least in part on the acoustic differentiation between the audio command and the different audio command by a machine-implemented speech recognizer.
3. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises selecting text from the content.
4. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises selecting text associated with the one or more user-selectable elements.
5. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein at least one user-selectable element of the user-selectable elements is associated with an image, and wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises performing image recognition to identify one or more words that correspond to the image.
6. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein at least one user-selectable element of the user-selectable elements is associated with audio, and wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises performing speech recognition to identify one or more words that correspond to the audio.
7. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, the acts further comprising displaying textual indications of the audio command in conjunction with the content.
8. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein an individual user-selectable element of the user-selectable elements is associated with non-textual media, and wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises recognizing one or more words indicated by the non-textual media.
9. A method, comprising:
receiving, by one or more computing devices, a request designating content, wherein the content has a user-selectable element;
determining, by at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, an audio command corresponding to the user-selectable element, the audio command being determined based at least in part on an acoustic differentiation between the audio command and a different audio command meeting or exceeding a threshold;
associating, by at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, the audio command with the user-selectable element; and
causing information associated with audio command to be visually output by a projector associated with the second device.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
identifying the audio command in response to a user utterance; and
responding to the user utterance in accordance with the user-selectable element that corresponds to the audio command.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the audio command is performed based at least in part on the acoustic differentiation between the audio command and the different audio command by a machine-implemented speech recognizer.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the audio command comprises selecting text from the content.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the audio command comprises selecting text from the user-selectable element.
14. The method of claim 9, wherein the user-selectable element is associated with audio, and wherein determining the audio command comprises performing speech recognition to identify one or more words that correspond to the audio.
15. The method of claim 9, wherein the user-selectable element is associated with an image, and wherein determining the audio command comprises performing image recognition to identify one or more words that correspond to the image.
16. The method of claim 9, wherein the user-selectable element is associated with non-textual media, and wherein determining the audio command comprises recognizing one or more words indicated by the non-textual media.
17. The method of claim 9, further comprising causing display of textual indications of the audio commands in conjunction with the content.
18. A system comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
receiving a request that specifies a user utterance with regard to content having user-selectable elements;
analyzing the content to identify an audio command corresponding to one or more user-selectable elements of the user-selectable elements, the audio command being identified based at least in part on an acoustic differentiation between the audio command and a different audio command meeting or exceeding a threshold;
selecting the audio command based at least in part on the user utterance; and
responding to the request in accordance with a user-selectable element of the one or more user-selectable elements corresponding to the audio command, the responding including
causing information associated with the audio command to be visually output via a projector associated with a device.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the request identifies at least a portion of the content.
20. The system of claim 18, wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises selecting words of the content based at least in part on differentiability of the words by a machine-implemented speech recognizer.
21. The system of claim 18, wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises selecting text from the content.
22. The system of claim 18, wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises selecting text associated with the one or more user-selectable elements of the user-selectable elements.
23. The system of claim 18, wherein at least one user-selectable element of the user-selectable elements is associated with audio, and wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises performing speech recognition to identify one or more words that correspond to the audio.
24. The system of claim 18, wherein at least one user-selectable element of the user-selectable elements is associated with an image, and wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises performing image recognition to identify one or more words that correspond to the image.
25. The system of claim 18, wherein at least user-selectable element of the one or more user-selectable elements is associated with non-textual media, and wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises recognizing one or more words indicated by the non-textual media.
26. The system of claim 18, wherein the acts further comprise causing display of textual indications of the audio command in conjunction with the content.
27. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein analyzing the content to identify the audio command comprises excluding audio commands having a different acoustic differentiation that is less than the threshold.
28. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the acts further comprise indicating an availability of the audio command by causing at least one of a textual indication or a graphical indication to be overlaid on the user-selectable element.
29. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the acts further comprise indicating an availability of the audio command by causing the information to be emphasized via a display associated with the device.

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

I claim:

1. An elastic wrist brace, comprising:
a sleeve of flexible material having a finger end opposite from a forearm end, said finger end including a thumb slot which extends from said finger end toward said forearm end and opens toward said finger end;
a thumb strap attached to said sleeve at one side of said thumb slot and extending from said edge so as to be placed in a position to bridge the open end of said thumb slot;
fastener material on an inside surface of said thumb strap and on an outer surface of said sleeve adjacent to said thumb slot opposite from said thumb strap so that said thumb strap can be attached to said material adjacent to said thumb slot; and
a strap having one end affixed to said sleeve between said finger end and said forearm end, said strap being adapted to be wrapped around said sleeve in a circumferential direction so as not to overlie said thumb strap when said thumb strap is secured to said fastener material adjacent said thumb slot.
2. A wrist brace as in claim 1, wherein stiffening material is provided on opposite sides of said sleeve and wherein said thumb slot is positioned relative to said stiffening material circumferentially between said stiffening material.
3. A wrist brace as in claim 1, further comprising a second wrap around strap.
4. A wrist brace as in claim 1, wherein said thumb strap is curved, with a side of said thumb strap which is adjacent to a user’s thumb being concave.
5. A wrist brace as in claim 5, wherein said thumb strap is convex on a side opposite from said concave side.