Author: claimsbot

1. A communication system to provide remote access, by an operator, to process sections in an industrial plant, the process sections monitored and controlled by a centralised control system, the communication system comprising:
a data network;
a plurality of wireless access points on the data network;
first identifying means for identifying an operator;
second identifying means for identifying at least one of job functions of the operator and preferences of the operator;
a mobile wireless device provided to the operator;
a means for connecting the mobile wireless device to one of the wireless access points;
an interfacing means for connecting the mobile wireless device with the centralised control system using the data network;
means for enabling the operator equipped with the mobile wireless device to query the centralised control system for status information pertaining to the process sections, via the interfacing means;
means for customizing the status information, by the centralised control system for the operator based on a current location of the operator and the identified at least one of the job functions of the operator and the preferences of the operator;
means for delivering the customized status information from the centralised control system to the mobile wireless device, via the interfacing means; and
means for enabling the operator equipped with the mobile device to provide instructions to the centralised control system that request the centralised control system to control the process sections, via the interfacing means.
2. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the second identifying means accesses a database containing a profile of each of a plurality of operators, wherein the profile for each of the operators specifies at least one of the job functions of the operator and the preferences of the operator.
3. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the interfacing means further comprises a means to identify a selected one of the process sections which is in a vicinity of each wireless access point and wherein the means for customizing customizes the status information for the identified process section.
4. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile wireless device comprises:
an input means for the operator to input the queries and the control instructions for providing to the centralised control system via the interfacing means;
an output means for providing the delivered status information from the centralised control system to the operator; and
a wireless communication means for communicating with the interfacing means using the connected-to one of the wireless access points.
5. The communication system as recited in claim 4, wherein the input means of the mobile wireless device is a touch screen.
6. The communication system as recited in claim 4, wherein the input means of the mobile wireless device is a keyboard.
7. The communication system as recited in claim 4, wherein the output means of the mobile wireless device is a display screen.
8. The communication system as recited in claim 4, wherein the output means of the mobile wireless device provides voice output.
9. The communication system as recited in claim 4, wherein the wireless communication means of the mobile wireless device is a receiver transmitter means.
10. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the interfacing means is hardware.
11. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the interfacing means is software.
12. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile wireless device further comprises log-in means enabling the operator to be identified.
13. The communication system as recited in claim 12, wherein the log-in means enables the operator to log-in into either the centralised control system or the mobile wireless device.
14. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile wireless device is provided with a radio frequency means to communicate with the wireless access points.
15. The communication system as recited in claim 14, wherein the mobile wireless device uses IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol.
16. The communication system as recited in claim 14, wherein the mobile wireless device uses HomeRF communication protocol.
17. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the wireless access points use Bluetooth communication protocol, the mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth enabled device.
18. The communication system as recited in claim 17, wherein the mobile wireless device processes voice data.
19. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile wireless device has a storing means to store information pertaining to a plurality of the process sections.
20. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile wireless device is also a computing device.
21. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the means for connecting the mobile wireless device connects with a selected one of the wireless access points, the selected one being that one of the wireless access points which is physically nearest the mobile wireless device.
22. The communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein the interfacing means uses software objects to represent the process sections.
23. The communication system as recited in claim 22, wherein the interfacing means has a list of pre-defined characteristics for each software object, such that the operator can interact with the pre-defined characteristics of at least one selected one of the process sections, the pre-defined characteristics of the selected one determined by reference to the pre-defined characteristics in the list.
24. The communication system as recited in claim 22, wherein the interfacing means has the software objects categorized according to a predetermined scheme, and the categories are linked together.
25. An industrial control system connected on a data network suitable for an operator to remotely query and remotely control process sections in an industrial plant, the industrial control system comprising:
a centralised control system that monitors and controls the process sections over the data network;
a plurality of wireless access points on the data network;
a mobile wireless device that communicates wirelessly with the centralised control system using one of the wireless access points to which the mobile wireless device is communicably connected;
a database containing a profile of each of a plurality of operators;
a customizer at the centralised control system for customizing status information about selected ones of the process sections, using a selected one of the profiles from the database, wherein the selected one of the profiles is the profile of an operator who is equipped with the mobile wireless device;
whereby the operator equipped with the mobile wireless device communicates with the centralised control system using the connected-to wireless access point to issue queries to obtain the customized status information about the selected process sections, the selected process sections being those which the operator is physically nearby when issuing a request to obtain the customized status information, and to provide control instructions to the centralized control system that requests the centralized control system to control the selected process sections.
26. The industrial control system as recited in claim 25, wherein the centralised control system further comprises a means to identify, for each of the wireless access points, a selected one of the process sections that is in a vicinity of that wireless access point.
27. The industrial control system as recited in claim 25, wherein the mobile wireless device comprises:
an input means for the operator to input the queries and the control instructions for providing to the centralised control system;
an output means for providing the customized status information from the centralised control system to the operator; and
a wireless communication means for communicating with the centralised control system using the connected-to one of the wireless access points.
28. The industrial control system as recited in claim 27, wherein the output means of the mobile wireless device is a touch screen.
29. The industrial control system as recited in claim 27, wherein the input means of the mobile wireless device is a keyboard.
30. The industrial control system as recited in claim 27, wherein the wireless communication means of the mobile wireless device is a transmitter receiver means.
31. The industrial control system as recited in claim 25, wherein the mobile wireless device further comprises log-in means for identifying the operator.
32. The industrial control system as recited in claim 25, wherein the mobile wireless device is provided with a radio frequency means to communicate with the wireless access points.
33. The industrial control system as recited in claim 32, wherein the mobile wireless device uses IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol.
34. The industrial control system as recited in claim 32, wherein the mobile wireless device uses HomeRF communication protocol.
35. The industrial control system as recited in claim 25, wherein the wireless access points use Bluetooth communication protocol, the mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth enabled device.
36. The industrial control system as recited in claim 35, wherein the mobile wireless device processes voice data.
37. The industrial control system as recited in claim 25, wherein the centralised control system uses software objects to represent the process sections.
38. The industrial control system as recited in claim 37, wherein the centralised control system has a list of pre-defined characteristics for each software object.
39. The industrial control system as recited in claim 37, wherein the centralised control system has the software objects categorized according to a predetermined scheme, and the categories are linked together, thereby modeling the process sections of the industrial plant and enabling the operator to remotely access and remotely control multiple process sections by navigating the linked categories.
40. The industrial control system as recited in claim 25, wherein the mobile wireless device has a storing means to store information about a plurality of the process sections.
41. The industrial control system as recited in claim 25, wherein the mobile wireless device is a computing device that analyses the obtained status information.
42. The industrial control system as recited in claim 25 wherein the mobile wireless device communicates with a selected one of the wireless access points which is located in a vicinity of the mobile wireless device.
43. A method for an operator to remotely query and remotely control process sections over a data network in an industrial plant using a mobile wireless device, the process sections being controlled by a centralised control system, the data network including a plurality of wireless access points, the method comprising the steps of:
establishing a communication link between the mobile wireless device and the centralised control system using one of the wireless access points;
identifying an operator of the mobile wireless device;
identifying a current location of the mobile wireless device;
identifying a selected one of the process sections physically near the identified current location;
locating a profile of the operator, the profile specifying at least one of job functions of the operator and preferences of the operator;
using the located profile, by the centralised control system to customize status information pertaining to the selected one of the process sections, responsive to a query request received from the mobile wireless device;
sending the customized status information from the centralised control system to the mobile wireless device for access by the operator, responsive to the query request over the established communication link; and
sending control instructions provided by the operator using the mobile wireless device to the centralised control system over the established communication link, the control instructions requesting the centralised control system to control at least one of the process sections.
44. The method as recited in claim 43, wherein the establishing step further comprising the steps of:
approaching a selected one of the wireless access points with the mobile wireless device;
transmitting a request signal from the mobile wireless device to the centralised control system in response to approaching the selected wireless access point; and
acknowledging, by the centralised control system, the transmitted request signal; and
wherein the step of identifying the current location; of the mobile wireless device uses a known location of the approached wireless access point.
45. The method as recited in claim 43, wherein the establishing step further comprises the step of:
detecting the mobile wireless device carried by the operator by searching amongst login information that indicates which operator is logged in to each of a plurality of mobile wireless devices; and wherein the step of identifying the current location of the mobile wireless device further comprises the step of using a know location of a selected one of the wireless access points which is wirelessly connected to the mobile wireless device of the operator.
46. The method as recited in claim 43, wherein the step of establishing a communication link between the mobile wireless device and the centralised control system uses a Radio Frequency link.
47. The method as recited in claim 43, wherein the step of establishing a communication link between the mobile wireless device and centralised control system uses a Bluetooth access point.
48. A computer program product for enabling a mobile wireless device to remotely query and remotely control process sections in an industrial plant through communications with a centralised control system, the centralised control system querying and controlling the process sections, the computer program product embodied on one or more computer readable media and comprising:
computer readable program code means for establishing a communication link between the mobile wireless device and the centralized control system using a wireless access point located in a vicinity of a selected one of the process sections which the mobile wireless device is near;
computer readable program code means for sending customized status information from the centralised control system to the mobile wireless device for access by an operator of the mobile wireless device, responsive to query requests received from the mobile wireless device, over the established communication link, the customized status information pertaining to the selected process section and being customized with regard to a profile of the operator, the profile specifying at least one of job functions of the operator and preferences of the operator; and
computer readable program code means for sending control instructions provided by the operator using the mobile wireless device to the centralised control system over the established communication link, the control instructions requesting the centralised control system to control the selected process section.
49. The computer program product as recited in claim 48, wherein the computer readable program code means for establishing a communication link further comprises:
computer readable program code means for enabling the operator to log-in to the central control system via the mobile wireless device to enable identification of the operator and the profile of the operator.
50. The computer program product as recited in claim 48, wherein the computer readable program code means for establishing a communication link further comprises:
computer readable program code means for identifying a location of the operator.
51. The computer program product as recited in claim 48, wherein the computer readable program code means for establishing a communication link further comprises:
computer readable program code means for searching for the operator amongst operator login information stored for a plurality of mobile wireless devices, wherein the operator login information identifies a particular mobile wireless device to which the operator logged in; and
computer readable program code means for identifying a location of the operator using a known location of the wireless access point wirelessly connected to the particular mobile wireless device.
52. The computer program product as recited in claim 48, wherein the computer readable program code means fix establishing a communication link further comprises:
computer readable program code means for identifying the operator;
computer readable program code means for identifying a location of the mobile wireless device; and
computer readable program code means for identifying the selected one of the process sections which the mobile wireless device is near and which is located in the vicinity of the wireless access point.

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. Seed of hybrid maize variety designated X1069G, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession number PTA-5474.
2. A maize plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 1.
3. Pollen of the plant of claim 2.
4. An ovule of the plant of claim 2.
5. A tissue culture of regenerable cells produced from the plant of claim 2.
6. Protoplasts produced from the tissue culture of claim 5.
7. The tissue culture of claim 5, wherein cells of the tissue culture are from a tissue selected from the group consisting of leaf, pollen, embryo, root, root tip, anther, silk, flower, kernel, ear, cob, husk and stalk.
8. A maize plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 5, said plant having all the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid maize plant X1069G, representative seed of said plant having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-5474.
9. A method for producing an F1 hybrid maize seed, comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with a different maize plant and harvesting the resultant F1 hybrid maize seed.
10. A maize plant, or part thereof, having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the hybrid maize plant X1069G, representative seed of said plant having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-5474.
11. A method of introducing a desired trait into a hybrid maize variety X1069G comprising:
(a) crossing at least one of inbred maize parent plants GE535769 and GE515721, representative seed of which have been deposited under ATCC Accession Nos. PTA-5522 and PTA-1306 respectively, with another maize line that comprises a desired trait, to produce F1 progeny plants, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, disease resistance and waxy starch;
(b) selecting said F1 progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected F1 progeny plants;
(c) backcrossing the selected progeny plants with said inbred maize parent plant to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and morphological and physiological characteristics of said inbred maize parent plant to produce selected backcross progeny plants;
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce a selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plant; and
(f) crossing said fourth or higher backcross progeny plant with the other inbred maize parent plant to produce a hybrid maize variety X1069G with the desired trait and all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid maize variety X1069G listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.
12. A plant produced by the method of claim 11, wherein the plant has the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of hybrid maize variety X1069G listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.
13. The plant of claim 12 wherein the desired trait is herbicide resistance and the resistance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of: imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
14. The plant of claim 12 wherein the desired trait is insect resistance and the insect resistance is conferred by a transgene encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
15. The plant of claim 12 wherein the desired trait is male sterility and the trait is conferred by a cytoplasmic nucleic acid molecule that confers male sterility.
16. A method of modifying fatty acid metabolism, phytic acid metabolism or carbohydrate metabolism in a hybrid maize variety X1069G comprising:
(a) crossing at least one of inbred maize parent plants GE535769 and GE515721, representative seed of which have been deposited under ATCC Accession Nos. as PTA-5522 and PTA-1306 respectively, with another maize line that comprises a nucleic acid molecule encoding an enzyme selected from the group consisting of phytase, steryl-ACP desaturase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, alpha-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme;
(b) selecting said F1 progeny plants that have said nucleic acid molecule to produce selected F1 progeny plants;
(c) backcrossing the selected progeny plants with said inbred maize parent plant to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have said nucleic acid molecule and morphological and physiological characteristics of said inbred maize parent plant to produce selected backcross progeny plants;
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce a selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plant; and
(f) crossing said fourth or higher backcross progeny plant with the other inbred maize parent plant to produce a hybrid maize variety X1069G that comprises said nucleic acid molecule and has all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid maize variety X1069G listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.
17. A plant produced by the method of claim 16, wherein the plant comprises the nucleic acid molecule and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of hybrid maize variety X1069G listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.
18. A method for producing a maize seed, comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with itself or a different maize plant and harvesting the resultant maize seed.

1. A CPP magnetic read head, comprising:
a seed layer on a lower lead layer;
an antiferromagnetic layer on said seed layer;
a pinned layer on said antiferromagnetic layer;
a spacer layer on said pinned layer;
a free layer on said spacer layer;
a cap layer on said free layer;
said cap layer and said free layer together forming a first pedestal having a first maximum width;
said seed layer, said antiferromagnetic layer, said pinned layer, and said spacer layer together forming a second pedestal having a second maximum width that is greater than said first maximum width;
said first pedestal being precisely aligned relative to said second pedestal whereby said second pedestal overlaps said first pedestal by the same amount everywhere; and
said first pedestal having sidewalls that are steeper than those of said second pedestal.
2. The CPP read head described in claim 1 wherein said read head has a GMR ratio of at least 1% and a series resistance that is less than about 50 ohms.
3. The CPP read head described in claim 1 wherein said second maximum pedestal width is between about 1 and 12 times said first maximum pedestal width.
4. The CPP read head described in claim 1 wherein said first pedestal has an aspect ratio between about 1.5 and 30.

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 for converting a carbon containing fuel and water vapor into a reformate gas comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, using water molecules that diffuse through a membrane by steam permeation reforming, the process comprising:
(a) providing a ceramic membrane comprising an oxide ceramic having intrinsic and extrinsic oxygen ion vacancies, and having first and second surfaces; wherein the oxide ceramic capable of reacting with gaseous water molecules at the first surface by the reversible reaction, H2O(g)+VO\u2022\u2022+OxO2OH\u2022O; and the oxide ceramic capable of producing gaseous water molecules at the second surface by the reversible reaction, 2OH\u2022OH2O(g)+VO\u2022\u2022+OxO;
(b) contacting water vapor with the first surface;
(c) contacting the reformate gas with the second surface;
whereby solid state ambipolar diffusion of oxygen ion vacancies and protons across the membrane occurs; and the ambipolar diffusion produces a net diffusion flux of water molecules through the membrane from the first surface to the second surface; and,
whereby reaction of the water molecules with the carbon containing fuel generates the reformate gas;
whereby the chemical activity of water molecules at the first surface is maintained greater than or equal to the chemical activity of water molecules at the second surface.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein the carbon containing fuel comprises a solid carbon containing fuel.
3. The process of claim 2, wherein the solid carbon containing fuel is coal or pyrolized biomass.
4. The process of claim 1, wherein the carbon containing fuel comprises a solid, electrically conductive carbon fuel rod.
5. The process of claim 4, wherein the carbon fuel rod is an anode electrode in contact with the ceramic membrane.
6. The process of claim 1, wherein the ceramic membrane comprises a perovskite ceramic.
7. The process of claim 6, wherein the ceramic membrane has a nominal stoichiometry of BaCe0.9Y0.1O3-\u03b4, where \u03b4 is 0 to 0.05.
8. The process of claim 1, wherein the ceramic membrane is non-conducting with respect to electrons with an ionic transference number greater than 0.8.
9. The process of claim 1, wherein the ceramic membrane has a protonic conductivity of at least about 5 millisiemens per centimeter at a temperature of 700\xb0 C.
10. The process of claim 1, wherein the process occurs at a temperature of 650\xb0 C. to 850\xb0 C.
11. The process of claim 1, wherein the process occurs at a temperature of about 700\xb0 C. to about 750\xb0 C.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon fuel is selected from the group consisting of methane, methanol, propane, ethanol, liquid paraffin, kerosene, and diesel fuel.
13. The process of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon fuel is methane.
14. The process of claim 1, wherein the ceramic membrane has a thickness less than about 1 millimeter.
15. The process of claim 1, wherein the first surface is in contact with air.
16. The process of claim 1, wherein the ceramic membrane is a proton conducting ceramic electrolyte of a fuel cell.
17. The process of claim 16, wherein the fuel cell comprises a cathode in direct contact with at least a portion of the first surface of the ceramic membrane.
18. The process of claim 17, wherein the cathode is selected from the group consisting of metals, metallic alloys, metallic and oxide composites, and mixed conducting oxides.
19. The process of claim 17, wherein the cathode is selected from the group consisting of platinum, a nickel alloy, and a mixed protonicelectronic conducting ceramic cathode less than about 20 microns in thickness.
20. The process of claim 17, wherein the cathode is stable against oxidation and corrosion in moist, oxidizing atmospheres at temperatures less than about 850\xb0 C.
21. The process of claim 16, wherein the fuel cell comprises an anode in direct contact with at least a portion of the second surface of the ceramic membrane.
22. The process of claim 21, wherein the anode is selected from the group consisting of metals, metallic alloys, metallic and oxide composites, and mixed conducting oxides.
23. The process of claim 21, wherein the anode is selected from the group consisting of a metallic platinum, a nickelnickel alloy, and a mixture of nickel oxide and oxide ceramic.
24. A process for generating electricity, comprising:
contacting a reformate gas from a carbon containing fuel source with the anode of a fuel cell and contacting oxygen and water vapor with the cathode of a fuel cell, the fuel cell comprising:
an anode selected from the group consisting of a metallic anode, solid carbon-containing anode, and a mixed conducting anode;
a cathode selected from the group consisting of a metallic cathode and a mixed conducting cathode;
a proton-conducting ceramic electrolyte between the anode and the cathode, wherein the ceramic electrolyte comprises an oxide ceramic having intrinsic and extrinsic oxygen ion vacancies, and having first and second surfaces; wherein the oxide ceramic is capable of reacting with gaseous water molecules at the first surface by the reversible reaction, H2O(g)+VO\u2022\u2022+OxO2OH\u2022O; and the oxide ceramic is capable of producing gaseous water molecules at the second surface by the reversible reaction, 2OH\u2022OH2O(g)+VO\u2022\u2022+OxO; and
an external load connecting the anode and the cathode;
establishing a water vapor concentration gradient by having a first partial pressure of the water vapor at the cathode exceed a second partial pressure of water vapor at the anode, and passing water vapor through the electrolyte from the cathode side to the anode side by steam permeation;
converting chemical energy in the form of protons with high electrochemical potential into electrical energy by electrochemical oxidation.
25. The process of claim 24, wherein the carbon containing fuel comprises a solid carbon containing fuel.
26. The process of claim 25, wherein the solid carbon containing fuel is coal or pyrolized biomass.
27. The process of claim 24, wherein the carbon containing fuel is in contact with the anode.
28. The process of claim 24, wherein the anode comprises a solid, electrically conductive carbon fuel rod.
29. The process of claim 24, wherein the reformate gas comprises hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.