Author: claimsbot

1. An image recording apparatus comprising:
a sheet feed tray configured to store a plurality of stacked recording medium;
a sheet feed roller configured to feed the plurality of recording medium, one by one, from the sheet feed tray;
an image recording unit configured to record an image on the recording medium fed by the sheet feed roller;
an output unit configured to output the recording medium recorded by the image recording unit;
a first conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium from the sheet feed tray to the output unit via the image recording unit;
a second conveying unit configured to return the recording medium, which has conveyed via the image recording unit, to the sheet feed tray;
an image memory configured to store image data to be recorded by the image recording unit; and
a controller configured to control the sheet feed roller, the image recording unit, the first conveying unit, and the second conveying unit to record the image on the recording medium; and
a detection unit configured to detect a position of the recording medium with respect to the sheet feed tray,
wherein the controller is configured to control the sheet feed roller to start feeding a following recording medium subsequent to a preceding recording medium fed by the sheet feed roller irrespective of whether the image data for the following recording medium is stored in the image memory,
wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the image data for the following recording medium is stored in the image memory after having started the sheet feeding of the following recording medium, and whether first and second following recording media had been fed from the sheet feed tray,
wherein, when the controller determines that an image data for the following recording medium fed from the sheet feed tray is not stored in the image memory and that a trailing edge of the first following recording medium has passed the sheet feed roller, the controller is configured to control the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit to return the first following recording medium to the sheet feed tray by conveying the first following recording medium through the image recording unit and the second conveying unit, and
wherein, when the controller determines that an image data for the following recording medium fed from the sheet feed tray is not stored in the image memory and that the trailing edge of the second following recording medium has not passed the sheet feed roller, the controller is configured to control the sheet feed roller to return the second following recording medium to the sheet feed tray without passing through the image recording unit and the second conveying unit.
2. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a switching roller being capable of rotating in normal and reverse directions,
wherein the controller controls the switching roller to rotate in the normal direction when outputting the recording medium, which has passed the image recording unit, to the output unit, and
controls the switching roller to rotate in the reverse direction when returning the recording medium, which has passed the image recording unit, to the sheet feed tray via the second conveying unit.
3. The image recording apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the controller further configured to perform a duplex image recording, and
in the duplex image recording control, the controller is configured to perform recording an image on a first surface of the recording medium fed from the sheet feed tray by the image recording unit, then returning the recording medium to the sheet feed tray via the second conveying unit, feeding the returned recording medium again from the sheet feed tray, recording an image on a second surface of the re-fed recording medium by the image recording unit, and outputting the recording medium, which is recorded on the second surface, to the output unit.
4. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the sheet feed roller is configured to be rotatable in normal and reverse directions, and
the controller is configured to, if the controller determines that the trailing edge of the following recording medium has not passed the sheet feed roller, rotate the sheet feed roller in the reverse direction to return the following recording medium to the sheet feed tray.
5. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit includes a counter configured to count the amount of rotation of the sheet feed roller.
6. The image recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the detection unit further includes a rotary encoder configured to output the amount of rotation of the sheet feed roller.
7. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the following recording medium is returned to the sheet feed tray via a position opposite to a position where the recording medium fed from the sheet feed tray passes when the trailing edge of the following recording medium has passed the sheet feed roller.
8. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upward-oriented surface of the following recording medium returned to the sheet feed tray is a different from an upward-oriented surface of the same before initially being fed from the sheet feed tray when the trailing edge of the following recording medium has passed the sheet feed roller.
9. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheet feed tray is positioned below the image recording unit.

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

1-15. (canceled)
16. A method for processing a container that has been pre-tensioned, said container being in a sealed position against a filling element, said method comprising pressure-filling said container with liquid filling-material, said container being maintained at a filling pressure, upon completion of said pressure-filling, while said container is in said sealed position, carrying out a pressure-treatment of said liquid filling-material, and relieving pressure in said container to ambient pressure, wherein carrying out said pressure treatment comprises raising internal pressure in said container to a treatment pressure that is higher than said filling pressure, and wherein raising said internal pressure comprises introducing gas into a head space of said container.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein carrying out said pressure treatment comprises carrying out said pressure treatment for an interval that is shorter than a time required for completion of said pressure-filling.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein carrying out said pressure treatment comprises carrying out said pressure treatment for an interval that is between 0.5 seconds and 3 seconds.
19. The method of claim 16, further comprising maintaining said treatment pressure to be between 1.5 times said filling pressure and 2.5 times said filling pressure.
20. The method of claim 16, wherein carrying out pressure treatment comprises causing a pressure rise within said interior, wherein said pressure rise is between 0.5 bar and 3.0 bar.
21. The method of claim 16, further comprising, prior to pressure-filling said container with liquid filling-material, causing gas to pass into said container from a gas reservoir, and, after causing said gas to pass into said container, returning gas that is in said container to said gas source.
22. The method of claim 16, wherein introducing gas into said head space comprises introducing a gas selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and sterile air.
23. A method for processing a container, said method comprising, during a filling phase, filling an interior of said container with liquid content, when said container has been filled to a designated level, ceasing filling, and testing said container for leaks, wherein testing said container for leaks comprises connecting said interior to a gas source, allowing said gas source to fill said interior until a pressure within said interior reaches a treatment pressure, disconnecting said source from said interior, and, during the course of a testing interval, monitoring for evidence of leakage from said container.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein monitoring for evidence of leakage comprises monitoring a rate of change of pressure within said container.
25. The method of claim 23, wherein monitoring for evidence of leakage comprises inspecting an outer surface of said container.
26. The method of claim 25, further comprising using a camera for inspecting said outer surface.
27. The method of claim 23, wherein monitoring for evidence of leakage comprises, using a pressure sensor, monitoring pressure in said container.
28. The method of claim 23, wherein testing said container for leaks occurs with said container arranged in a sealed position against a filling element.
29. The method of claim 23, wherein said treatment pressure is greater than a filling pressure used in pressure-filling said container.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein said treatment pressure is between 1.5 times said filling pressure and 2.5 times said filling pressure.
31. The method of claim 23, wherein connecting said interior to a gas source comprises connecting said interior to a channel that transports a treatment gas at said treatment pressure.
32. The method of claim 23, wherein said designated level is selected such that filling is completed prior to testing said container for leaks.
33. The method of claim 23, further comprising determining that no leak is present, and resuming filling of said container.
34. An apparatus for processing a container that contains liquid filling-material, said apparatus comprising a source of inert gas at a treatment pressure that is higher than a fill pressure that is used to fill said container, and a plurality of filling elements, wherein a first filling element from said plurality of filling elements comprises a housing, and a first controlled gas path, wherein said filling element provides controlled dispensing of liquid content into said container, wherein said first controlled gas path is formed in said housing, and wherein said first controlled gas path selectively connects said source with said container.
35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein said source comprises a joint channel that connects to each filling element in said plurality of filling elements.
36. The apparatus of claim 34, further comprising a second controlled gas path, and a collection chamber, wherein said collection chamber is connected to all filling elements in said plurality of filling elements, wherein said second controlled gas path is selectively connected to said collection chamber such that an interior of said container can be selectively connected to said collection chamber, wherein said second controlled gas path is configured to permit escape of gases used in rinsing and pre-tensioning of said containers.

1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a conductive layer functioning as an antenna;
a first CMOS structure over a substrate; and
a second CMOS structure over the substrate,
wherein each of the first CMOS structure and the second CMOS structure comprises:
a first transistor having a first semiconductor layer over the substrate;
a first insulating film over the first transistor;
a first interlayer insulating layer over the first insulating film;
a second transistor having a second semiconductor layer over the first interlayer insulating layer;
a second insulating film over the second transistor; and
a second interlayer insulating layer over the second insulating film,
wherein the first semiconductor layer is bonded to the substrate with a first insulating layer interposed between the substrate and the first semiconductor layer,
wherein the second semiconductor layer is bonded to the first interlayer insulating layer with a second insulating layer interposed between the second semiconductor layer and the first interlayer insulating layer,
wherein the first transistor is an n-channel transistor and the second transistor is a p-channel transistor, and
wherein the second insulating film has a compressive stress, and

wherein the conductive layer functioning as an antenna is provided over at least one of the first CMOS structure and the second CMOS structure with a third insulating layer interposed therebetween.
2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are overlapped with each other with the first interlayer insulating layer interposed therebetween, and the first transistor and the second transistor are electrically connected to each other by a wiring which is formed in an opening which penetrates the second insulating film, the second semiconductor layer, the second insulating layer, the first interlayer insulating layer, the first insulating film, and reaches the first semiconductor layer.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein crystal plane orientations of surfaces of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, which are parallel to the substrate surface, are {110}.
4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3,
wherein crystal axes of a channel length direction of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are <110>.
5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein a channel formation region of the first semiconductor layer is distorted due to a stress of the first insulating film.
6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein the first insulating film and the second insulating film are silicon nitride films or silicon nitride oxide films.
7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein each of the first interlayer insulating layer and the second interlayer insulating layer comprises a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film.
8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are silicon oxide films which are formed by a chemical vapor deposition method using an organosilane gas.
9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein the substrate is a glass substrate.
10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is a single-crystal semiconductor layer.
11. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein difference in mobility between the first transistor and the second transistor is reduced by causing a distortion in a channel length direction of the second semiconductor layer of the second transistor.
12. A semiconductor device comprising:
a conductive layer functioning as an antenna;
a first CMOS structure over a substrate; and
a second CMOS structure over the substrate,
wherein each of the first CMOS structure and the second CMOS structure comprises:
a first transistor having a first semiconductor layer over the substrate;
a first insulating film over the first transistor;
a first interlayer insulating layer over the first insulating film;
a second transistor having a second semiconductor layer over the first interlayer insulating layer;
a second insulating film over the second transistor; and
a second interlayer insulating layer over the second insulating film,
wherein the first semiconductor layer is bonded to the substrate with a first insulating layer interposed between the substrate and the first semiconductor layer,
wherein the second semiconductor layer is bonded to the first interlayer insulating layer with a second insulating layer interposed between the second semiconductor layer and the first interlayer insulating layer,
wherein the first transistor is a p-channel transistor and the second transistor is an n-channel transistor, and
wherein the first insulating film has a compressive stress, and

wherein the conductive layer functioning as an antenna is provided over at least one of the first CMOS structure and the second CMOS structure with a third insulating layer interposed therebetween.
13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12,
wherein crystal plane orientations of surfaces of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, which are parallel to the substrate surface, are {110}.
14. The semiconductor device according to claim 13,
wherein crystal axes of a channel length direction of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are <110>.
15. The semiconductor device according to claim 12,
wherein a channel formation region of the second semiconductor layer is distorted due to a stress of the second insulating film.
16. The semiconductor device according to claim 12,
wherein the first insulating film and the second insulating film are silicon nitride films or silicon nitride oxide films.
17. The semiconductor device according to claim 12,
wherein each of the first interlayer insulating layer and the second interlayer insulating layer comprises a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film.
18. The semiconductor device according to claim 12,
wherein the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are silicon oxide films which are formed by a chemical vapor deposition method using an organosilane gas.
19. The semiconductor device according to claim 12,
wherein the substrate is a glass substrate.
20. The semiconductor device according to claim 12,
wherein each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is a single-crystal semiconductor layer.
21. The semiconductor device according to claim 12,
wherein difference in mobility between the first transistor and the second transistor is reduced by causing a distortion in a channel length direction of the first semiconductor layer of the first transistor.
22. A semiconductor device comprising:
a conductive layer functioning as an antenna;
a first CMOS structure; and
a second CMOS structure,
wherein each of the first CMOS structure and the second CMOS structure comprises:
a first transistor having a first semiconductor layer and a second transistor having a second semiconductor layer,
a first insulating film over the first transistor;
a second insulating film over the second transistor;
a first interlayer insulating layer over the first insulating film and the second insulating film;
a first wiring over the first interlayer insulating layer;
the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are electrically connected by the first wiring, a second wiring in a first opening and a third wiring in a second opening in the first interlayer insulating layer,
a second interlayer insulating layer over the first wiring;
wherein the first transistor is an n-channel transistor and the second transistor is a p-channel transistor, and
wherein the second insulating film has a compressive stress,

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor of the first CMOS structure is bonded to a substrate,
wherein the first transistor and the second transistor of the second CMOS structure is bonded to the second interlayer insulating layer of the first CMOS structure, and
wherein the conductive layer functioning as an antenna is bonded to the second interlayer insulating layer of the second CMOS structure.
23. The semiconductor device according to claim 22,
wherein each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is a single-crystal semiconductor layer.
24. The semiconductor device according to claim 22,
wherein difference in mobility between the first transistor and the second transistor is reduced by causing a distortion in a channel length direction of the second semiconductor layer of the second transistor.

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 computer server configured to facilitate secure access to at least one third party web site by a user using a common user identifier comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium configured to store user registration information and a common user identifier associated with the stored user registration information;
a network server operatively connected to the computer-readable storage medium and configured for executing a software module, the software module configured for communicating the user registration information to at least one third party web site upon receiving, from the user upon redirection of the user to the network server from the third party website, the common user identifier, wherein the common user identifier is used by both the network server and the at least one third party web site to identify the user;
whereupon communication of the user registration information to the at least one third party web site, the at least one third party web site utilizes the user registration information to authenticate the identity of the user when receiving a request, from the user, instructing the at least one third party web site to perform a given action.
2. A method for registering a user with a third party web site, by utilizing user registration information provided to a registration web site, the method comprising, at a first server configured to present a third party website to a user:
receiving a request from the user to access the third party web site;
determining whether the user is registered with the third party web site;
when registered with the third party web site, allowing the user to access the third party web site; and
when not registered with the third party web site, the method further comprising
providing the user with an option to register directly with the third party web site, and
providing the user with an option to access a second server, the second server in communication with the first server and configured to host a registration website and to register the user using the registration web site by
directing the user to access the second server to register with a registration web site,
receiving a notification that the user has registered with the registration web site, and
obtaining user registration information from the registration web site, wherein the third party web site utilizes the obtained user registration information to register the user with the third party web site.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving a user identifier and user password established with the registration web site.
4. The method of claim 3 further comprising establishing a connection between the user and the registration web site; wherein, via the connection, user registration information is provided to the registration web site; and a user identifier and user password are associated with the information provided to the registration web site.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising providing the user identifier and user password to the registration web site prior to obtaining user registration information from the registration web site.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising providing a third party web site identifier to the registration web site prior to obtaining user registration information from the registration web site.
7. The method of claim 2 wherein the third party web site is accessed via the registration web site.
8. A system for facilitating the utilization, by a user, of a third party web site using user registration information provided, by the user, to a registration web site, the system comprising:
a first server configured to present a third party web site to a user upon receiving a request from the user to access the third party web site; and
a second server, in communication with the first server, configured to host a registration web site;
wherein upon establishment of a connection between a user client node and the first server, the third party web site
determines whether the user is registered with the third party web site,
when the user is registered with the third party web site, allows the user to access the third party web site, and,
when the user is not registered with the third party website, provides the user with an option to register directly with the third party web site or to use the registration web site by
directing the user to register with a registration web site,
receiving a notification that the user has registered with the registration web site,
obtaining user registration information from the registration web site, and
utilizing the obtained user registration information to register the user with the third party web site.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein the first server and the second server are collocated.
10. The system of claim 8 further comprising a registration web site database adapted to store a user identifier, user password, and user registration information.
11. The system of claim 10 further comprising a third party web site database adapted to store necessary user registration information obtained from the registration web site.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein the necessary user registration information comprises a subset of the user registration information stored in the registration web site database.
13. The system of claim 8 wherein the client node establishes a connection with at least one of the first server and the second server via the Internet.
14. A system for facilitating access to at least one third party web site, the system comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium configured to store user registration information; and
at least one network server operatively connected to the computer-readable storage medium and configured to
receive user registration information from a user,
receive a request to transmit at least a portion of user registration information associated with the user to a third-party web site, wherein the requested user registration information is stored in the computer-readable storage medium on the at least one network server, and,
based on the request, transmit the at least a portion of user registration information to the third-party web site.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the request is received from the user.
16. The system of claim 14, wherein the request is received from the third-party web site.
17. The system of claim 14, further comprising a user interface which comprises an input that allows the user to request that the at least one network server provide the at least a portion of user registration information to the third-party web site.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one network server receives user registration information from the user by:
providing a user interface to the user for inputting basic information and expanded information;
receiving the basic information inputted by the user; and
receiving the expanded information inputted by the user, if any.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the request comprises a selection of the at least a portion of user registration information, and wherein the selection comprises one or more of the basic information and the expanded information.
20. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one network server also encrypts the at least a portion of user registration information prior to transmittal.
21. The system of claim 14, wherein the received user registration information comprises a user identifier and a password.
22. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one network server also enriches the user registration information with additional information acquired from sources other than the user.
23. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one network server also logs activities of users with third-party web sites.
24. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least one network server also:
analyzes the activities of the users; and,
based on the analysis, suggests additional third-party web sites to the users.
25. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least one network server also provides statistics to the third-party web sites.
26. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one network server also receives a request by the user to delete the user registration information.
27. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one network server also, after transmitting the at least a portion of user registration information to the third-party web site, alerts the third-party web site if the at least a portion of user registration information becomes outdated.
28. A method for facilitating access to at least one third party web site, the method comprising performing the following by at least one network server:
receiving user registration information from a user;
receiving a request to transmit at least a portion of user registration information associated with the user to a third-party web site, wherein the requested at least a portion of user registration information is stored in a computer-readable storage medium; and,
based on the request, transmitting the at least a portion of user registration information to the third-party web site.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein the request is received from the user.
30. The method of claim 28, wherein the request is received from the third-party web site.
31. The method of claim 28, further comprising providing a user interface which comprises an input that allows the user to request that the at least one network server provide the at least a portion of user registration information to the third-party web site.
32. The method of claim 31, wherein receiving user registration information from the user comprises:
providing a user interface to the user for inputting basic information and expanded information;
receiving the basic information inputted by the user; and
receiving the expanded information inputted by the user, if any.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein the request comprises a selection of the at least a portion of user registration information, and wherein the selection comprises one or more of the basic information and the expanded information.
34. The method of claim 28, further comprising encrypting the at least a portion of user registration information prior to transmittal.
35. The method of claim 28, wherein the received user registration information comprises a user identifier and a password.
36. The method of claim 28, further comprising enriching the user registration information with additional information acquired from sources other than the user.
37. The method of claim 28, further comprising logging activities of users with third-party web sites.
38. The method of claim 37, further comprising:
analyzing the activities of the users; and
based on the analysis, suggesting additional third-party web sites to the users.
39. The method of claim 37, further comprising providing statistics to the third-party web sites.
40. The method of claim 28, further comprising receiving a request by the user to delete the user registration information.
41. The method of claim 28, further comprising, after transmitting the at least a portion of user registration information to the third-party web site, alerting the third-party web site if the at least a portion of user registration information becomes outdated.