Author: claimsbot

1. A Value Added Services (VAS) system of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), applicable in a wireless mobile communication device, for allowing a user to use a plurality of VAS provided by a wireless mobile communication provider through the wireless mobile communication device, the VAS system comprising:
a WLAN for receiving and confirming connecting information outputted from the wireless mobile communication device by the user, and outputting connection-permission information after being connected to the wireless mobile communication device; and
a workstation for receiving the connection-permission information from the WLAN and providing the plurality of VAS to the user through the WLAN.
2. The VAS system of claim 1, wherein the workstation comprises:
a communication protocol related server for receiving the connection-permission information from the WLAN and outputting the received connection-permission information;
a network server for receiving the connection-permission information outputted from the communication protocol related server and outputting login-permission information after the connection-permission information is verified by a verifying mechanism;
a VAS server for receiving the login-permission information outputted from the network server and transmitting VAS information provided by the VAS server back to the wireless mobile communication device of the user through the WLAN; and
a database server for storing related data of the VAS information provided by the VAS server.
3. The VAS system of claim 2, wherein the communication protocol related server is a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) related server.
4. The VAS system of claim 2, wherein the network server is a WLAN server.
5. The VAS system of claim 2, wherein the verifying mechanism is provided for the user to input related data to use the VAS.
6. The VAS system of claim 5, wherein the related data inputted by the user include a set of user name and password.
7. The VAS system of claim 5, wherein the related data inputted by the user are provided by the wireless mobile communication provider.
8. The VAS system of claim 2, wherein the VAS server is one of a value added application server, a positioning server and a combination thereof.
9. The VAS system of claim 8, wherein the positioning server is for determining a location of the wireless mobile communication device according to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the wireless mobile communication device.
10. The VAS system of claim 9, wherein the IP address is configured by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) of the WLAN.
11. A method for providing Value Added Services (VAS) of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), applied in a wireless mobile communication device, for allowing a user to use a plurality of VAS provided by a wireless mobile communication provider through the wireless mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
outputting connecting information to a WLAN through the wireless mobile communication device by the user;
after confirming the connecting information, having the WLAN be connected to the wireless mobile communication device and output connection-permission information; and
having a workstation receive the connection-permission information from the WLAN and provide a plurality of VAS to the user through the WLAN.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the workstation comprises:
a communication protocol related server for receiving the connection-permission information from the WLAN and outputting the received connection-permission information;
a network server for receiving the connection-permission information outputted from the communication protocol related server and outputting login-permission information after the connection-permission information is verified by a verifying mechanism;
a VAS server for receiving the login-permission information outputted from the network server and transmitting VAS information provided by the VAS server back to the wireless mobile communication device of the user through the WLAN; and
a database server for storing related data of the VAS information provided by the VAS server.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the communication protocol related server is a WAP related server.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the network server is a WLAN server.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein the verifying mechanism is provided for the user to input related data to use the VAS.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the related data inputted by the user include a set of user name and password.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the related data inputted by the user are provided by the wireless mobile communication provider.
18. The method of claim 12, wherein the VAS server is one of a value added application server, a positioning server and a combination thereof.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the positioning server is for determining a location of the wireless mobile communication device according to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the wireless mobile communication device.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the IP address is configured by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) of the WLAN.

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 method, comprising:
forming a gate dielectric layer above a semiconducting substrate;
forming a gate electrode layer above said gate dielectric layer;
implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer; and
patterning at least said gate electrode layer to define a gate electrode comprised of a plurality of sidewalls, said sidewalls having a recess formed therein.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a gate dielectric layer above a semiconducting substrate comprises forming a gate dielectric layer comprised of at least one of silicon dioxide and silicon oxynitride above a semiconducting substrate.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a gate dielectric layer above a semiconducting substrate comprises thermally growing a gate dielectric layer comprised of silicon dioxide above a semiconducting substrate.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a gate electrode layer above said gate dielectric layer comprises depositing a gate electrode layer above said gate dielectric layer.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a gate electrode layer above said gate dielectric layer comprises forming a gate electrode layer comprised of at least one of polysilicon and amorphous silicon above said gate dielectric layer.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms comprised of at least one of boron, phosphorous, arsenic, nitrogen, antimony, and indium into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer, said layer of dopant material being completely separate from said gate dielectric layer.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer, said layer of dopant material defining a region of said gate electrode layer that is positioned between said layer of dopant material and said gate dielectric layer.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein, implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer, at least a portion of said layer of dopant material being in contact with said gate dielectric layer.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms at a concentration ranging from approximately 5\xd71014-5\xd71015 atomscm2 into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms at an energy level ranging from approximately 20-500 keV into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein patterning at least said gate electrode layer to define a gate electrode comprised of a plurality of sidewalls, said sidewalls having a recess formed therein, comprises etching at least said gate electrode layer to define a gate electrode comprised of a plurality of sidewalls, said sidewalls having a recess formed therein.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein patterning at least said gate electrode layer to define a gate electrode comprised of a plurality of sidewalls, said sidewalls having a recess formed therein, comprises performing an anisotropic etching process to pattern at least said gate electrode layer to define a gate electrode comprised of a plurality of sidewalls, said sidewalls having a recess formed therein.
14. A method, comprising:
thermally growing a gate dielectric layer comprised of silicon dioxide above a semiconducting substrate;
depositing a gate electrode layer comprised of polysilicon above said gate dielectric layer;
implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer; and
performing an anisotropic etching process to pattern at least said gate electrode layer to define a gate electrode comprised of a plurality of sidewalls, said sidewalls having a recess formed therein.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms comprised of at least one of boron, phosphorous, arsenic, nitrogen, antimony, and indium into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer, said layer of dopant material being completely separate from said gate dielectric layer.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer, said layer of dopant material defining a region of said gate electrode layer that is positioned between said layer of dopant material and said gate dielectric layer.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein, implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer, at least a portion of said layer of dopant material being in contact with said gate dielectric layer.
19. The method of claim 14, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms at a concentration ranging from approximately 5\xd71014-5\xd71015 atomscm2 into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer.
20. The method of claim 14, wherein implanting dopant atoms into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer comprises implanting dopant atoms at an energy level ranging from approximately 20-50 keV into said gate electrode layer to define a layer of dopant material in said gate electrode layer.

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
an array substrate and an opposed substrate placed to face each other;
a liquid crystal layer held between the array substrate and the opposed substrate;
a plurality of pixel electrodes arrayed on a surface of the array substrate on a side facing the opposed substrate;
a color display region where a color layer is formed in each of the pixel electrodes;
a monochrome display region where each of the pixel electrodes is a reflective electrode; and
purple or blue color layers partially formed in each area corresponding to each of the reflective electrodes in the monochrome display region.
2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1,
wherein the purple or blue color layers occupy 10% to 50% of an area of each of the reflective electrodes.
3. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
an array substrate and an opposed substrate place to face each other;
a liquid crystal layer held between the array substrate and the opposed substrate;
a plurality of pixel electrodes arrayed on a surface of the array substrate on a side facing the opposed substrate;
a color display region where a color layer is formed in each of the pixel electrodes and a transparent first overcoating layer is formed to cover the color layer; and
a monochrome display region where each of the pixel electrodes is a reflective electrode, the first overcoating layer is formed in each of the reflective electrodes, and a second overcoating layer colored in purple or blue is formed to cover the first overcoating layer.
4. The liquid crystal display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
wherein chromaticity of the purple color, expressed by a hue angle h defined using chromaticity a* and b* values in the L*a*b* color specification system, ranges from 270 degrees to 360 degrees.

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 method comprising:
enabling, via a web site hosted by a third-party payment service, a sender party to arrange for shipment of a package to a recipient party via a shipping vendor;
interacting with an online facility hosted by the shipping vendor to facilitate the shipment; and
facilitating, via the third-party payment service, payment from the sender party to the shipping vendor for the shipment.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the arranging for the shipment of the package includes:
serving a first set of web pages including one or more web pages to a client operated by the sender party via which the sender party may enter shipping information;
passing the shipping information entered by the sender party to an on-line interface provided by the shipping vendor;
receiving shipment data generated by the shipping vendor in response to the passing of the shipping information; and
providing the shipment data to the sender party via a second set of web pages including one or more web pages.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein data is passed between the third-party payment service and the shipping vendor in the form of XML (extensible markup language) documents, and the on-line interface comprises an XML application program interface (API).
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the shipping information includes send to:
address information that may be entered by the sender party via a corresponding web page.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the shipping information includes send from:
address information that may be entered by the sender party via a corresponding web page.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the shipping information includes send to:
address information that pertains to an address registered with one of the shipping vendor or third-party payment service that is automatically retrieved from a database.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the payment of the shipment is facilitated by:
providing the payment from the third-party service to the shipping vendor; and
deducting a shipping cost of the shipment from a third-party payment service account held by the sender party.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the payment from the third-party service to the shipping vendor is facilitated via a debitcredit card authorizationsettlement network.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the payment from the third-party service to the shipping vendor employs a virtual debit card.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a computer interface via the third-party service that functions as a proxy to enable a user to obtain a shipping account with the shipping vendor.
11. The method of claim 1, further comprising serving data to a client computer operated by the sender party to enable the sender party to print out a shipping label pertaining to the shipment.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein an arrangement of the shipment and payment to the shipping vendor appears to the shipping vendor as if the sender party is directly accessing on-line facilities hosted by the shipping vendor.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the sender party to view tracking information related to shipment of the package via the third-party payment service.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the third-party payment service enables the sender party to view tracking information by:
automatically navigating, via a proxy operation, to a web site hosted by the shipping vendor and entering a tracking number; and
directing a web server hosting the web site to send a tracking summary page generated in response to entry of the tracking number to a client computer operated by the sender party.
15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
tabulating shipment purchases for each user over a predetermined period; and
preventing a user from arranging further shipments if the tabulated purchases over the predetermined period exceed a predetermined purchase limit.
16. A system comprising:
a web server; and
an integrated shipping server, linked in communication with the web server,
the web server and integrated shipping server comprising software instructions that when executed enable a sender to arrange for shipment of a package to a recipient via a shipping vendor by performing operations, including:
generating and serving web pages via which shipping information pertaining to the shipment may be automatically entered andor manually entered by the sender; and
interacting with an on-line interface hosted by the shipping vendor to arrange for shipment of the package via the shipping vendor through use of the shipping information;
receiving shipping data pertaining to the shipment from the shipping vendor, said shipping data including data corresponding to a shipping label; and
generating and serving a web page via which the shipping label may be printed.
17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a payment server linked in communication with the integrated shipping server and comprising further software instructions that when executed perform the operation of facilitating payment for the shipment from the seller to the shipping vendor.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the system is configured to be operable by a third-party payment service for which the seller has an account, and facilitating payment of the shipment comprises:
providing payment from the third-party service to the shipping vendor; and
deducting a shipping cost of the shipment from the seller’s third-party payment service account.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein payment from the third-party service to the shipping vendor is facilitated via interaction between the payment server and a debitcredit card authorizationsettlement network.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein execution of the software instructions further performs the operations of:
generating a virtual debit card; and
employing the virtual debit card to pay the shipping vendor.
21. The system of claim 16, wherein execution of the software instructions further perform the operation of performing a proxy operation to enable the seller to obtain a shipping account with the shipping vendor via interaction with web pages served by the web server.
22. The system of claim 16, wherein execution of the software instructions further perform the operations of:
storing a tracking number corresponding to the shipment that is received from the shipping vendor;
automatically navigating, via a proxy operation, to a web site hosted by the shipping vendor and entering the tracking number; and
directing a web server hosting the web site to send a tracking summary page generated in response to entry of the tracking number to a client computer operated by the seller.