Author: claimsbot

1. A method for detecting a target sequence, comprising:
a) providing:
i) a sample containing synthetic DNA amplified from genomic DNA, said genomic DNA suspected of containing said target sequence;
ii) oligonucleotides capable of forming an invasive cleavage structure with said synthetic DNA when said genomic DNA contains said target sequence; and
iii) an agent for detecting the presence of an invasive cleavage structure; and

b) exposing said sample to said oligonucleotides and said agent.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said agent comprises a cleavage agent.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said genomic DNA is nicked double stranded genomic DNA, and wherein said synthetic DNA is amplified by extension of 3 ends in said nicked double-stranded genomic DNA suspected of containing said target sequence.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said synthetic DNA amplified from genomic DNA is amplified by extension of multiple primers on said genomic DNA suspected of containing said target sequence.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein said exposing said sample to said oligonucleotides and said agent comprises exposing said sample to said oligonucleotides and said agent under conditions wherein an invasive cleavage structure is formed between said synthetic DNA and said oligonucleotides if said target sequence is present in said genomic DNA, wherein said invasive cleavage structure is cleaved by said cleavage agent.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of c) detecting said cleavage of said invasive cleavage structure.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said synthetic DNA comprises a first region and a second region, said second region downstream of and contiguous to said first region, and wherein said oligonucleotides comprise first and second oligonucleotides, said wherein at least a portion of said first oligonucleotide is completely complementary to said first portion of said synthetic DNA and wherein said second oligonucleotide comprises a 3 portion and a 5 portion, wherein said 5 portion is completely complementary to said second portion of said synthetic DNA.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein said 3 portion of said second oligonucleotide comprises a 3 terminal nucleotide not complementary to said target nucleic acid.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein said 3 portion of said second oligonucleotide consists of a single nucleotide not complementary to said target nucleic acid.
10. The method of claim 4, wherein said primers are random primers.
11. The method of claim 4, wherein said primers are exonuclease resistant.
12. The method of claim 6, wherein said detecting the cleavage of said invasive cleavage structure comprises detection of fluorescence.
13. The method of claim 6, wherein said detecting the cleavage of said invasive cleavage structure comprises detection of mass.
14. The method of claim 6, wherein said detecting the cleavage of said invasive cleavage structure comprises detection of fluorescence energy transfer.
15. The method of claim 6, wherein said detecting the cleavage of said invasive cleavage structure comprises detection selected from the group consisting of detection of radioactivity, luminescence, phosphorescence, fluorescence polarization, and charge.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein said synthetic DNA is attached to a solid support.
17. The method of claim 1 wherein said genomic DNA suspected of containing said target sequence is attached to a solid support.
18. The method of claim 7, wherein said first oligonucleotide is attached to a solid support.
19. The method of claim 7, wherein said second oligonucleotide is attached to a solid support.
20. The method of claim 2, wherein said cleavage agent comprises a structure-specific nuclease.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein said structure-specific nuclease comprises a thermostable structure-specific nuclease.
22. The method of claim 20, wherein said structure specific nuclease comprises a 5 nuclease.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein said 5-nuclease comprises a thermostable 5-nuclease.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein a portion of the amino acid sequence of said nuclease is homologous to a portion of the amino acid sequence of a thermostable DNA polymerase derived from a thermophilic organism.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein said thermophilic organism is selected from the group consisting of Thermus aquaticus, Thermus flavus, and Thermus thermophilus.
26. The method of claim 22, wherein said 5-nuclease comprises a FEN nuclease.
27. The method of claim 23, wherein said thermostable 5 nuclease comprises a thermostable FEN nuclease.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein said wherein a portion of the amino acid sequence of said nuclease is homologous to a portion of the amino acid sequence of a thermostable FEN nuclease derived from a thermophilic organism.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein said thermophilic organism is from an Archaebacterial species.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein said Archaebacterial species is selected from the group consisting of Methanococcus jannaschii, Pyrococcus furiosus, Pyrococcus woesei, Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, and Archaeoglobus fulgidus.
31. A nucleic acid treatment kit comprising oligonucleotides capable of forming an invasive cleavage structure with synthetic DNA amplified from genomic DNA suspected of containing a target sequence when said genomic DNA contains a target sequence.
32. The kit of claim 31, wherein said synthetic DNA amplified from genomic DNA comprising a target sequence comprises a first region and a second region, said second region downstream of and contiguous to said first region, the kit comprising:
a) a first oligonucleotide, wherein at least a portion of said first oligonucleotide is completely complementary to said first portion of said first target nucleic acid; and
b) a second oligonucleotide comprising a 3 portion and a 5 portion, wherein said 5 portion is completely complementary to said second portion of said target nucleic acid.
33. The kit of claim 32, further comprising a cleavage agent.
34. The kit of claim 32, wherein said kit further comprises a solid support.
35. The kit of claim 34, wherein said first oligonucleotide is attached to said solid support.
36. The kit of claim 34, wherein said second oligonucleotide is attached to said solid support.
37. The kit of claim 33, wherein said cleavage agent comprises a structure-specific nuclease.
38. The kit of claim 37, wherein said structure-specific nuclease comprises a thermostable structure-specific nuclease.
39. The kit of claim 33, wherein said cleavage agent comprises a 5 nuclease.
40. The kit of claim 39, wherein said 5 nuclease comprises a thermostable 5 nuclease.
41. The kit of claim 40, wherein a portion of the amino acid sequence of said nuclease is homologous to a portion of the amino acid sequence of a thermostable DNA polymerase derived from a thermophilic organism.
42. The kit of claim 41, wherein said thermophilic organism is selected from the group consisting of Thermus aquaticus, Thermus flavus, and Thermus thermophilus.
43. The kit of claim 37, wherein said structure-specific nuclease comprises a FEN-1 endonuclease.
44. The kit of claim 38, wherein said thermostable structure-specific nuclease comprises a thermostable FEN nuclease.
45. The kit of claim 44, wherein said wherein a portion of the amino acid sequence of said nuclease is homologous to a portion of the amino acid sequence of a thermostable FEN nuclease derived from a thermophilic organism.
46. The kit of claim 45, wherein said thermophilic organism is from an Archaebacterial species.
47. The kit of claim 46, wherein said Archaebacterial species is selected from the group consisting of Methanococcus jannaschii, Pyrococcus furiosus, Pyrococcus woesei, Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, and Archaeoglobus fulgidus.
48. The kit of claim 31, further comprising a buffer solution.
49. The kit of claim 48, wherein said buffer solution comprises a source of divalent cations.
50. The kit of claim 49, wherein said divalent cation is selected from the group consisting of Mn2 and Mg2 ions.
51. The kit of claim 31, further comprising said target nucleic acid.
52. The kit of claim 31, further comprising amplification primers.
53. A kit for detecting the presence of a synthetic DNA comprising a FEN-1 endonuclease and amplification primers.

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 and device to produce character output to a computer or other device independent of the use of key combinations, and to reduce the number of key presses required to operate a computer or other device, comprising:
a. providing a Memory which stores operating program instructions for handling data input and code output, and
b. said memory also containing a Character Map which identifies the appropriate character codes for each character, and
c. said Character Map stores, at individual addresses in said memory, uppercase character codes for producing uppercase versions of alphabet characters, and
d. said Character Map stores, at individual addresses in said memory, lowercase character codes for producing lowercase versions of alphabet characters, and
e. said Character Map stores, at individual addresses in said memory, all-lowercase character codes for producing all-lowercase versions of whole words and
f. said Character Map stores, at individual addresses in said memory, leading-uppercase character codes for producing leading-uppercase words, such as those beginning a sentence, and
g. said Character Map stores, at individual addresses in said memory, character codes for producing partial words such as word endings (suffixes), and
h. said Character Map stores, at individual addresses in said memory, character codes for producing punctuation marks, and
i. said Character Map stores, at individual addresses in said memory, character codes for producing symbols, and
j. said Character Map stores, at individual addresses in said memory, character codes for producing numbers.
2. Providing a Processor which outputs the appropriate character code or codes from the individual addresses in the memory of claim 1.
3. Providing a Keyboard for operator input and code output, comprising:
a. the Memory of claim 1, and
b. said keyboard having a separate key location for each individual address in said memory, and
c. said keyboard having all uppercase alphabet character keys in a separate, single row, and
d. said keyboard having all lowercase alphabet character keys in a separate, single row, and
e. said keyboard providing a Key Matrix which energizes a key location as that particular key location is activated by a key press, and
f. the Processor of claim 2 providing a means to determine and produce the appropriate character code output based on which key location has been energized.

1. An apparatus configured to modify radio measurements during hybrid operation, comprising:
one or more wireless interfaces;
one or more processor elements;
a switching element, the switching element configured to connect the one or more wireless interfaces to the one or more processor elements; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising at least one computer program, the at least one computer program configured to, when executed by at least one of the one or more processor elements:
connect at least a first processor of the one or more processor elements to a first interface of the one or more wireless interfaces;
switch the at least first processor to a second interface of the one or more wireless interfaces; and
track one or more context information associated with the first interface while switched to the second interface.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer program is further configured to, when executed:
switch the at least first processor back to the first interface of the one or more wireless interfaces; and augment at least one radio measurement with the tracked one or more context information.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, where the first interface comprises a data-only network.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, where the one or more context information comprises a duration of switched operation.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, where the at least one radio measurement is adjusted based on the duration, and the first interface comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) compliant radio transceiver.
6. A method for modifying one or more measurements based on intermittent operation, comprising:
switching away from a first network for a duration;
tracking one or more context information associated with the first network for the duration;
resuming operation to the first network;
adjusting at least one measurement according to the one or more context information; and
reporting the adjusted at least one measurement to the first network.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising tuning to a second network during the duration.
8. The method of claim 7, where the first network is a data-only network.
9. The method of claim 8, where the switching away is based on a user-initiated voice call.
10. The method of claim 8, where the switching away is based on a paging schedule of the second network.
11. A method for modifying network management for hybrid operation on at least a first network and a second network, comprising:
suspending one or more first operations associated with the first network;
maintaining one or more context information during the suspension; and
modifying one or more network management parameters based at least in part on the maintained one or more context information.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising during the suspension of the first network, enabling one or more second operations associated with a second network.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising responsive to a timer expiration, resuming one or more first operations with the first network and disabling one or more second operations associated with the second network.
14. The method of claim 11, further comprising augmenting one or more context information of the first network with at least one or more updated context information tracked during the suspension.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more context information comprises cell selection data.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more context information comprises system information block (SIB) information.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more context information comprises a history of radio link monitoring information.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more context information comprises a number of discontinuous reception (DRX) attempts.
19. The method of claim 11, where the first network is a data-only network.
20. The method of claim 19, where the first network is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

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 first information processing apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to
acquire an image seen by a first user;
acquire an object as a pointer, wherein the object is pointed to by a finger of the first user of the first information processing apparatus in the image seen by the first user; and
share the object acquired with a second user of a second information processing apparatus,
wherein the second information processing apparatus recognizes the object acquired by the first information processing apparatus in a second image seen by the second user.
2. The first information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to recognize the pointer by detecting a finger image appearing in the image seen by the first user.
3. The first information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate first feature amounts, including coordinates of a plurality of feature points, set in the image seen by the first user.
4. The first information processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit the first feature amounts generated for the image seen by the first user and position data showing a position of the pointer.
5. The first information processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein at least one of the first feature amounts generated from the image seen by the first user represents a same feature in a real space as at least one feature point in the second image seen by the second user.
6. The first information processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first feature amounts include a plurality of sets of coordinates of feature points respectively set in the image seen by the first user when the image seen by the first user has been rotated in each of a plurality of line of vision directions.
7. The first information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the circuitry is further configured to select a line of vision direction from among the plurality of line of vision directions.
8. The first information processing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the circuitry is further configured to specify, based on the selected line of vision direction and the position data, the position in the image seen by the first user pointed at by the pointer.
9. The first information processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate an output image that displays a graphic surrounding a position specified as the pointer.
10. A method in a first information processing apparatus comprising:
acquiring, by the first information processing apparatus an image seen by a first user;
acquiring an object as a pointer, wherein the object is pointed to by a finger of the first user of the first information processing apparatus in the first image seen by the user; and
sharing the object acquired with a second user of a second information processing apparatus,
wherein the second information processing apparatus recognizes the object acquired by the first information processing apparatus in a second image seen by the second user.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer-executable instructions which, when executed, cause an information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:
acquiring, by the first information processing apparatus an image seen by a first user;
acquiring an object as a pointer, wherein the object is pointed to by a finger of the first user of the first information processing apparatus in the first image seen by the user; and
sharing the object acquired with a second user of a second information processing apparatus,
wherein the second information processing apparatus recognizes the object acquired by the first information processing apparatus in a second image seen by the second user.