Author: claimsbot

1. A seed of soybean cultivar S100108, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12722.
2. A plant of soybean cultivar S100108, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12722.
3. A plant part of the plant of claim 2.
4. A tissue culture of regenerable cells of soybean cultivar S100108, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12722.
5. A soybean plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 4, wherein the regenerated soybean plant expresses all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the soybean cultivar S100108, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12722.
6. A method of soybean breeding comprising crossing a plant of soybean cultivar S100108 with itself or a second soybean plant, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12722.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising crossing a plant of soybean cultivar S100108 with a second soybean plant of a different genotype to produce hybrid soybean seed, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12722.
8. An F1 hybrid seed produced by the method of claim 7.
9. A method of producing a plant of soybean cultivar S100108 comprising an added desired trait, the method comprising introducing a transgene conferring the desired trait into a plant of soybean cultivar S100108, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12722.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect or pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, and modified carbohydrate metabolism.
11. A plant produced by the method of claim 9 or a selfed progeny thereof.
12. A method of introducing a single locus conversion into soybean cultivar S100108 comprising:
(a) crossing a plant of soybean cultivar S100108 with a second plant comprising a desired single locus to produce F1 progeny plants, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12722;
(b) selecting at least a first progeny plant from step (a) that comprises the single locus to produce a selected progeny plant;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plant from step (b) with a plant of soybean cultivar S100108 to produce at least a first backcross progeny plant that comprises the single locus; and
(d) repeating steps (b) and (c) with the selected backcross progeny plant produced from step (c) used in place of the first progeny plant of step (b) during said repeating, wherein steps (b) and (c) are repeated until at least a first backcross progeny plant is produced comprising the single locus and essentially all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean cultivar S100108 when grown in the same environmental conditions.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the single locus confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect or pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, and modified carbohydrate metabolism.
14. A soybean plant of soybean cultivar S100108, further comprising a single locus conversion, wherein the single locus conversion is introduced into soybean cultivar S100108 by backcrossing or genetic transformation, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12722; wherein said soybean plant comprises the single locus conversion and otherwise comprises essentially all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean cultivar S100108.
15. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:
(a) crossing a plant grown from said hybrid soybean seed with itself or a different soybean plant to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:
(b) growing a progeny plant of a subsequent generation from said seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation and crossing the progeny plant of a subsequent generation with itself or a second plant to produce a progeny plant of a further subsequent generation.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) using said progeny plant of a further subsequent generation from step (b) in place of the plant grown from said hybrid soybean seed in step (a), wherein steps (a) and (b) are repeated with sufficient inbreeding to produce an inbred soybean plant derived from the soybean cultivar S100108.
18. A method of introducing a mutation into the genome of soybean cultivar S100108, said method comprising applying a mutagen to the plant of claim 2, or a part thereof, wherein said mutagen is selected from the group consisting of ethyl methanesulphonate, gamma-rays, and sodium azide.
19. A mutagenized soybean plant produced by the method of claim 18, wherein the mutagenized soybean plant comprises a mutation in the genome and otherwise comprises all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean cultivar S100108.
20. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant of claim 2 or a part thereof and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the commodity plant product is protein concentrate, protein isolate, soybean hulls, meal, flour or oil.

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:
receiving a user input in an array-oriented database, the user input indicating a database operation; and
processing a plurality of chunks of data stored by the database to perform the database operation, the processing comprising selectively distributing the processing of the plurality of chunks between a first group of at least one central processing unit and a second group of at least one co-processor.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising selectively partitioning at least one chunk of a subset of the chunks based at least in part on whether the subset is being processed by the first group of at least central processing unit or by the second group of at least one co-processor.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein selectively partitioning the at least one chunk of the subset comprises partitioning the at least one chunk if the subset is allocated to a central processing unit of the first group.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising selectively merging at least two chunks of a subset of the chunks based at least in part on whether the subset is being processed by the first group of at least central processing unit or by the second group of at least one co-processor.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein selectively merging the at least two chunks of the subset comprises merging the at least two chunks if the subset is allocated to a co-processor of the second group.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising formatting at least one chunk of a subset of the chunks based at least in part on whether the subset is being processed by the first group of at least central processing unit or by the second group of at least one co-processor.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively distributing the processing comprises selectively distributing the processing based at least in part on a utilization of the at least one co-processor and a utilization of the at least one central processing unit.
8. An apparatus comprising:
an array-oriented database;
a first group of at least one central processing unit;
a second group of at least one co-processor; and
a scheduler to, in response to a user input that indicates a database operation, selectively distribute processing of a plurality of chunks stored in the database between the first group and the second group.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a data size regulator to selectively partition at least one chunk of a subset of the chunks based at least in part on whether the scheduler allocates the subset to be processed by the first group of at least central processing unit or by the second group of at least one co-processor.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the data size regulator is adapted to selectively partition the at least one chunk of the subset based on whether the subset is allocated to a central processing unit of the first group.
11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the data size regulator is adapted to selectively merge at least two chunks of a subset of the chunks based at least in part on whether the subset is being processed by the first group of at least central processing unit or by the second group of at least one co-processer.
12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a data size regulator to load the plurality of chunks in response to the user input and selectively increase and decrease a chunk size associated with the chunks for a subset of the chunks based at least in part on whether the subset is being processed by the first group of at least central processing unit or by the second group of at least one co-processor.
13. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:
a monitor to determine a utilization of the at least one co-processor and a utilization of the at least one central processing unit.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the scheduler is adapted to selectively distribute the chunks based at least in part on the determination by the monitor.
15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the user input comprises a user-defined function or a database query.
16. An article comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to:
receive a user input in an array-oriented database; and
in response to the user input, selectively distribute processing of a plurality of chunks stored in the database between a first group of at least one central processing unit and a second group of at least one co-processor.
17. The article of claim 16, the storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to selectively partition at least one chunk of a subset of the chunks based at least in part on whether the subset is being processed by the first group of at least central processing unit or by the second group of at least one co-processor.
18. The article of claim 18, the storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to selectively merge at least two chunks of a subset of the chunks based at least in part on whether the subset is being processed by the first group of at least central processing unit or by the second group of at least one co-processor.
19. The article of claim 16, the storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to form at at least one chunk of a subset of the chunks based at least in part on whether the subset is being processed by the first group of at least central processing unit or by the second group of at least one co-processor.
20. The article of claim 16, the storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to selectively distribute the processing based at least in part on a utilization of the at least one co-processor and a utilizations of the at least one central processing unit.

1. A method comprising:
monitoring, by a network captured traffic distribution device communicatively coupled to a plurality of network captured traffic distribution devices arranged in a stacked topology via a plurality of communication links, a status of at least one of the stacked topology, a network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology, a network communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, and a network device communicatively coupled to the stacked topology;
detecting, by the network captured traffic distribution device, a change in the status of at least one of the stacked topology, a network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology, a network communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, and a network device communicatively coupled to the stacked topology; and
adjusting, by the network captured traffic distribution device, the configuration information included in the network captured traffic distribution device responsively to the detected change.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, by the network captured traffic distribution device, at least one of the detected change and the adjusted configuration information to an additional network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
receiving the transmitted at least one of the detected change and the adjusted configuration information at the additional network captured traffic distribution device; and
adjusting, by the additional network captured traffic distribution device, the configuration information included in the additional network captured traffic distribution device responsively to the received at least one of the detected change and the adjusted configuration information.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitored status relates to at least one of a level of congestion for the stacked topology, a network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology, a network communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, and a network device communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, an operational status of the stacked topology, a network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology, a network communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, and a network device communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, and a detected intrusion, by an unauthorized user, to at least one of the stacked topology of the network captured traffic distribution devices, the network communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, and the network device communicatively coupled to the stacked topology.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detected change is at least one of a communication link failure, a failure of the network captured traffic distribution device, a security breach, a suspected denial of service attack, a power failure, the addition of a network captured traffic distribution device to the stacked topology, the removal of a network captured traffic distribution device from the stacked topology, and a change in the status of a network device communicatively coupled to the stacked topology.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the network captured traffic distribution device is configured to receive a traffic flow of captured data packets, determine a target destination of a captured data packet included in the received traffic flow of captured data packets, and determine a plurality of routes through the stacked topology from the network captured traffic distribution device to the target destination, the method further comprising:
updating, by the network captured traffic distribution device, the determined plurality of routes responsively to the detected change;
analyzing, by the network captured traffic distribution device, each of the updated plurality of determined routes;
selecting, by the network captured traffic distribution device, an optimum route from the plurality of determined routes based on the analysis; and
transmitting, by the network captured traffic distribution device, the captured data packet toward the target destination via the selected optimum route.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the network captured traffic distribution device, a traffic flow of captured network traffic, wherein the traffic flow includes captured data packets and each data packet is associated with at least one characteristic;
determining, by the network captured traffic distribution device, the at least one characteristic of each data packet; and
performing, by the network captured traffic distribution device responsively to the one or more determined characteristics, at least one of filtering out a captured data packet from the traffic flow of captured network traffic, aggregating two or more captured data packets, determining a target destination of a captured data packet, determining a plurality of routes for transmission of a data packet through the stacked topology from the network captured traffic distribution device to a target destination, updating a determined plurality of routes responsively to the detected change, selecting an optimum route from the updated plurality of determined routes, truncating a captured data packet, adding information to a data packet, and subtracting information from a data packet.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one characteristic is at least one of a type of a data packet, a source of a data packet, a size of a data packet, an origin of a data packet, a speed at which a data packet is received, a format of a data packet, an encryption protocol used to encrypt a data packet, content included in a data packet, and a target destination of a data packet.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining, by the network captured traffic distribution device, an additional network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology that includes configuration information affected by the detected change; and
selectively transmitting, by the network captured traffic distribution device responsively to the determination, at least one of the detected change and the adjusted configuration information to the additional network captured traffic distribution device including configuration information affected by the change.
10. A network captured traffic distribution device, comprising:
a plurality of bi-directional ports configured to perform at least one of receiving captured network traffic and echoing received captured network traffic to one or more of the plurality of bi-directional ports;
an egress port configured to transmit received captured network traffic externally from the network captured traffic distribution device;
a stacking port configured to enable, via a communication link, the stacking of the network captured traffic distribution device with at least one additional network captured traffic distribution device in a stacked topology wherein the stacking includes an exchange of configuration information between the network captured traffic distribution device and the additional network captured traffic distribution device;
a processor configured to manage distribution of received captured network traffic through the network captured traffic distribution device, monitor a status of at least one of the stacked topology, the network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology, a network communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, and a network device communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, detect a change in the status of at least one of the stacked topology, the network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology, a network communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, and a network device communicatively coupled to the stacked topology, and adjust the configuration information stored in a memory responsively to a detected change; and
the memory configured to store configuration information associated with the network captured traffic distribution device and an adjustment to the configuration information.
11. The network captured traffic distribution device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a target destination of a captured data packet included in a received traffic flow of captured data packets, determine a plurality of routes through the stacked topology from the network captured traffic distribution device to the target destination, update the determined plurality of routes responsively to the detected change, analyze each of the updated plurality of determined routes, select an optimum route from the updated plurality of determined routes based on the analysis, and transmit the captured data packet toward the target destination via the selected optimum route.
12. The network captured traffic distribution device of claim 10, wherein the memory is further configured to store at least one of an Internet protocol (IP) address associated with the network captured traffic distribution device, configuration information for the network captured traffic distribution device, data regarding at least one of received captured network traffic and the management of received captured network traffic, a detected change in the status of at least one of the stacked topology, the network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology, a network communicatively coupled to the network captured traffic distribution device, and a network device communicatively coupled to the network captured traffic distribution device, and an adjustment to the configuration information included in the network captured traffic distribution device.
13. The network captured traffic distribution device of claim 10, wherein the stacking port is further configured to enable the network captured traffic distribution device to be stacked in at least one of a ring topology, a mesh topology, a star topology, a topology of single links, a topology of multiple links, a topology including one or more redundant links, and some combination thereof.
14. The network captured traffic distribution device of claim 10, wherein at least one of the bi-directional ports, the egress port, and the stacking port is compatible with at least one of a 10100 Ethernet cable, a 1 gigabit Ethernet cable, a 10 gigabit Ethernet cable, a copper cable, and a fiber cable.
15. The network captured traffic distribution device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to manage distribution of received captured network traffic through the stacked topology.
16. The network captured traffic distribution device of claim 10, wherein the configuration information includes instructions regarding at least one of determining a target destination for received captured network traffic, pre-calculating at least one route for the transmission of received captured network traffic from the network captured traffic distribution device through the stacked topology to a target destination, determining an optimum route for the transmission of captured network traffic from the network captured traffic distribution device through the stacked topology to a target destination, evaluating a current operating condition of the stacked topology, grooming received captured network traffic, load balancing a distribution of received captured network traffic through the stacked topology, removing information from one or more data packets included in received captured network traffic, truncating one or more data packets included in received captured network traffic, load spreading a distribution of received captured network traffic through the stacked topology, filtering received captured network traffic transmitted through the stacked topology according to a criterion, aggregating captured network traffic transmitted through the stacked topology, altering the content of received captured network traffic, truncating one or more data packets included in received captured network traffic, adding information to one or more data packets included in received captured network traffic, and subtracting information from one or more data packets included in received captured network traffic.
17. The network captured traffic distribution device of claim 10, wherein the stacking port is a monitor port.
18. A machine-readable media storing a set of instructions executable by a machine, wherein the execution of the instructions includes:
monitoring, by a network captured traffic distribution device communicatively coupled to a plurality of network captured traffic distribution devices arranged in a stacked topology via a plurality of communication links, a status of at least one of the stacked topology, the network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology, a network communicatively coupled to the network captured traffic distribution device, and a network device communicatively coupled to the network captured traffic distribution device;
detecting, by the network captured traffic distribution device, a change in the status of at least one of the stacked topology, the network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology, a network communicatively coupled to the network captured traffic distribution device, and a network device communicatively coupled to the network captured traffic distribution device;
adjusting, by the network captured traffic distribution device, the configuration information included in the network captured traffic distribution device responsively to the detected change; and
transmitting at least one of the detected change and the adjusted configuration information to an additional the network captured traffic distribution device included in the stacked topology.

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 press molding method of draw forming a plate material into a predetermined shape, clamping the material from both sides thereof using clamping faces facing, approaching and separating from each other, the method comprising:
first clamping the material at a portion where a depth of drawing to the predetermined shape is a first depth in the clamped portion of the material;
second clamping the material at a portion where the depth of drawing is a second depth in the clamped portion of the material, the first depth being deeper than the second depth; and
between the first clamping and the second clamping, deforming the material such that the portion clamped in the second clamping is positioned in the drawing direction side with respect to the portion clamped in the first clamping,
wherein the clamping faces used in the second clamping are inclined going from an inside edge to an outside edge toward the drawing direction, in accordance with a deformation angle of the material after the deforming,
wherein a cushion load applied to the material by the second clamping is set so as to allow a material flow down the inclined clamping faces to the portion where the draw forming is performed to the second depth in draw forming and to prevent wrinkles caused by the deformation of the material, and
wherein a cushion load applied to the material by the first clamping is set so as to not allow a material flow to the portion where the draw forming is performed to the second depth in draw forming.
2. The press molding method according to claim 1,
wherein the deforming applied to the material is performed by moving the clamping faces used in the second clamping toward each other.
3. The press molding method according to claim 1,
wherein the portion of the material that is clamped in the second clamping flows completely down the inclined clamping faces.
4. A press molding apparatus for draw forming a plate material into a predetermined shape, clamping the material from both sides thereof using clamping faces facing, approaching and separating from each other, the apparatus comprising:
a first clamping part that clamps the material at a portion where a depth of drawing to the predetermined shape is a first depth in the clamped portion of the material; and
a second clamping part that clamps the material at a portion where the depth of drawing is a second depth in the clamped portion of the material, the first depth being deeper than the second depth,
wherein the first clamping part clamps the material, followed by clamping the material by the second clamping part,
wherein the clamping faces of the second clamping part approach each other to deform the material such that the portion clamped in the second clamping is positioned in the drawing direction side with respect to the portion clamped in the first clamping,
wherein the clamping faces of the second clamping part are inclined going from an inside edge to an outside edge toward the drawing direction, in accordance with a deformation angle of the material after the material is deformed,
wherein a cushion load applied to the material by the second clamping part is set so as to allow a material flow down the inclined clamping faces to the portion where the draw forming is performed to the second depth in draw forming and to prevent wrinkles caused by the deformation of the material, and
wherein a cushion load applied to the material by the first clamping part is set so as to not allow a material flow to the portion where the draw forming is performed to the second depth in draw forming.
5. The press molding apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein the portion of the material that is clamped by the second clamping part flows completely down the inclined clamping faces.
6. A press molding apparatus for draw forming a plate material into a predetermined shape, clamping the material from both sides thereof using clamping faces facing, approaching and separating from each other, the apparatus comprising:
a fixed mold;
a movable mold arranged to face the fixed mold, being movable in directions approaching and separating from the fixed mold; and
first and second cushions arranged around the fixed mold, being movable in the approaching and separating directions, configured as molds that clamp the material in cooperation with the movable mold;
wherein the movable mold includes, as the clamping faces, a first clamping face that clamps in cooperation with the first cushion and a second clamping face that clamps in cooperation with the second cushion arranged in the drawing direction side,
wherein the movable mold approaches the fixed mold, so that the movable mold and the first cushion clamp the material in a first clamping before the movable mold and the second cushion clamp the material in a second clamping,
wherein in the first clamping, the movable mold and the first cushion clamp the material at a portion where a depth of drawing to the predetermined shape is a first depth in the clamped portion of the material,
wherein in the second clamping, the movable mold and the second cushion clamp the material at a portion where a depth of drawing to the predetermined shape is a second depth in the clamped portion of the material, the first depth being deeper than the second depth,
wherein between the first clamping and the second clamping, the material is deformed such that the portion clamped in the second clamping is positioned in the drawing direction side with respect to the portion clamped in the first clamping,
wherein the second clamping face and the second cushion are inclined going from an inside edge to an outside edge toward the drawing direction, in accordance with a deformation angle of the material after the material is deformed,
wherein a cushion load applied to the material by the second clamping is set so as to allow a material flow down the inclined second clamping face and the inclined second cushion to the portion where the draw forming is performed to the second depth in draw forming and to prevent wrinkles caused by the deformation of the material, and
wherein a cushion load applied to the material by the first clamping is set so as to not allow a material flow to the portion where the draw forming is performed to the second depth in draw forming.
7. The press molding apparatus according to claim 6,
wherein the portion of the material that is clamped by the second clamping face and the second cushion flows completely down the inclined second clamping face and the inclined second cushion.