Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a tuner for tuning to a radio station and for converting a signal transmitted by said radio station to an audio signal;
a memory unit for storing one or more templates; and
a recognition processor, coupled to said tuner and to said memory unit, for receiving said audio signal, generating templates from said audio signal, and comparing said generated templates to at least one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein if one of said generated templates matches one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit, said tuner is automatically tuned to a different radio station than the one to which said tuner is currently tuned.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein a template is a digital representation of a sample of an audio signal.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein each of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit corresponds to content that a user of the system has indicated a dislike thereof.
5. The system of claim 4, further comprising:
a second tuner for tuning to a second radio station and for converting a signal transmitted by said second radio station to an audio signal;
a second recognition processor, coupled to said second tuner, for receiving said audio signal produced by said second tuner, for generating templates from said received audio signal, and for comparing said generated templates to one or more previously generated templates that correspond to content for which the user has indicated a listening preference.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein if one of said templates generated by said second recognition processor matches one of said one or more previously generated templates, the first tuner is automatically tuned to said second radio station.
7. A system, comprising:
a CD player that produces an audio signal;
a memory unit for storing one or more templates; and
a recognition processor, coupled to said CD player and to said memory unit, for receiving said audio signal, generating templates from said audio signal, and comparing said generated templates to said on or more templates stored in said memory unit.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein if one of said generated templates matches one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit, said CD player is caused to automatically skip to a next song.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein a template is a digital representation of a sample of an audio signal.
10. A system, comprising:
a tuner for tuning to a radio station and for converting a signal transmitted by said radio station to an audio signal;
a memory unit for storing one or more templates; and
means for receiving said audio signal, generating templates from said audio signal, and comparing said generated templates to at least one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein if one of said generated templates matches one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit, said tuner is automatically tuned to a different radio station than the one to which said tuner is currently tuned.
12. In a system comprising a tuner tuned to a first radio station, a method, comprising the steps of:
generating an audio signal from a signal transmitted by the first radio station;
generating templates from said audio signal;
comparing said generated templates to one or more previously generated templates; and
causing the tuner to tune to a second radio station if one of said templates generated from said audio signal matches one of said previously generated templates.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein each of said one or more previously generated templates is generated from an audio signal that contains content that a user of the system has indicated a dislike thereof.
14. In a system comprising a first tuner tuned to a first radio station and a second tuner tuned to a second radio station, a method, comprising the steps of:
generating an audio signal from a signal transmitted by the second radio station;
generating templates from said audio signal;
comparing said templates to one or more previously generated templates; and
causing the first tuner to tune to the second radio station if one of said templates generated from said second audio signal matches one of said previously generated templates.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein each of said one or more previously generated templates is associated with an audio signal that contains content in which a user of the system has indicated a listening preference.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of causing the second tuner to tune to a different radio station than the one to which the second tuner is currently tuned.
17. The method of claim 15, further comprising the steps of:
generating an audio signal from a signal transmitted by the first radio station;
generating templates from said audio signal generated from said signal transmitted by the first radio station;
comparing said templates generated from said audio signal generated from said signal transmitted by the first radio station to one or more previously generated templates; and
causing the first tuner to tune to a radio station that is different than the first radio station if one of said templates generated from said audio signal generated from said signal transmitted by the first radio station matches one of said previously generated templates to which said one of said templates was compared.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein each of said one or more previously generated templates is generated from an audio signal that contains content that a user of the system has indicated a dislike thereof.
19. A system, comprising:
at least one control panel;
means for producing an audio signal;
a speaker system, coupled to said audio signal producing means, for emitting sound associated with said audio signal;
means for generating a template from said audio signal;
means for determining whether a user of the system has activated a predetermined push button or buttons provided on said at least one control panel; and
adding means for adding said template to at least one of two or more sets of templates, wherein said adding means adds said template to said at least one of said two or more sets of templates if said determining means determines that said user has activated said predetermined push button or buttons.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for producing an audio signal is a tuner that receives a signal transmitted from a radio station and produces said audio signal from said signal.
21. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for producing an audio signal is a compact disc player.
22. In a sound system having at least one control panel, a method for adding a template to a set of templates, comprising:
producing an audio signal;
generating the template from said audio signal;
determining whether a user of the system has indicated a dislike of the content associated with said audio signal; and
adding said template to the set of templates if said determining means determines that said user has indicated a dislike of the content associated with said audio signal.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of determining whether a user of the system has indicated a dislike of the content associated with said audio signal comprises the step of determining whether a user of the system has activated a predetermined push button or buttons provided on the at least one control panel.
24. In a sound system having at least one control panel, a method for adding a template to a set of templates, comprising:
producing an audio signal;
generating the template from said audio signal;
determining whether a user of the system has indicated a listening preference for the content associated with said audio signal; and
adding said template to the set of templates if said determining means determines that said user has indicated a listening preference for the content associated with said audio signal.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the step of determining whether a user of the system has indicated a listening preference for the content associated with said audio signal comprises the step of determining whether a user of the system has activated a predetermined push button or buttons provided on the at least one control panel.

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

1-13. (canceled)
14. A fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having external ignition, the fuel injector having a longitudinal valve axis, the fuel injector comprising:
an intake connector situated at an inflow-side end, and having at least two sealing rings provided at an outer periphery of the intake connector to seal the fuel injector from a valve seat; and
an intermediate ring, wherein, via the intermediate ring, the two sealing rings are axially set apart from one another, being situated in each case in a ring chamber, the intermediate ring being embodied independently of the intake connector and including two parts.
15. The fuel injector of claim 14, wherein the intermediate ring includes an inner support ring and an outer ring.
16. The fuel injector of claim 15, wherein the inner support ring, via an inwardly projecting lip, engages in a groove of the intake connector.
17. The fuel injector of claim 15, wherein the inner support ring is made of plastic.
18. The fuel injector of claim 17, wherein the inner support ring is made of the same plastic as a plastic extrusion coat partially surrounding the fuel injector.
19. The fuel injector of claim 14, further comprising: an outwardly projecting locking bead, at an outer diameter of the support ring, at which the outer ring is able to lock into place.
20. The fuel injector of claim 19, wherein an upper locking surface of the locking bead extends largely perpendicularly to the longitudinal valve axis and a lower locking surface has a slanted arrangement.
21. The fuel injector of claim 15, wherein the outer ring is made of flexible plastic.
22. The fuel injector of claim 14, wherein the intermediate ring forms a support shoulder for at least one of the at least two sealing rings.
23. A method for installing a fuel injector in a valve seat, the fuel injector, at the inflow-side end, having an intake connector at whose outer circumference at least two sealing rings are provided, which are axially set apart from one another by an intermediate ring and which seal the fuel injector from the valve seat, the method comprising:
affixing an inner support ring of the intermediate ring on a circumference of the intake connector;
spreading open a first one of the at least two sealing rings, mounting it on the intake connector, moving it across the inner support ring and stripping it into a ring chamber, and mounting an outer ring on the inner support ring to complete the intermediate ring;
spreading open a second sealing ring, mounting it on the intake connector and stripping it into an additional ring chamber; and
subsequently inserting the fuel injector in the valve seat together with a sealing system thus mounted on the intake connector.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the inner support ring of the intermediate ring is extruded on a circumference of the intake connector in a same extrusion procedure as a plastic extrusion coat at least partially surrounding the fuel injector.
25. The method of claim 23, wherein the outer ring of the intermediate ring is locked into place on a locking bead of the inner support ring.
26. The method of claim 23, wherein the fuel injector is secured after having been inserted in the valve seat with corresponding affixation elements provided on the valve seat and on the fuel injector.

1. A polyurethane compound, comprising:
(a) the reaction product of
(1) an isocyanate and
(2) one or more isocyanate reactive compounds including at least one polytetramethylene ether glycol and

(b) an organic wax.
2. The compound of claim 1, wherein component (b) is a polyethylene wax, and wherein the compound is essentially free of polytetrafluoroethylene.
3. The compound of claim 1, wherein the isocyanate is selected from the group consisting of 1,4-diisocyanatobenzene, 1,3-diisocyanato-o-xylene, 1,3-diisocyanato-p-xylene, 1,3-diisocyanato-m-xylene, 2,4-diisocyanato-1-chlorobenzene, 2,4-diisocyanato-1-nitrobenzene, 2,5-diisocyanato-1-nitrobenzene, m-phenylene diisocyanate, 2,4toluene diisocyanate, 2,6-toluene diisocyanate, mixtures of 2,4- and 2,6-toluene diisocyanate, hexahydrotoluene diisocyanate, 1,5-naphthalene diisocyanate, 1-methoxy-2,4-phenylene diisocyanate, 2,2-, 2,4-, and 4,4\u2032-biphenylmethane diisocyanate, methyl, diphenyl diisocyanate, 4,4\u2032-biphenylene diisocyanate, 3,3\u2032-dimethyl-4,4\u2032-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 3,3\u2032-4,4\u2032-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, and 3,3\u2032-dimethyldiphenylmethane-4,4\u2032-diisocyanate; the triisocyanates such as 4,4\u2032,4\u2033-triphenylmethane triisocyanate, polymethylene polyphenylene polyisocyanate, and 2,4,6-toluene triisocyanate; and the tetraisocyanates such as 4,4-dimethyl-2,2\u2032-5,5\u2032-diphenylmethane tetraisocyanate, and combinations thereof.
4. The compound of claim 1, wherein the isocyanate is a pre-polymer having a free isocyanate content of from 15 percent to 40 percent by weight of the pre-polymer.
5. The compound of claim 1, wherein the isocyanate is selected from the group consisting of isocyanate-terminated (MDI) prepolymer, modified 4,4\u2032 diphenylmethane diisocyanate (mMDI) prepolymer, and combinations thereof.
6. The compound of claim 1, wherein the isocyanate is selected from the group consisting of 2,2-, 2,4-, 4,4-, and polymer diphenylmethane diisocyanate and pre-polymers made thereof.
7. The compound of claim 1, wherein component (2) includes a polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol resulting from the reaction of a polyhydric alcohol and an alkylene oxide.
8. The compound of claim 7, wherein the polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, trimethylene glycol, 1,2-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,2-pentanediol, 1,4-pentanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,7-heptanediol, glycerol, 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane, 1,1,1-trimethylolethane, 1,2,6-hexanetriol, and combinations thereof.
9. The compound of claim 8, wherein the alkylene oxide is selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide, amylene oxide, and mixtures of these oxides.
10. The compound of claim 9, wherein the polyol component is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene oxide-based diol with ethylene oxide, polyoxy-propylene triol modified with ethylene oxide, 1,4 butanediol, ethylene glycol, and combinations thereof.
11. The compound of claim 1, wherein component (2) contains polyester polyol(s).
12. The compound of claim 1, wherein component (2) include one or more amine(s)
13. The compound of claim 12, wherein the amine is diethyl toluene diamine.
14. The compound of claim 1, further comprising a catalyst for reaction to polymerize the polyurethane compound in the presence of the polytetramethylene ether glycol and the polyethylene wax.
15. The compound of claim 14, wherein the catalyst is a tertiary amine.
16. The compound of claim 14, wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of triethylenediamine, N-methylmorpholine, N-ethylmorpholine, diethylethanolamine, N-cocomorpholine, 1-methyl-4-dimethylaminoethylpiperazine, methoxypropyldimethylamine, N,N,N\u2032-trimethylisopropyl propylenediamine, 3-diethylaminopropyldiethylamine, dimethylbenzylamine, dibutyltin dilaurate, dibutyltin diacetate, stannous chloride, dibutyltin di-2-ethyl hexanoate, stannous oxide, and combinations thereof.
17. The compound of claim 1 wherein the polyethylene wax is a micronized polyethylene wax.
18. The compound of claim 1, further comprising one or more blowing agent(s), surfactant(s), or chain extending agent(s).
19. The compound of claim 1, further comprising an additive selected from the group consisting of adhesion promoters; biocides (antibacterials, fungicides, and mildewcides), anti-fogging agents; anti-static agents; bonding, blowing and foaming agents; dispersants; fillers and extenders; fire and flame retardants and smoke suppresants; impact modifiers; initiators; lubricants; micas; pigments, colorants and dyes; plasticizers; processing aids; release agents; silanes, titanates and zirconates; slip and anti-blocking agents; stabilizers; stearates; ultraviolet light absorbers; viscosity regulators; waxes; and combinations of them.
20. The compound of claim 1, wherein the compound is polymerized during molding into the form of an outsole of footwear.
21. An outsole made from the compound of claim 20.
22. An article of footwear made from the outsole of claim 21.
23. An article of footwear of claim 21, wherein the outsole has a NBS abrasion according to ASTM method D1630 of at least 200.
24. An article of footwear of claim 21, wherein the outsole has a NBS abrasion according to ASTM method D1630 of at least 400.
25. An article of footwear of claim 21, wherein the outsole has a NBS abrasion according to ASTM method D1630 of at least 900.

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 guide system comprising a guide server, a mobile-side terminal apparatus, and a standby-side user terminal apparatus being independent of each other and communicating to each other via a network,
the mobile-side terminal apparatus comprising:
a route information storing unit that stores first route information showing a route that a user of the mobile-side terminal apparatus follows;
a position acquiring unit that acquires a present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus;
a display unit that displays the route shown by the first route information and the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus; and
a position transmitting unit that transmits only information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus to the standby-side user terminal apparatus,

the guide server comprising:
a response unit that transmits to the standby-side terminal apparatus only a second route information showing a route related to the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus without transmitting to the standby-side terminal apparatus the information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus,

the standby-side user terminal apparatus comprising:
a position receiving unit that receives, from the mobile-side terminal apparatus, the information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus;
a download unit that receives, from the guide server, the second route information; and
a display unit that displays the route shown by the second route information and the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus.
2. The guide system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile-side terminal apparatus further comprises:
a judging unit that judges whether or not transmission is possible with regard to a wireless propagation path that the position transmitting unit uses when transmitting the information showing the present position,
wherein the position transmitting unit transmits the information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus in a case of the judging unit judging that transmission is possible.
3. The guide system according to claim 2, wherein the position transmitting unit transmits the information showing the present position in a case of a time relating to a position transmission period set in advance having elapsed from a point in time of last time the position transmitting unit transmitted the information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus, and the judging unit judging that transmission is possible.
4. The guide system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile-side terminal apparatus registers the standby-side terminal apparatus as the terminal for receiving the information showing the present position acquired by the position acquiring unit.
5. The guide system according to claim 1, wherein mobile-side terminal apparatus transmits the information showing the present position via an email, an instant messenger, or Social Network Service.
6. The guide system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile-side terminal apparatus directly transmits the information showing the present position to the standby-side terminal apparatus.
7. The guide system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile-side terminal apparatus transmits the information showing the present position to the standby-side terminal apparatus.
8. The guide system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile-side terminal apparatus further comprises a download unit that receives, from the guide server, the first route information showing the route that the user of the mobile-side terminal apparatus follows.
9. The guide system according to claim 1, wherein the position transmitting unit transmits only the information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus to the standby-side user terminal apparatus without the position transmitting unit transmitting the second route information to the standby-user terminal apparatus.
10. A guide method for a guide system including a guide server, a mobile-side terminal apparatus, and a standby-side user terminal apparatus being independent of each other and communicating to each other via a network, the method comprising:
storing, by the mobile-side terminal apparatus, first route information showing a route that a user of the mobile-side terminal apparatus follows;
acquiring a present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus by the mobile-side terminal apparatus;
displaying, by the mobile-side terminal apparatus, the route shown by the first route information and the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus;
transmitting only information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus from the mobile-side terminal apparatus to the standby-side user terminal apparatus;
transmitting, by the guide server, to the standby-side terminal apparatus only a second route information showing a route related to the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus without transmitting, by the guide server, to the standby-side terminal apparatus the information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus;
receiving, from the mobile-side terminal apparatus, the information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus by the standby-side user terminal apparatus;
receiving, from the guide server, the second route information by the standby-side user terminal apparatus; and
displaying the route shown by the second route information and the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus, by the standby-side user terminal apparatus.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a computer program for causing a guide system including a guide server, a mobile-side terminal apparatus, and a standby-side user terminal apparatus being independent of each other and communicating to each other via a network, to execute:
storing, by the mobile-side terminal apparatus, first route information showing a route that a user of the mobile-side terminal apparatus follows;
acquiring a present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus by the mobile-side terminal apparatus;
displaying, by the mobile-side terminal apparatus, the route shown by the first route information and the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus;
transmitting only information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus from the mobile-side terminal apparatus to the standby-side user terminal apparatus receiving, from the mobile-side terminal apparatus, the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus by the standby-side user terminal apparatus;
transmitting to the standby-side terminal apparatus, by the guide server, only a second route information showing a route related to the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus without transmitting, by the guide server, to the standby-side terminal apparatus the information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus;
receiving, from the mobile-side terminal apparatus, the information showing the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus by the standby-side user terminal apparatus;
receiving, from the guide server, the second route information by the standby-side user terminal apparatus; and
displaying the route shown by the second route information and the present position of the mobile-side terminal apparatus, by the standby-side user terminal apparatus.