Author: claimsbot

1. A method for transforming real-time data of an energy consuming system into meaningful and useful data for optimizing Bus Intelligence and Analytics decisions of the energy consuming system, the method comprising:
collecting parameter point data from a primary sensor;
collecting parameter point data from a second sensor;
collecting parameter point data from a third sensor;
processing the collected parameter point data from the primary sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor using a triangulation algorithm;
determining whether the sensor data triangulated;
selecting the parameter point data from the primary sensor when the sensor data triangulates;
selecting the parameter point data from the processed collected parameter point data from the primary sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor when the sensor data does not triangulate.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
applying control logic to the parameter point data from the primary sensor when the sensor data triangulates; and
displaying an analysis of the parameter point data from the primary sensor.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
applying control logic to the parameter point data from the processed collected parameter point data from the primary sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor when the sensor data does not triangulate; and
displaying the analysis of the processed collected parameter point data from the primary sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
generating a repair alert for the primary sensor.
5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
generating a control signal to a device of the energy consuming system to operate.
6. A computer program product for transforming real-time data of an energy consuming system into meaningful and useful data for optimizing the energy efficiency of the energy consuming system, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code for collecting parameter point data from a primary sensor;
computer readable program code for collecting parameter point data from a second sensor;
computer readable program code for collecting parameter point data from a third sensor;
computer readable program code for processing the collected parameter point data from the primary sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor using a triangulation algorithm;
computer readable program code for determining whether the sensor data triangulated;
computer readable program code for selecting the parameter point data from the primary sensor when the sensor data triangulates;
computer readable program code for selecting the parameter point data from the processed collected parameter point data from the primary sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor when the sensor data does not triangulate.
7. The computer program product of claim 6 further comprising:
computer readable program code for applying control logic to the parameter point data from the primary sensor when the sensor data triangulates; and
computer readable program code for displaying an analysis of the parameter point data from the primary sensor.
8. The computer program product of claim 6 further comprising:
computer readable program code for applying control logic to the parameter point data from the processed collected parameter point data from the primary sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor when the sensor data does not triangulate; and
computer readable program code for displaying the analysis of the processed collected parameter point data from the primary sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor.
9. The computer program product of claim 6 further comprising:
computer readable program code for generating a repair alert for the primary sensor.
10. The computer program product of claim 6 further comprising:
computer readable program code for generating a control signal to a device of the energy consuming system to operate.

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:
obtaining at least one search criterion in a first network node in a communication system;
determining at least one entity entry from an entity contact information list, wherein said entity comprises at least one of a natural person or a legal person;
determining an identity of a second network node in the communication system from said entity entry;
determining an address for said second network node using said identity;
causing said at least one search criterion to be submitted to said second network node;
receiving at least a content object identifier from at least one result metadata object at said first network node, said at least one result metadata object being obtained in said second network node by matching said at least one search criterion to at least one metadata object;
determining at least one direct reference associated with a metadata object, said direct reference identifying a third network node;
causing said at least one search criterion to be submitted to said third network node;
receiving, at said first network node, at least a content object identifier from at least one result metadata object in said third network node, said at least one result metadata object being obtained in said third network node by matching said at least one search criterion to at least one metadata object in said third network node; and
obtaining or accessing a content object using a received content object identifier to said first network node.
2. The method according to claim 1, comprising obtaining said content object to said first network node from a fourth network node.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein matching the at least one search criterion comprises traversing a tree structure comprising said at least one metadata object.
4. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:
checking a predefined entity specific trust level before causing said at least one search criterion to be submitted to said second network node; and
selecting a second entity entry from said entity contact information list in an instance in which said trust level is below a predefined threshold value.
5. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:
receiving said at least one result metadata object and at least one metadata object on the path towards said at least one result metadata object at said first network node.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said metadata object comprises a structured document.
7. A method, comprising:
obtaining a content object and a metadata object pertaining to said content object in a mobile node of a communication system;
determining at least one associated metadata object for said metadata object;
causing said content object to be uploaded from said mobile node to a second network node of the communication system;
causing said metadata object to be uploaded from said mobile node to said second network node;
determining at least one sharing node for said content object,
causing at least a second part of said content object to be uploaded to said at least one sharing node;
receiving a query from a first network node of the communication system;
determining said metadata object as a result metadata object for said query in said second network node;
causing at least a content object identifier for said content object from said metadata object to be provided to said first network node;
causing at least a first part of said content object to be provided to said first network node from said second network node based at least in part upon said content object identifier; and
enabling at least a second part of said content object to be provided to said first network node from said at least one sharing node based at least in part upon said content object identifier.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said causing said content object to be provided comprises causing said content object to be provided using a peer-to-peer protocol.
9. A communication system, comprising:
a first network node configured to obtain at least one search criterion, to determine at least one entity entry from an entity contact information list, to obtain an identity of a second network node from said entity entry, to obtain an address for said second network node using said identity, to submit said at least one search criterion to said second network node, to determine at least one direct reference associated with a metadata object, said direct reference identifying a third network node, to cause said at least one search criterion to be submitted to said third network node, to obtain at least a content object identifier and to obtain or access a content object with said content object identifier, wherein said entity comprises at least one of a natural person or a legal person;
said second network node configured to match said at least one search criterion to at least one metadata object to obtain at least one first result metadata object and to provide at least the content object identifier from said at least one first result metadata object to said first network node; and
said third network node configured to match said at least one search criterion to at least one metadata object to obtain at least one second result metadata object and to provide at least a second content object identifier from said at least one second result metadata object to said first network node.
10. The system according to claim 9, the system further comprising:
a fourth network node configured to provide said content object,
wherein
said first network node is configured to obtain said content object with said content object identifier from said fourth network node.
11. The system according to claim 9, wherein said second network node configured to traverse a tree structure comprising said at least one metadata object.
12. The system according to claim 9, wherein said first network node is configured to check a predefined entity specific trust level and to select a second entity entry from said entity contact information list in an instance in which said trust level is below a predefined threshold value.
13. The system according to claim 9, wherein said second network node is configured to provide said at least one result metadata object and at least one metadata object on a path towards said at least one result metadata object to said first network node.
14. The communication system according to claim 9,
wherein said metadata object comprises a structured document.
15. A communication system, comprising:
a mobile node configured to obtain a content object and a metadata object pertaining to said content object, to determine at least one associated metadata object for said metadata object, to upload said content object to a second network node, and to upload said metadata object to said second network node;
said second network node configured to receive a query from a first network node, to determine said metadata object as a result metadata object for said query, to provide at least a content object identifier for said content object from said metadata object to said first network node, and to provide at least a second part of said content object to said at least one sharing node;
said first network node configured to download or access said content object using said content object identifier at least in part by determining at least one sharing node for said content object, downloading at least a first part of said content object from said second network node, and downloading at least a second part of said content object from said at least one sharing node; and
said at least one sharing node.
16. The communication system according to claim 15, wherein said first network node and said second network node are configured to apply a peer-to-peer protocol.
17. An apparatus, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:
obtain at least one search criterion;
determine at least one entity entry from an entity contact information list, wherein said entity comprises at least one of a natural person or a legal person;
determine an identity of a second network node from said entity entry;
determine an address for said second network node using said identity;
cause said at least one search criterion to be transmitted to said second network node;
receive at least a content object identifier from at least one result metadata object, said at least one result metadata object being obtained in said second network node by matching said at least one search criterion to at least one metadata object;
determine at least one direct reference associated with a metadata object, said direct reference identifying a third network node;
causing said at least one search criterion to be submitted to said third network node;
receive at least a content object identifier from at least one result metadata object in said third network node, said at least one result metadata object being obtained in said third network node by matching said at least one search criterion to at least one metadata object in said third network node; and
obtain or access a content object with a received content object identifier from a remote network node.
18. An apparatus, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:
cause storage of at least one metadata object and at least one content object, said at least one metadata object and at least one content object being stored based at least in part upon a determined at least one associated metadata object for said at least one metadata object;
determine at least one sharing node for said content object;
cause at least a second part of said content object to be uploaded to said at least one sharing node;
process a query from a remote network node;
determine a first metadata object among said at least one metadata object as a result metadata object for said query;
cause at least a content object identifier for a first content object among said at least one content object from said first metadata object to be provided to said remote network node;
cause at least a first part of said content object to be provided to said remote network node based at least in part upon said content object identifier; and
enable at least a second part of said content object to be provided to said remote network node from said at least one sharing node based at least in part upon said content object identifier.
19. A computer program product comprising at least one computer readable medium having computer program code instructions stored thereon, wherein when the program code instructions are executed by a processor, the program code instructions are configured to cause an apparatus to perform:
obtaining at least one search criterion;
determining at least one entity entry from an entity contact information list, wherein said entity comprises at least one of a natural person or a legal person;
determining an identity of a network node from said entity entry;
determining an address for said network node using said identity;
causing said at least one search criterion to be transmitted to said network node;
receiving at least a content object identifier from said network node, said at least one result metadata object being obtained in said network node by matching said at least one search criterion to at least one metadata object;
determining at least one direct reference associated with a metadata object, said direct reference identifying a second network node;
causing said at least one search criterion to be submitted to said second network node;
receiving at least a content object identifier from at least one result metadata object in said second network node, said at least one result metadata object being obtained in said second network node by matching said at least one search criterion to at least one metadata object in said second network node; and
obtaining or accessing a content object with a received content object identifier.
20. The computer program product according to claim 19, wherein at least one of said at least one computer readable medium comprises a removable memory card.
21. The computer program product according to claim 19, wherein at least one of said at least one computer readable medium comprises a magnetic or an optical disk or a holographic memory.
22. A computer program product comprising at least one computer readable medium having computer program code instructions stored thereon, wherein when the program code instructions are executed by a processor, the program code instructions are configured to cause an apparatus to perform:
causing storage of at least one metadata object and at least one content object, said at least one metadata object and at least one content object being stored based at least in part upon a determined at least one associated metadata object for said at least one metadata object;
determining at least one sharing node for said content object;
causing at least a second part of said content object to be uploaded to said at least one sharing node;
processing a query from a remote network node;
determining a first metadata object among said at least one metadata object as a result metadata object for said query;
causing at least a content object identifier for a first content object among said at least one content object from said first metadata object to be provided to said remote network node;
causing at least a first part of said content object to be provided to said remote network node from said second network node based at least in part upon said content object identifier; and
enabling at least a second part of said content object to be provided to said remote network node from said at least one sharing node based at least in part upon said content object identifier.
23. The computer program product according to claim 22, wherein at least one of said at least one computer readable medium comprises a removable memory card.
24. The computer program product according to claim 22, wherein at least one of said at least one computer readable medium comprises a magnetic or an optical disk or a holographic memory.

1. A bone conduction device for enhancing the hearing of a recipient, comprising:
a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal;
an electronics module configured to generate an electrical signal representing said acoustic sound signal; and
a piezoelectric transducer comprising at least one piezoelectric element configured to deform along at least one axis in response to an application of said electrical signal thereto, said transducer configured to generate a transducer stroke based on said deformation, said transducer stroke having a magnitude that exceeds the magnitude of said deformation,
wherein said transducer stroke is utilized to generate a mechanical force for delivery to the recipient’s skull.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein said transducer comprises a mechanical amplifier coupled to said piezoelectric element configured to convert said deformation of said piezoelectric element into a deflection of one or portions of said mechanical amplifier that collectively exceed the magnitude of said deformation, wherein said collective deflection comprises said transducer stroke.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein said deformation of said piezoelectric element comprises expansion of said element along said at least one axis and contraction of said element along at least a second axis, and wherein said mechanical amplifier comprises:
a first endplate coupled to a first end of said piezoelectric element;
a second endplate coupled to a second end of said piezoelectric element; and
a first pair of opposing hinge arms connecting said first and second endplates, wherein when said piezoelectric element contracts along said second axis, at least one portion of each of said arms deflect outwards from said element substantially along said at least one axis.
4. The device of claim 3, wherein said at least one portion of each of said arms is spaced from said piezoelectric element by a distance that exceeds the remainder of each of said arms.
5. The device of claim 3, wherein at least one of said first or second endplates are coupled to said stack via one or more preloading elements.
6. The device of claim 3, wherein said at least one piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric stack.
7. The device of claim 3, wherein said mechanical amplifier comprises a unitary component.
8. The device of claim 3, wherein said mechanical amplifier comprises two or more components.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein said transducer comprises:
a second piezoelectric element adjacent to and laterally spaced from said at least one piezoelectric element, said first and second piezoelectric elements each configured to deform in substantially opposite directions relative to one another, thereby generating a combined deformation having a magnitude that exceeds the magnitude of the deformation of said at least one element, and wherein said combined deformation comprises said transducer stroke.
10. The device of claim 9, wherein said first and second elements deform at their geometric centers.
11. The device of claim 9, wherein the magnitude of said deformation of said second piezoelectric element is approximately the same as the magnitude of said deformation of said at least one piezoelectric element.
12. The device of claim 9, wherein said first and second piezoelectric elements each comprise a piezoelectric disk bender.
13. The device of claim 9, wherein said first and second piezoelectric elements each comprise a piezoelectric strip bender.
14. The device of claim 9, wherein said first and second piezoelectric elements each comprise:
a piezoelectric material bonded to a shim component.
15. The device of claim 9, wherein said first and second piezoelectric elements each comprise a piezoelectric buzzer.
16. The device of claim 1, having a hydraulic amplifier to generate said transducer stroke comprising:
a bounded volume of incompressible fluid;
a first flexible metallic membrane positioned between and adjoining said at least one piezoelectric element and said volume;
at least a second metallic membrane adjoining said volume approximate opposite to said first membrane; and
wherein deformation of said piezoelectric element along said axis causes said first flexible membrane to increase the pressure of said volume so as to cause a deflection of said second membrane, and wherein the surface area of said fluid adjoining said second membrane is substantially less than the surface area of said fluid adjoining said second membrane such that the deflection of said second membrane exceeds the deformation of said piezoelectric element.
17. The device of claim 3, wherein said mechanical amplifier further comprises:
a second pair of opposing hinge arms connecting said first and second endplates.
18. The device of claim 3, wherein said second pair of hinge arms orthogonal to said first pair of hinge arms.
19. The device of claim 3, wherein each hinge arm in said second pair of hinge arms is substantially parallel to a hinge arm in said first pair of hinge arms.
20. The device of claim 3, wherein each of said hinge arms comprises a split hinge arm.
21. A method for rehabilitating the hearing of a recipient with a bone conduction device, comprising:
receiving an electrical representation of an acoustic sound signal;
delivering said electrical representation to at least one piezoelectric element of a piezoelectric transducer so as to deform said element;
generating, based on said deformation, a transducer stroke having a magnitude that exceeds the magnitude of said deformation; and
generating a mechanical force from said transducer stroke, wherein said force is configured for delivery to the recipient’s skull.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein said generating said transducer stroke having a magnitude that exceeds the magnitude of said deformation comprises:
mechanically amplifying said deformation of said piezoelectric element.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein said transducer comprises a mechanical amplifier coupled to said piezoelectric element, and wherein amplifying said deformation comprises:
converting said deformation of said piezoelectric element into a deflection of one or portions of said mechanical amplifier that collectively exceeds the magnitude of said deformation.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein said mechanical amplifier comprises: first and second endplates coupled to respective ends of said piezoelectric element, a pair of opposing hinge arms connecting said first and second endplates, wherein said transducer stroke comprises:
delivering said electrical signal to said least one piezoelectric element so as to cause said element to contract along at least one axis and to expand along at least a second axis; and
deflecting at least one portion of each of said opposing arms substantially along said at least second axis, the magnitude of said deflection of said portions collectively exceeding the magnitude of said contraction;
wherein said collective deflection comprises said transducer stroke.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein said at least one portion of each of said arms are spaced from said piezoelectric element by a distance that exceeds the remainder of each said arm.
26. The method of claim 21, wherein transducer comprises a second piezoelectric element adjacent to and laterally spaced from said at least one piezoelectric element, and wherein said generating said transducer stroke comprises:
deforming said second piezoelectric element in a direction that is substantially opposite said deformation of said at least one piezoelectric element, thereby generating a combined deformation having a magnitude that exceeds the magnitude of the deformation of said at least one element,
wherein said combined deformation comprises said transducer stroke.
27. The method of claim 21, wherein said transducer comprises a hydraulic amplifier having a bounded volume of incompressible fluid, a first flexible metallic membrane positioned between and adjoining said at least one piezoelectric element and said volume, and at least a second metallic adjoining said fluid approximate opposite to said first membrane, wherein generating said transducer stroke comprises:
deflecting said first membrane in response to said deformation so as to increase the pressure of said volume of fluid;
deflecting said second membrane in an amount that exceeds said deformation,
wherein said deflection of said second membrane comprises said transducer stroke.

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 seed of cotton cultivar DP 108 RF, wherein a representative sample of seed of said cultivar was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-7837.
2. A cotton plant, or a regenerable part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 1.
3. A tissue culture of cells produced from the plant of claim 2, wherein said cells of the tissue culture are produced from a plant part selected from the group consisting of leaves, pollen, embryos, cotyledons, hypocotyl, meristematic cells, roots, root tips, pistils, anthers, flowers, and stems.
4. A protoplast produced from the plant of claim 2.
5. A protoplast produced from the tissue culture of claim 3.
6. A cotton plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 3, wherein the plant has all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of cultivar DP 108 RF listed in Table 1, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-7837.
7. A method for producing an F1 hybrid cotton seed, wherein the method comprises crossing the plant of claim 2 with a different cotton plant and harvesting the resultant F1 hybrid cotton seed.
8. A hybrid cotton seed produced by the method of claim 7.
9. A hybrid cotton plant, or a regenerable part thereof, produced by growing said hybrid seed of claim 8.
10. A method of producing an herbicide resistant cotton plant, wherein the method comprises transforming the cotton plant of claim 2 with a transgene wherein the transgene confers resistance to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
11. An herbicide resistant cotton plant produced by the method of claim 10.
12. A method of producing an insect resistant cotton plant, wherein the method comprises transforming the cotton plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers insect resistance.
13. An insect resistant cotton plant produced by the method of claim 12.
14. The cotton plant of claim 13, wherein the transgene encodes a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
15. A method of producing a disease resistant cotton plant, wherein the method comprises transforming the cotton plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers disease resistance.
16. A disease resistant cotton plant produced by the method of claim 15.
17. A method of producing a cotton plant with modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism, wherein the method comprises transforming the cotton plant of claim 2 with a transgene encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, \u03b1-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme’ or encoding an antisense of stearyl-ACP desaturase.
18. A cotton plant having modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism produced by the method of claim 17.
19. A method of introducing a desired trait into cotton cultivar DP 108 RF, wherein the method comprises:
(a) crossing a DP 108 RF plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-7837, with a plant of another cotton cultivar that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism, and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or viral disease;
(b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the DP 108 RF plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of cotton cultivar DP 108 RF listed in Table 1 to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of cotton cultivar DP 108 RF listed in Table 1.
20. A cotton plant produced by the method of claim 19, wherein the plant has the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of cotton cultivar DP 108 RF listed in Table 1.
21. The cotton plant of claim 20, wherein the desired trait is herbicide resistance and the resistance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
22. The cotton plant of claim 20, wherein the desired trait is insect resistance and the insect resistance is conferred by a transgene encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
23. The cotton plant of claim 20, wherein the desired trait is modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism and said desired trait is conferred by a nucleic acid encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, \u03b1-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme’ or encoding an antisense of stearyl-ACP desaturase.
24. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant or plant part of claim 2 and producing said commodity plant product therefrom, wherein said commodity plant product is lint or cotton seed oil.