Author: claimsbot

1. An assembly formed of a radial carcass reinforcement tire comprising radially directed reinforcing elements and a mounting rim, wherein the radial carcass reinforcement tire comprises beads intended to come into contact with the mounting rim, wherein the mounting rim comprises a seat extended axially on the outside by a part forming a rim flange the radially outermost part of which is at a distance Rr from the axis of rotation and which has a circular shape in a plane of section containing the axis of rotation, wherein each bead comprises an anchoring bead wire comprising a core, wherein the tire is reinforced by the carcass reinforcement formed of a ply of the radially directed reinforcing elements, which carcass reinforcement in each bead is turned back around the anchoring bead wire to form a an axially outer turned-back portion which, in a radial plane of section, has one radially outermost end positioned, once the tire has been mounted on its mounting rim, at a radial distance Hc from the radially innermost point K of the bead wire which is at least equal to 18 mm and at most equal to 26 mm, wherein each bead comprises, axially on the outside of the turned-back portion of carcass reinforcement, a thickness of material defining a bead external profiled element, wherein the bead external profiled element is such that the distance A measured between the carcass reinforcement and the bead external profiled element in its part that can be in contact with the rim flange is such that
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wherein B is the distance separating the carcass reinforcement from the end of the turned-back portion of carcass reinforcement, these distances A and B being measured on a straight line perpendicular to the carcass reinforcement and passing through the radially outermost end of the turned-back portion, wherein each bead comprises, positioned between the carcass reinforcement and the turned-back portion, a first and a second profiled element,
wherein the first profiled element extends from the bead wire out to a maximum radial distance Hi and is in contact with the turned-back portion out to a radial distance He, these distances Hi and He being measured, in a meridian plane of section, with respect to the radially innermost point of the bead wire, wherein the first profiled element being made of a material having a secant extension modulus at 10% elongation that is greater than 20 MPa,
and wherein the second profiled element is arranged in the bead in such a way as to be in contact with one face of the first profiled element and with the turned-back portion of carcass reinforcement out from a radial distance He, the second profiled element extending out to a maximum radial distance H2 also measured with respect to the radially innermost point of the bead wire, this second profiled element being made of a material having a secant extension modulus at 10% elongation that is at least equal to 7 MPa and a secant extension modulus at 100% elongation that is at least equal to 4.5 MPa,
and wherein the second profiled element forms the distance B such that the first profiled element does not contact the straight line on which the distance B is measured, the distance B being equal to between 1 mm and the axial width of the bead wire, and
wherein the radial distance He of the first profiled element in contact with the turned-back portion of carcass is such that the coupling length L2, measured between the radially outermost point in contact with the turned-back portion and the axially outermost point Ae of the contact with the bead wire is at most equal to half the length Lr of the turned-back portion, the length Lr being measured as the length of turned-back portion in contact with the first and second profiled elements, i.e. the contact length measured from the end of the turned-back portion to the axially outermost point of contact Ae of the bead wire.
2. The assembly according to claim 1 wherein the first profiled element is made of a material having a secant extension modulus at 10% elongation that is at least equal to 40 MPa and at most equal to 70 MPa.
3. The assembly according to claim 1 wherein the material that forms the first profiled element is a rubber compound containing an additional reinforcing resin made up of a methylene acceptor and a methylene donor.
4. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein the methylene donor is hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) or hexamethoxy-methylmelamine (HMMM, also known as H3M).
5. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein the methylene donor is present in an amount of between 1 and 10 phr.
6. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein the methylene acceptor is a formophenolic resin.
7. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein the methylene acceptor is present in an amount of between 3 and 15 phr.
8. The assembly according to claim 1 wherein the distance H2 is between 1 and 2.5 times the distance Hc.
9. The assembly according to claim 1 wherein the distance Hi is greater than the distance He, and wherein this distance Hi is between 0.5 times and 1.25 times the distance Hc.

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 system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources implemented on an appropriately programmed and configured computer network having at least one server computer and a plurality of remote user computers, the system comprising:
a registration module for at least one of registering new users into the system and allowing access to current users of the system;
an assessment data entry module for generating an interactive display to a user to present questions and to receive responses from the user;
an assessment analysis module for generating an assessment based on the responses received from the user;
an assessment display module for generating a display of assessment results to the user; and
a resource collection module for collecting resource data for the user in response to the assessment results.
2. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 1, wherein the assessment data entry module is configured to provide a selection of a plurality of assessments for the user.
3. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 1, wherein the assessment analysis module is configured to calculate a plurality of assessment result values in response to numerical value responses received from the user.
4. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 1, wherein the assessment display module is configured to generate a graphical representation of the assessment generated by the assessment analysis module.
5. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 4, wherein the assessment display module is configured to generate a graphical representation of each of the a plurality of assessment result values generated by the assessment analysis module.
6. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 1, wherein the resource collection module is configured to search database resources stored in the server, and provide access to selected data from said database resources to the user.
7. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 1, wherein the resource collection module is configured to search affiliate database resources accessible to the system from an affiliate service, and provide access to selected data from said affiliate database resources to a user associated with said affiliate service.
8. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 1, wherein the resource collection module is configured to provide the user access to at least publicly available database resources in response to the assessment results.
9. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 1, further comprising:
an assessment generating module accessible only to administrator users for defining at least a first assessment structure of questions and responses, the first assessment structure forming an assessment presented to a user via operation of the assessment data entry module.
10. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 9, wherein the assessment generating module is further configured for administrator users to define a follow-up assessment structure of questions and responses connected to the first assessment structure that are presented to the user via operation of the assessment data entry module in response to operation of predetermined questions or answers from the first assessment structure.
11. A system for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 1, wherein the registration module is configured to generate a user-specific homepage so as to display at least one of user-specific assessments and user-specific data in conjunction with the assessment data entry module generating the interactive display.
12. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources implemented on an appropriately programmed and configured computer network having at least one server computer and a plurality of remote user computers, the method comprising the steps of:
registering new users into the system and allowing access to current users of the system;
generating an interactive display to a user to present questions and to receive responses from the user;
generating an assessment based on the responses received from the user;
generating a display of assessment results to the user; and
collecting resource data for the user in response to the assessment results.
13. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 12, wherein the step of generating an interactive display to the user includes displaying a selection of a plurality of assessments for the user.
14. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 12, wherein the step of generating the assessment includes calculating a plurality of assessment result values in response to numerical value responses received from the user.
15. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 12, wherein the step of generating the display of the assessment results includes generating a graphical representation of the assessment results.
16. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 15, wherein the step of generating the display of the assessment results includes generating a graphical representation of each of the a plurality of assessment result values generated by the assessment analysis module.
17. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 12, wherein the step of collecting resource data includes searching database resources stored in the server, and providing access to selected data from said database resources to the user.
18. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 12, wherein the step of collecting resource data includes searching affiliate database resources accessible to the system from an affiliate service, and providing access to selected data from said affiliate database resources to a user associated with said affiliate service.
19. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 12, wherein the step of collecting resource data includes providing the user access to at least publicly available database resources in response to the assessment results.
20. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 12, further comprising the step of:
generating assessments to be presented to users, including the steps of providing limited access only to administrator users and using said limited access for defining at least a first assessment structure of questions and responses.
21. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 20, wherein the step of generating assessments to be presented to users further includes defining a follow-up assessment structure of questions and responses connected to the first assessment structure that are presented to the user via operation of the assessment data entry module in response to operation of predetermined questions or answers from the first assessment structure.
22. A method for managing the delivery of management knowledge and other resources according to claim 12, wherein the step of registering new users into the system and allowing access to current users of the system includes generating a user-specific homepage so as to display at least one of user-specific assessments and user-specific data in conjunction with the step of generating the interactive display.

1. A method for capturing data about a sporting event and communicating the sporting event data to a destination, the method comprising:
receiving scoreboard data about a sporting event from a scoreboard;
generating a uniform resource locator (URL), the URL comprising a domain name portion and a portion following the domain name portion, the portion following the domain name portion comprising at least a portion of the received scoreboard data; and
sending the generated URL to the destination as a URL request over a network; and
wherein the method steps are performed by a processor.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the received scoreboard data comprises score data for the sporting event.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the scoreboard is located at a venue where the sporting event is occurring.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the scoreboard is associated with a scoreboard identifier, and wherein the portion of the URL following the domain name portion further comprises the scoreboard identifier.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the scoreboard identifier comprises a scoreboard identifier configured to uniquely identify the scoreboard among a plurality of scoreboards.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein the received scoreboard data is in a format of the scoreboard, and wherein the portion of the URL following the domain name portion further comprises at least a portion of the scoreboard data in the scoreboard’s format.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the domain name portion of the URL comprises a domain name for a server at the destination.
8. The method of claim 2 wherein the URL generating step further comprises the processor encrypting at least part of the portion of the URL following the domain name portion.
9. The method of claim 4 wherein the venue is a school, and wherein the sending step comprises the processor sending the generated URL to the destination via a computer network of the school by emulating a transmission of a URL request from a browser.
10. The method of claim 2 further comprising the processor performing the method steps at a programmable rate.
11. The method of claim 2 wherein the processor is resident in a device in communication with the scoreboard.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the device comprises a scoreboard gateway device.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein the device comprises a computer resident in a school’s computer network.
14. The method of claim 2 wherein the processor is resident in the scoreboard.
15. An apparatus for capturing data about a sporting event and communicating the sporting event data to a destination, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory; and
wherein the processor and memory are configured to (1) receive scoreboard data about a sporting event from a scoreboard, (2) generate a uniform resource locator (URL), the URL comprising a domain name portion and a portion following the domain name portion, the portion following the domain name portion comprising at least a portion of the received scoreboard data, and (3) send the generated URL to the destination as a URL request over a network.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the received scoreboard data comprises score data for the sporting event.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the scoreboard is associated with a scoreboard identifier, and wherein processor and memory are further configured to include the scoreboard identifier in the portion of the URL following the domain name portion.
18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the scoreboard identifier comprises a scoreboard identifier configured to uniquely identify the scoreboard among a plurality of scoreboards.
19. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the received scoreboard data is in a format of the scoreboard, and wherein processor and memory are further configured to include the score data in the scoreboard’s format in the portion of the URL following the domain name portion.
20. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the domain name portion of the URL comprises a domain name for a server at the destination.
21. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein processor and memory are further configured to encrypt at least part of the portion of the URL following the domain name portion prior to sending the generated URL to the destination.
22. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein processor and memory are further configured to send the generated URL to the destination via a computer network of a school at which the scoreboard is located via an emulation of transmission of a URL request from a browser.
23. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein processor and memory are further configured to perform the receive, URL generation, and send operations at a programmable rate.
24. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the processor and memory are resident in a device in communication with the scoreboard.
25. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the device comprises a scoreboard gateway device.
26. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the device comprises a computer resident in a school’s computer network.
27. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the processor and memory are resident in the scoreboard.
28. A computer program product for capturing data about a sporting event and communicating the sporting event data to a destination, the computer program product comprising:
a plurality of instructions resident on a nontransitory computer-readable storage medium, the instructions being executable by a processor to (1) receive scoreboard data about a sporting event from a scoreboard, (2) generate a uniform resource locator (URL), the URL comprising a domain name portion and a portion following the domain name portion, the portion following the domain name portion comprising at least a portion of the received scoreboard data, and (3) send the generated URL to the destination as a URL request over a network.
29. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the received scoreboard data comprises score data for the sporting event.
30. A method for loading score data about a sporting event into a database, the method comprising:
receiving information about a sporting event, the information comprising score data in an encoded format and an identifier for a scoreboard at a venue where the sporting event is occurring;
identifying a translation process for the encoded score data based on the scoreboard identifier and sporting event schedule data;
translating the encoded score data to a decoded format based on the identified translation process; and
storing the decoded score data in a database; and
wherein the method steps are performed by a processor.
31. The method of claim 30 further comprising
the processor maintaining a data structure in a memory, the data structure associating a plurality of translation processes with a plurality of scoreboard identifiers and with sporting event schedule data; and
wherein the identifying step comprises the processor accessing the data structure based on the scoreboard identifier to determine which of the translation processes is applicable to the encoded score data.
32. The method of claim 31 wherein the data structure comprises a schedule data structure and a translation data structure;
wherein the schedule data structure comprises a plurality of data items representative of a plurality of different scheduled sporting events, each sporting event data item being associated with a datetime and a scoreboard identifier for the scoreboard at the venue where the sporting event is scheduled to occur;
wherein the translation data structure comprises a plurality of data items representative of the translation processes, each translation process data item being associated with a sporting event identifier and a scoreboard identifier for the scoreboard at the venue where the sporting event is scheduled to occur; and
wherein the identifying step comprises the processor (1) identifying the sporting event for the encoded score data by applying the scoreboard identifier in the received information and data representative of a current date and time to the schedule data structure, and (2) identifying the translation process applicable to the encoded score data by applying the identified sporting event and the scoreboard identifier in the received information to the translation data structure.
33. The method of claim 31 wherein the scoreboard comprises a multipurpose scoreboard.
34. The method of claim 31 further comprising performing the method steps for a plurality of different sporting events occurring at a plurality of different venues with a plurality of different scoreboards, wherein the received information for the plurality of different sporting events comprises score data encoded in a plurality of different formats, and wherein the translating step comprises translating the score data encoded in the different formats to a common format using a plurality of identified translation processes.
35. The method of claim 31 wherein the receiving step comprises the processor receiving the information about the sporting event as a uniform resource locator (URL) request from a score source over a network, the URL request comprising a URL, the URL comprising a domain name portion and a portion following the domain name portion, the method further comprising the processor extracting the encoded score data and the scoreboard identifier from the portion of the URL following the domain name portion.
36. The method of claim 35 wherein the portion of the URL following the domain name portion comprises encrypted data, the method further comprising the processor decrypting the encrypted data prior to the extracting step.
37. The method of claim 30 further comprising:
retrieving score data from the database; and
providing the retrieved score data to a plurality of score consuming devices for display thereon.
38. The method of claim 37 wherein the sporting event comprises a high school sporting event, the method further comprising:
selecting an advertisement based on an association between the advertisement and the high school sporting event; and
providing the selected advertisement to at least one of the score consuming devices for display thereon.
39. A apparatus for loading score data about a sporting event into a database, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory; and
wherein the processor and memory are configured to (1) receive information about a sporting event, the information comprising score data in an encoded format and an identifier for a scoreboard at a venue where the sporting event is occurring (2) identify a translation process for the encoded score data based on the scoreboard identifier and sporting event schedule data, (3) translate the encoded score data to a decoded format based on the identified translation process, and (4) store the decoded score data in a database.
40. The apparatus of claim 39 wherein the memory is configured to store a data structure, the data structure configured to associate a plurality of translation processes with a plurality of scoreboard identifiers and with sporting event schedule data, and wherein the processor is further configured to access the data structure based on the scoreboard identifier to determine which of the translation processes is applicable to the encoded score data.
41. The apparatus of claim 40 wherein the data structure comprises a schedule data structure and a translation data structure;
wherein the schedule data structure comprises a plurality of data items representative of a plurality of different scheduled sporting events, each sporting event data item being associated with a datetime and a scoreboard identifier for the scoreboard at the venue where the sporting event is scheduled to occur;
wherein the translation data structure comprises a plurality of data items representative of the translation processes, each translation process data item being associated with a sporting event identifier and a scoreboard identifier for the scoreboard at the venue where the sporting event is scheduled to occur; and
wherein the processor and memory are further configured to (1) identify the sporting event for the encoded score data by applying the scoreboard identifier in the received information and data representative of a current date and time to the schedule data structure, and (2) identify the translation process applicable to the encoded score data by applying the identified sporting event and the scoreboard identifier in the received information to the translation data structure.
42. The apparatus of claim 40 wherein the scoreboard comprises a multipurpose scoreboard.
43. The apparatus of claim 40 wherein the processor and memory are further configured to operate on received information for a plurality of different sporting events occurring at a plurality of different venues with a plurality of different scoreboards, wherein the received information for the plurality of different sporting events comprises score data encoded in a plurality of different formats, and wherein the processor and memory are further configured to translate the score data encoded in the different formats to a common format using a plurality of identified translation processes.
44. The apparatus of claim 40 wherein the processor and memory are further configured to (1) receive the information about the sporting event as a uniform resource locator (URL) request from a score source over a network, the URL request comprising a URL, the URL comprising a domain name portion and a portion following the domain name portion, and (2) extract the encoded score data and the scoreboard identifier from the portion of the URL following the domain name portion.
45. The apparatus of claim 44 wherein the portion of the URL following the domain name portion comprises encrypted data, and wherein the processor and memory are further configured to decrypt the encrypted data prior to the extraction.
46. The apparatus of claim 39 wherein the processor and memory are further configured to (1) retrieve score data from the database, and (2) provide the retrieved score data to a plurality of score consuming devices for display thereon.
47. The apparatus of claim 46 wherein the sporting event comprises a high school sporting event, and wherein the processor and memory are further configured to (1) select an advertisement based on an association between the advertisement and the high school sporting event, and (2) provide the selected advertisement to at least one of the score consuming devices for display thereon.
48. A computer program product for loading score data about a sporting event into a database, the computer program product comprising:
a plurality of instructions resident on a nontransitory computer-readable storage medium, the instructions being executable by a processor to (1) receive information about a sporting event, the information comprising score data in an encoded format and an identifier for a scoreboard at a venue where the sporting event is occurring (2) identify a translation process for the encoded score data based on the scoreboard identifier and sporting event schedule data, (3) translate the encoded score data to a decoded format based on the identified translation process, and (4) store the decoded score data in a database.
49. The computer program product of claim 48 further comprising:
a data structure that is readable by a processor and resident on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the data structure configured to associate a plurality of translation processes with a plurality of scoreboard identifiers and with sporting event schedule data; and
wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that are executable by a processor to access the data structure based on the scoreboard identifier to determine which of the translation processes is applicable to the encoded score data.
50. The method of claim 1 wherein the sending step comprises the processor sending the generated URL to the destination via a computer network by emulating a transmission of a URL request from a browser.
51. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the processor and memory are further configured to send the generated URL to the destination via a computer network via an emulation of a transmission of a URL request from a browser.
52. The computer program product of claim 28 wherein the processor and memory are further configured to send the generated URL to the destination via a computer network via an emulation of a transmission of a URL request from a browser.

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. An apparatus for holding a compact disk having a central hole comprising:
a body portion;
at least three arms each extending radially inward from a distal end connected to the body portion to an engageable end receivable within the central hole, the engageable end having at least one extension member connected to the body portion; and
wherein each of the arms has a first pivot axis positioned substantially at the distal end, a second pivot axis positioned substantially at the extension member, and a third pivot axis positioned in between the first and second pivot axes.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein each engageable end further comprises at least one lip for securing a top surface of the disk when in a disk-locking position.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the body portion has a gap positioned around each arm allowing the arms to pivot about the first, second and third axes without contacting the body portion.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a disk-receiving portion and a cover portion that move relative to each other via a hinged region to form an enclosure around the disk, the body portion being positioned within the disk-receiving portion.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the first, second and third pivot axes have a first vertical plane that is positioned towards the central hole of the disk and away from a second vertical plane created by contact points when the cover portion is pressed against the engageable portions.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the first, second and third pivot axes are in triangle type closed loop combination.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising at least three ridges extending from the body portion to support a bottom surface of the disk when in a disk-locking position, wherein the ridges do not contact an information-carrying portion of the disk.
8. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the engageable ends form a pie-shaped engageable region receivable within the central hole of the disk.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the disk can be removed from the disk-locking position by application of pressure to the center of the pie-shaped engageable region.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 wherein when pressure is applied to the center of the pie-shaped engageable region, a bounded region of the lips decreases to a size less than a circumference of the central hole of the disk.
11. The apparatus according to claim 9 wherein when pressure is applied to the center of the pie-shaped engageable region, the arms arch to support and elevate the disk for easier removal, the arms not being in contact with the information-carrying portion of the disk.
12. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the arms provide support to the bottom surface of the disk when in the disk-locking position, the arms not being in contact with the information-carrying portion of the disk.
13. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the body portion further comprises a connecting member for connection to each extension member, each extension member and connecting member being pivotally attached at the second pivot axis.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein each connecting member is elevated from the body portion.