Author: claimsbot

1. A method for increasing a structural strength of a spoke, which comprises the steps of:
a) compressing a main body of the spoke increasing cross-sectional areas of a bending section and a neck section utilizing a mechanical processing device to form a processed bending section and a processed neck section, the processed bending section and the processed neck section have a strength greater than a strength of the bending section and the neck section; and
b) repeating the compressing step a) at least three times to produce a finished neck section having a predetermined neck section cross-sectional area and a finished bending section having a predetermined bending section cross-sectional area,
wherein, after the compressing step a) has been performed a third time, the finished neck section has a diameter 1.15 times larger than an original diameter of the neck section.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the spoke is made of a material selected from a group consisting of carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and alloy steel.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the strength of the processed bending section and the processed neck section increases each time the compressing step a) is repeated.

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 baby carrier for carrying a baby at the torso of a person wearing said baby carrier, wherein said baby carrier provides adjustment of width of envelopment of the hips of the baby, said baby carrier comprising:
a body covering panel comprising a top end and a bottom end when said body covering panel is in a deployed position wherein said body covering panel abuts a child held upright therein, a right side extending between said top end and said bottom end, a left side extending between said top end and said bottom end, and a central line of demarcation extending from said top end to said bottom end and being equidistantly located from said right side and said left side, said right side being spaced apart from said left side by a lateral dimension which is long enough to span the width of the body of a baby, said top end being spaced apart from said bottom end by a height dimension which is great enough to span the length of a baby;
at least one upper strap projecting from said top end at one point along the length of said top end, for encircling the body of the wearer, said upper strap having a first strap fastener;
a second strap fastener fixed to said body covering panel at one of said right side and said left side of said body covering panel at a location between said top end and said bottom end, wherein said second strap fastener is releasably engageable with said first strap fastener of said upper strap;
a lateral strap connected to said body covering panel at said bottom end thereof and projecting laterally therefrom when said body covering panel is in the deployed position; and
a connector arrangement for adjusting the width of envelopment of the hips of the baby by said body covering panel, the connector arrangement being located proximate said lateral strap and comprising
a right central connector located proximate and to the right of said central line of demarcation and a left central connector B located proximate and to the left of said central line of demarcation,
an outer right side connector located laterally spaced apart from and to the right of said right central connector, which said outer right side connector is matingly engageable with said right central connector,
an outer left side connector located laterally spaced apart from and to the left of said left central connector, which said outer left side connector is matingly engageable with said left central connector,
a wide adjustment right side connector located laterally spaced apart from and to the right of said right central connector and vertically displaced therefrom with respect to said central line of demarcation, which said wide adjustment right, side connector is matingly engageable with said outer right side connector, and
a wide adjustment left side connector located laterally spaced apart from and to the left of said left central connector and vertically displaced therefrom with respect to said central line of demarcation, which said wide adjustment left side connector is matingly engageable with said outer left side connector, whereby

engagement of said right central connector with said outer right side connector, and of said left central connector with said outer left side connector establishes an enclosed girth of a first circumferential dimension at said bottom end of said central panel, and
engagement of said outer right side connector with said wide adjustment right side connector, and of said outer left side connector with said wide adjustment left side connector establishes an enclosed girth of a second circumferential dimension at said bottom end of said central panel, wherein said second circumferential dimension is greater in magnitude than that of said first circumferential dimension.
2. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said lateral strap extends along said bottom end of said body covering panel and comprises
a right section projecting to the right of said body covering panel and terminating in a right side lateral strap fastener, and
a left section projecting to the left of said body covering panel and terminating in a left side lateral strap fastener which is matingly engageable with said right side lateral strap fastener.
3. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein
said at least one upper strap comprises a right side upper strap projecting from said right side of said body covering panel and comprising a right side upper strap fastener, and a left side upper strap projecting from said left side of said body covering panel and comprising a left side upper strap fastener, and
said second strap fastener comprises a right side second strap fastener fixed to said right some of said body covering panel and a left side second strap fastener fixed to said left side of said body covering panel, wherein
said right side upper strap fastener and said left side per strap fastener are each matingly compatible with both of said right side second strap fastener and said left side second strap fastener.
4. The baby carrier of claim 3, wherein said right side strap fastener, said left side strap fastener, said right side upper strap fastener, and said left side upper strap fastener comprise paired pronged snap action fasteners and complementing sockets.
5. The baby carrier of claim 3, wherein said right side upper strap comprises a proximal portion which is padded, and said left side upper strap comprises a proximal portion which is padded.
6. The baby carrier of claim 3, wherein said right side upper strap comprises a proximal portion which has a width, and a distal portion extending between said proximal portion and said right first strap fastener and has a width less in magnitude than that of said proximal portion, and said left side upper strap comprises a proximal portion which has a width, and a distal portion extending between said proximal portion and said left first strap fastener and has a width less in magnitude less than that of said proximal portion.
7. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said body covering panel comprises a right projecting wing and a left projecting wing, and said outer right side connector is disposed on said right projecting wing, and said outer left side connector is disposed on said left projecting wing.
8. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said body covering panel is padded along the entirety thereof.
9. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said body covering panel defines a convex upwardly projecting extension located above said at least one upper strap when said body covering panel is in the deployed position.
10. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said at least one upper strap is padded at least partially along its length.
11. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said lateral strap is padded at least partially along its length.
12. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said right central connector, said left central connector, said outer right side connector, said outer left side connector, said wide adjustment right side connector, and said wide adjustment left side connector are all snap fitting fasteners.
13. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said right central connector, said left central connector, said outer right side connector, and said outer left side connector are disposed linearly along said bottom end of said body covering panel.
14. The baby carrier of claim 13, wherein said wide adjustment right side connector and said wide adjustment left side connector are disposed on said lateral strap.
15. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said lateral strap comprises a central wide portion fixed to said body covering panel, a lateral strap right section and a lateral strap left section, and said lateral strap right section and said lateral strap left section are of width which is narrower than that of the central wide portion.
16. The baby carrier of claim 1, wherein said connector arrangement is disposed to generate a first leg opening along said bottom end and a second leg opening along said bottom end, wherein said second leg opening is spaced apart laterally from said first leg opening, thereby establishing a crotch support proximate said bottom end.

1. A method of operating a communication network having an ingress point and an egress point to detect security events in packet flows, the method comprising:
at the ingress point, receiving a packet flow from a first communication device;
copying the packet flow, transmitting the packet flow to the egress point over a network path, and processing the copy to determine if the packet flow represents a security event, wherein the security event comprises a virus;
if the packet flow represents the security event, then transmitting a blocking instruction for the packet flow to the egress point over an alarm link that is faster than the network path, wherein the blocking instruction reaches the egress point before the packet flow reaches the egress point, and at the egress point, blocking the packet flow representing the security event, processing the packet flow representing the security event to remove the virus from the packet flow, resulting in a clean packet flow, transmitting the clean packet flow to a second communication device, and transmitting a security message to the second communication device, wherein the security message instructs the second communication device to determine whether recent packet flows were previously received from the first communication device, and if the recent packet flows were previously received from the first communication device, process the recent packet flows to remove the virus from the recent packet flows; and
if the packet flow does not represent the security event, then at the egress point, transmitting the packet flow to the second communication device.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting the blocking instruction to the egress point comprises translating a destination address of the packet flow at the ingress point to identify the egress point.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting the blocking instruction to the egress point comprises:
transmitting an alarm instruction indicating a destination address of the packet flow to a routing system;
translating the destination address in the routing system to identify the egress point; and
transmitting the blocking instruction from the routing system to the egress point.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting the blocking instruction to the egress point comprises transmitting an identity of the first communication device and an identity of the second communication device.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting an additional blocking instruction for the packet flow to an additional egress point.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the security message indicates the identity of the first communication device.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the security message comprises a virus removal application.
8. A communication system comprising:
an ingress point configured to receive a packet flow from a first communication device, copy the packet flow, transmit the packet flow to an egress point over a network path, process the copy to determine if the packet flow represents a security event, wherein the security event comprises a virus, and if the packet flow represents the security event, transmit a blocking instruction for the packet flow to the egress point over an alarm link that is faster than the network path; and
the egress point configured to block the packet flow representing the security event in response to receiving the blocking instruction, wherein the blocking instruction reaches the egress point before the packet flow reaches the egress point, process the packet flow representing the security event to remove the virus from the packet flow, resulting in a clean packet flow, transmit the clean packet flow to a second communication device, and transmit a security message to the second communication device, wherein the security message instructs the second communication device to determine whether recent packet flows were previously received from the first communication device, and if the recent packet flows were previously received from the first communication device, process the recent packet flows to remove the virus from the recent packet flows; and
the egress point configured to, if the blocking instruction is not received, transmit the packet flow to the second communication device.
9. The communication system of claim 8 wherein the ingress point is configured to translate a destination address of the packet flow to identify the egress point.
10. The communication system of claim 8 wherein the security message indicates the identity of the first communication device.
11. The communication system of claim 8 wherein the security message comprises a virus removal application.
12. A communication system comprising:
an ingress point configured to receive a packet flow from a first communication device, copy the packet flow, transmit the packet flow over a network path, process the copy to determine if the packet flow represents a security event, wherein the security event comprises a virus, and if the packet flow represents the security event, transmit an alarm instruction indicating a destination address of the packet flow;
a routing system configured to receive the alarm instruction, translate the destination address to identify an egress point, and transmit a blocking instruction to the egress point over an alarm link that is faster than the network path, wherein the blocking instruction reaches the egress point before the packet flow reaches the egress point; and
the egress point configured to block the packet flow representing the security event in response to receiving the blocking instruction, process the packet flow representing the security event to remove the virus from the packet flow, resulting in a clean packet flow, transmit the clean packet flow to a second communication device, and transmit a security message to the second communication device, wherein the security message instructs the second communication device to determine whether recent packet flows were previously received from the first communication device, and if the recent packet flows were previously received from the first communication device, process the recent packet flows to remove the virus from the recent packet flows; and
the egress point configured to, if the blocking instruction is not received, transmit the packet flow to the second communication device.
13. The communication system of claim 12 wherein the routing system is configured to transmit an identity of the first communication device and an identity of the second communication device.
14. The communication system of claim 12 wherein the routing system is configured to transmit an additional blocking instruction for the packet flow to an additional egress point.
15. The communication system of claim 12 wherein the security message indicates the identity of the first communication device.
16. The communication system of claim 12 wherein the security message comprises a virus removal application.

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 semiconductor package comprising:
a multilayer wiring substrate;
a semiconductor chip installed on said multilayer wiring substrate; and
a sealing resin which seals said semiconductor chip, wherein said multilayer wiring substrate includes:
a first insulating layer including wiring layers provided on the upper and the lower surfaces thereof;
a second insulating layer including wiring layers provided on the upper and the lower surfaces thereof; and
a core layer provided between said first insulating layer and said second insulating layer,
wherein said first insulating layer is constituted by a material different from that of said second insulating layer.
2. The semiconductor package as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first insulating layer has an equal film thickness to that of said second insulating layer.
3. The semiconductor package as set forth in claim 1, wherein a difference between existence ratios of wiring of said wiring layer provided on the upper and lower surfaces of said first insulating layer to the plane area of said first insulating layer, and existence ratios of wiring of said wiring layer provided on the upper and lower surfaces of said second insulating layer to the plane area of said second insulating layer is equal to or smaller than 20%.
4. The semiconductor package as set forth in claim 1, wherein the linear expansion coefficient of said first insulating layer, and that of said second insulating layer are different by 1 ppm\xb0 C. or more.
5. The semiconductor package as set forth in claim 1, wherein said multilayer wiring substrate has a warp at 250\xb0C.
6. A multilayer wiring substrate, including:
a first insulating layer including wiring layers provided on the upper and the lower surfaces thereof;
a second insulating layer including wiring layers provided on the upper and the lower surfaces thereof; and
a core layer provided between said first insulating layer and said second insulating layer,
wherein said first insulating layer is constituted by a material different from that of said second insulating layer.
7. The multilayer wiring substrate as set forth in claim 6, wherein said first insulating layer has an equal film thickness to that of said second insulating layer.
8. The multilayer wiring substrate as set forth in claim 6, wherein a difference between existence ratios of wiring of said wiring layer provided on the upper and lower surfaces of said first insulating layer to the plane area of said first insulating layer, and existence ratios of wiring of said wiring layer provided on the upper and lower surfaces of said second insulating layer to the plane area of said second insulating layer is equal to or smaller than 20%.
9. The multilayer wiring substrate as set forth in claim 6, wherein the linear expansion coefficient of said first insulating layer and that of said second insulating layer are different by 1 ppm\xb0 C. or more.
10. The multilayer wiring substrate as set forth in claim 6, having a warp at 250\xb0 C.