Author: claimsbot

1. A key unit with reinforcing plate comprising a keypad in which a key operation part is formed out of a rubber elastic body and in which other parts are formed out of or reinforced by a reinforcing plate formed out of a metal or a hard resin plate, wherein a part of said reinforcing plate is exposed on a key-arrayed surface, and a decoration is applied to said exposed part.
2. The key unit with reinforcing plate according to claim 1, wherein said part of the reinforcing plate is exposed between the keys on the key-arrayed surface; exposed on the key-arrayed surface in such a manner as to encircle each individual key; or exposed on the key-arrayed surface in such a manner as to encircle a plurality of key clusters.
3. The key unit with reinforcing plate according to claim 1, wherein said part of the exposed reinforcing plate is formed into a shape of an arbitrary letter or a symbol.
4. The key unit with reinforcing plate according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcing plate is formed using one or a plurality of metal materials selected from magnesium, aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, copper, gold, and an alloy thereof.
5. The key unit with reinforcing plate according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcing plate is formed using one or two kinds of resins selected from a group of transparent hard resins including PC (polycarbonate resin), PET (polyethylene terephthalate resin), and PMMA (polyacrylate resin).
6. The key-unit with reinforcing plate according to claim 1, wherein the decoration is applied to said part of the exposed reinforcing plate using an arbitrary method selected from a group of methods including printing (including hot stamping), painting, and film-forming methods (including plating, CVD, vapor deposition, sputtering, and ion plating) with a metal or a nonmetal.

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 monitoring system for monitoring operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, respective processors each performing a plurality of reconfigurable tasks and providing log information including at least a respective status of the task, the system comprising:
a plurality of log senders for sending the log information from respective nodes, each node being either one of the processors, or an instance on one of the processors executing a respective task;
a plurality of log receivers for receiving the log information from respective log senders;
one or more task monitors for monitoring the status of respective tasks from each processor via the plurality of log receivers to determine at least whether the respective tasks are successfully completed; and
a monitoring station for displaying completion information from the one or more task monitors that indicates either successful or unsuccessful completion of a respective one or respective ones of the tasks being performed.
2. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the log receivers receive log information from respective log senders such that data streams to a log receiver from each respective log senders are aggregated.
3. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring station further displays operational conditions of respective processors.
4. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring station flags inactivity in the log information being received from a respective processor or a respective task and displays an error condition for the respective processor or the respective task.
5. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring station flags activity in the log information being received from a respective processor or a respective task and displays the respective processor or respective task as showing real-time operation thereof.
6. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring station includes a storage device for storing accumulated log information such that the monitoring station is configured to display selected accumulated log information, responsive to user commands.
7. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the display of the monitoring station includes icons for selection of the accumulated log information according to a processor, a sub-process, andor a tasks.
8. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein each task is reconfigurable among: (1) load balancing; (2) sending query requests; (3) replying to queries; (4) sending logs; (5) receiving logs; (6) sending audit requests; (7) replying to audit requests; (8) sending file to store; and (9) receiving files to store.
9. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein each log sender sends log information automatically to a user settable IP address.
10. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the log information further includes a hierarchy of status information which provides a plurality of levels of detail, the monitoring station indicating one level of the plurality of levels of detail according to a settable level-of-detail indicator.
11. The monitoring system according to claim 10, wherein when the monitoring station indicates the unsuccessful completion of the task being performed, the level-of-detail indicator is automatically changed to provide more detailed log information than that of the successful completion of the same task.
12. The monitoring system according to claim 10, wherein when the monitoring station indicates a failure condition andor a failed task, the monitoring station automatically provides the most detailed status information of the hierarchy of status information.
13. A monitoring system for monitoring operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, respective processors having logs that include different log formats, the system comprising:
a plurality of loggers for logging log information of each transaction in a respective one or ones of the logs, each transaction being a completion of a task andor a condition to be monitored;
a log formatter for formatting the respective one or ones of the logs for each processor into a common format;
a log accumulator for accumulating logs from respective processors; and
a monitoring station for receiving logs in the common format and displaying the log information therein.
14. The monitoring system according to claim 13, wherein:
the common format includes a hierarchical level-of-detail indicator; and
the monitoring station displays the log information according to the hierarchical level-of-detail selected.
15. The monitoring system according to claim 14, wherein the log formatter formats associated logs to include at least a hierarchical information structure in which each associated log has a different level-of detail with respect to a transaction such that log information having different levels-of-detail are displayable by the monitoring station based on the hierarchical level-of-detail indicator in the common format.
16. The monitoring system according to claim 14, wherein the common format of each log includes log attribute information for viewing log information representative of (1) a common location; (2) a common resource, (3) a common sub-process; (4) a common task; (5) a common failure condition; andor (6) a common state.
17. The monitoring system according to claim 13, wherein the log accumulator includes a plurality of log senders and log receivers that aggregate data streams corresponding to the log information to one or more log files.
18. The monitoring system according to claim 13, wherein the common format includes field delimiters such that the accumulated logs are parsable by word processing andor database applications.
19. A display for monitoring operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, respective processors each performing a plurality of reconfigurable tasks and providing log information including at least a respective status of the task, respective processors being located at a plurality of locations, a log accumulator that accumulates log information and determines whether respective processors are operating successfully, the display comprising:
location, task and processor icons corresponding to the plurality of tasks and processors and configured to indicate when respective one or ones of locations, tasks andor processors are operating successfully; and
a selector for selecting a respective one of the location, task or processor icons to display detailed log information for the selected location, detailed log information for the selected task or detailed log information for the selected processor, the detailed log information about each location being log information for tasks operating on each processor at the selected location, the detailed log information about each processor being log information for each task operating on the selected processor.
20. The display according to claim 19, wherein:
the monitoring system includes a parser to filter the log information from the plurality of processors according to user selection; and
the display further includes a viewing window for viewing the filtered log information.
21. The display according to claim 19, wherein the task and processor icons are color-coded based on the respective status of each corresponding task.
22. The display according to claim 19, wherein the task and processor icons are: (1) momentarily colored a first color to indicate successful completion of each corresponding task; (2) momentarily colored a second color to indicate unsuccessful completion of any corresponding task; (3) colored a third color to indicate inactivity of each corresponding task, (4) momentarily colored in a fourth color the task and processor icons to indicate activity of a corresponding task within a user-configurable time window, where the first, second, third and fourth colors are different colors.
23. A monitoring system for monitoring operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, the system comprising:
a plurality of loggers for logging log information of transactions for each processor in a respective log;
a plurality of log senders for automatically sending the log information from respective loggers;
a log accumulator for accumulating the log information from respective log senders; and
a monitoring station for receiving and displaying the accumulated log information.
24. The monitoring system according to claim 23, wherein the reception of the accumulated log information by the monitoring station occurs automatically without any polling of the plurality of log senders via a socket communication.
25. The monitoring system according to claim 23, wherein the log accumulator includes a plurality of log senders and log receivers that aggregate data streams corresponding to the log information to one or more log files.
26. A method of monitoring operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, respective processors each performing a plurality of reconfigurable tasks and providing log information including at least a respective status of the task, the method comprising the steps of:
a) sending the log information from respective nodes, each node being either one of the processors or an instance on one of the processors executing a respective task;
b) receiving the log information from the respective nodes;
c) monitoring the status of respective tasks from each processor based on the log information received; and
d) determining at least whether the respective tasks are successfully completed.
27. The method according to claim 26. further comprising the step of:
e) displaying completion information that indicates either successful or unsuccessful completion of a respective one or respective ones of the tasks being performed.
28. The method according to claim 26, wherein step (a) of sending the log information comprises the step of sending log information automatically to a user-settable IP address.
29. The method according to claim 27, wherein the log information further includes a hierarchy of status information which provides a plurality of levels-of-detail, the step (e) of displaying completion information comprises the step of displaying completion information according to the a settable level-of-detail indicator.
30. The method according to claim 29, wherein when the monitoring station indicates the unsuccessful completion of the task being performed, automatically changing the level-of-detail indicator to provide more detailed log information than that of the successful completion of the same task.
31. A method of monitoring operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, respective processors having logs that include different log formats, the method comprising the steps of:
a) logging log information of each transaction or state for each processor in a respective one or ones of the logs;
b) formatting the respective one or ones of the logs for each processor into a common format which includes a hierarchical level-of-detail indicator;
c) accumulating logs from respective processors;
d) setting a hierarchical level-of detail based on the hierarchical level-of-detail indicator in the logs that have the common format; and
e) displaying the log information therein according to a hierarchical level-of-detail set.
32. The method according to claim 31, wherein step (b) of formatting the respective one or ones of the logs for each processor comprises the step of: structuring the common format of the logs to include at least a hierarchical information structure in which more or less detailed log information is displayable based on the hierarchical level-of-detail selected.
33. The method according to claim 31, wherein step (c) of accumulating logs from respective processors comprises the step of aggregating data streams corresponding to the log information of a plurality of log senders to one or more log files.
34. A method of displaying operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, respective processors each performing a plurality of reconfigurable tasks and providing log information including at least a respective status of the task, the method comprising the steps of:
a) determining whether respective locations, processors and tasks are operating successfully;
b) displaying location task and processor icons corresponding to the plurality of tasks and processors and configured to indicate when respective one or ones of tasks and processors are operating successfully; and
c) selecting a respective one of the location, task or processor icons to display detailed log information for the selected location, detailed log information for the selected task or detailed log information for the selected processor, the detailed log information about each location being log information for tasks operating on each processor at the selected location, the detailed log information about each processor being log information for each task operating on the selected processor.
35. The display according to claim 34, further comprising the steps of:
parsing the log information to filter the log information from the plurality of processors according to user selection; and
viewing the filtered log information when displaying detailed log information for the selected task.
36. The method according to claim 34, wherein step (b) of displaying task and processor icons comprises color-coding the location, task and processor icons based on the respective status of each corresponding task.
37. The method according to claim 36, wherein the color-coding of the task and processor icons includes: (1) momentarily coloring the task and processor icons a first color to indicate successful completion of each corresponding task; (2) momentarily coloring the task and processor icons a second color to indicate unsuccessful completion of any corresponding task; (3) coloring the task and processor icons a third color to indicate inactivity of each corresponding task, (4) momentarily coloring the task and processor icons in a fourth color the task and processor icons to indicate activity of a corresponding task within a user-configurable time window, where the first, second, third and fourth colors are different colors.
38. A method of monitoring operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, the method comprising the steps of:
a) logging log information of transactions for each processor in a respective log;
b) automatically sending the log information for each transaction;
c) accumulating the log information from respective transactions; and
d) receiving and displaying the accumulated log information.
39. The method according to claim 38, wherein step (c) of accumulating the log information comprises the step of aggregating data streams corresponding to the log information from a plurality of transactions to one or more log files.
40. A computer readable carrier including software that is configured to control a computer to implement an monitoring method embodied in a computer readable medium for monitoring operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, respective processors each performing a plurality of reconfigurable tasks and providing log information including at least a respective status of the task, the monitoring method including the steps of:
a) sending the log information from respective nodes, each node being either one of the processors or an instance on one of the processors executing a respective task;
b) receiving the log information from the respective nodes;
c) monitoring the status of respective tasks from each processor based on the log information received; and
d) determining at least whether the respective tasks are successfully completed.
41. A computer readable carrier including software that is configured to control a computer to implement a monitoring method embodied in a computer readable medium for monitoring operation of resources, the resources including a plurality of processors, respective processors having logs that include different log formats, the monitoring method including the steps of:
a) logging log information of each transaction for each processor in a respective one or ones of the logs;
b) formatting the respective one or ones of the logs for each processor into a common format which includes a hierarchical level-of-detail indicator;
c) accumulating logs from respective processors;
d) setting a hierarchical level-of detail based on the hierarchical level of detail indicator in the logs that have the common format; and
e) displaying the log information therein according to a hierarchical level-of-detail selected.

1. A method for setting a scene comprising:
receiving a television signal by an electronic device, the television signal including a content signal, metadata describing the content signal, and state information describing a television setting and settings of one or more additional components that can be controlled by the electronic device;
examining the metadata describing the content signal;
determining whether a previously stored saved scene configuration is suitable for use with the content signal by comparing metadata of the previously stored saved scene configuration with the metadata describing the content signal; and
controlling the television setting and the settings of the one or more additional components based on the previously stored saved scene configuration.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the previously stored saved scene configuration comprises a collection of television volume settings, external speaker settings, audio balance settings, equalizer settings, television brightness settings, contrast settings, room lighting settings, channel settings, playback control settings, playback speed settings, fireplace settings, speaker settings, and combinations thereof.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata is indicative of a commercial break, wherein the television setting comprises a volume setting, the method further comprising:
detecting a commercial break in the television signal, wherein controlling the television setting further comprises automatically lowering the volume setting upon detection of the commercial break.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata is indicative of a commercial break, wherein the television setting comprises a channel setting, the method further comprising:
detecting a commercial break in the television signal, wherein controlling the television setting further comprises automatically changing the channel setting upon detection of the commercial break.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the settings of the one or more additional components includes a room lighting setting, and wherein controlling the settings of the one or more additional components further includes adjusting the room lighting setting.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining, with the electronic device, that one or more of the additional components are in the same location as the electronic device based on at least one of an internal map, a received state of the one or more components, and a signal strength between the electronic device and the one or more components.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more additional components include devices and applications.
8. An electronic device configured to set a scene comprising:
memory;
a network interface configured to receive a television signal, the television signal including a content signal, metadata describing the content signal, and state information describing a television setting and settings of one or more additional components that can be controlled by the electronic device; and
a processor configured to:
examine the metadata describing the content signal;
determine whether a previously stored saved scene configuration is suitable for use with the content signal by comparing metadata of the previously stored saved scene configuration with the metadata describing the content signal; and
construct a control signal configured for controlling the television setting and the settings of the one or more additional components based on the previously stored saved scene configuration, and
wherein the network interface is further configured to send the control signal to a television and the one or more additional components.
9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the saved scene configuration comprises a collection of television volume settings, external speaker settings, audio balance settings, equalizer settings, television brightness settings, contrast settings, room lighting settings, channel settings, playback control settings, playback speed settings, fireplace settings, speaker settings, and combinations thereof.
10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the metadata is indicative of a commercial break, wherein the television setting comprises a volume setting, and wherein the processor is further configured to detect a commercial break in the television signal, and wherein the television setting is constructed to automatically lower the volume setting upon detection of the commercial break.
11. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the metadata is indicative of a commercial break, wherein the television setting comprises a channel setting, and wherein the processor is further configured to detect a commercial break in the television signal, and wherein the television setting is constructed to automatically change the channel setting upon detection of the commercial break.
12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the settings of the one or more additional components includes a room lighting setting, and wherein the processor is configured to construct a control signal configured for adjusting the room lighting setting.
13. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine that one or more of the additional components are in the same location as the electronic device based on at least one of an internal map, a received state of the one or more components, and a signal strength between the electronic device and the one or more components.
14. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the one or more additional components include devices and applications.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
receive a television signal including a content signal, metadata describing the content signal, and state information describing a television setting and settings of one or more additional components;
examine the metadata describing the content signal;
determine whether a previously stored saved scene configuration is suitable for use with the content signal by comparing metadata of the previously stored saved scene configuration with the metadata describing the content signal; and
control the television setting and the settings of the one or more additional components based on the previously stored saved scene configuration.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, further containing instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
determine that the metadata is indicative of a commercial break; and
automatically lower a volume setting upon detection of the commercial break.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, further containing instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
determine that the metadata is indicative of a commercial break; and
automatically change a channel setting upon detection of the commercial break.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, further containing instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
determine that one or more of the additional components are in the same location as the electronic device based on at least one of an internal map, a received state of the one or more components, and a signal strength between the electronic device and the one or more components.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the previously stored saved scene configuration comprises a collection of television volume settings, external speaker settings, audio balance settings, equalizer settings, television brightness settings, contrast settings, room lighting settings, channel settings, playback control settings, playback speed settings, fireplace settings, speaker settings, and combinations thereof.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the settings of the one or more additional components includes a room lighting setting, and wherein the electronic device is configured to construct a control signal configured for adjusting the room lighting setting.

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. Roof module of a motor vehicle roof which is mounted on a fixed body structure and which forms the top of the motor vehicle roof, wherein the roof module comprises guide rails for movable attachment of at least one roof module component; wherein the roof module comprises two outer side edge areas that are connected to a front area to form a U-shaped part that is open to the rear and has an open middle part in a rear working section which extends between the two outer side edge areas, surfaces of the side edge areas laterally bordering the open middle part forming facing inner flanks on each of which a respective one of the guide rails is located and wherein a front cover is fixed, recessed between the outer side edge areas at the height of said guide rails in a front working section of the roof module, said at least one roof module component being receivable in said guide rails in the rear working section of the roof module.
2. Roof module as claimed in claim 1, wherein said guide rails comprise two opposed guide rails which extend on the roof module in a lengthwise direction thereof.
3. Roof module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer side edge areas are elevated relative to an interposed middle part.
4. Roof module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the roof module component is one of a plurality of different parts which are interchangeably mountable on the roof module.
5. Roof module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plurality of different parts comprise a cover, a closed cargo box and an open carrier.
6. Roof module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the roof module component covers a one of the working sections which has a roof module opening.
7. Roof module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the roof module is mounted on roof members of the fixed body structure.
8. Roof module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the roof module is mounted on lateral lengthwise roof members, on a front roof apron and on a rear transverse roof member.
9. Roof module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front working section of the roof module is an openable roof part.
10. Roof module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising additional mounting receivers for load carriers.
11. Roof module of a motor vehicle roof which is mounted on a fixed body structure and which forms the top of the motor vehicle roof, wherein the roof module comprises a receiving means with guide rails for receiving an interchangeable roof module component which is pushed-in from a rear end of the module and first bearing receivers for exchangeable load carriers disposed above said guide rails; wherein the roof module has an open middle part which extends between two outer side edge areas, surfaces of the side edge areas laterally bordering the open middle part forming facing inner flanks on each of which a respective one of the guide rails and respective first bearing receivers are located and wherein a front cover is mounted in said middle part in a front working area of the roof module and second bearing receivers for exchangeable load carriers are disposed above said front cover, and wherein the interchangeable roof module component is receivable in said guide rails below said first bearing receivers in a rear working area of the roof module.
12. Roof module as claimed in claim 11, wherein said guide rails comprise two opposed guide rails which extend on the roof module in a lengthwise direction thereof.
13. Roof module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the outer side edge areas are elevated relative to an interposed middle part.
14. Roof module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the roof module component is one of a plurality of different parts which are interchangeably mountable on the roof module.
15. Roof module as claimed in claim 14, wherein the plurality of different parts comprise a cover, a closed cargo box and an open carrier.
16. Roof module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the roof module has two outer side edge areas and an inside area which lies between the edge areas and wherein the inside area is divided at least into a front working section and a rear working section.
17. Roof module as claimed in claim 16, wherein the roof module component covers a one of the working sections which has a roof module opening.
18. Roof module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the roof module is mounted on roof members of the fixed body structure.
19. Roof module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the roof module is mounted on lateral lengthwise roof members, on a front roof apron and on a rear transverse roof member.
20. Roof module as claimed in claim 16, wherein the front working section of the roof module is an openable roof part.