Author: claimsbot

1. A peroral powder delivery device to deliver a unit dose of a peroral powder through an oral cavity in which
a capsule holder for holding a capsule that contains a peroral powder and loading the capsule, the capsule holder is attached into a body so as to be capable of advancing into and retracting from the inside of the body in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the capsule held by the capsule holder,
the body has a cutter blade for cutting both ends of the capsule when it advances into the body while being held by the capsule holder and making holes on both ends of the capsule, and a first air passageway having a connection port in communication with a hole made on one end of the capsule when the capsule is loaded in the body and a second air passageway having a connection port in communication with a hole made on the other side of the capsule,
the first air passageway has an inhaling port for inhaling the peroral powder in the capsule,
the second airpassageway has a suction valve which opens by the suction force or inhalation force from the inhaling port to introduce air into the capsule, and
the suction valve has a disciform poppet that protrudes from the connection port of the second air passageway and advances from the hole of the capsule in communication with the connection port to the inside of the capsule when the valve is opened,
wherein the distance between the connection port of the first air passageway and the connection port of the second air passageway is set shorter than the length of the capsule after the both ends have been cut by the cutter blade,
such that both ends of the capsule loaded therebetween are urged by peripheral edges of both of the connection ports.
2. A peroral powder delivery device according to claim 1, wherein
the capsule is held in a recessed groove formed on the capsule holder, as being slidable in the longitudinal direction of the capsule, and
a positioning guide is disposed for sliding the capsule that advances into the body being held by the capsule holder in the longitudinal direction and for guiding both ends of the capsule to be cut by the cutter blade such that both ends of the capsule situate at predetermined positions.
3. A peroral powder delivery device according claim 2, wherein
the diameter of the holes made to both ends of the capsule by the cutter blade is set to a size substantially identical with or larger than the opening diameter for each of the connection ports in communication with the hole.
4. A peroral powder delivery device according to claim 2, wherein
the cutter blade comprises a pair of blades secured in parallel with each other with the blade tips being directed in the direction opposing to the advancing direction of the capsule that advances into the body being held by the capsule holder,
the positioning guide comprises a pair of protrusions, and a pocket is formed between the cutter blade and the protrusion as the positioning guide for discharging cut ends of the capsule cut by the blade.
5. A peroral powder delivery device according to claim 1, wherein
a mixer chamber is formed in the first air passageway for generating a turbulent flow to the air inhaled from the inhaling port thereby finely separating and dispersing grains of the peroral powder inhaled together with air from the inside of the capsule.

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. (canceled)
2. A method comprising:
receiving, at a computing device from a first device remote from the computing device, one or more first digests;
determining whether one or more second digests and the one or more first digests are derived from matching content, wherein the one or more second digests originate from a second device remote from the computing device;
storing the matching content in response to determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content; and
sending, to the first device, the matching content associated with the first device upon request from the first device.
3. The method of claim 2,
wherein the one or more first digests are derived from one or more first frames, respectively, and the one or more second digests are derived from one or more second frames, respectively, and
wherein the one or more first frames comprise timestamps that match the one or more second frames, respectively.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content comprises determining that a first segment, represented by the one or more first digests, overlaps with a second segment, represented by the one or more second digests.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content comprises determining that a subset of a series of the one or more first digests matches a subset of a series of the one or more second digests.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content comprises determining that the one or more first digests represent at least a portion of the matching content and at least a portion of a first advertisement and the one or more second digests represent at least a portion of the matching content and at least a portion of a second advertisement different from the first advertisement.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content comprises determining that the one or more first digests represent at least a portion of the matching content and at least a portion of a first content different from the matching content and the one or more second digests represent at least a portion of the matching content and at least a portion of a second content different from the first content and the matching content.
8. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content comprises determining that multiple consecutive digests of the one or more first digests match multiple consecutive digests of the one or more second digests.
9. The method of claim 2,
wherein the receiving the one or more first digests comprises receiving, at a network recorder, the one or more first digests over a wide area network, and
wherein the determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content comprises determining that a number of the one or more first digests that match the one or more second digests exceeds a threshold.
10. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
prior to the storing, selecting the first device and sending a request to the first device requesting at least a first portion of the matching content in response to determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the selecting the first device comprises:
determining that a first transmission speed associated with the first device is faster than a second transmission speed associated with the second device, or
determining that a first bandwidth associated with the first device is greater than a second bandwidth associated with the second device.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
prior to the storing, selecting the second device and sending a second request to the second device requesting a second portion of the matching content in response to determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content, wherein the second portion of the matching content is different from the first portion of the matching content.
13. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
receiving, from the second device, at least a portion of the matching content; and
in response to the determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content, instructing the second device to stop a transmission of the matching content to the computing device.
14. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
instructing the second device to stop recording the matching content in response to the determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content.
15. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
instructing the second device to delete a locally stored copy of the matching content in response to the determining that the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content.
16. The method of claim 2,
wherein the one or more first digests are derived from a portion of the matching content before the matching content is completely transmitted to the first device, and
wherein receiving the one or more first digests comprises receiving the one or more first digests before the matching content is completely transmitted to the first device.
17. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining whether the one or more first digests and the one or more second digests are derived from the matching content comprises comparing the one or more first digests with the one or more second digests until a number of the one or more first digests that match the one or more second digests exceeds a threshold.
18. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
storing, in a first file associated with the first device, a first pointer to the matching content; and
storing, in a second file associated with the second device, a second pointer to the matching content.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
storing, in the first file, a third pointer to first content received from the first device; and
storing, in the second file, a fourth pointer to second content received from the second device, wherein the second content is different from the first content.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the sending the matching content associated with the first device comprises sending the matching content with the first content.
21. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
sending, to the second device, the matching content with the second content.
22. A method, comprising:
comparing, by a computing device, one or more first digests associated with a first device with one or more second digests associated with a second device to determine whether the first device and the second device have requested to record matching content;
storing an instance of the matching content in response to determining that the first device and the second device have requested to record matching content; and
sending, to the first device, the matching content associated with the first device upon request from the first device.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the one or more first digests are derived from one or more pieces of the matching content at one or more points in time, respectively.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the one or more first digests are generated by performing an MD5 message-digest algorithm.
25. The method of claim 22, wherein the one or more first digests are derived from one or more motion vectors detected from the content.
26. The method of claim 22, wherein the one or more first digests are derived from one or more images obtained by reducing a resolution of images of the content.
27. The method of claim 22,
wherein the one or more first digests are derived from one or more first frames, respectively, and the one or more second digests are derived from one or more second frames, respectively, and
wherein the one or more first frames comprise timestamps that match the one or more second frames, respectively.
28. The method of claim 22, wherein the comparing that the one or more first digests with the one or more second digests to determine whether the first device and the second device have requested to record matching content comprises determining that a first segment, represented by the one or more first digests, overlaps with a second segment, represented by the one or more second digests.
29. The method of claim 22, wherein the comparing that the one or more first digests with the one or more second digests to determine whether the first device and the second device have requested to record matching content comprises determining that a subset of a series of the one or more first digests matches a subset of a series of the one or more second digests.
30. The method of claim 22, wherein the comparing that the one or more first digests with the one or more second digests to determine whether the first device and the second device have requested to record matching content comprises determining that the one or more first digests represent at least a portion of the matching content and at least a portion of a first advertisement and the one or more second digests represent at least a portion of the matching content and at least a portion of a second advertisement different from the first advertisement.
31. The method of claim 22, wherein the comparing that the one or more first digests with the one or more second digests to determine whether the first device and the second device have requested to record matching content comprises determining that the one or more first digests represent at least a portion of the matching content and at least a portion of a first content different from the matching content and the one or more second digests represent at least a portion of the matching content and at least a portion of a second content different from the first content and the matching content.
32. The method of claim 22, wherein the comparing that the one or more first digests with the one or more second digests to determine whether the first device and the second device have requested to record matching content comprises determining that multiple consecutive digests of the one or more first digests match multiple consecutive digests of the one or more second digests.
33. The method of claim 22, further comprising:
receiving, at a network recorder, the one or more first digests over a wide area network, and
wherein the comparing that the one or more first digests with the one or more second digests to determine whether the first device and the second device have requested to record matching content comprises determining that a number of the one or more first digests that match the one or more second digests exceeds a threshold.
34. A method, comprising:
determining, by a computing device, whether a first device and a second device have indicated a request to record matching primary content by comparing one or more first content identifiers from the first device with one or more second content identifiers from the second device;
storing an instance of the primary content in response to determining that the one or more first content identifiers match the one or more second content identifiers;
storing first supplemental content in association with the first device; and
sending, to the first device, the primary content and the first supplemental content upon request from the first device for the primary content.
35. The method of claim 34, further comprising:
storing second supplemental content in association with the second device; and
sending, to the second device, the primary content and the second supplemental content upon request from the second device for the primary content.
36. The method of claim 35, wherein the first supplemental content comprises first advertising content and the second supplemental content comprises second advertising content different from the first supplemental content.
37. The method of claim 34, further comprising:
sending a request to a selected one of the first device or the second device to send the primary content to the computing device in response to the determining that the first device and the second device have indicated a request to record matching primary content,
wherein the determining that the first device and the second device have indicated a request to record matching primary content comprises determining that a percentage of the one or more first content identifiers that match the one or more second content identifiers exceeds a threshold.
38. The method of claim 34, further comprising:
prior to the storing the instance of the primary content, selecting the first device and sending a request to the first device requesting at least a first portion of the primary content in response to the determining that the first device and the second device have indicated a request to record matching primary content.
39. The method of claim 34, further comprising:
instructing the second device to stop recording the primary content in response to the determining that the first device and the second device have indicated a request to record matching primary content.
40. The method of claim 34, further comprising:
storing, in a first file associated with the first device, a first pointer to the primary content; and
storing, in a second file associated with the second device, a second pointer to the primary content.
41. The method of claim 34, further comprising:
storing, in the first file, a third pointer to a first advertisement received from the first device; and
storing, in the second file, a fourth pointer to a second advertisement received from the second device, wherein the second advertisement is different from the first advertisement.

1. An error-corrected swept phase timing system, comprising:
a clock generator for providing a first clock signal and a swept phase signal,
a phase corrector including a control port for producing a second clock signal in response to the swept phase signal,
an error detector for producing an error signal proportional to phase error between the first and second clock signals; and
a controller coupled to the control port for producing a control signal proportional to the error signal.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the error detector comprises a phase detector for producing a phase signal proportional to phase between the first and second clock signals, a first differentiator for producing a derivative signal from the phase signal and a second differentiator for producing an error signal from the derivative signal.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the error detector comprises a phase detector for producing a phase signal proportional to phase between the first and second clock signals, a reference ramp generator for producing a reference ramp signal and a differencing element for producing an error signal proportional to the difference between the reference ramp signal and the phase signal.
4. A radar, laser or TDR ranging system comprising:
a clock generator for producing a transmit clock signal and a swept phase signal,
a transmitter triggered by the transmit clock signal for producing a transmitted signal,
a phase corrector including a control port for correcting the phase of the swept phase signal and for producing a receive clock signal,
a receiver gated by the receive clock signal for producing detected echoes of the transmitted signal,
an error detector for producing an error signal proportional to phase error between the transmit clock signal and the receive clock signal; and
a controller coupled to the control port for producing a control signal proportional to the error signal to correct phase error between the transmit and receive clock signals.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein the error detector comprises a phase detector for producing a phase signal proportional to phase between the transmit and receive clock signals, a first differentiator for producing a derivative signal from the phase signal and a second differentiator for producing an error signal from the derivative signal.
6. The system of claim 4 wherein the error detector comprises a phase detector for producing a phase signal proportional to phase between the transmit and receive clock signals, a reference ramp generator for producing a reference ramp signal and a differencing element for producing an error signal proportional to the difference between the reference ramp signal and the phase signal.
7. A method for generating error-corrected swept phase timing signals in time expanded radar systems, comprising:
generating a first dock signal,
generating a swept phase signal,
correcting the phase of the swept phase signal in response to a control signal to produce a second clock signal,
detecting phase errors between the first and second clock signals to produce an error signal; and
producing a control signal responsive to the error signal for correcting the phase of the swept phase signal.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein detecting phase errors between the first and second clock signals further comprises detecting phase between the first and second clock signals to produce a phase signal, differentiating the phase signal to produce a derivative signal, and differentiating the derivative signal.
9. The method of claim 7 wherein detecting phase errors between the first and second clock signals further comprises detecting phase between the first and second clock signals to produce a phase signal, producing a reference voltage ramp and differencing the phase signal and the reference ramp.

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, in an eNodeB, for generating downlink communications in a multiple antenna system, the eNodeB being comprised in a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a plurality of user equipments, a plurality of Channel State Information (CSI) reference signals, each reference signal being beamformed into a distinct direction within at least one correlated domain of the multiple antenna system, wherein the at least one correlated domain is an elevation domain;
receiving, from a specific user equipment, at least one Channel State Information (CSI) report for at least a subset of said plurality of CSI reference signals, wherein the CSI report comprises a Precoder Matrix Indicator, PMI, a Rank Indicator (RI) and at least one signal quality indicator (CQI);
determining at least one candidate beamforming direction for the specific user equipment, wherein the at least one candidate beamforming direction is based, at least in part, on a signal quality assessment, which comprises a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI);
determining, by the eNodeB, at least one primary reference signal among said plurality of reference signals based on the received at least one CSI report; and
generating downlink communication signals for antenna element(s) andor sub-elements of the multiple antenna system, wherein the downlink communication signals are beamformed into a transmitting direction that aligns most closely with a beamforming direction of the at least one primary reference signal determined by the eNodeB, as compared to any other beamforming direction of reference signals comprised in the subset of said plurality of CSI reference signals.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of Channel State Information CSI reference signals comprise Channel State Information reference symbols.
3. The method of claim 1, the method determines the at least one candidate beamforming direction for the specific user equipment, within said at least one correlated domain of the multiple antenna system, for a subsequent data transmission.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining of at least one candidate beamforming direction is based, at least in part, on uplink measurements on received signals transmitted by the specific user equipment.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining of at least one candidate beamforming direction is based, at least in part, on a plurality of signal quality assessments, received from the specific user equipment, of beamformed signals received by the specific user equipment.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving further comprises receiving a CSI report for a single reference signal, of said plurality of CSI reference signals, with a beamforming direction that aligns most closely with the at least one candidate beamforming direction, as compared to any other beamforming direction of any other reference signal of said plurality of CSI reference signals.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving further comprises receiving a plurality of CSI reports for respective reference signals of the plurality of CSI reference signals.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising configuring a plurality of CSI processes andor a CoMP Measurement Set for said specific user equipment, the CSI processes andor the set comprising, at least, the plurality of CSI reference signals associated with said plurality of CSI reports.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining, by the eNodeB, further comprises selecting said at least one primary reference signal from said plurality of CSI reference signals associated with said plurality of CSI reports.
10. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one primary reference signal is selected such that a beamforming direction of said at least one primary reference signal, aligns most closely with the at least one candidate beamforming direction, as compared to any other beamforming direction of any other reference signal of said plurality of CSI reference signals.
11. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining of at least one candidate beamforming direction is further based on signal quality indicators (CQI) of the at least one CSI report.
12. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one CSI report is a plurality of CSI reports and the at least one primary reference signal is a reference signal associated with a CSI report with a highest signal quality indicator or a corresponding highest recommended total transmission rate.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
configuring said specific user equipment to measure said plurality of CSI reference signals, and report an index identifying a recommended effective channel among a plurality of effective channels excited by said plurality of CSI reference signals; and
receiving said index from said specific user equipment.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining, by the eNodeB, further comprises determining the at least one primary reference signal based on said received index.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein said index and said at least one CSI report are received in a same report from the specific user equipment, and the at least one CSI report represents said identified recommended effective channel.
16. An eNodeB, for generating downlink communications in a multiple antenna system, the eNodeB being comprised in a wireless communications network, the eNodeB comprising:
a transmitter to transmit, to a plurality of user equipments, a plurality of Channel State Information (CSI) reference signals, each reference signal being beamformed into a distinct direction within at least one correlated domain of the multiple antenna system, wherein the at least one correlated domain is an elevation domain;
a receiver to receive, from a specific user equipment, at least one Channel State Information (CSI) report for a first set of reference signals of said plurality of transmitted reference signals, wherein the CSI report comprises a Precoder Matrix Indicator (PMI), a Rank Indicator (RI), and at least one signal quality indicator (CQI);
one or more processors to:
determine at least one candidate beamforming direction for the specific user equipment, wherein the at least one candidate beamforming direction is based, at least in part, on a signal quality assessment, which comprises a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI);
determine, by the eNodeB, at least one primary reference signal among said first set of reference signals; and
generate downlink communication signals for antenna element(s) andor sub-elements of the multiple antenna system, wherein the downlink communication signals are beamformed into a beamforming direction, consistent with the at least one candidate beamforming direction, of the at least one primary reference signal determined by the eNodeB, as compared to any other beamforming direction of reference signals comprised in the first set of reference signals.
17. The eNodeB of claim 16, wherein the plurality of Channel State Information (CSI) reference signals comprise Channel State Information Reference Symbols (CSI-RS).
18. The eNodeB of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors determine the at least one candidate beamforming direction within said at least one correlated domain of the multiple antenna system, for a subsequent data transmission.
19. The eNodeB of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors determine the at least one candidate beamforming direction based, at least in part, on uplink measurements on received signals transmitted by the specific user equipment.
20. The eNodeB of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors determine the at least one candidate beamforming direction based, at least in part, on a plurality of signal quality assessments, received from the specific user equipment, of beamformed signals received by the specific user equipment.
21. The eNodeB of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors receive a CSI report for a single reference signal, of said plurality of CSI reference signals, with a beamforming direction that aligns most closely with the at least one candidate beamforming direction, as compared to any other beamforming direction of any other reference signal of said plurality of reference signals.
22. The eNodeB of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors receive a plurality of CSI reports for respective reference signals of the plurality of CSI reference signals.
23. The eNodeB of claim 22, wherein the one or more processors configure a plurality of CSI processes andor a CoMP Measurement Set for said specific user equipment, the CSI processes andor the set comprising, at least, the plurality of CSI reference signals associated with said plurality of CSI reports.
24. The eNodeB of claim 23, wherein the one or more processors select said at least one primary reference signal from said plurality of CSI reference signals associated with said plurality of CSI reports.
25. The eNodeB of claim 18, wherein the at least one primary reference signal is selected such that a beamforming direction of said at least one primary reference signal, aligns most closely with the at least one candidate beamforming direction, as compared to any other beamforming direction of any other reference signal of said plurality of reference signals.
26. The eNodeB of claim 21, wherein the one or more processors determine the at least one candidate beamforming direction further based on signal quality indicators (CQI) of the at least one CSI report.
27. The eNodeB of claim 21, wherein the at least one CSI report is a plurality of CSI reports and the at least one primary reference signal is a reference signal associated with a CSI report with a highest signal quality indicator or a corresponding highest recommended total transmission rate.
28. The eNodeB of claim 16, wherein:
the one or more processors configure said specific user equipment to measure said plurality of reference signals, and report an index identifying a recommended effective channel among a plurality of effective channels excited by said plurality of reference signals; and
the receiver receives said index from said specific user equipment.
29. The eNodeB of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors determine the at least one primary reference signal based on said received index.
30. The eNodeB of claim 29, wherein said index and said at least one CSI report are received in a same report from the specific user equipment, and the at least one CSI report represents said identified recommended effective channel.