Author: claimsbot

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request for an electronic payment transaction;
establishing a communications link with a user device;
receiving an identity claim utterance from a user via the communications link;
determining if the identity claim utterance is authentic;
in response to an authentication of the user’s identity claim utterance, authorizing the electronic payment transaction; and
in response to a non-authentication of the user’s identity claim utterance, denying the electronic payment transaction.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an identity claim utterance from a user via the communications link comprises requesting the user to repeat a predefined expression and receiving the user’s identity claim utterance of the predefined expression.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
indicating that the communications link is for an electronic payment authentication prior to requesting the user to repeat the predefined expression and further indicating if the user’s identity claim utterance was or was not authenticated.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining if the identity claim utterance is authentic comprises comparing the user’s identity claim utterance to a voice print.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving an identity token from the user device prior to establishing the communications link with the user device.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
billing the user for the electronic payment transaction if the electronic payment transaction is authorized following a comparison of the identity claim utterance to a voice print.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the communications link comprises establishing a voice call with the user device.
8. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
a first executable portion configured to receive a request for an electronic payment transaction;
a second executable portion configured to establish a communications link with a user device;
a third executable portion configured to receive an identity claim utterance from a user via the communications link;
a fourth executable portion configured to determine if the identity claim utterance is authentic;
a fifth executable portion configured, in response to an authentication of the user’s identity claim utterance, to authorize the electronic payment transaction; and
a sixth executable portion configured, in response to a non-authentication of the user’s identity claim utterance, to deny the electronic payment transaction.
9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the third executable portion is further configured to request the user to repeat a predefined expression and to receive the user’s identity claim utterance of the predefined expression.
10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:
a seventh executable portion configured to indicate that the communications link is for an electronic payment authentication prior to requesting the user to repeat the predefined expression and further indicate if the user’s identity claim utterance was or was not authenticated.
11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the fourth executable portion is further configured to compare the user’s identity claim utterance to a voice print.
12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:
a seventh executable portion configured to receive an identity token from the user device prior to establishing the communications link with the user device.
13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:
a seventh executable portion configured to bill the user for the electronic payment transaction if the electronic payment transaction is authorized following a comparison of the identity claim utterance to a voice print.
14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the second executable portion is further configured to establish a voice call with the user device.
15. A system comprising:
a payment validator comprising a processor configured for:
receiving a request for an electronic payment transaction;
establishing a communications link with a user device;
receiving an identity claim utterance from a user via the communications link;
determining if the identity claim utterance is authentic;
authorizing the electronic payment transaction in response to an authentication of the user’s identity claim utterance; and
denying the electronic payment transaction in response to a non-authentication of the user’s identity claim utterance.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein receiving an identity claim utterance from a user via the communications link comprises requesting the user to repeat a predefined expression and receiving the user’s identity claim utterance of the predefined expression.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured for:
indicating that the communications link is for an electronic payment authentication prior to requesting the user to repeat the predefined expression and further indicating if the user’s identity claim utterance was or was not authenticated.
18. The system of claim 15, wherein determining if the identity claim utterance is authentic comprises comparing the user’s identity claim utterance to a voice print.
19. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured for:
receiving an identity token from the user device prior to establishing the communications link with the user device.
20. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured for:
billing the user for the electronic payment transaction if the electronic payment transaction is authorized following a comparison of the identity claim utterance to a voice print.
21. The system of claim 15, wherein establishing a communications link with a user device comprises establishing a voice call with the user device.

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 vacuum pickup module arranged for use with a modular street sweeper comprising:
a frame supported on wheels for rolling movement in a forward working direction along the ground in a longitudinal direction of the frame;
a hopper supported on the frame;
a main broom supported for rotation about a horizontal axis extending laterally across the frame spaced rearwardly from the hopper and arranged for engaging the ground at a bottom side thereof;
the main broom being arranged to rotate forwardly at the bottom side;
at least one side broom supported on the frame for rotation about a respective upright axis, said at least one side broom being offset laterally to one side of the frame;
said at least one side broom being arranged to rotate laterally inwardly at a forward side thereof; and
a conveyor pickup module comprising a chute and a conveyor rotatable within the chute and being arranged to be supported between the main broom and the hopper so as to convey debris from the main broom to the hopper;
the vacuum pickup module being arranged to be interchangeable with the conveyor pickup module so as to be arranged to be supported on the frame, the vacuum pickup module comprising:
a vacuum head having an opening arranged to span laterally across the frame in proximity to the ground;
a fan having an inlet and an outlet;
an inlet duct arranged to communicate between the vacuum head and the inlet of the fan; and
an outlet duct arranged to communicate between the outlet of the fan and the hopper.
2. The module according to claim 1 wherein the opening of the vacuum head is arranged to overlap said at least one side broom in a lateral direction.
3. The module according to claim 1 wherein said at least one side broom comprises a pair of laterally opposed side brooms and the opening of the vacuum head is arranged to span laterally a width of a lateral space defined between the side brooms in overlapping configuration therewith.
4. The module according to claim 1 wherein the vacuum head is adjustable in height relative to the frame.
5. The module according to claim 1 wherein the vacuum head is adjustable in height relative to the fan supported on the frame, the vacuum head and the fan communicating with one another through a flexible duct.
6. The module according to claim 1 for a sweeper comprising a plurality of hydraulic lines receiving hydraulic fluid under pressure for driving rotation of the main broom and rotation of the conveyor, wherein the fan is arranged to be driven to rotate by connection to at least one of the hydraulic lines used to power rotation of the main broom or rotation of the conveyor.
7. The module according to claim 1 for a sweeper comprising a hopper supported on a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the hopper relative to the frame, wherein there is provided a crane arranged to be supported on the hopper from which at least one of the conveyor pickup module and the vacuum pickup module are arranged to be suspended for movement with the hopper relative to the frame.
8. The module according to claim 1 wherein there is provided an auxiliary hopper supported for rolling movement along the ground and arranged for towing connection to the frame and wherein the outlet duct is movable between a forward position in communication with the hopper on the frame and an auxiliary position in communication with the auxiliary hopper.
9. The module according to claim 1 wherein the fan comprises mulching blades arranged to reduce a particle size of material passing through the fan from the inlet to the outlet.
10. The module according to claim 1 wherein the vacuum pickup module is arranged to be supported on the frame rearwardly of the hopper and forwardly of the main broom.
11. A modular street sweeper comprising:
a frame supported on wheels for rolling movement in a forward working direction along the ground in a longitudinal direction of the frame;
a hopper supported on the frame;
at least one side broom supported on the frame for rotation about a respective upright axis, said at least one side broom being offset laterally to one side of the frame;
said at least one side broom being arranged to rotate laterally inwardly at a forward side thereof; and
a pickup mechanism arranged to convey debris from the ground to the hopper;
the pickup mechanism including:
a main broom supported for rotation about a horizontal axis extending laterally across the frame spaced rearwardly from the hopper and arranged for engaging the ground at a bottom side thereof;
the main broom being arranged to rotate forwardly at the bottom side;
a conveyor pickup module; and
a vacuum pickup module;

the conveyor pickup module and the vacuum pickup module being interchangeable with one another between a conveyor mode in which the conveyor pickup module is supported on the frame and a vacuum mode in which the vacuum pickup module is supported on the frame;
the conveyor pickup module comprising a chute and a conveyor rotatable within the chute and being arranged to be supported between the main broom and the hopper so as to convey debris from the main broom to the hopper; and
the vacuum pickup module comprising:
a vacuum head having an opening arranged to span laterally across the frame in proximity to the ground;
a fan having an inlet and an outlet;
an inlet duct arranged to communicate between the vacuum head and the inlet of the fan; and
an outlet duct arranged to communicate between the outlet of the fan and the hopper.
12. The sweeper according to claim 11 wherein the opening of the vacuum head is arranged to overlap said at least one side broom in a lateral direction.
13. The sweeper according to claim 11 wherein said at least one side broom comprises a pair of laterally opposed side brooms and the opening of the vacuum head is arranged to span laterally a width of a lateral space defined between the side brooms in overlapping configuration therewith.
14. The sweeper according to claim 11 wherein the vacuum head is adjustable in height relative to the frame.
15. The sweeper according to claim 11 wherein the vacuum head is adjustable in height relative to the fan supported on the frame, the vacuum head and the fan communicating with one another through a flexible duct.
16. The sweeper according to claim 11 further comprising a plurality of hydraulic lines arranged for receiving hydraulic fluid under pressure for driving rotation of the main broom and rotation of the conveyor in the conveyor mode, wherein the fan is arranged to be driven to rotate by connection to said plurality of hydraulic lines in the vacuum mode.
17. The sweeper according to claim 11 further comprising a lift mechanism arranged for raising and lowering the hopper relative to the frame, and a crane arranged to be supported on the hopper from which at least one of the conveyor pickup module and the vacuum pickup module are arranged to be suspended for movement with the hopper relative to the frame.
18. The sweeper according to claim 11 wherein there is provided an auxiliary hopper supported for rolling movement along the ground and arranged for towing connection to the frame and wherein the outlet duct is movable between a forward position in communication with the hopper on the frame and an auxiliary position in communication with the auxiliary hopper.
19. The sweeper according to claim 11 wherein the fan comprises mulching blades arranged to reduce a particle size of material passing through the fan from the inlet to the outlet.
20. The sweeper according to claim 11 wherein the vacuum pickup module is arranged to be supported on the frame rearwardly of the hopper and forwardly of the main broom.

1. A method of automating the redirection of uniform resource identifier (URI) references of documents, the method comprising:
downloading a document using a URI;
storing the document in a repository;
parsing the document to determine the existence of one or more dependent documents referred to in the document; and
conducting an automated URI reference redirection subprocess for the document and the dependent documents.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the document comprises a schema document selected from the group consisting of XML documents, XSD documents, and WSDL documents.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the dependent document comprises a Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) document.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the automated URI reference redirection subprocess comprises:
responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, downloading each dependent document from a respective URI of each dependent document and storing the dependent document in the repository;
assigning a new URI to the document and each dependent document stored in the repository;
creating a catalog entry for the document and each dependent document; and
for each catalog entry, remapping the URI from which each document was downloaded to the assigned new URI.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the catalog entry is within an XML catalog.
6. The method of claim 1, comprising:
parsing each dependent document to determine one or more dependent documents;
responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, conducting the automated URI reference redirection subprocess to each dependent document; and
repeating the parsing and conducting steps until all URI references have been redirected.
7. A data processing system configured for automating the redirection of uniform resource identifier (URI) references of documents, the system comprising:
a processor configured for execution in a host computing platform;
a repository configured for storing documents; and
a remapping program code coupled to the processor, causing the processor to:
download a document using a URI,
store the document in a repository;
parse the document to determine the existence of one or more dependent documents referred to in the document; and
conduct an automated URI reference redirection subprocess for the document and the dependent documents.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the automated URI reference redirection subprocess comprises:
responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, downloading each dependent document from a respective URI of each dependent document and storing the dependent document in the repository;
assigning a new URI to the document and each dependent document stored in the repository;
creating a catalog entry for the document and each dependent document; and
for each catalog entry, remapping the URI from which each document was downloaded to the assigned new URI.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the remapping program code coupled to the processor causes the processor to:
parse each dependent document to determine one or more dependent documents;
responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, conduct the automated URI reference redirection subprocess to each dependent document; and
repeat the parsing and conducting steps until all URI references have been redirected.
10. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-readable instructions, which, when loaded in and executed by a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:
downloading a document using a uniform resource identifier (URI);
storing the document in a repository;
parsing the document to determine the existence of one or more dependent documents referred to in the document; and
conducting an automated URI reference redirection subprocess for the document and the dependent documents.
11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the document comprises a schema document selected from the group consisting of XML documents, XSD documents, and WSDL documents.
12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the dependent document comprises a Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) document.
13. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the automated URI reference redirection subprocess comprises:
responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, downloading each dependent document from a respective URI of each dependent document and storing the dependent document in the repository;
assigning a new URI to the document and each dependent document stored in the repository;
creating a catalog entry for the document and each dependent document; and
for each catalog entry, remapping the URI from which each document was downloaded to the assigned new URI.
14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the catalog entry is within an XML catalog.
15. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the computer-readable instructions, which, when loaded in and executed by the computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:
parsing each dependent document to determine one or more dependent documents;
responsive to determining the existence of one or more dependent documents, conducting the automated URI reference redirection subprocess to each dependent document; and
repeating the parsing and conducting steps until all URI references have been redirected.

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 radiation detector comprising of:
a solid-state imaging element having a light-receiving portion where a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged, and electrode pads electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion elements;
a scintillator formed on a surface of the light-receiving portion of said solid-state imaging element; and
a substrate having a support surface on which said solid-state imaging element is mounted, and a positioning portion which is adjacent to the support surface and projects higher than the support surface to position said solid-state imaging element with a side wall;
wherein the positioning portion is formed such that the light-receiving surface of said solid-state imaging element projects toward a light incident side higher than an upper surface of the positioning portion.
2. A radiation detector according to claim 1, wherein said substrate further comprises external connection electrodes and the electrode pads which are arranged on the upper surface of the positioning portion, and electrically connected to the external connection electrodes, and further comprises wiring lines which interconnect the electrode pads of said solid-state imaging element and the electrode pads of said substrate.
3. A radiation detector manufacturing method comprising the steps of:
preparing a solid-state imaging element having a light-receiving portion where a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged, and electrode pads electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion elements, and a substrate having a positioning portion which is adjacent to a support surface and projects higher than the support surface;
mounting and fixing the solid-state imaging element on the support surface of the substrate such that the light-receiving surface of the solid-state imaging element projects higher than an upper surface of the positioning portion by using a side wall of the positioning portion; and
forming a scintillator on a surface of the light-receiving portion of the solid-state imaging element.
4. A radiation detector manufacturing method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of interconnecting the electrode pads of the substrate and the electrode pads of the solid-state imaging element.