Author: claimsbot

1. A merchandising system for processing a customer order in association with a web hosting computer, a client computer, and a business application computer, the web hosting computer and the business application computer being intermittently connected by a communications link, the merchandising system comprising:
a merchandising database containing merchandising data including order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise, the merchandising system managing merchandising data received from a plurality of vendors;
a web host interface establishing a communications link between the business application computer and the web hosting computer;
a replica generator executing on the business application computer to filter out at least the order data from the merchandising database to create a replica of the merchandise database containing the merchandising data without the order data for transmission to the web hosting computer across the intermittently connected communications link;
a web application executing on the web hosting computer and generating an order guide that displays the merchandising data from the replica on the client computer; and
a synchronization module synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications made to the merchandising database to be updated in the replica.
2. The merchandising system of claim 1 further comprising:
an order processing module that processes an email order received from the web application, based on an order placed by a consumer through the order guide.
3. The merchandising system of claim 1 further comprising:
a business function module executing on the business application computer to manage the merchandising database.
4. The merchandising system of claim 2 wherein the business function module provides access to product data stored in the merchandising database.
5. The merchandising system of claim 2 wherein the business function module provides access to vendor data stored in the merchandising database.
6. The merchandising system of claim 2 wherein the business function module provides access to customer data stored in the merchandising database.
7. The merchandising system of claim 2 wherein the business function module provides access to order data stored in the merchandising database.
8. The merchandising system of claim 1 further comprising:
a client replica generator executing on the web hosting computer to create a client replica for transmission to the client computer across an intermittent connection between the client computer and the web hosting computer.
9. The merchandising system of claim 7 wherein the client replica remains stored at the client computer after the intermittent connection between the client computer and the web hosting computer is terminated to provide a consumer with access to merchandising data stored in the client replica.
10. A merchandising system for processing a customer order in association with a web hosting computer, a client computer, and a business application computer, the web hosting computer and the business application computer being intermittently connected by a communications link, the merchandising system comprising:
a merchandising database containing merchandising data including order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise and display characteristic parameters, the merchandising system managing merchandising data received from a plurality of vendors;
a replica generator executing on the business application computer to filter out at least the order data from the merchandising database to create a replica of the merchandising database containing the merchandising data without the order data for transmission to the web hosting computer across the intermittently connected communications link between the business application computer and the web hosting computer, the replica including the display characteristic parameters;
a web application receiving the replica at the web hosting computer from across the intermittently connected communications link and generating an order guide for displaying the merchandising data from the replica on the client computer, the order guide having display characteristics configured in accordance with the display characteristic parameters recorded in the replica; and
a synchronization module synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications made to the merchandising database to be updated in the replica.
11. The merchandising system of claim 9 further comprising:
a replica generator executing on the web hosting computer to create a client replica for transmission to the client computer across an intermittent connection between the client computer and the web hosting computer.
12. The merchandising system of claim 10 wherein the client replica remains stored at the client computer after the intermittent connection between the client computer and the web hosting computer is terminated to provide a consumer with access to the merchandising data stored in the client replica.
13. A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a business application computer system a computer process for processing orders for a plurality of vendors using a merchandising database storing merchandising data including order data, the orders being generated responsive to at least one selection entered at a client computer coupled to a web hosting computer, the computer process comprising:
generating a replica containing a subset of the merchandising data from the merchandising database by filtering out the order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise;
establishing a communications link between the business application computer system and the web hosting computer;
transmitting the replica of the merchandising database to the web hosting computer for display in a web page on a client computer;
disconnecting the communications link between the business application computer system and the web hosting computer, responsive to the operation of transmitting the replica;
receiving an order from a customer based on the replica originating at the client computer, the order being received after the disconnecting operation via an independent communications link;
modifying the merchandising database in accordance with the order;
reconnecting the business application computer system to the web hosting computer;
synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications associated with the modifying operation on the merchandising database to be updated in the replica, when the business application computer system is disconnected from the web hosting computer; and
disconnecting the business application computer system from the web hosting computer.
14. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the computer process further comprises:
detecting a conflict between the replica and the merchandising database;
presenting the conflict to a user; and
resolving the conflict based on user input.
15. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the computer process further comprises:
adding one or more display characteristic parameters to the replica, the display characteristic parameters specifying display characteristics of an order guide.
16. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer process further comprises:
using the display characteristic parameters from the replica to dynamically generate the order guide.
17. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the computer process further comprises:
detecting a variance in the order based on an expected value;
presenting the variance to a user for resolution; and
resolving the variance based on user input.
18. A method of processing orders for a plurality of vendors using a merchandising database storing merchandising data including order data, the orders being generated responsive to at least one selection entered at a client computer coupled to a web hosting computer, the method comprising:
generating a replica at a business application computer containing a subset of the merchandising data from the merchandising database by filtering out the order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise;
establishing a communications link between the business application computer and the web hosting computer,
transmitting the replica of the merchandising database to the web hosting computer for display in a web page on a client computer;
disconnecting the communication link between the business application computer and the web hosting computer, responsive to the operation of transmitting the replica;
receiving an order based on the replica from a customer originating at the client computer, the order being received after the disconnecting operation via an independent communications link;
modifying the merchandising database in accordance with the order;
reconnecting the business application computer system to the web hosting computer;
synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications associated with the modifying operation on the merchandising database to be updated in the replica, when the business application computer is disconnected from the web hosing computer; and
disconnecting the business application computer system from the web hosting computer.
19. The method of claim 18 further comprising:
reconnecting the business application computer system to the Web hosting computer;
synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications associated with the modifying operation on the merchandising database to be updated in the replica, when the business application computer system is disconnected from the Web hosting computer; and
disconnecting the business application computer system from the Web hosting computer.
20. The method of claim 15 wherein the generating operation comprises:
adding one or more display characteristic parameters to the replica, the display character parameters specifying display characteristics of an order guide.
21. The method of claim 16 further comprising:
using the display characteristic parameters from the replica to dynamically generate the order guide.
22. The method of claim 15 further comprising:
manipulating data in the merchandising database via the business application computer.
23. A merchandising system for managing merchandising data received from a plurality of vendors in association with a web hosting computer and a business application computer, the web hosting computer and the business application computer being communicatively coupled by an intermittently connected by a communications link, the merchandising system comprising:
a merchandising database containing merchandising data including order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise and being managed by the business application computer;
a replica generator executing on the business application computer to filter out at least the order data from the merchandising database to create a replica of the merchandising database containing the merchandising data without the order data for transmission to the web hosting computer across the intermittently connected communications link for display on a web page of a client computer; and
a synchronization module synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications made to the merchandising database to be updated in the replica.
24. A method of managing merchandising data received from a plurality of vendors in association with a web hosting computer and a business application computer, the web hosting computer and the business application computer being communicatively coupled by an intermittently connected communications link, the method comprising:
maintaining a merchandising database containing the merchandising data and being managed by the business application computer, the merchandising data in the merchandising database including order data pertaining to consumer orders for the merchandise;
filtering out at least the order data from the merchandising database to create a replica of the merchandising database containing the merchandising data without the order data;
transmitting the replica to the web hosting computer across the intermittently connected communications link; and
synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications made to the merchandising database to be updated in the replica.
25. A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing a computer process for managing merchandising data received from a plurality of vendors in association with a web hosting computer and a business application computer, the web hosting computer and the business application computer being communicatively coupled by an intermittently connected communications link, the computer process comprising:
maintaining a merchandising database containing the merchandising data and being managed by the business application computer, the merchandising data in the merchandising database including order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise;
filtering out at least the order data from the merchandising database to create a replica of the merchandising database containing the merchandising data without the order data;
transmitting the replica to the web hosting computer across the intermittently connected communications link for display in a web page on a client computer;
synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications made to the merchandising database to be updated in the replica.
26. A merchandising system for managing merchandising data received from a plurality of vendors in association with a web hosting computer, a client computer, and a business application computer, the web hosting computer and the business application computer being communicatively coupled by an intermittently connected communications link, the merchandising system comprising:
a merchandising database containing the merchandising data including order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise and display characteristic parameters and being managed by the business application computer;
a replica generator executing on the business application computer to generate a replica, said replica comprising a subset of the merchandising data from the merchandising database by filtering out at least the order data for transmission to the web hosting computer from across the intermittently connected communications link to allow generation of an order guide for displaying the merchandising data from the replica in a web page on the client computer, the order guide having display characteristics configured in accordance with the display characteristic parameters recorded in the replica; and
a synchronization module synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications made to the merchandising database to be updated in the replica.
27. A method of managing merchandising data received from a plurality of vendors in association with a web hosting computer, a client computer, and a business application computer, the web hosting computer and the business application computer being communicatively coupled by an intermittently connected communications link, the method comprising:
maintaining a merchandising database containing merchandising data that is managed by the business application computer, the merchandising data in the merchandising database including order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise and display characteristic parameters;
accessing the merchandising database and generating a replica of a subset of the merchandising data from the merchandising database by filtering out at least the order data, the replica including the display characteristic parameters; and
transmitting the replica to the web hosting computer from across the intermittently connected communications link to allow generation of an order guide for displaying the merchandising data from the replica in a web page on the client computer, the order guide having display characteristics configured in accordance with the display characteristic parameters recorded in the replica; and
synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications made to the merchandising database to be updated in the replica.
28. A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing a computer process for managing merchandising data received from a plurality of vendors in association with a web hosting computer, a client computer, and a business application computer, the web hosting computer and the business application computer being communicatively coupled by an intermittently connected communications link, the computer process comprising:
maintaining a merchandising database containing the merchandising data and being managed by the business application computer, the merchandising data in the merchandising database including order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise and display characteristic parameters;
accessing the merchandising database and generating a replica of a subset of the merchandising data from the merchandising database by filtering out at least the order data, the replica including the display characteristic parameters; and
transmitting the replica to the web hosting computer from across the intermittently connected communications link to allow generation of an order guide for displaying the merchandising data from the replica in a web page on the client computer, the order guide having display characteristics configured in accordance with the display characteristic parameters recorded in the replica;
synchronizing the replica with the merchandising database to cause only modifications made to the merchandising database to be updated in the replica.
29. A merchandising system for processing a customer order in association with a web hosting computer, a client computer, and a business application computer, the web hosting computer and the business application computer being communicatively coupled by an intermittently connected communications link, the merchandising system comprising:
a merchandising database containing the merchandising data including order data pertaining to customer orders for the merchandise, the merchandising system managing merchandising data received from a plurality of vendors;
a web host interface establishing the communications link with the web hosting computer;
a replica generator executing on the business application computer to filter out at least the order data form the merchandising database to create a replica containing the merchandising data without the order data for transmission to the web hosting computer across the intermittently connected communications link;
a web application executing on the web hosting computer and generating an order guide that displays at least a portion of the merchandising data from the replica on the client computer; and
a synchronization module synchronizing the merchandising database and the replica.
30. A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a business application computer system a computer process for processing orders for a plurality of vendors using a merchandising database storing merchandising data including vendor data received from a plurality of vendors describing merchandise offered for sale by the vendors and order data pertaining to consumer orders for the merchandise, the orders being generated responsive to at least one selection entered at the client computer coupled to a web hosting computer, the computer process comprising:
generating a replica containing a subset of the merchandising data from the merchandising database by filtering out the order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise;
establishing a communications link between the business application computer system and the web hosting computer;
transmitting the replica of the merchandising database to the web hosting computer for display in a web page on a client computer;
disconnecting the communications link between the business application computer system and the web hosting computer, responsive to the operation of transmitting the replica;
receiving an order from a customer based on the replica and originating at the client computer, the order being received after the disconnecting operation via an independent communications link;
modifying the merchandising database in accordance with the order;
reconnecting the business application computer system to the web hosting computer; and
synchronizing the replica and the merchandising database.
31. A method of processing orders for a plurality of vendors using a merchandising database storing merchandising data including vendor data received from a plurality of vendors describing merchandise offered for sale by the vendors, the orders being generated responsive to at least one selection entered at a client computer coupled to a web hosting computer, the computer process comprising
generating a replica at a business application computer containing the a subset of the merchandising data from the merchandising database by filtering out the order data pertaining to customer orders for merchandise;
establishing a communications link between the business application computer and the web hosting computer;
transmitting the replica of the merchandising database to the web hosting computer for display in a web page on a client computer;
disconnecting the communication link between the business application computer system from the web hosting computer, responsive to the operation of transmitting the replica;
receiving an order based from a customer on the replica, originating at the client computer, the order being received after the disconnecting operation via an independent communications link; and
modifying the merchandising database in accordance with the order; and
synchronizing the merchandising database with the replica.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-12. (canceled)
13. Tomato seed designated as \u2018H1293\u2019, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120874.
14. A plant produced by growing the seed of claim 13.
15. A plant part from the plant of claim 14.
16. The plant part of claim 15, wherein said part is selected from the group consisting of leaves, ovules, pollen, tomato fruit, cotyledons, meristems, anthers, roots, root tips, pistils, flowers, stems, calli, stalks, hypocotyls, and pericarps.
17. A tomato plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the tomato plant of claim 14.
18. A plant part from the plant of claim 17.
19. The plant part of claim 18, wherein said part is selected from the group consisting of leaves, ovules, pollen, tomato fruit, cotyledons, meristems, anthers, roots, root tips, pistils, flowers, stems, calli, stalks, hypocotyls, and pericarps.
20. (canceled)
21. Pollen or an ovule of the plant of claim 14.
22. A tissue culture of the plant of claim 14.
23. A method of making tomato seeds comprised of crossing the plant of claim 14 with another tomato plant and harvesting seed therefrom.
24. (canceled)
25. The plant part of claim 16, wherein said part is a tomato fruit.
26. The plant part of claim 19, wherein said part is a tomato fruit.

1. An image-sensing module, comprising:
a substrate unit including at least one flexible substrate, wherein the at least one flexible substrate has a main portion and at least two extending portions respectively and upwardly extended from two opposite lateral sides of the main portion, and the main portion has at least one through opening passing therethrough;
a light-transmitting unit including at least one light-transmitting element disposed on the top surface of the at least one flexible substrate and corresponding to the at least one through opening, wherein the at least one light-transmitting element is electrically connected to the at least one flexible substrate through a plurality of first conductive bodies;
an image-sensing unit including at least one image-sensing element disposed on the bottom surface of the at least one light-transmitting element and embedded in the at least one through opening, wherein the at least one image-sensing element is electrically connected to the at least one flexible substrate through a plurality of second conductive bodies;
a lens unit including an opaque frame disposed on the top surface of the at least one flexible substrate to surround the at least one light-transmitting element and a lens positioned on the opaque frame to correspond to the at least one light-transmitting element, wherein the lens unit is disposed on the main portion and between the at least two extending portions, and the lens unit has two opposite lateral sides respectively separated from the at least two extending portions; and
a connection unit including a plurality of adhesive substances separated from the second conductive bodies and disposed between the at least one light-transmitting element and the at least one image-sensing element for firmly fixing the at least one image-sensing element on the bottom surface of the at least one light-transmitting element and exposing the at least one image-sensing element from the at least one through opening of the at least one flexible substrate.
2. (canceled)
3. The image-sensing module of claim 1, wherein the substrate unit includes a plurality of electronic elements disposed on the at least one flexible substrate, and two of the electronic elements are electrically connected to each other through a first conductive track disposed on the main portion.
4. The image-sensing module of claim 1, wherein the substrate unit includes a plurality of electronic elements disposed on the at least one flexible substrate, and two of the electronic elements are electrically connected to each other through a first conductive track simultaneously disposed on the main portion and one of the at least two extending portions.
5. The image-sensing module of claim 1, further comprising: a conductive unit including a plurality of first conductive bodies disposed between the at least one light-transmitting element and the at least one flexible substrate and a plurality of second conductive bodies disposed between the at least one light-transmitting element and the at least one image-sensing element.
6. The image-sensing module of claim 5, wherein the at least one flexible substrate has at least one first conductive track disposed on the top surface thereof, the at least one light-transmitting element has at least one second conductive track disposed on the bottom surface thereof and electrically connected to the at least one first conductive track through one of the first conductive bodies, and the at least one image-sensing element has at least one third conductive track disposed on the top surface thereof and electrically connected to the at least one second conductive track through one of the second conductive bodies.
7. (canceled)
8. The image-sensing module of claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the at least one flexible substrate are flushed with the bottom surface of the at least one image-sensing element.
9. An image-sensing module, comprising:
a substrate unit including at least one flexible substrate, wherein the at least one flexible substrate has at least one through opening;
a light-transmitting unit including at least one light-transmitting element disposed on the top surface of the at least one flexible substrate and corresponding to the at least one through opening, wherein the at least one light-transmitting element is electrically connected to the at least one flexible substrate through a plurality of first conductive bodies;
an image-sensing unit including at least one image-sensing element disposed on the bottom surface of the at least one light-transmitting element and embedded in the at least one through opening, wherein the at least one image-sensing element is electrically connected to the at least one flexible substrate through a plurality of second conductive bodies; and
a connection unit including a plurality of adhesive substances separated from the second conductive bodies and disposed between the at least one light-transmitting element and the at least one image-sensing element for firmly fixing the at least one image-sensing element on the bottom surface of the at least one light-transmitting element and exposing the at least one image-sensing element from the at least one through opening of the at least one flexible substrate.
10. (canceled)
11. An image-sensing module, comprising:
a flexible substrate having a through opening passing therethrough;
a light-transmitting element disposed on the top surface of the flexible substrate and above the through opening, wherein the light-transmitting element is electrically connected to the flexible substrate through a plurality of first conductive bodies;
an image-sensing element disposed on the bottom surface of the light-transmitting element and disposed in the through opening, wherein the image-sensing element is electrically connected to the light-transmitting element through a plurality of second conductive bodies; and
a connection unit including a plurality of adhesive substances separated from the second conductive bodies and disposed between the light-transmitting element and the image-sensing element for firmly fixing the image-sensing element on the bottom surface of the light-transmitting element and exposing the image-sensing element from the through opening of the flexible substrate;
wherein the image-sensing element is suspended from the light-transmitting element through the adhesive substances to form an air gap between an inner surface of the though opening and the image-sensing element.

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 comprising:
receiving a first plurality of events timed by a first clock and a second plurality of events timed by a second clock;
rotating the bits of the one-hot value stored in a first memory in response to receiving an event of the first plurality of events and the bits of the threshold value stored in a second memory in response to receiving an event of the second plurality of events;
determining whether a first logic bit of the one-hot value matches position-wise with a first logic bit of the threshold value; and
generating an alarm signal if the first logic bit of the one-hot value matches position-wise with the threshold value.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the threshold value represents a maximum allowable magnitude of the jitter.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the threshold value comprises a set of second logic bits that is centered around one of a plurality of first logic bits.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the maximum value of the second logic bits in the threshold value is based on the size of the second memory.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one-hot value comprises one of a plurality of first logic bits that is centered around a second logic bit.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating an error signal in response to generating the alarm signal.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising modulating a point at which the jitter magnitude exceeds the threshold value.
8. An apparatus comprising
a one-hot register to store a one-hot value,
a threshold register to store a threshold value,
a set of logic devices coupled to the one-hot register and the threshold register to determine whether a first logic bit of the one-hot value matches position-wise with the threshold value after rotating the bits of the one-hot value upon receiving an event generated based on a first clock and after rotating the bits of the threshold value upon receiving an event generated based on a second clock, and
wherein the set of logic devices is to generate an alarm signal if the first logic bit of the one-hot value matches position-wise with the threshold value.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the threshold value represents a maximum allowable magnitude of the jitter.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the threshold register to store a set of second logic bits that is centered around one of a plurality of first logic bits.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the maximum value of the second logic bits in the threshold value is based on the size of the second memory.
12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one-hot register to store the one-hot value comprises one of a plurality of first logic bits that is centered around a second logic bit.
13. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprises a first variable delay buffer coupled to the one-hot register to modulate a point at which the jitter magnitude exceeds the threshold value.
14. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprises a second variable delay buffer coupled to the threshold register to modulate a point at which the jitter magnitude exceeds the threshold value.
15. A system comprising:
a first sub-system to generate data units based on events timed on a first clock;
a data transfer device coupled to the first sub-system to transfer data units from the first sub-system to a second sub-system;
the second sub-system coupled to the data transfer device to receive the data units based on events timed on a second clock; and
a detector-coupled to the first sub-system and the second sub-system
to detect the magnitude of the jitter by comparing a one-hot value and a threshold value, wherein a plurality of bits of the one-hot value is rotated based on the events of the first clock and a plurality of bits of the threshold value is rotated based on the events of the second clock; and
to generate an alarm signal if a first logic bit of the one-hot value, position-wise, matches with the first logic bit of the threshold value.
16. The system of claim 15 the detector comprises
a one-hot register to store the one-hot value,
a threshold register to store the threshold value, and
a set of logic devices coupled to the one-hot register and the threshold register to determine whether the first logic bit of the one-hot value, position-wise, matches with the first logic bit of the threshold value after rotating the bits of the one-hot value on receiving an event of the first clock and after rotating the bits of the threshold value on receiving an event of the second clock.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein the first sub-system further comprises a error handling logic, which generates an error signal in response to receiving the alarm signal from the detector.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the error handling logic avoids collision of a write pointer pointed to a first memory location of a first-in-first-out memory and a read pointer pointed to a second memory location of the first-in-first-out memory of the data transfer device in response to receiving the alarm signal.
19. The system of claim 16, wherein the detector further comprises
a first variable delay buffer coupled to the one-hot register to modulate a point at which the jitter magnitude exceeds the threshold value, and
a second variable delay buffer coupled to the threshold register to modulate a point at which the jitter magnitude exceeds the threshold value.