Author: claimsbot

1. A computer-implemented method of operating a navigation system to provide different options in viewing disputed territories, the method comprising:
receiving a request for representing a first geographic entity, the first geographic entity associated with an area having a boundary that is disputed between the first geographic entity and a second geographic entity;
providing, via an end user device, an option to view the first geographic entity:
i) with a first location for the boundary as recognized by the first geographic entity and not recognized by the second geographic entity, and
ii) with a second location for the boundary, the second location different than the first location, as recognized by the second geographic entity and not recognized by the first geographic entity;

when the option to view the first geographic entity with the first location for the boundary as recognized by the first geographic entity and not recognized by the second geographic entity is selected, obtaining, via a processor of the end user device, data records from a geographic database that correspond to the first location for the boundary as recognized by the first geographic entity and not recognized by the second geographic entity; and
providing the data records for map display on the end user device.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the data records that correspond to the first location for the boundary recognized by the first geographic entity and not recognized by the second geographic entity is based on an attribute or feature type associated with the data records, the attribute or feature type indicating that a respective data record represents part of a border location disputed between the first geographic entity and the second geographic entity.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
when the option to view the first geographic entity as recognized by the second geographic entity and not recognized by the first geographic entity is selected, obtaining, via the processor of the end user device, data records from the geographic database that correspond to a boundary location recognized by the second geographic entity and not recognized by the first geographic entity.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first geographic entity comprises a first country and the second geographic entity comprises a second country.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first geographic entity comprises a first state or province and the second geographic entity comprises a second state or province.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, via the end user device, the option to view the first geographic entity further comprises: iii) with a third location for the boundary as recognized by a third party.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the third party comprises an international body or forum.
8. A computer-implemented method of operating a navigation system to provide views of disputed territories, the method comprising:
providing, in a geographic database, a data record indicating a first boundary location and a second boundary location, the second boundary location different than the first boundary location, corresponding to a geographic area having a disputed boundary between a first geographic entity and a second geographic entity, wherein the first geographic entity recognizes the first boundary location and the second geographic entity recognizes the second boundary location, and the data record is associated with an indication of dispute;
retrieving, by a processor, the data record from the geographic database as a function of the indication of dispute to generate a representation of the first geographic entity with the first boundary location; and
displaying, via a display of an end user device, the representation of the first geographic entity.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the data record comprises a link data record.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the data record represents a polygon.
11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
retrieving the data record from the geographic database as a function of the indication of dispute to generate a representation of the second geographic entity with the second boundary location; and
displaying, via the display of the end user device, the representation of the second geographic entity, the representation of the second geographic entity including the second boundary location that is not recognized by the first geographic entity.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the data record comprises a point of interest.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein retrieving the data record to generate the data representation of the first geographic entity that is not recognized by the second geographic entity is based on a real world location of the end user device used to display the graphical representation.
14. The method of claim 8, wherein retrieving the data record to generate the data representation of the first geographic entity that is not recognized by the second geographic entity occurs after receiving a user selection to view the first geographic entity as such.
15. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
excluding data records that represent a border location accepted by a third party from the data representation of the first geographic entity, the data records that represent the border accepted by a third party include respective attributes indicating dispute.
16. The method of claim 8, wherein the representation of the first geographic entity further includes a geographic feature recognized by the first geographic entity as being within the geographic boundary of the first geographic entity but not recognized by the second geographic entity as being within the geographic boundary of the first geographic entity.
17. A navigation device for providing different options in viewing disputed territories, the device comprising:
a user interface configured to display a geographic area;
a processor in communication with the user interface; and
a geographic database in communication with the processor, the geographic database including a geographic data record associated with an indication of dispute indicating that the geographic data record represents at least part of a disputed area between a first geographic entity and a second geographic entity, and
wherein the processor is configured to retrieve the geographic data record as a function of the indication of dispute to generate a representation of the first geographic entity having a border location that is not recognized by the second geographic entity, the representation of the first geographic entity displayed on the user interface.
18. The device of claim 17, wherein the geographic database further includes a first name associated with the geographic data record and a second name associated with the geographic data record.
19. The device of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve the first name associated with the geographic data record when generating the representation of the first geographic entity that is not recognized by the second geographic entity.
20. The device of claim 17, wherein the geographic data record represents a point of interest.
21. The device of claim 17, wherein the geographic data record represents part of a country, state, or city border.
22. A computer-implemented method of operating a navigation system to provide different views of disputed territories, the method comprising:
identifying, by a processor, a first data record that represents a first location of a geographic feature accepted by a first geographic entity but not accepted by a second geographic entity;
providing the first data record for display, via a display of an end user device, of the first location of the geographic feature accepted by the first geographic entity but not accepted by the second geographic entity;
identifying, by the processor, a second data record that represents a second location of the geographic feature, different than the first location, accepted by the second geographic entity but not accepted by the first geographic entity; and
providing the second data record for display, via the display of the end user device, of the second location of the geographic feature accepted by the second geographic entity but not accepted by the first geographic entity,
wherein the first data record and the second data record are stored in a geographic database associated with the navigation system, and
wherein the geographic features represented by the first data record and the second data record respectively comprise at least a part of a geographic boundary.
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 node apparatus that connects to a network, comprising:
a plurality of packet processor units;
an interface unit that connects to the packet processor units through a switch, stores association information for associating each packet with information of the packet processor unit capable of processing it, and forwards a packet that is associated with information of a first packet processor unit in the association information; and
a control unit for, when the first packet processor unit is determined to be in a load more than or equal to a threshold, updating the association information so that a packet being processable by the first packet processor unit may also be associated with information of a second packet processor unit in the association information,
wherein the interface unit forwards a packet that is associated with the information of the second packet processor unit in the updated association information to the second packet processor unit.
2. The node apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the interface unit has the association information for every identifier that should be contained in every packet,
wherein the interface unit forwards a packet containing a first identifier to the first packet processor unit that is associated in the association information about the first identifier,
wherein the control unit updates the association information about the first identifier so that a packet containing the first identifier may also be associated with the information of the second packet processor unit, and
wherein the interface unit forwards the packet containing the first identifier to the second packet processor unit.
3. The node apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the first packet processor unit has a first program for processing a packet containing the first identifier,
wherein when the first packet processor unit is in a load more than or equal to the threshold, the control unit loads the first program into the second packet processor unit, and
wherein the second packet processor unit processes the packet containing the first identifier with the first program.
4. The node apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein when the first program is loaded into the second packet processor unit, the control unit deletes a second program from the second packet processor unit, and deletes the information of the second packet processor unit in the association information about the second identifier contained in the packet that the second program processes.
5. The node apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the control unit stores the same association information as the association information that the interface unit has.
6. The node apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein each packet processor unit sends its load information to the interface unit, and the interface unit has a load table for storing the load information.
7. The node apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the load information is the number of packets that accumulate in each queue of each packet processor unit.
8. A system that comprises a node apparatus for connecting to a network, and a management device for instructing the node apparatus so that the node apparatus may store at least a first program,
wherein the node apparatus includes:
a plurality of packet processor units;
an interface unit that connects to the packet processor units through a switch, stores association information for associating each packet with information of the packet processor unit capable of processing this, and forwards a packet that is associated with information of a first packet processor unit in the association information to the first packet processor unit so that the packet may be processed by the first program; and
a control unit that when the first packet processor unit is determined to be in a load more than or equal to a threshold, updates the association information so that the packet being processable by the first packet processor unit may also be associated with information of a second packet processor unit in the association information,
wherein the control unit loads the first program into the second packet processor unit, and
wherein the interface unit forwards a packet that is associated with the information of the second packet processor unit in the updated association information to the second packet processor unit.
9. The node apparatus according to claim 8,
wherein the interface unit has the association information for every identifier that should be contained in each packet,
wherein the interface unit forwards a packet containing a first identifier to the first packet processor unit that is associated in the association information about the first identifier,
wherein the control unit updates the association information about the first identifier so that the packet containing the first identifier may also be associated with the information of the second packet processor unit, and
wherein the interface unit forwards the packet containing the first identifier to the second packet processor unit.
10. The system according to claim 9,
wherein when the first program is loaded into the second packet processor unit, the control unit deletes a second program from the second packet processor unit, and deletes the information of the second packet processor unit in association information about a second identifier contained in a packet that the second program processes.
11. The system according to claim 8,
wherein the control unit stores the same association information as the association information that the interface unit has.
12. The system according to claim 8,
wherein each packet processor unit sends information of its load to the interface unit, and the interface unit has a load table for storing the load information.
13. The system according to claim 12,
wherein the information of the load is the number of the packets accumulated in each queue of each packet processor unit.
14. A packet processing method that is executed in a node apparatus connecting to a network,
wherein the node apparatus has a plurality of packet processor units and an interface unit that connects to the packet processor units through a switch and stores association information for associating each packet with information of the packet processor unit capable of processing this,
wherein the packet processing method comprises:
forwarding a packet that is associated with information of a first packet processor unit in the association information to the first packet processor unit;
when the first packet processor unit is determined to be in a load more than or equal to a threshold, updating the association information so that a packet being processable by the first packet processor unit may also be associated with information of a second packet processor unit in the association information; and
forwarding the packet that is associated with the information of the second packet processor unit to the second packet processor unit.

1. A thermoplastic resin composition having electrical conductivity, wear resistance and high heat resistance, comprising:
(A) about 50 to about 90% by weight polyphenylene sulfide resin; and
(B) about 5 to about 30% by weight graphite; and
(C) about 5 to about 30% by weight fluoropolyolefin resin; and
(D) about 1 to about 10% by weight whiskers; and
(E) about 0.01 to about 10% by weight carbon nanotubes.
2. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein the polyphenylene sulfide resin (A) has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of about 3,000 to about 50,000 gmol.
3. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein the graphite (B) has an average particle size of about 0.5 to about 300 \u03bcm.
4. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein the graphite (B) is surface-treated with an alkaline earth metal compound, silane coupling reagent, titanium coupling reagent, aluminum coupling reagent, or a combination thereof.
5. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein the fluoropolyolefin resin (C) has an average particle size of about 3 to about 50 \u03bcm and a specific gravity of about 1.2 to about 2.3 gcm3.
6. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein the whiskers (D) have an average diameter of about 0.15 to about 10 \u03bcm and an average length of about 2 to about 100 \u03bcm.
7. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein the whiskers (D) comprise zinc oxide whiskers, calcium carbonate whiskers, titanium dioxide whiskers, silicon dioxide whiskers, silicon carbide whiskers, aluminum borate whiskers, magnesium borate whiskers, potassium titanate whiskers, silicon nitride whiskers, silicon carbide whiskers, aluminum oxide whiskers, or a combination thereof.
8. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein the whiskers (D) include calcium carbonate (CaCO3) whiskers.
9. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein the whiskers (D) are coated with a conductive material.
10. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 9, wherein the conductive material comprises silver, copper, aluminum, iron, palladium, tin oxide, indium oxide, silicon carbide, zirconium carbide, titanium carbide, graphite, or a combination thereof.
11. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotubes (E) comprise single-walled carbon nanotubes, double-walled carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes or a combination thereof.
12. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, wherein said carbon nanotubes (E) have an average external diameter of about 0.5 to about 100 nm and an average length of about 0.01 to about 100 \u03bcm.
13. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1, further comprising an additive comprising a flame retardant, antimicrobial agent, mold release agent, heat stabilizer, antioxidant agent, light stabilizer, compatibilizing agent, dye, pigment, coupling agent, charging material, plasticizer, impact modifier, lubricant, antistatic agent, or a combination thereof.
14. A plastic product manufactured from the thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1.
15. The plastic product of claim 14, wherein the plastic product is a printer bushing.
16. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising polyphenylene sulfide resin in which graphite, fluoropolyolefin resin, whiskers and carbon nanotubes are dispersed, and having a surface resistance of about 106 \u03a9sq or less measured according to ASTM D257, a dynamic friction coefficient of about 0.16 or less measured according to JIS K 7218, an abrasion loss of about 16 mg or less measured after the steps of preparing a specimen of 10 cm\xd710 cm of the resin composition; and rubbing the specimen with two round shaped aluminum-pieces with a 5 cm diameter using a Taber fiction tester during 10,000 cycles at 90 rpm according to ASTM D4060 and a thermal modification temperature of about 245\xb0 C. or more at a pressure of 0.45 MPa measured according to ASTM D648.

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

I claim:

1. A positioning system for determining a position and obtaining information about that position comprising:
a. means for communicating with a reference station, using a packet radio format, for receiving positioning transmissions and obtaining information about the position from the reference station; and
b. means for determining a position coupled to the means for communicating for determining the position of the positioning system based on the positioning transmissions.
2. The positioning system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a user interface coupled to the means for communicating for allowing a user to communicate through the positioning system to the reference station.
3. The positioning system as claimed in claim 2 wherein the reference station includes an information system having a data storage memory and retrieval system.
4. The positioning system as claimed in claim 3 wherein the reference station further includes a direct internet connection allowing the user to access the internet through the positioning system.
5. The positioning system as claimed in claim 4 wherein the packet radio format is CDPD.
6. The positioning system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the positioning transmissions are transmitted from the reference station having a known amplitude and known signal strength and are received by the means for communicating having a received amplitude and received signal strength and further wherein the means for determining determines the position based on the difference between the known and received amplitudes and the known and received signal strengths.
7. The positioning system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising means for automatically and periodically providing the position to the reference station.
8. The positioning system as claimed in claim 7 wherein the reference station includes means for tracking and monitoring the position of the positioning system.
9. The positioning system as claimed in claim 8 wherein the reference station further includes means for sending an alert coupled to the means for tracking and monitoring for sending an alert to a predetermined location if the position of the positioning system is equal to a predetermined alert position.
10. A method of determining a position and obtaining information about the position comprising the steps of:
a. receiving positioning transmissions in a packet radio format;
b. determining a position of the positioning system based on the positioning transmissions; and
c. communicating with a reference station using a packet radio format to obtain information about the position from the reference station.
11. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the positioning transmissions are received from a plurality of reference stations, each reference station sending position transmissions having a known amplitude and known signal strength.
12. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein the position is determined based on the difference between the known amplitude and a received amplitude of each positioning transmission received from each respective reference station and the difference between the known signal strength and a received signal strength of each positioning transmission received from each respective reference station.
13. The method as claimed in claim 10 further comprising the step of providing an interface to a user thereby allowing the user to communicate with the reference station.
14. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising the step of automatically and periodically providing the position to the reference station.
15. The method as claimed in claim 14 further comprising the step of monitoring the position.
16. The method as claimed in claim 15 further comprising the step of providing an alert if the position is equal to a predetermined position.
17. A system for determining a position and obtaining information about that position comprising:
a. a plurality of reference stations each including a first communications circuit for sending and receiving communications in a packet radio format, wherein the communications include positioning transmissions having a known amplitude and known signal strength; and
b. a positioning system including:
i. a second communications circuit for communicating with the first communications circuit in the packet radio format and receiving the positioning transmissions, which when received have a received amplitude and a received signal strength; and
ii. a position determining circuit for determining the position of the positioning system based on the difference between the known amplitude and signal strength and the received amplitude and signal strength of the positioning transmissions received from each of the plurality of reference stations.
18. The system as claimed in claim 17 wherein the positioning system further includes an interface coupled to the second communications circuit for interfacing with a user and allowing the user to obtain information from the reference station and to provide information to the reference station.
19. The system as claimed in claim 18 wherein each reference station further includes an information system for storing and retrieving information.
20. The system as claimed in claim 19 wherein the information system includes a data storage memory and retrieval system.
21. The system as claimed in claim 20 wherein the information system includes a direct internet connection allowing the user to have direct access to information on the internet.
22. The system as claimed in claim 21 wherein the packet radio format is a CDPD format.
23. The system as claimed in claim 17 wherein the second communications circuit automatically and periodically provides the position to the reference station.
24. The system as claimed in claim 23 wherein the reference station further includes a monitoring device coupled to the first communications circuit for monitoring the position of the positioning system.
25. The system as claimed in claim 24 wherein the reference station further includes an alerting device coupled to the monitoring device for sending an alert to a predetermined location if the position of the positioning system is equal to a predetermined position.
26. A system for determining and monitoring a position of a positioning system comprising:
a. a positioning system including:
i. a first communications circuit for sending and receiving communications in a packet radio format including receiving positioning transmissions having a received amplitude and a received signal strength and automatically and periodically transmitting a position of the positioning system in a packet radio format; and
ii. a determining circuit coupled to the first communications circuit for determining the position of the positioning system based on the received amplitude and signal strength of the positioning transmissions; and

b. a plurality of reference stations each including:
i. a second communications circuit for communicating with the first communications circuit in the packet radio format, receiving the position and transmitting the positioning transmissions at a known amplitude and known signal strength; and
ii. a monitoring circuit coupled to the second communications circuit for monitoring and racking the position.
27. The system as claimed in claim 26 wherein each of the reference stations further include an alerting device coupled to the monitoring device for sending an alert if the position of the positioning system is equal to a predetermined position.