Author: claimsbot

Therefore, at least the following is claimed:

1. A method of doing business, comprising:
offering to a user a notification service regarding status of travel of a movable thing relative to a location;
charging a fee to the user in exchange for the notification service;
in accordance with the notification service:
enabling the user to define at least two communications methods for receiving notifications relating to travel of a mobile thing;
enabling the user to define one or more criteria when each of the communications methods should be used as opposed to the one or more others;
monitoring travel data associated with the movable thing; and
providing a notification to the user using at least one of the communications methods based upon a particular proximity of the movable thing to the location and the one or more criteria.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the fee is added on to a fee for a travel or shipment service.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of charging a fee for each notification.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a discount on the notification service based upon a purchase of a predetermined number of notifications.
5. A method of doing business, comprising:
offering a notification service regarding status of travel of a movable thing relative to a location;
charging a fee in exchange for the notification service;
in accordance with the notification service:
monitoring travel data associated with the mobile thing;
determining that a notification should be made, based upon the travel data and upon the relationship of the mobile thing to the location;
comparing a current time value with one or more preset time periods associated with one or more communications methods;
selecting one or more of the communication methods based upon the comparing step; and
providing the notification using the one or more communications methods.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the fee is added on to a fee for a travel or shipment service.
7. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of charging a fee for each notification.
8. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of providing a discount on the notification service based upon a purchase of a predetermined number of notifications.

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. An ink cartridge, comprising:
a body, having a plurality of ink chambers;
a channel module, attached to the body;
a plurality of first engaging parts, arranged on one of the body and the channel module; and
a plurality of second engaging parts, corresponding to the first engaging parts and arranged on the other of the body and the channel module, wherein the relative position of the body and the channel module on a two-dimension plane is substantially fixed by the engagement of the first engaging parts and the second engaging parts.
2. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the first engaging parts and the corresponding one of the second engaging parts are a block and an indentation.
3. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bottom of the body has a plurality of ink delivery ports respectively fluidly communicating with the ink chambers; the channel module has a chip bonding area, a plurality of ink supply ports, and a plurality of flow channels; and the ink supply ports are located in the chip bonding area, and the flow channels respectively fluidly communicate the ink delivery ports with the ink supply ports.
4. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 3, wherein a section of at least one flow channel of the flow channels which is substantially parallel to the two-dimension plane extends from the chip bonding area to an area outside the chip bonding area.
5. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ink supply ports are arranged in sequence, and the extending direction of the section is substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the ink supply ports.
6. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ink chambers are arranged in sequence, and the extending direction of the section is substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the ink chambers.
7. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 3, wherein the ink chambers are arranged in sequence, the ink supply ports are arranged in sequence, and the arrangement direction of the ink chambers is substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the ink supply ports.
8. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the channel module has a base attached to the body, an uplift portion protruding from the base, and a chip bonding area located on the uplift portion; the base has a base surface, the uplift portion protrudes from the base surface and has a side surface connecting the base surface and the chip bonding area, and the angle between the side surface and the base surface is between 90 degrees and 135 degrees.
9. An ink cartridge, comprising:
a body, having a plurality of ink chambers;
a channel module, attached to the body, and having two opposite first side edges and two opposite second side edges.
a plurality of first engaging parts, arranged on the channel module, and respectively located at two ends of each of the first side edges, or respectively located at an end and the position away from the end of each of the first side edges, or respectively located at an end of each of the first side edges and at the second side edge away from the end of the first side edge; and
a plurality of second engaging parts, corresponding to the first engaging parts and arranged on the body, wherein the relative position of the body and the channel module on a two-dimension plane is substantially fixed by the engagement of the first engaging parts and the second engaging parts.
10. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 9, wherein one of the first engaging parts and the corresponding one of the second engaging parts are a block and an indentation.
11. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 9, wherein a bottom of the body has a plurality of ink delivery ports respectively fluidly communicate with the ink chambers; the channel module has a chip bonding area, a plurality of ink supply ports, and a plurality of flow channels; and the ink supply ports are located in the chip bonding area, and the flow channels respectively fluidly communicate the ink delivery ports with the ink supply ports.
12. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein a section of at least one of the flow channels substantially parallel to the two-dimension plane extends from the chip bonding area to an area outside the chip bonding area.
13. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 12, wherein the ink supply ports are arranged in sequence, and the extending direction of the section is substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the ink supply ports.
14. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 12, wherein the ink chambers are arranged in sequence, and the extending direction of the section is substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the ink chambers.
15. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein the ink chambers are arranged in sequence, the ink supply ports are arranged in sequence, and the arrangement direction of the ink chambers is substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the ink supply ports.
16. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 9, wherein the channel module has a base attached to the body, an uplift portion protruding from the base, and a chip bonding area located on the uplift portion; the base has a base surface, the uplift portion protrudes from the base surface and has a side surface connecting the base surface and the chip bonding area, and the angle between the side surface and the base surface is between 90 degrees and 135 degrees.
17. An ink cartridge, comprising:
a body, having a plurality of ink chambers, a plurality of ink delivery ports, and a plurality of blocks, wherein the ink delivery ports are located at a bottom of the body, and the ink chambers are respectively fluidly communicate with the ink delivery ports; and
a channel module, having a base attached to the bottom of the body and an uplift portion protruding from the base, and having a chip bonding area located on the uplift portion, a plurality of ink supply ports located on the chip bonding area, and a plurality of flow channels respectively communicating the ink delivery ports with the ink supply ports, wherein the base has a base surface, and the uplift portion has a side surface connecting the base surface and the chip bonding area, and the angle between the side surface and the base surface is between 90 degrees and 135 degrees.
18. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 17, wherein a section of at least one of the flow channels extends from the chip bonding area to an area outside the chip bonding area.
19. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 18, wherein the ink supply ports are arranged in sequence, and the extending direction of the section is substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the ink supply ports.
20. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 18, wherein the ink chambers are arranged in sequence, and the extending direction of the section is substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the ink chambers.
21. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 17, wherein the ink chambers are arranged in sequence, the ink supply ports are arranged in sequence, and the arrangement direction of the ink chambers is substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the ink supply ports.
22. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 17, wherein the channel module has two opposite side edges and a plurality of indentations respectively located at least one end of each of the two opposite side edges, and the blocks are formed at a external surface of the bottom of the body and are respectively corresponding to the indentations.
23. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 22, wherein the body has four sidewalls, at least two of the blocks are respectively arranged at the two corners of the external surface of the bottom of the body and adjacent to the same one of the sidewalls, for locating the ink cartridge in a printer.
24. An ink cartridge, comprising:
a body, having four sidewalls, a plurality of ink chambers, and a plurality of ink delivery ports, wherein the ink delivery ports are located at a bottom of the body, and the ink chambers respectively fluidly communicate with the ink delivery ports;
a channel module, attached to an external surface of the bottom of the body, and having a chip bonding area, a plurality of ink supply ports, and a plurality of flow channels, wherein the ink supply ports are located in the chip bonding area, and the flow channels respectively fluidly communicate the ink delivery ports with the ink supply ports;
at least three first engaging parts, wherein at least two of the blocks are respectively arranged at the two corners of the external surface of the bottom of the body and adjacent to the same one of the sidewalls; and
a plurality of second engaging parts, arranged on the channel module corresponding to the first engaging parts respectively, wherein the relative position of the body and the channel module on a two-dimension plane is substantially fixed by the engagement of the first engaging parts and the second engaging parts.
25. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 24, wherein at least one of the first engaging parts not adjacent to the same sidewall is arranged on the external surface of the bottom of the body and is adjacent to another one of the sidewalls.
26. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 24, wherein the channel module has a base attached to the external surface of the body, and an uplift portion protrudes from the base, wherein the chip bonding area is located on the uplift portion, the base has a base surface, the uplift portion protrudes from the base surface and has a side surface connecting the base surface and the chip bonding area, and the angle between the side surface and the base surface is between 90 degrees and 135 degrees.
27. An ink cartridge, comprising:
a body, having a plurality of ink chambers and a plurality of ink delivery ports, wherein the ink delivery ports are located at a bottom of the body, and the ink chambers respectively fluidly communicate with the ink delivery ports;
a channel module, attached to an external surface of the bottom of the body, and having a chip bonding area, a plurality of ink supply ports, and a plurality of flow channels, wherein the ink supply ports are located in the chip bonding area, and the flow channels respectively fluidly communicate the ink delivery ports with the ink supply ports; and
an engaging part, arranged on the external surface of the bottom of the body, wherein the engaging part at least partially surrounds side edges of the channel module, the relative position of the body and the channel module on a two-dimension plane is substantially fixed by the engagement of the engaging parts and the channel module.
28. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 27, wherein the engaging part fully surrounds the side edges of the channel module.
29. The ink cartridge as claimed in claim 27, wherein the channel module has a base attached to the external surface of the body, an uplift portion protruding from the base, wherein the chip bonding area is located on the uplift portion, the base has a base surface, the uplift portion protrudes from the base surface and has a side surface connecting the base surface and the chip bonding area, and the angle between the side surface and the base surface is between 90 degrees and 135 degrees.

I claim:

1. A process for producing a semiconductor device, which comprises:
a) producing a doped III-V semiconductor substrate of a first conduction type;
b) applying a first doped III-V semiconductor layer of a second conduction type to the III-V semiconductor substrate;
c) applying a second doped III-V semiconductor layer of the first conduction type to the first doped III-V semiconductor layer;
d) applying an active layer system to the second doped III-V semiconductor layer; and
e) producing at least two functional semiconductor structures electrically insulated from one another, by cutting the active layer system inclusive of the first doped III-V semiconductor layer and the second doped III-V semiconductor layer.
2. The process according to claim 1, which further comprises performing the substrate producing step by producing a doped III-V semiconductor substrate having a charge carrier concentration of more than 1*1015 cm3 at room temperature.
3. The process according to claim 1, which further comprises performing the substrate producing step by producing a doped III-V semiconductor substrate having a charge carrier concentration of between 1*1016 cm3 and 1*1019 cm3 at room temperature.
4. The process according to claim 1, which further comprises performing the structure producing step by producing at least one metal clad ridge waveguide laser structure.
5. The process according to claim 1, which further comprises performing the structure producing step by producing, from the at least two functional semiconductor structure, a photodiode array of photodiode structures.
6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5, which further comprises producing etching trenches between each of the photodiode structures.
7. The process according to claim 1, which further comprises:
performing the structure producing step by producing at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures; and
producing at least one pn junction reverse-biased during operation of the semiconductor device between each of the at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures and the doped III-V semiconductor substrate.
8. The process according to claim 7, which further comprises cutting the at least one pn junction in an intermediate location between the at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures to prevent a conductive electrical connection between the at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures through the doped III-V semiconductor substrate and inclusive of at least one of the first doped III-V semiconductor layer and the second doped III-V semiconductor layer.
9. The process according to claim 1, which further comprises performing the structure producing step by producing at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures of different types.
10. A process for producing a semiconductor device, which comprises:
a) producing a doped III-V semiconductor substrate of a first conduction type;
b) applying a first doped III-V semiconductor layer of a second conduction type to the III-V semiconductor substrate;
c) applying an active layer system to the first doped III-V semiconductor layer; and
d) producing at least two functional semiconductor structures electrically insulated from one another, by cutting the active layer system inclusive of the first doped III-V semiconductor layer.
11. The process according to claim 10, which further comprises performing the substrate producing step by producing a doped III-V semiconductor substrate having a charge carrier concentration of more than 1*1015 cm3 at room temperature.
12. The process according to claim 10, which further comprises performing the substrate producing step by producing a doped III-V semiconductor substrate having a charge carrier concentration of between 1*1016 cm3 and 1*1019 cm3 at room temperature.
13. The process according to claim 10, which further comprises performing the structure producing step by producing at least one metal clad ridge waveguide laser structure.
14. The process according to claim 10, which further comprises performing the structure producing step by producing, from the at least two functional semiconductor structure, a photodiode array of photodiode structures.
15. The semiconductor device according to claim 14, which further comprises producing etching trenches between each of the photodiode structures.
16. The process according to claim 10, which further comprises:
performing the structure producing step by producing at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures; and
producing at least one pn junction reverse-biased during operation of the semiconductor device between each of the at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures and the doped III-V semiconductor substrate.
17. The process according to claim 16, which further comprises cutting the at least one pn junction in an intermediate location between the at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures to prevent a conductive electrical connection between the at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures through the doped III-V semiconductor substrate and inclusive of at least one of the first doped III-V semiconductor layer and the second doped III-V semiconductor layer.
18. The process according to claim 10, which further comprises performing the structure producing step by producing at least two monolithically integrated functional semiconductor structures of different types.

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

What is claimed is:

1. A method for upgrading a software on a customer system, comprising:
receiving, by a supplier system, a software inventory from the customer system;
verifying one or more business contracts for the software inventory utilizing one or more databases connected to the supplier system; and
determining one or more software upgrade releases for the software inventory utilizing a product topology database connected to the supplier system.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising,
displaying the one or more software upgrade releases for customer approval.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising,
forwarding an approved order to a fulfillment and distribution center.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
prompting one or more responses from a customer utilizing graphical user interfaces.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the software inventory is received after a software upgrade request.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the software inventory is received periodically.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein verifying one or more business contracts comprises validating subscription for one or more subscription software in the software inventory utilizing a subscription entitlement database.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein verifying one or more business contracts comprises verifying entitlement for one or more keyed software in the software inventory utilizing a keyed management system database.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining one or more software upgrade releases comprises mapping software releases in the software inventory to software upgrade releases.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining one or more software upgrade releases comprises:
filtering the software inventory;
categorizing the software inventory;
mapping software releases in the software inventory to software upgrade releases;
categorize software upgrade releases; and
generate an upgrade order.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining one or more software upgrade releases further comprises:
cross-referencing release-to-release product configurations for the software upgrade releases.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein determining one or more software upgrade releases further comprises:
verifying pre-requisite and co-requisite software for the software upgrade releases.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving an order for additional software; and
verifying pre-requisite and co-requisite software for the additional software.
14. A system for upgrading a software on a customer system, comprising:
a supplier system configured to:
receive a software inventory from the customer system;
verify one or more business contracts for the software inventory utilizing one or more databases connected to the supplier system; and
determine one or more software upgrade releases for the software inventory utilizing a product topology database connected to the supplier system.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the supplier system comprises a software upgrade system having a software upgrade server connected to an interface server.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the supplier system further comprises a security mechanism connected to the software upgrade system, the security mechanism having connections to a network.
17. A signal bearing medium, comprising a program which, when executed by a processor, performs steps for upgrading a software on a customer system, comprising:
receiving, by a supplier system, a software inventory from the customer system;
verifying one or more business contracts for the software inventory utilizing one or more databases connected to the supplier system; and
determining one or more software upgrade releases for the software inventory utilizing a product topology database connected to the supplier system.
18. The signal bearing medium of claim 17, wherein the steps further comprises:
displaying the one or more software upgrade releases for customer approval.
19. The signal bearing medium of claim 18, wherein the steps further comprises:
forwarding an approved order to a fulfillment and distribution center.
20. The signal bearing medium of claim 18, wherein the steps further comprises:
prompting one or more responses from a customer utilizing graphical user interfaces.
21. The signal bearing medium of claim 17, wherein verifying one or more business contracts comprises validating subscription for one or more subscription software in the software inventory utilizing a subscription entitlement database.
22. The signal bearing medium of claim 17, wherein verifying one or more business contracts comprises verifying entitlement for one or more keyed software in the software inventory utilizing a keyed management system database.
23. The signal bearing medium of claim 17, wherein determining one or more software upgrade releases comprises mapping software releases in the software inventory to software upgrade releases.
24. The signal bearing medium of claim 17, wherein determining one or more software upgrade releases comprises:
filtering the software inventory;
categorizing the software inventory;
mapping software releases in the software inventory to software upgrade releases;
categorize software upgrade releases; and
generate an upgrade order.
25. The signal bearing medium of claim 24, wherein determining one or more software upgrade releases further comprises:
cross-referencing release-to-release product configurations for the software upgrade releases.
26. The signal bearing medium of claim 24, wherein determining one or more software upgrade releases further comprises:
verifying pre-requisite and co-requisite software for the software upgrade releases.