Author: claimsbot

1. An article conveying system that transports an article by means of an overhead carrier traveling along a transport track,
the article conveying system including a pair of right and left traveling rails along the transport track on a ceiling of the article conveying system,
the overhead carrier including driving wheels that are rotatably supported by the traveling rails in a drivable manner so as to move the overhead carrier along the traveling rails, and non-driving wheels that are rotated separately from the driving wheels,
the overhead carrier having the driving wheels and the non-driving wheels on each of right and left of a transport direction,
the transport track including a linear section in which the driving wheels on right and left sides of the overhead carrier are respectively supported by the pair of right and left traveling rails,
the transport track including a curved section in which the inner non-driving wheel of the overhead carrier is supported by the inner traveling rail while the outer driving wheel of the overhead carrier is supported by the outer traveling rail.
2. The article conveying system according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the curved section of the transport track includes an outer traveling-rail disconnected section where the outer traveling rail is disconnected,
the overhead carrier includes auxiliary driving wheels provided on the right and left of the transport direction of the overhead carrier so as to rotate with the driving wheels, the auxiliary driving wheel having a smaller diameter than the driving wheel, and
the inner auxiliary driving wheel of the overhead carrier is supported by the inner traveling rail in the outer traveling-rail disconnected section of the curved section of the transport track.
3. The article conveying system according to claim 1, wherein the driving wheel and the non-driving wheel have different diameters, and
the pair of right and left traveling rails in the curved section of the transport track has steps on surfaces of the traveling rails such that the inner traveling rail separates from the driving wheel while supporting the non-driving wheel and the outer traveling rail supports the driving wheel.
4. The article conveying system according to claim 2, wherein the driving wheel, the non-driving wheel, and the auxiliary driving wheel have different diameters,
the pair of right and left traveling rails has steps on surfaces of the traveling rails in portions of the curved section of the transport track other than the outer traveling-rail disconnected section such that the inner traveling rail separates from the driving wheel and the auxiliary driving wheel while supporting the non-driving wheel and the outer traveling rail separates from the auxiliary driving wheel while supporting the driving wheel, and
the inner traveling rail in the outer traveling-rail disconnected section has the steps on the surface of the traveling rail such that the traveling rail separates from the driving wheel while supporting the auxiliary driving wheel.
5. The article conveying system according to claim 2, wherein the driving wheel, the non-driving wheel, and the auxiliary driving wheel have coaxial rotation axes, and the non-driving wheel is disposed between the driving wheel and the auxiliary driving wheel.
6. An overhead carrier that travels along a pair of right and left traveling rails provided along a transport track on a ceiling of an article conveying system,
the overhead carrier including driving wheels that are rotatably supported by the traveling rails in a drivable manner so as to move the overhead carrier along the traveling rails, and non-driving wheels that are rotated separately from the driving wheels, the driving and non-driving wheels being disposed on each of right and left of a transport direction,
the pair of right and left traveling rails supporting the respective driving wheels in a linear section of the transport track, the outer traveling rail only supporting the outer driving wheel in a curved section of the transport track,
the inner traveling rail supporting the inner non-driving wheel in the curved section of the transport track.

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 system, comprising:
a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) writer;
a target tag within operational range of the RFID writer;
a processor coupled to the RFID writer; and
a memory coupled to the processor,
wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to prepare a target tag value for the target tag,
wherein the target tag value comprises a position vector that identifies a positioning of data fields of the target tag value.
2. The system of claim 1 further comprising an RFID reader.
3. The system of claim 2 further comprising a reference tag within operational range of the RFID reader, wherein the reference tag provides the position vector.
4. The system of claim 1 further comprising a non-RFID label having the position vector and a non-RFID based input device for providing the position vector from the non-RFID label.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein the non-RFID label comprises a barcode and the non-RFID based input device comprises a barcode scanner.
6. The system of claim 4 wherein the non-RFID label comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an overt printed feature, a printed feature with watermarks, a printed feature with a guilloche pattern, a printed feature with microtext, and a printed feature with invisible ink.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the target tag value is tested prior to deployment on the target tag, the test involving at least one selected from the group consisting of an anti-collision test, a compression test, a decompression test, a scrambling test, and a descrambling test.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the position vector identifies a field level scrambling of the data fields.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the position vector identifies a bit level scrambling of the data fields.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein the position vector comprises P bits, where P is at least 2, and wherein the position vector represents up to 2P permutations of data fields and data sub-fields associated with the target tag value.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein interpretation of the data fields is obfuscated based on at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of a location of the position vector with respect to the data fields and a length of the position vector.
12. The system of claim 1 wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, further cause the processor to compress the data fields by an amount that corresponds to a length of the position vector.
13. The system of claim 1 further comprising a database coupled to the processor, wherein the database stores information that enables subsequent authentication of the target tag value, the authentication being based on at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of:
a location of the position vector with respect to the data fields,
a length of the position vector,
a value associated with the position vector,
14. The system of claim 1 further comprising a transportable product that attaches to the target tag, wherein subsequent authentication of the target tag value after the product has been transported involves determining the position of the data fields based on information received from at least one source selected from the group consisting of:
a reference tag transported near the product, and
a non-RFID label transported with the product.
15. A method, comprising:
reading a position identifier from a first Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag;
positioning data fields of a tag value to be stored on a second RFID tag based on the position identifier; and
transmitting the tag value to the second RFID tag.
16. The method of claim 15 further comprising compressing data fields to be stored on the second RFID tag by an amount corresponding to a length of the position identifier.
17. The method of claim 15 wherein said positioning the data fields comprises scrambling the data fields at a field level.
18. The method of claim 15 wherein said positioning the data fields comprises scrambling the data fields at a bit level.
19. The method of claim 15 wherein said positioning the data fields comprises placing at least a portion of said data fields after the position identifier.
20. The method of claim 15 further comprising:
reading the tag value from the second RFID tag; and
authenticating the tag value by decoding the position identifier.
21. A storage medium that stores computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, when executed, cause a computer to:
determine a position identifier;
adjust a position of Radio-Frequency identification (RFID) data fields based on the position identifier; and
forward a tag value having the adjusted data fields to an RFID writer for transmission to an RFID tag.
22. The storage medium of claim 21 wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed, further cause a computer to:
compress the data fields; and
add a position identifier to the tag value, the position identifier having a length that corresponds with an amount of compression to the data fields.
23. The storage medium of claim 21 wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed, further cause a computer to:
authenticate the tag value by decoding the position identifier;
if authentication is successful, prepare a new tag value for the RFID tag; and
if authentication fails, raise an alarm.

What is claimed is:

1. A laminated perpendicular magnetic recording medium, comprising a non-magnetic substrate and at least a pair of polycrystalline, vertically stacked, spaced-apart perpendicular magnetic layers supported thereon, wherein each of said magnetic layers has substantially the same preferred out-of-plane crystal growth orientation and the grains of at least two of said magnetic layers are vertically uncorrelated with each other.
2. The medium as claim 1, wherein said at least one pair of stacked magnetic layers are vertically spaced apart by a non-magnetic, amorphous or nano-crystalline spacer layer.
3. The medium as in claim 2, wherein said magnetic layers are comprised of substantially the same material.
4. The medium as in claim 2, wherein said magnetic layers are comprised of different materials.
5. The medium as in claim 2, wherein the lattice parameters of said magnetic layers are substantially the same.
6. The medium as in claim 2, wherein the lattice parameters of said magnetic layers are different.
7. The medium as in claim 2, wherein each of said magnetic layers is comprised of an hcp material having a <0002> preferred out-of-plane growth orientation and a 0002 lattice parameter.
8. The medium as in claim 7, wherein each of said magnetic layers comprises a layer of a Co-based alloy material having a thickness from about 3 to about 20 nm and said non-magnetic spacer layer comprises a layer of an amorphous or nano-crystalline Ti-based alloy material having a thickness from about 1 to about 20 nm.
9. The medium as in claim 7, wherein each of said magnetic layers is comprised of substantially the same or a different hcp <0002> material and the 0002 lattice parameter of each of said layers is substantially the same or different.
10. The medium as in claim 2, wherein each of said magnetic layers is comprised of an fcc material having a <111> preferred out-of-plane growth orientation and a 111 lattice parameter.
11. The medium as in claim 10, wherein each of said magnetic layers comprises a multi-layer material selected from the group consisting of CoPt, CoPd, FePt, and FePd having a thickness from about 3 to about 20 nm, and said non-magnetic spacer layer comprises a layer of an amorphous or nano-crystalline Ti-based alloy material having a thickness from about 1 to about 20 nm.
12. The medium as in claim 10, wherein each of said magnetic layers is comprised of substantially the same or a different fcc <111> material and the 111 lattice parameter of each of said layers is substantially the same or different.
13. The medium as in claim 1, further comprising a seed layer in contact with a lower surface of at least one of said magnetic layers, said seed layer comprising a material having a lowest interfacial energy with said at least one magnetic layer when the latter has the desired preferred out-of-plane crystal growth orientation.
14. The medium as in claim 13, where said seed layer comprises a layer of an amorphous material selected from the group consisting of Ti-based alloys, FeCo alloys, FeNi alloys, CoNi alloys, and InSnO (ITO) materials and having a thickness from about 1 to about 400 nm or a layer of a polycrystalline material selected from the group consisting of Ru, Ti, Ag, Au, Cu, and alloys comprised of a fcc or hcp material and having a thickness from about 1 to about 20 nm.
15. The medium as in claim 13, further comprising a soft magnetic underlayer in contact with a lower surface of a lowermost seed layer.
16. A method of fabricating a laminated perpendicular magnetic recording medium, comprising steps of:
(a) providing a non-magnetic substrate having a surface; and
(b) forming at least a pair of polycrystalline, vertically stacked, spaced-apart, perpendicular magnetic layers over said surface, such that each of said magnetic layers has substantially the same preferred out-of-plane crystal growth orientation and the grains of at least two of said layers are vertically uncorrelated with each other.
17. The method according to claim 16, wherein:
step (b) comprises forming a non-magnetic, amorphous or nano-crystalline spacer layer between vertically adjacent ones of said magnetic layers.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein:
step (b) comprises forming said magnetic layers as comprised of substantially the same material or of different materials, and the lattice parameters of said magnetic layers are substantially the same or are different.
19. The method according to claim 18, wherein:
step (b) comprises forming each of said magnetic layers as comprised of an hcp material having a <0002> preferred out-of-plane growth orientation and a 0002 lattice parameter.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein:
step (b) comprises forming each of said magnetic layers as comprised of a layer of a Co-based alloy material having a thickness from about 3 to about 20 nm and forming said non-magnetic spacer layer as comprised of a layer of an amorphous or nano-crystalline Ti-based alloy material having a thickness from about 1 to about 20 nm.
21. The method according to claim 18, wherein:
step (b) comprises forming each of said magnetic layers as comprised of an fcc material having a <111> preferred out-of-plane growth orientation and a 111 lattice parameter.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein:
step (b) comprises forming each of said magnetic layers as comprised of a multilayer material selected from the group consisting of CoPt, CoPd, FePt, and FePd having a thickness from about 3 to about 20 nm, and forming said non-magnetic spacer layer as comprised of a layer of an amorphous or nano-crystalline Ti-based alloy material having a thickness from about 1 to about 20 nm.
23. The method according to claim 16, wherein:
step (b) further comprises forming a seed layer in contact with a lower surface of at least one of said magnetic layers, said seed layer comprising a material having a lowest interfacial energy with said at least one magnetic layer for when the latter has the desired preferred out-of-plane crystal growth orientation.
24. The method according to claim 23, wherein:
step (b) comprises forming said seed layer as comprised of a layer of an amorphous material selected from the group consisting of Ti-based alloys, FeCo alloys, FeNi alloys, CoNi alloys, and InSnO (ITO) materials and having a thickness from about 1 to about 400 nm or a layer of a polycrystalline material selected from the group consisting of Ru, Ti, Ag, Au, Cu, and alloys comprised of a fcc or hcp material and having a thickness from about 1 to about 20 nm.
25. The method according to claim 23, wherein:
step (b) still further comprises forming a soft magnetic underlayer in contact with a lower surface of a lowermost seed layer.

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 of filtering inputoutput requests of a computer system, the method comprising:
(a) receiving a plurality of IO requests from a filter manager of the computer system, the filter manager executing in the system space of an operating system executing on the computer system;
(b) applying a hierarchical rule set to at least a portion of the plurality of IO requests by a mini-filter executing in the system space of the operating system executing on the computer;
(c) providing, as a set of filtered IO requests, at least one of the plurality of IO requests from the mini-filter to an agent executing in user space of the operating system in response to the application of the hierarchical rule set by the mini-filter, the agent being operable to associate meta-data with a set of digital assets identified by the set of filtered IO requests; wherein non-filtered IO requests are not associated with meta-data by the agent to reduce overall computational load generated by the filter manager, the mini-filter and the agent; and
(d) applying, by the agent, another hierarchical rule set to one or more of the received IO requests to generate at least at portion of a digital asset identification tag for that IO request; and
wherein the agent is further operable to perform an inheritance-based categorization operation on a first digital asset in response to a filtered IO request of the set of filtered IO requests from the mini-filter, the inheritance-based categorization operation including application of meta-data identifying same categorization information as that of a second digital asset related to the first digital asset.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the hierarchical rule set comprises an array of rules.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising resolving a conflict among rules of the hierarchical rule set in favor of the highest ordered rule.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising resolving a conflict among rules of the hierarchical rule set in favor of the lowest ordered rule.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the hierarchical rule set comprises at least one rule to exclude an IO request.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the hierarchical rule set comprises at least one rule to include an IO request.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the hierarchical rule set is expressed as using the extensible markup language (XML).
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the second digital asset is a file system folder and the first digital asset is a document stored in the file system folder.
9. A system for filtering inputoutput IO requests of a computer system, the system comprising:
a processor which, when executing in accordance with a client software, forms:
(a) a filter manager operable to output a plurality of IO requests;
(b) a mini-filter in communication with the filter manager, the mini-filter being operable to receive at least a portion of the plurality of IO commands from the filter manager, and apply a hierarchical rule set to the at least a portion of the received IO commands; and
(c) an agent operable to (i) receive a set of filtered IO requests from the mini-filter after application of the hierarchical rule set, and (ii) associate meta-data with a set of digital assets identified by the set of filtered IO requests;
wherein non-filtered IO requests are not associated with meta-data by the agent to reduce overall computational load generated by the filter manager, the mini-filter and the agent;
wherein the agent applies another hierarchical rule set to one or more of the received IO requests to generate at least at portion of a digital asset identification tag for that IO request; and wherein the agent is further operable to perform an inheritance-based categorization operation on a first digital asset in response to a filtered IO request of the set of filtered IO requests from the mini-filter, the inheritance-based categorization operation including application of meta-data identifying same categorization information as that of a second digital asset related to the first digital asset.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the hierarchical rules set comprises an array of rules.
11. The system of claim 9 wherein the mini-filter resolves a conflict among rules of the hierarchical rule set in favor of the highest ordered rule.
12. The system of claim 9 wherein the mini-filter resolves a conflict among rules of the hierarchical rule set in favor of the lowest ordered rule.
13. The system of claim 9 wherein the hierarchical rule set comprises at least one rule to exclude an IO request.
14. The system of claim 9 wherein the hierarchical rule set comprises at least one rule to include an IO request.
15. The system of claim 9 wherein the hierarchical rule set is expressed as using the extensible markup language (XML).
16. The system of claim 9
wherein the second digital asset is a file system folder and the first digital asset is a document stored in the file system folder.
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions thereon to filter inputoutput requests of a computer system, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:
(a) instructions to receive a plurality of IO requests from a filter manager of the computer system, the filter manager executing in the system space of an operating system executing on the computer system;
(b) instructions to apply a hierarchical rule set to at least a portion of the plurality of IO requests by a mini-filter executing in the system space of the operating system executing on the computer;
(c) instructions to provide the end-user with a graphical user interface when the end-user performs a specified action, the graphical user interface allowing the end-user to create an alias for the at least one tag, the alias associated with the tag and having a second policy; and
(d) instructions to apply, by an agent, another hierarchical rule set to a set of filtered IO requests to generate a set of a digital asset identification tags for set of filtered IO requests, wherein the other hierarchical rule set is not applied to non-filtered IO requests to reduce overall computational load generated by the filter manager, the mini-filter and the agent;
wherein the agent is operable to perform an inheritance-based categorization operation on a first digital asset in response to a filtered IO request of the set of filtered IO requests from the mini-filter, the inheritance-based categorization operation including application of meta-data identifying same categorization information as that of a second digital asset related to the first digital asset.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 wherein the instructions to apply the hierarchical rule set comprise instructions to apply an array of rules.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to resolve a conflict among rules of the hierarchical rule set in favor of the highest ordered rule.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to resolve a conflict among rules of the hierarchical rule set in favor of the lowest ordered rule.
21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to apply a hierarchical rule set comprises an instruction to exclude at least one an IO request.
22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to apply a hierarchical rule set comprises an instruction to include at least one an IO request.
23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to receive the hierarchical rule set in an extensible markup language (XML).
24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17
wherein the second digital asset is a file system folder and the first digital asset is a document stored in the file system folder.