Author: claimsbot

1. A method for generating a global link structure, comprising:
requesting generation of a global page of a website;
navigating to a desired page of the website;
designating the desired page as the global page of the website;
navigating to a first page of the website;
moving a cursor to a link on the first page, wherein the link on the first page includes a first default pointer to a first default page;
generating a first global pointer to the global page at the link on the first page;
navigating to a second page of the website;
moving the cursor to a link on the second page, wherein the link on the second page includes a second default pointer to a second default page; and
generating a second global pointer to the global page at the link on the second page.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting generation of a global page, generating a first global pointer, and generating a second global pointer each comprise selecting a choice from a pop-up menu.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the choice is at least one of: a choice for requesting generation of a local pointer, a choice for generating a local pointer, a choice for requesting generation of a global page, and a choice for generating a global page.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the desired page of the website through using historical frequency-of-use data for websites visited in the past by at least one user of said web sites.
5. A method for generating a global link structure, comprising:
navigating to a first page of the web site;
moving a cursor to a link on the first page, wherein the link on the first page includes a first default pointer to a first default page;
navigating to a desired page of the website;
designating the desired page as the global page of the website;
navigating to the first page of the website;
generating a first global pointer to the global page at the link on the first page;
navigating to a second page of the website;
moving the cursor to a link on the second page, wherein the link on the second page includes a second default pointer to a second default page; and
generating a second global pointer to the global page at the link on the second page.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein generating a first global pointer and generating a second global pointer each comprise selecting a choice from a pop-up menu.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the choice is at least one of: a choice for requesting generation of a local pointer, a choice for generating a local pointer, a choice for requesting generation of a global page, and a choice for generating a global page.
8. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining the desired page of the website through using historical frequency-of-use data for websites visited in the past by at least one user of said websites.
9. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer code having an algorithm for implementing a method of generating a global link structure, said method including the steps of:
requesting generation of a global page of a website;
navigating to a desired page of the website;
designating the desired page as the global page of the website;
navigating to a first page of the website;
moving a cursor to a link on the first page, wherein the link on the first page includes a first default pointer to a first default page;
generating a first global pointer to the global page at the link on the first page;
navigating to a second page of the web site;
moving the cursor to a link on the second page, wherein the link on the second page includes a second default pointer to a second default page; and
generating a second global pointer to the global page at the link on the second page.
10. The computer program product of claim 9, said method further comprising determining the desired page of the website through using historical frequency-of-use data for websites visited in the past by at least one user of said websites.
11. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer code having an algorithm for implementing a method of generating a global link structure, said method including the steps of:
navigating to a first page of the website;
moving a cursor to a link on the first page, wherein the link on the first page includes a first default pointer to a first default page;
navigating to a desired page of the website;
designating the desired page as the global page of the website;
navigating to the first page of the web site;
generating a first global pointer to the global page at the link on the first page;
navigating to a second page of the website;
moving the cursor to a link on the second page, wherein the link on the second page includes a second default pointer to a second default page; and
generating a second global pointer to the global page at the link on the second page.
12. The computer program product of claim 11, said method further comprising determining the desired page of the website through using historical frequency-of-use data for websites visited in the past by at least one user of said websites.

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. Method of visualising a biochemical pathway, wherein said pathway represents a plurality of reaction stages linked by reaction steps, wherein said reaction stages are represented by nodes of said pathway, wherein said reaction steps are represented by links in between said nodes of said pathway, and wherein node attributes of said nodes are retrieved from a database, said method comprising the steps of:
receiving at least one node attribute type indicating node attributes of a same nature;
forming a plurality of collections of one or more nodes of said nodes, said one or more nodes of each collection having same node attributes of said received attribute type;
visualising said pathway on display means in at least three dimensions, wherein collections are distinguishably visualised from each other in at least one grouping dimension of said at least three dimensions.
2. Method according to claim 1, wherein said node attribute type is received as input from a user.
3. Method according to claim 1, wherein distinguishably visualizing said collections in said at least one grouping dimension comprises assigning to each of said collections a collection level in said grouping dimension.
4. Method according to claim 3, wherein said collection level corresponds to a coordinate plane for which a collection coordinate value of said grouping dimension is fixed for said plane.
5. Method according to claim 3, wherein said collection level corresponds to a collection space for which a collection coordinate value of said grouping dimension is comprised within a predetermined range for said collection.
6. Method according to claim 5, wherein said nodes of said collection are visualised in a cloud within said collection space.
7. Method according to claim 5, wherein for at least one collection of said plurality of collections a plurality of sub-collections is formed comprising nodes of said collection having same further node attributes corresponding to a further node attribute type.
8. Method according to claim 7, wherein said plurality of sub-collections are visualised by assigning a sub-collection level to each of said sub-collections, said sub-collection level being comprised by said collection space.
9. Method according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of sub-collections within said at least one collection is distinguishably visualised in at least one further grouping dimension of said at least three dimensions.
10. Method according to claim 1, wherein node attributes of said nodes are further visualised by varying at least one node format element selected from a group comprising colour, intensity, size, shape, and transparency of said nodes.
11. Method according to claim 1, wherein link attributes of said links are visualised by varying at least one link format element selected from a group comprising colour, intensity, size, shape, arrows, and transparency of said links.
12. Method according to claim 1, wherein node attributes of said nodes are modified in time such as to represent reaction dynamics, and wherein a node format of said visualised nodes is modified in time such as to represent said modifications of said node attributes.
13. Method according to claim 1, wherein link attributes of said links are modified in time such as to represent reaction dynamics, and wherein said link format is modified in time corresponding to said modifications of said link attributes.
14. Method according to claim 1, wherein said node attribute type is selected from a group comprising type of actor, type of substrate, type of product, status of an actor, status of a substrate, location in a human or animal body.
15. Method according to claim 14, wherein said node attribute type is said type of actor of said reaction stage, and wherein said attributes corresponding to said attribute type are selected from a group comprising proteins, enzymes, or antibodies.
16. Method according to claim 14, wherein said node attribute type is said type of substrate of said reaction stage, and wherein said attributes corresponding to said attribute type are selected from a group comprising metabolites, drugs, bacteria, viruses, DNA or RNA fragments, hormones or other biochemical substances.
17. Method according to claim 14, wherein said node attribute type is said type of product at said reaction stage, and wherein said attributes corresponding to said attribute type are selected from a group comprising metabolites, DNA or RNA fragments, or other biochemical substances.
18. Method according to claim 14, wherein said node attribute type is said status of said actor at said reaction stage, and wherein said attributes corresponding to said attribute type are selected from a group comprising active, passive, alive, dead, conformation status of said actor, bound to substrate, or interaction potential of actor.
19. Method according to claim 14, wherein said node attribute type is said status of said substrate at said reaction stage, and wherein said attributes corresponding to said attribute type are selected from a group comprising active, passive, alive, dead, or bound to actor.
20. Method according to claim 14, wherein said node attribute type is said location in said human or animal body, and wherein said attributes corresponding to said attribute type are selected from a group comprising organs, body parts, bloodstream, cell, cell nucleus, cell membrane, or other constituents of a cell, such as mitochondrion, Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER), cytosol, vacuole, etc.
21. Method according to claim 1, wherein link attributes are selected from a group comprising direction of said reaction step, intensity of said reaction step, speed of said reaction step, temperature dependency of said reaction step, progress of said reaction step, type of reaction step such as biochemical reaction or electrochemical reaction.
22. Method according to claim 1, wherein said biochemical pathways are selected from a group comprising metabolic pathways, signal transduction pathways, molecular biological pathways.
23. Arrangement for visualising a biochemical pathway, for carrying out a method according to any of the previous claims, said pathway comprising a plurality of nodes representing reaction stages and links in between said nodes representing reaction steps between said reaction stages, said arrangement comprising a database for providing node attributes of said nodes, input means for receiving at least one node attribute type indicating node attributes of a same nature, control means arranged for forming a plurality of collections of one or more nodes of said nodes, said one or more nodes of each collection having same node attributes of said received attribute type, and means for visualising said pathway on display means in at least three dimensions, said means for visualising said pathway being further arranged for visualising said collections distinguishably from each other in at least one grouping dimension of said at least three dimensions.
24. Arrangement according claim 23, wherein said input means are selected from a group comprising a keyboard, a data recording means, a telecommunication network connection.
25. Arrangement according to claim 23, wherein said display means are selected from a group comprising a screen, paper, virtual reality display means such as virtual reality glasses.
26. Computer program for visualising a biochemical pathway, for carrying out a method according to claim 1, wherein said pathway represents a plurality of reaction stages linked by reaction steps, wherein said reaction stages are represented by nodes of said pathway, wherein said reaction steps are represented by links in between said nodes of said pathway, and wherein node attributes of said nodes are retrieved from a database, said method comprising the steps of:
receiving at least one node attribute type indicating node attributes of a same nature;
forming a plurality of collections of one or more nodes of said nodes, said one or more nodes of each collectan having same node attributes of said received attribute type; visualising said pathway on display means in al least three dimensions, wherein collections are distinguishably visualised from each other in at least one grouping dimension of said at least three dimensions.

1. A duplexer comprising:
a first filter element, being placed on a piezoelectric substrate, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said first filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate; and
a second filter element having a frequency pass band higher than that of said first filter element, being placed on said piezoelectric substrate so as to be made face to face with said first filter element, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said second filter element is arranged so as to have the a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate, and one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from an elastic wave propagating path of the resonator having the largest width in the elastic wave propagating path among resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element on said piezoelectric substrate.
2. The duplexer according to claim 1, wherein one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from elastic wave propagating paths of all resonators placed on the series arm of said first filter element on said piezoelectric substrate.
3. A duplexer comprising:
a first filter element, being placed on a piezoelectric substrate, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said first filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate; and
a second filter element having a frequency pass band higher than that of said first filter element, being placed on said piezoelectric substrate so as to be made face to face with said first filter element, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said second filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate, and a resonator having the largest width of the elastic wave propagating path among resonators placed on said series arm of the first filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from the elastic surface wave propagating paths of one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element.
4. The duplexer according to claim 3, wherein all the resonators disposed on the series arm of said first filter are disposed at positions that deviate from elastic wave propagating paths of one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element.
5. A duplexer comprising:
a first filter element, being placed on a piezoelectric substrate, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said first filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate; and
a second filter element having a frequency pass band higher than that of said first filter element, being placed on said piezoelectric substrate so as to be made face to face with said first filter element, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said second filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate, and at least one of one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from elastic wave propagating paths of all the resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element on said piezoelectric substrate,
wherein a resonator having the largest width of the elastic wave propagating path among resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element is disposed within an area sandwiched by respective elastic wave propagating paths of a resonator placed on the outermost side of the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element and a resonator disposed adjacent thereto on the a corresponding parallel arm of said plurality of parallel arms.
6. A communication apparatus constituted by using a duplexer said duplexer comprising:
a first filter element, being placed on a piezoelectric substrate, having a ladder-type structure in which a. plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said first filter element is arranged so as to have the longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate; and
a second filter element having a frequency pass band higher than that of said first filter element, being placed on said piezoelectric substrate so as to be made face to face with said first filter element, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said second filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate, and at least one of one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from elastic wave propagating paths of all the resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element on said piezoelectric substrate,
wherein a resonator having the largest width of the elastic wave propagating path among resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element is disposed within an area sandwiched by respective elastic wave propagating paths of a resonator placed on the outermost side of the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element and a resonator disposed adjacent thereto on a corresponding parallel arm of said plurality of parallel arms.

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 for conducting a surgical procedure, comprising:
providing a GUI for a surgical console, wherein the first GUI comprises a set of portions, each portion corresponding to functionality of the surgical console and configured to allow a user to select from each of one or more corresponding sets of preprogrammed options, each of the preprogrammed options corresponding to settings for one or more corresponding parameters; and

configuring the surgical console according to the selected preprogrammed option.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein each portion has one or more icons, the one or more icons configured to allow a user to cycle through one of the corresponding sets of preprogrammed options.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more icons are a pair of icons.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein each portion comprise a display, where the display is configured to allow a user to select one of the preprogrammed options from all of the preprogrammed options of one of the corresponding sets of preprogrammed options.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein a first portion of the set of portions is an ultrasound portion.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first portion comprises a first pair of icons oriented along a first axis and configured to allow a user to cycle through a first set of preprogrammed options to select one of the first set of preprogrammed options such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the first set of preprogrammed options.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first portion comprises a second pair of icons oriented along a second axis configured to allow a user to cycle through a second set of preprogrammed options to select one of the second set of preprogrammed option such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the second set of preprogrammed options
8. The method of claim 7, wherein a second portion of the set of portions is a fluidics portion.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second portion comprises a third pair of icons oriented along a first axis configured to allow a user to cycle through a third set of preprogrammed options to select one of the third set of preprogrammed option such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the third set of preprogrammed options.
10. A computer readable medium comprising a set of computer instructions, translatable for:
providing a GUI for a surgical console, wherein the first GUI comprises a set of portions, each portion corresponding to functionality of the surgical console and configured to allow a user to select from each of one or more corresponding sets of preprogrammed options, each of the preprogrammed options corresponding to settings for one or more corresponding parameters; and

configuring the surgical console according to the selected preprogrammed option.
11. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein each portion has one or more icons, the one or more icons configured to allow a user to cycle through one of the corresponding sets of preprogrammed options.
12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more icons are a pair of icons.
13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein each portion comprise a display, where the display is configured to allow a user to select one of the preprogrammed options from all of the preprogrammed options of one of the corresponding sets of preprogrammed options.
14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the display allows the user to select the one of the preprogrammed options using a drop down menu.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein a first portion of the set of portions is an ultrasound portion.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first portion comprises a first pair of icons oriented along a first axis and configured to allow a user to cycle through a first set of preprogrammed options to select one of the first set of preprogrammed options such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the first set of preprogrammed options.
17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the first portion comprises a second pair of icons oriented along a second axis configured to allow a user to cycle through a second set of preprogrammed options to select one of the second set of preprogrammed option such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the second set of preprogrammed options
18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein a second portion of the set of portions is a fluidics portion.
19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the second portion comprises a third pair of icons oriented along a first axis configured to allow a user to cycle through a third set of preprogrammed options to select one of the third set of preprogrammed option such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the third set of preprogrammed options.
20. The method of claim 4, wherein the display allows the user to select the one of the preprogrammed options using a drop down menu.