Author: claimsbot

1. A process for producing a water-dispersible polyisocyanate composition, which comprises reacting a hydrophobic polyisocyanate with a vinyl polymer having a nonionic group and an active hydrogen group-containing group capable of reacting with an isocyanate group at a molar ratio of the isocyanate group to the active hydrogen group-containing group of 3 to 350, wherein the vinyl polymer has a blocked active hydrogen group-containing group andor an epoxy group.
2. A process for producing a water-dispersible polyisocyanate composition according to claim 1, wherein the blocked active hydrogen group-containing group is a hydroxyl group blocked with a triorganosilyl group.
3. A process for producing a water-dispersible polyisocyanate composition according to claim 1, wherein the nonionic group is a polyoxyalkylene group whose terminal is blocked.
4. A process for producing a water-dispersible polyisocyanate composition according to claim 1, wherein the nonionic group is a polyoxyalkylene group whose terminal is blocked with an alkoxy group, a substituted alkoxy group, an ester group, or a carbamate group.
5. A process for producing a water-dispersible polyisocyanate composition according to claim 1, wherein the nonionic group is a polyoxyalkylene group whose terminal is blocked with an alkoxy group.
6. A process for producing a water-dispersible polyisocyanate composition according to claim 1, wherein the vinyl polymer (b) has a hydrophobic group having 4 or more carbon atoms in total.
7. A process for producing a water-dispersible polyisocyanate composition according to claim 1, wherein the active hydrogen group-containing group is at least one group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group and an active methylene group.

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 article of manufacture comprising at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code logic to determine an extended measurement word at a channel subsystem of an inputoutput (IO) processing system using data from a control unit, the computer readable program code logic performing a method comprising:
sending a command message to the control unit;
receiving a transport response information unit message at the channel subsystem in response to sending the command message to the control unit;
extracting a plurality of time values from the transport response information unit message as calculated by the control unit;
calculating an extended measurement word as a function of the extracted time values; and
writing the calculated extended measurement word to computer readable memory in the IO processing system.
2. The article of manufacture of claim 1 wherein the computer readable program code logic performing the method further comprises:
storing a start subchannel time prior to sending the command message to the control unit;
storing an ending status time upon identifying an ending status in the transport response information unit message; and
determining a total system IO operation time at the channel subsystem as a time difference value between the ending status time and the start subchannel time.
3. The article of manufacture of claim 2 wherein the extracted time values include a total device time parameter indicating elapsed time from when the control unit received the command message until the control unit transmitted the transport response information unit message for a device IO operation; and
the calculated extended measurement word includes a function pending time calculated as a time difference value between the total system IO operation time and the total device time parameter.
4. The article of manufacture of claim 1 wherein the computer readable program code logic performing the method further comprises:
storing a sending time at the channel subsystem upon sending the command message to the control unit;
storing a receiving time upon receiving the transport response information unit message at the channel subsystem; and
determining a total channel time at the channel subsystem as a time difference value between the receiving time and the sending time.
5. The article of manufacture of claim 4 wherein the extracted time values include a total device time parameter indicating elapsed time from when the control unit received the command message until the control unit transmitted the transport response information unit message for a device IO operation; and
the calculated extended measurement word includes an initial command response time calculated as a time difference value between the total channel time and the total device time parameter.
6. The article of manufacture of claim 1 wherein the extracted time values include:
a total device time parameter indicating elapsed time from when the control unit received the command message until the control unit transmitted the transport response information unit message for a device IO operation;
a defer time parameter indicating control unit defer time;
a device busy time parameter indicating elapsed time that the command message was queued at the control unit waiting on a reserved device; and
a device active only time parameter indicating elapsed time between a channel end (CE) and a device end (DE) at the control unit in response to the control unit holding the CE until the DE is available, and further wherein the calculated extended measurement word includes a device connect time calculated as a time difference value between the total device time parameter, the defer time parameter, the device busy time parameter and the device active only time parameter.
7. The article of manufacture of claim 1 wherein the extracted time values include a defer time parameter indicating control unit defer time and a queue time parameter indicating elapsed time that an IO operation was queued at the control unit excluding queue time for a reserved device, and further wherein the calculated extended measurement word includes a device disconnect time set equal to the defer time parameter and a control unit queuing time set equal to the queue time parameter.
8. The article of manufacture of claim 1 wherein the computer readable program code logic performing the method further comprises:
determining an elapsed time between a channel end (CE) and a device end (DE) at the channel subsystem, wherein the extracted time values include a device active only time parameter, and the calculated extended measurement word includes a device active only time calculated as a time summation value of the elapsed time and the device active only time parameter.
9. The article of manufacture of claim 1 wherein the extracted time values include a device busy time parameter indicating elapsed time that the command message was queued at the control unit waiting on a reserved device; and
the calculated extended measurement word includes a device busy time calculated as a time summation value of the device busy time parameter and additional device busy time as determined by the channel subsystem.
10. The article of manufacture of claim 1 wherein the extracted time values are extracted from an extended status section of the transport response information unit message.
11. An apparatus for determining an extended measurement word in an inputoutput (IO) processing system, the apparatus comprising:
a channel subsystem in communication with a control unit, the channel subsystem performing a method comprising:
sending a command message to the control unit;
receiving a transport response information unit message at the channel subsystem in response to sending the command message to the control unit;
extracting a plurality of time values from the transport response information unit message as calculated by the control unit;
calculating an extended measurement word as a function of the extracted time values; and
writing the calculated extended measurement word to computer readable memory in the IO processing system.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the channel subsystem further performs:
storing a start subchannel time prior to sending the command message to the control unit;
storing an ending status time upon identifying an ending status in the transport response information unit message; and
determining a total system IO operation time at the channel subsystem as a time difference value between the ending status time and the start subchannel time.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the extracted time values include a total device time parameter indicating elapsed time from when the control unit received the command message until the control unit transmitted the transport response information unit message for a device IO operation; and
the calculated extended measurement word includes a function pending time calculated as a time difference value between the total system IO operation time and the total device time parameter.
14. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the channel subsystem further performs:
storing a sending time at the channel subsystem upon sending the command message to the control unit;
storing a receiving time upon receiving the transport response information unit message at the channel subsystem; and
determining a total channel time at the channel subsystem as a time difference value between the receiving time and the sending time.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the extracted time values include a total device time parameter indicating elapsed time from when the control unit received the command message until the control unit transmitted the transport response information unit message for a device IO operation; and
the calculated extended measurement word includes an initial command response time calculated as a time difference value between the total channel time and the total device time parameter.
16. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the extracted time values include:
a total device time parameter indicating elapsed time from when the control unit received the command message until the control unit transmitted the transport response information unit message for a device IO operation;
a defer time parameter indicating control unit defer time;
a device busy time parameter indicating elapsed time that the command message was queued at the control unit waiting on a reserved device; and
a device active only time parameter indicating elapsed time between a channel end (CE) and a device end (DE) at the control unit in response to the control unit holding the CE until the DE is available, and further wherein the calculated extended measurement word includes a device connect time calculated as a time difference value between the total device time parameter, the defer time parameter, the device busy time parameter and the device active only time parameter.
17. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the extracted time values include a defer time parameter indicating control unit defer time and a queue time parameter indicating elapsed time that an IO operation was queued at the control unit excluding queue time for a reserved device, and further wherein the calculated extended measurement word includes a device disconnect time set equal to the defer time parameter and a control unit queuing time set equal to the queue time parameter.
18. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the channel subsystem includes a channel subsystem timer, and the channel subsystem further performs:
determining an elapsed time between a channel end (CE) and a device end (DE) at the channel subsystem using the channel subsystem timer, wherein the extracted time values include a device active only time parameter, and the calculated extended measurement word includes a device active only time calculated as a time summation value of the elapsed time and the device active only time parameter.
19. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the extracted time values include a device busy time parameter indicating elapsed time that the command message was queued at the control unit waiting on a reserved device; and
the calculated extended measurement word includes a device busy time calculated as a time summation value of the device busy time parameter and additional device busy time as determined by the channel subsystem.
20. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the extracted time values are extracted from an extended status section of the transport response information unit message.
21. A method for determining an extended measurement word at a channel subsystem of an inputoutput (IO) processing system using data from a control unit, the method comprising:
sending a command message to the control unit;
receiving a transport response information unit message at the channel subsystem in response to sending the command message to the control unit;
extracting a plurality of time values from the transport response information unit message as calculated by the control unit;
calculating an extended measurement word as a function of the extracted time values; and
writing the calculated extended measurement word to computer readable memory in the IO processing system.
22. The method of claim 21 further comprising:
storing a start subchannel time prior to sending the command message to the control unit;
storing an ending status time upon identifying an ending status in the transport response information unit message; and
determining a total system IO operation time at the channel subsystem as a time difference value between the ending status time and the start subchannel time, wherein the extracted time values include a total device time parameter and the calculated extended measurement word includes a function pending time calculated as a time difference value between the total system IO operation time and the total device time parameter.
23. The method of claim 21 further comprising:
storing a sending time at the channel subsystem upon sending the command message to the control unit;
storing a receiving time upon receiving the transport response information unit message at the channel subsystem; and
determining a total channel time at the channel subsystem as a time difference value between the receiving time and the sending time, wherein the extracted time values include a total device time parameter, a defer time parameter, a device busy time parameter and a device active only time parameter, and the calculated extended measurement word includes a device connect time calculated as a time difference value between the total device time parameter, the defer time parameter, the device busy time parameter and the device active only time parameter.
24. An article of manufacture comprising at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code logic to determine an extended measurement word at a channel subsystem of an inputoutput (IO) processing system using data from a control unit, the computer readable program code logic performing a method comprising:
sending a transport command information unit message including a transport command control block (TCCB) as part of a transport control word (TCW) channel program to the control unit for execution;
receiving a transport response information unit message at the channel subsystem in response to sending the transport command information unit message to the control unit, wherein the transport response information unit message includes a status section and an extended status section, the extended status section further including a transport status header (TSH) defining characteristics of a transport status area (TSA) of the extended status section;
extracting a plurality of time values from the extended status section of the transport response information unit message as calculated by the control unit using one or more control unit timers, wherein the extracted time values include at least one of a total device time parameter, a defer time parameter, a queue time parameter, a device busy time parameter, a device active only time parameter, and appended device sense data;
calculating an extended measurement word as a function of the extracted time values, wherein the calculated extended measurement word includes at least one of a device connect time, a function pending time, a device disconnect time, a control unit queuing time, a device active only time, a device busy time, and an initial command response time; and
writing the calculated extended measurement word to computer readable memory in the IO processing system.
25. An apparatus for determining an extended measurement word in an inputoutput (IO) processing system, the apparatus comprising:
a channel subsystem in communication with a control unit, the control unit capable of controlling a device, the channel subsystem performing a method comprising:
sending a transport command information unit message including a transport command control block (TCCB) as part of a transport control word (TCW) channel program to the control unit for execution;
receiving a transport response information unit message at the channel subsystem in response to sending the transport command information unit message to the control unit, wherein the transport response information unit message includes a status section and an extended status section, the extended status section further including a transport status header (TSH) defining characteristics of a transport status area (TSA) of the extended status section;
extracting a plurality of time values from the extended status section of the transport response information unit message as calculated by the control unit using one or more control unit timers, wherein the extracted time values include at least one of a total device time parameter, a defer time parameter, a queue time parameter, a device busy time parameter, a device active only time parameter, and appended device sense data;
calculating an extended measurement word as a function of the extracted time values, wherein the calculated extended measurement word includes at least one of a device connect time, a function pending time, a device disconnect time, a control unit queuing time, a device active only time, a device busy time, and an initial command response time; and
writing the calculated extended measurement word to computer readable memory in the IO processing system.

1. A handheld measuring appliance for measuring at least one analyte in an eye fluid in an eye, having
a measuring system which is set up to measure at least one property of the at least one analyte andor at least one analyte-dependent change of property in at least one ocular sensor in the eye fluid, and
a positioning system which is set up to measure a three-dimensional positioning, wherein the three-dimensional positioning comprises a distance between at least one measurement location in the eye and the handheld measuring appliance and also at least one further positioning co-ordinate,
wherein the positioning system is selected from the group consisting of: a camera system; an image recognition system; a triangulation system; a propagation time measuring system; a 1-, 2- or 3-dimensional intensity measuring system for at least one signal from a divergent electromagnetic andor acoustic beam; and a 2- or 3-dimensional magnetoresistive measuring system.
2. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the measuring system is selected from the group consisting of: an infrared (IR) spectroscopic measuring system, a near infrared (NIR) spectroscopic measuring system, a RAMAN spectroscopic measuring system, a UVvisible (UVVIS) spectroscopic measuring system, a fluorescence measuring system, an impedance measuring system, a photoacoustic measuring system, a circular dichroic measuring system, a refractometric measuring system, and an interferometric measuring system.
3. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one further positioning co-ordinate is selected from the group consisting of: an angle of a virtual connecting line between the handheld measuring appliance and the at least one measurement location in a prescribed angle system, a co-ordinate of the handheld measuring appliance, a co-ordinate of the at least one measuring location, and an orientation angle of the handheld measuring appliance in a prescribed co-ordinate system.
4. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning system comprises a measuring system for comparing at least two signals measured by means of two sensors in a different spatial arrangement.
5. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning system triggers a measurement by the measuring system when at least one prescribed nominal positioning or a prescribed nominal positioning range is reached.
6. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning system sets a spatial position andor spatial orientation of the measuring system.
7. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 6, wherein a piezo controller is provided for setting the spatial position andor the spatial orientation of the measuring system.
8. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning system andor a feedback unit of the handheld measuring appliance are set up to generate at least one feedback signal for a user on the basis of the spatial positioning.
9. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the handheld measuring appliance is set up to determine the concentration of the at least one analyte in the eye fluid andor in another body fluid.
10. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 9, wherein the handheld measuring appliance is set up to take account of the spatial positioning when determining the at least one analyte concentration.
11. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 9, having additionally a calibration system, wherein the calibration system is set up to perform a comparison measurement of at least one analyte concentration in a body fluid andor to adopt measurement data from a comparison measurement performed using a separate measuring appliance and to take them into account when determining the concentration of the at least one analyte.
12. An analytical measuring system for measuring at least one analyte in an eye fluid, comprising a handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1 and also furthermore at least one ocular sensor which is suitable for being placed in contact with the eye fluid, wherein the at least one ocular sensor is designed to change at least one property upon contact with the at least one analyte, the at least one change of property being able to be measured using the measuring system.
13. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one ocular sensor is selected from the group consisting of: an eye lens; and an eye implant.
14. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one ocular sensor has at least one analyte receptor having at least one first fluorescence label and at least one analyte competitor having at least one second fluorescence label, wherein the at least one analyte receptor and the at least one analyte competitor are designed to change at least one property of the ocular sensor, when the at least one analyte competitor is bound to the at least one analyte receptor.
15. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one ocular sensor has at least one grating andor at least one hologram, wherein the at least one grating andor the at least one hologram are designed to change at least one reflection property upon contact with the at least one analyte.
16. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one ocular sensor furthermore has at least one reference fluorophor andor reference colorant which is at least essentially uninfluencible by the at least one analyte.
17. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one analyte is selected from the group consisting of: glucose, and a hormone.
18. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 12, with additionally at least one positioning sensor, wherein the at least one positioning sensor is separate from the at least one ocular sensor or is part of the at least one ocular sensor and wherein the at least one positioning sensor is designed to generate at least one signal which can be detected by the positioning system.
19. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the at least one positioning sensor is selected from the group consisting of: an eye lens; and an eye implant.
20. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the at least one signal which can be detected by the positioning system is selected from the group consisting of: a detectable shape or marker; a fluorescence; a magnetization; a reference fluorescence signal; and a reference color signal.
21. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera systems comprises a monocular or binocular camera system, having at least one camera.
22. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the propagation time measuring system, is for 1-, 2- or 3-dimensional propagation time measurement.
23. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 22, wherein the propagation time measuring system uses at least one laser andor at least one phase mix detector (PMD).
24. The handheld measuring appliance as claimed in claim 9, wherein the body fluid is blood or tissue fluid.
25. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the eye lens is a contact lens.
26. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 19, wherein the eye lens is a contact lens.
27. The analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the at least one property of the ocular sensor is at least one fluorescence property.
28. A method for determining a concentration of at least one analyte in a body fluid using an analytical measuring system as claimed in claim 12, having the following steps:
a) positioning the handheld measuring appliance coarsely in front of the eye,
b) determining a spatial positioning,
c) triggering a measurement by the measuring system,
d) determining the concentration of the at least one analyte in the eye fluid from the at least one measured property of the at least one analyte andor the at least one measured change of property of the at least one ocular sensor, and
e) converting the concentration of the at least one analyte in the eye fluid to a concentration of the at least one analyte in the body fluid by means of a prescribed conversion algorithm.
29. A computer program with program code for carrying out method steps b), c), d) and e) of the method as claimed in claim 28 when the program is executed on a computer or computer network.
30. The computer program as claimed in claim 29, with program code which is stored on a machine-readable medium.

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 processing applications for loans secured by real estate, comprising the steps of:
(a) prompting an applicant for one or more parameters of a requested loan, including loan amount information;
(b) prompting the applicant for data regarding the applicant, including information regarding real estate owned by the applicant to be used to secure the requested loan;
(c) automatically interfacing with at least one credit reporting service for real-time access and review of the applicant’s entire credit based on data provided by the applicant;
(d) applying a plurality of predetermined rules to the data received in steps (a) through (c);
(e) automatically applying loan criteria to the requested loan based on the parameters supplied by the applicant in step (a) and the results of step (d);
(f) automatically applying a plurality of strategies to the results of step (e) and generating a plurality of proposed loans based on the results of steps (d) and (e), wherein each of the proposed loans includes a unique set of loan terms; and
(g) presenting the applicant with the plurality of proposed loans, wherein steps (a) through (g) are performed during a single user session.
2. A method for processing applications for loans secured by real estate, comprising the steps of:
(a) prompting an applicant for one or more parameters of a requested loan;
(b) prompting the applicant for data regarding the applicant;
(c) automatically accessing and reviewing data regarding the applicant’s entire credit based on data provided by the applicant in step (b);
(d) applying predetermined rules to the data received in steps (a) through (c);
(e) automatically determining whether to approve the loan based on the results of step (d);
(f) if the loan is approved in step (e), automatically determining one or more terms of the loan based on the results of step (d);
(g) if the loan is not approved in step (e), automatically applying predetermined strategies to determine whether to adjust the loan parameters;
(h) if the loan is not approved in step (e) and it is determined in step (g) to adjust the loan parameters, automatically adjusting one or more loan parameters;
(i) repeating steps (d) through (b) for no more than a predetermined number of iterations until the loan is approved in step (e); and
(j) informing the applicant whether the loan was approved and of one or more terms of the loan, if approved.