Author: claimsbot

1. A method, comprising:
receiving into a processing circuit from a requesting device via the Internet first identification information;
using the processing circuit to identify a plurality of geographically dispersed systems associated with the first identification information;
generating a data inquiry to a data system, the data inquiry including information identifying each of the plurality of geographically dispersed systems;
obtaining information from the data system for each of the plurality of geographically dispersed systems in a fat XML string format which is repackaged by the processing circuit into a thin XML string format, resulting in a second mark-up language format, such information including geographical coordinates and system status information; and
transmitting the obtained information via the Internet to the requesting device in the second mark-up language format.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data system is a cloud computing system.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of geographically dispersed
systems comprises a building automation system including a building automation system
control device.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein upon receiving the obtained information via the Internet, the requesting device parses the second mark-up language format to obtain information associated with each of the plurality of geographically dispersed systems.
5. A method for execution on a computing device, comprising:
transmitting first identification information to a server processing circuit via the Internet, the server processing circuit configured to determine a plurality of geographically dispersed systems based on the first identification information;
receiving from the server processing circuit, via the Internet, information for each of the plurality of geographically dispersed systems in a second mark-up language format,

the second mark-up language format resulting from the server processing circuit repacking data received from a data system in a first mark-up language format, which is a fat XML string format, into a thin XML string format, such information including geographical coordinates and system status information corresponding to each of the plurality of geographically dispersed systems;
determining a set of geographical boundary coordinates defining a geographical area containing a plurality of the geographical coordinates;
determining for each system of the plurality of geographically dispersed systems a visible characteristic value based on the corresponding system status information; and
employing a map presentation function executed by a second processing circuit to display a map based on the geographic boundary coordinates, and to display a plurality of visible indicators on the map, each of the plurality of visible indicators having a position on the map corresponding the geographical coordinates of a corresponding system of the plurality of geographically dispersed systems, each of the plurality of visible indicators having a visible characteristic corresponding to the visible characteristic value of the corresponding system.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the second processing circuit is disposed within a housing of a tablet computing device.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting step further comprises: transmitting the first identification information wirelessly to the server processing circuit.
8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
detecting an input signal indicating a selection of a first system of the plurality of geographically dispersed systems;
transmitting an identifier of the first system to the server processing circuit;
receiving from the server processing circuit measurement values and set point values of the first system;
removing the map from the display; and
displaying the received measurement values and set point values of the first system.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
detecting an input signal indicating a command value for a point within the first system, the command value configured to alter an operation of the first system;
transmitting an identifier of the first system, a point identifier, and a command value to the server processing circuit.
10. A method, comprising:
receiving into a processing circuit from a requesting device via the Internet first identification information;
using the processing circuit to identify a plurality of building automation systems associated with the first identification information;
generating a data inquiry to a data system, the data inquiry including information identifying each of the plurality of building automation systems;
obtaining information from the data system for each of the plurality of building automation systems in a fat XML string format which is repackaged by the processing circuit into a thin XML string format, resulting in a second mark-up language format, such information including geographical coordinates and system status information; and
transmitting the obtained information via the Internet to the requesting device in the second mark-up language format.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising, providing to the requesting device computer software instructions that, when executed by a processing circuit cause the processing circuit to:
receive the obtained information;
determine a set of geographical boundary coordinates defining a geographical area containing a plurality of the geographical coordinates;
determine for each system of the plurality of building automation systems a visible characteristic value based on the corresponding system status information; and
employ a map presentation function to display a map based on the geographic boundary coordinates, and to display a plurality of visible indicators on the map, each of the plurality of visible indicators having a position on the map corresponding the geographical coordinates of a corresponding system of the plurality of building automation systems, each of the plurality of visible indicators having a visible characteristic corresponding to the visible characteristic value of the corresponding system.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the data system is a cloud computing system.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein upon receiving the obtained information via the Internet, the requesting device parses the second mark-up language format to obtain information associated with each of the plurality of building automation systems.

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 time code generator comprising:
means for dividing a frame number indicated by time address data in supplied code word data by 2 so as to obtain a quotient and a remainder; and
means for replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said code word data with a value of said quotient and for generating a time code based on the code word data in which a value of a color frame flag is set to 0 if a value of said remainder is 0, and for replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said code word data with said value of said quotient and for generating a time code based on the code word data in which said value of said color frame flag is set to 1 if said value of said remainder is 1.
2. The time code generator according to claim 1, further comprising means for performing drop frame correction by dropping frames of frame numbers 00, 01, 02 and 03 at every minute, except every tenth minute (00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50).
3. A time code generating method, comprising the steps of:
dividing a frame number indicated by time address data in supplied code word data by 2 so as to obtain a quotient and a remainder; and
replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said code word data with a value of said quotient and generating a time code based on the code word data in which a value of a color frame flag is set to 0 if a value of said remainder is 0, and replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said code word data with said value of said quotient and generating a time code based on the code word data in which said value of said color frame flag is set to 1 if said value of said remainder is 1.
4. The time code generating method according to claim 3, further comprising a step of performing drop frame correction by dropping frames of frame numbers 00, 01, 02 and 03 at every minute, except every tenth minute (00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50).
5. A time code reader comprising:
means for reading a time code;
means for multiplying a frame number indicated by time address data in said time code by 2 to obtain a product; and
means for replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said time code with a value obtained by adding 1 to said product if a value of a color frame flag in said time code is 1, and for replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said time code with said value of said product if said value of said color frame flag in said time code is 0.
6. A time code reading method comprising the steps of:
reading a time code;
multiplying a frame number indicated by time address data in said time code by 2 to obtain a product; and
replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said time code with a value obtained by adding 1 to said product if a value of a color frame flag in said time code is 1, and replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said time code with said value of said product if said value of said color frame flag in said time code is 0.
7. A video recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:
means for dividing a frame number indicated by time address data in supplied code word data by 2 so as to obtain a quotient and a remainder;
means for replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said code word data with a value of said quotient and for generating a time code based on the code word data in which a value of a color frame flag is set to 0 if a value of said remainder is 0, and for replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said code word data with said value of said quotient and for generating a time code based on the code word data in which said value of said color frame flag is set to 1 if said value of said remainder is 1;
means for recording supplied video data with said generated time code onto a recording medium;
means for reproducing data from said recording medium;
means for reading the time code from said reproduced data;
means for multiplying a frame number indicated by time address data in said readout time code by 2 to obtain a product; and
replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said time code with a value obtained by adding 1 to said product if a value of a color frame flag in said readout time code is 1, and for replacing said frame number indicated by said time address data in said readout time code with said value of product if said value of said color frame flag in said readout time code is 0.
8. The video recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising means for performing drop frame correction by dropping frames of frame numbers 00, 01, 02 and 03 at every minute, except every tenth minute (00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50).

1. A process for producing an adhesive tape, said process comprising the following steps:
a) providing an adhesive tape comprising a backing coated on a first face thereof with a pressure-sensitive adhesive;
b) crosslinking the pressure-sensitive adhesive by irradiating the adhesive tape while the adhesive tape runs over a roller;

wherein a second face of the backing is between the first face and the roller, and a contact medium is between the roller and the second face.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein the roller is thermally contained.
3. The process according to claim 2, wherein the roller is thermally contained at a temperature in a range from about \u221210\xb0 C. to about 200\xb0 C.
4. The process according to claim 3, wherein the roller is thermally contained at a temperature in a range from about 5\xb0 C. to about 150\xb0 C.
5. The process of claim 1, wherein the contact medium does not remain permanently on the roller but instead is applied to the roller before the irradiating and removed from the roller again after the irradiating.
6. The process of claim 1, wherein the contact medium is introduced into the process with the backing.
7. The process of claim 1, wherein the contact medium is a liquid.
8. The process according to claim 7, wherein the liquid is water.
9. The process according to claim 7, wherein the liquid is water admixed with one or more soluble or partly soluble additives.
10. The process of claim 1, wherein the contact medium comprises one or more additives selected from the group consisting of alkyl alcohols, glycols, ketones, amines, carboxylates, water-soluble cellulose derivatives, sulfonates and surfactants.
11. The process of claim 1, wherein the backing coated with the pressure-sensitive adhesive runs over the roller under applied pressure.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein a surface of the roller is electrically conductive or semiconducting.
13. The process of claim 1, wherein the contact medium andor the roller andor a surface of the roller are grounded.
14. The process of claim 1, wherein the roller possesses a surface texture.
15. The process according to claim 14, wherein the surface is roughened.
16. The process of claim 1, wherein the roller is a steel roller.
17. The process according to claim 16, wherein the roller carries a corrosion resistance andor wettability improving agent.
18. The process of claim 1, wherein the contact medium is applied to the roller by means of a fluid applicator.
19. The process of claim 18, wherein the fluid applicator is thermally conditionable.

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 data sharing system in which data are shared between a plurality of communication terminals capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving a communication message to and from each other, wherein
each of the communication terminals comprises:
a communication unit that transmits and receives the communication message to and from another of the communication terminals;
a data storage unit that stores one or more pieces of data;
a specified terminal determination unit that determines whether or not the own communication terminal is a specified terminal;
a holding list transmission unit that transmits, in case of the own communication terminal is the specified terminal, a holding list that lists information about the data stored in the data storage unit to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message; and
a data exchange unit that receives the holding list from another of the communication terminals, and transmits and receives the communication message to and from the other communication terminals that is a source of the holding list that does not match the holding list of the own communication terminal so as to share data with each other.
2. The data sharing system according to claim 1, wherein
the specified terminal determination unit determines whether or not the own communication terminal is the specified terminal in accordance with whether or not the own communication terminal functions as a relay terminal in case of a network to which the own communication terminal is connected is a network that has a network topology in which communication terminals that function as the relay terminals are limited to a subset of all communication terminals.
3. The data sharing system according to claim 1, wherein
each of the communication terminals is connected to a network that conforms to a Wi-Fi Direct specification.
4. The data sharing system according to claim 1, wherein
the specified terminal determination unit determines whether or not the own communication terminal is the specified terminal by performing negotiation with another of the communication terminals.
5. The data sharing system according to claim 1, wherein
the communication unit conforms to a Wi-Fi Direct specification.
6. The data sharing system according to claim 1, wherein
each of the communication terminals comprises
a density detection unit that detects a density level of another of the communication terminals in a communication-available area of the own communication terminal, and
the specified terminal determination unit, in the determination, unconditionally determines the own communication terminal as the specified terminal in case of the detected density level is less than or equal to a threshold value.
7. The data sharing system according to claim 1, wherein
the data exchange unit comprises:
a comparison unit that compares the holding list received from another of the communication terminals with the holding list of the own communication terminal and determines data to be acquired from another of the communication terminals and data to be provided another of the communication terminals;
a first data exchange unit including a data request unit that makes a request for the data determined to be acquired to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message, receives data transmitted through use of the communication message from another of the communication terminals in response to the request, and stores the data into the data storage unit, and a data reply unit that reads out, from the data storage unit, data requested by another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message and transmits the data to another of the communication terminals; and
a second data exchange unit including a data transmission unit that reads out, from the data storage unit, the data determined to be provided and transmits the data to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message, and a data reception unit that stores data received from another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message into the data storage unit.
8. A data sharing method in which data are shared between a plurality of communication terminals capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving a communication message to and from each other, wherein:
each of the communication terminals determines whether or not the own communication terminal is a specified terminal;
the communication terminal determined that the own communication terminal is the specified terminal transmits a holding list that lists information about data held by the own communication terminal to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message; and
the communication terminal receiving the holding list from another of the communication terminals transmits and receives the communication message to and from the other communication terminals that is a source of the holding list that does not match the holding list of the own communication terminal so as to share data with each other.
9. A communication terminal comprising:
a communication unit that transmits and receives a communication message to and from another communication terminal;
a data storage unit that stores one or more pieces of data;
a specified terminal determination unit that determines whether or not the own communication terminal is a specified terminal;
a holding list transmission unit that transmits, in case of the own communication terminal is the specified terminal, a holding list that lists information about the data stored in the data storage unit to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message; and
a data exchange unit that receives the holding list from another of the communication terminals, and transmits and receives the communication message to and from the other communication terminals that is a source of the holding list that does not match the holding list of the own communication terminal so as to share data with each other.
10. The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein
the specified terminal determination unit determines whether or not the own communication terminal is the specified terminal in accordance with whether or not the own communication terminal functions as a relay terminal in case of a network to which the own communication terminal is connected is a network that has a network topology in which communication terminals that function as the relay terminals are limited to a subset of all communication terminals.
11. The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein
the communication unit is connected to a network that conforms to a Wi-Fi Direct specification.
12. The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein
the specified terminal determination unit determines whether or not the own communication terminal is the specified terminal by performing negotiation with another of the communication terminals.
13. The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein
the communication unit conforms to a Wi-Fi Direct specification.
14. The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein
each of the communication terminals comprises
a density detection unit that detects a density level of another of the communication terminals in a communication-available area of the own communication terminal, and
the specified terminal determination unit, in the determination, unconditionally determines the own communication terminal as the specified terminal in case of the detected density level is less than or equal to a threshold value.
15. The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein
the data exchange unit comprises:
a comparison unit that compares the holding list received from another of the communication terminals with the holding list of the own communication terminal and determines data to be acquired from another of the communication terminals and data to be provided for another of the communication terminals;
a first data exchange unit including a data request unit that makes a request for the data determined to be acquired to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message, receives data transmitted through use of the communication message from another of the communication terminal in response to the request, and stores the data into the data storage unit, and a data request reply unit that reads out, from the data storage unit, data requested by another of the communication terminals and transmits the data to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message; and
a second data exchange unit including a data transmission unit that reads out, from the data storage unit, the data determined to be provided and transmits the data to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message, and a data reception unit that stores data received from another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message into the data storage unit.
16. (canceled)
17. (canceled)
18. The communication terminal according to claim 10, wherein
the communication unit is connected to a network that conforms to a Wi-Fi Direct specification.
19. The communication terminal according to claim 10, wherein
the specified terminal determination unit determines whether or not the own communication terminal is the specified terminal by performing negotiation with another of the communication terminals.
20. The communication terminal according to claim 10, wherein
the communication unit conforms to a Wi-Fi Direct specification.
21. The communication terminal according to claim 10, wherein
each of the communication terminals comprises
a density detection unit that detects a density level of another of the communication terminals in a communication-available area of the own communication terminal, and
the specified terminal determination unit, in the determination, unconditionally determines the own communication terminal as the specified terminal in case of the detected density level is less than or equal to a threshold value.
22. The communication terminal according to claim 10, wherein
the data exchange unit comprises:
a comparison unit that compares the holding list received from another of the communication terminals with the holding list of the own communication terminal and determines data to be acquired from another of the communication terminals and data to be provided for another of the communication terminals;
a first data exchange unit including a data request unit that makes a request for the data determined to be acquired to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message, receives data transmitted through use of the communication message from another of the communication terminal in response to the request, and stores the data into the data storage unit, and a data reply unit that reads out, from the data storage unit, data requested by another of the communication terminals and transmits the data to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message; and
a second data exchange unit including a data transmission unit that reads out, from the data storage unit, the data determined to be provided and transmits the data to another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message, and a data reception unit that stores data received from another of the communication terminals through use of the communication message into the data storage unit.