Author: claimsbot

1. A method, comprising:
monitoring, over a network on a front-end of a first server, a connection between the first server and a client;
detecting that the first server is unresponsive; and
updating a synchronization store when a last recorded sequence number in the synchronization store is less than a current sequence number associated with a last transaction.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring further includes recording acknowledgment identifiers for transactions which are sent by the first server to the client.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein monitoring further includes intercepting the acknowledgement identifiers as they are being sent to the client from the first server over the front-end, wherein the front-end includes a network interface device that is least one of a network router, a network bridge, and a network switch.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting further includes receiving the current sequence number from a failover service associated with the synchronization store when the first server is unresponsive for purposes of moving the connection to a second server.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting further includes receiving the current sequence number from a second sever that is taking over the connection for the first server.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein updating further includes accessing the synchronization store from at least one of memory and storage.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein updating further includes interacting with a failover service to update the synchronization store.
8. A method, comprising:
monitoring transactions for a connection between a first server and a client over a first network; and
interacting with the first server and a second server over a second network to supply the second server with a current sequence number for the transactions of the connection when the first server becomes unresponsive and the second server is taking over the connection.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising, supplying the current sequence number in response to the second server providing a last recorded sequence number that the second server acquired from a shared connection store.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein monitoring further includes intercepting the transactions received over the first network from a network switch.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein monitoring further includes forwarding the transactions to the first server.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein monitoring further includes caching the transactions.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein interacting further includes using the second network as a connection to the first and second servers that does not process the transactions.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein interacting further includes using the second network as at least one of local bus connections to the first and second servers and high-speed connections to the first and second servers.
15. A system, comprising:
a synchronization store; and
a traffic cache manager, wherein the synchronization store records sequence numbers for transactions occurring with a connection between a first server and a client over a network as communicated by the first server to the synchronization store, and wherein the traffic cache manager is to independently cache the transactions from a network switch before the first server receives the transactions, and the traffic cache manager is to update the sequence numbers and the transactions when the first server fails and a second server takes over the connection.
16. The system of claim 15 further comprising, the network switch that routes the transactions to the first server.
17. The system of claim 16 further comprising, a router that interacts with the network switch and the Internet to communicate with the client.
18. The system of claim 15 further comprising, a failover service that maintains the synchronization store and that interacts with the traffic cache manager when the first server is unresponsive to update the sequence numbers and the transactions before the second server takes over the connection.
19. A system, comprising:
a first network;
a second network; and
a traffic cache manager, wherein the first network is used for communicating transactions and traffic associated with a connection between a first server and a client, and wherein the second network is used for updating sequence numbers associated with the transactions when the first server becomes unresponsive to permit a second server to takeover the connection with the client, and wherein the traffic manager caches the transactions and the traffic from the first network and updates the sequence numbers of the transactions for the second server over the second network.
20. The system of claim 19 further comprising, a network switch that forwards the transactions and the traffic to the traffic cache manager, and wherein the traffic cache manager forwards the transactions and the traffic to the first server.
21. The system of claim 19 further comprising, a synchronization store that the second server interrogates to acquire a last recorded sequence number when the first server becomes unresponsive.
22. The system of claim 19, wherein the first server is to record the sequence numbers for the transactions and the traffic in the synchronization store.
23. The system of claim 19, wherein the second network is local bus connections between the traffic manager and the first and second servers.
24. The system of claim 19, wherein the second network does not include communications associated with the transactions and the traffic.

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 fabricating micro-optical elements, comprising:
forming topographic features on a surface of an optical element substrate;
mechanically polishing the surface of the substrate to modify the features to produce curved optical surfaces on the optical element substrate; and
dicing the substrate into the optical elements.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of forming the topographic features comprises forming blind holes into the substrate.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of forming the topographic features comprises forming blind holes, having mesa profiles, into the substrate.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of forming the topographic features comprises forming a feature projecting from the substrate.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of forming the topographic features comprises forming mesas in the substrate.
6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of forming the topographic features comprises etching a blind holes into the sub skate to a depth of a material layer.
7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of forming the topographic features comprises etching blind holes into the substrate in a timed process.
8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of polishing the surface comprises performing chemical mechanical polishing of the surface.
9. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising optically coating the surface after the polishing step.
10. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of optically coating the surface comprises depositing a highly reflective layer on the surface.
11. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of optically coating the surface comprises depositing an antireflective layer on the surface.
12. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising optically coating the surface after the polishing step and before the dicing step.
13. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of dicing the substrate comprises sawing the substrate.
14. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of dicing the substrate comprises cleaving the substrate.
15. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of forming the topographic features on the surface of the optical element substrate comprises forming the features on silicon or gallium phosphide wafer material.
16. A method for fabricating reflective micro-optical elements with a concave curvature, comprising:
forming blind holes into a surface of an optical element substrate;
mechanically polishing the surface of the substrate to modify the blind holes to produce curved, concave optical surfaces on the optical element substrate;
coating the optical element substrate with a reflective coating; and
dicing the substrate into the concave optical elements.
17. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of dicing is performed in two directions to thereby separate a two dimensional array of optical elements into discrete optical elements.
18. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein sidewalls of the topographic features extend substantially orthogonally to the surface of the substrate.
19. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the step of dicing is performed in two directions to thereby separate a two dimensional array of optical elements into discrete concave optical elements.
20. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the sidewalls of the blind holes are substantially orthogonal to the surface of the substrate.

We claim:

1. A wireless access management system comprising:
a management network having an access management channel that sends a first data packet with a payload channel identifier to a first wireless device;
a first wireless network that is able to establish a payload channel between the first wireless network and a first pilot device controlled by the management network; and
the management network directing a plurality of packets of data over the payload channel to the first pilot device with a subset of packets containing an identifier that is associated with the first wireless device.
2. The wireless access management system of claim 1, wherein the identifier is a universal identity.
3. The wireless access management system of claim 2, wherein the universal identity has a data universal identity and a voice universal identity.
4. The wireless access management system of claim 1, including:
a virtual identity associated with the first wireless network assigned to the wireless device by the management network; and
another payload channel established between the first wireless device and the first wireless network using the virtual identity assigned to the wireless device.
5. The wireless access management system of claim 4, wherein the management network selects the virtual identity associated with the first wireless network from at least two wireless networks that include the first wireless network, with each of the wireless networks associated with a plurality of virtual identities and one of the plurality of virtual identities contains the virtual identity.
6. The wireless access management system of claim 4, wherein the other payload channel carries voice encoded data.
7. The wireless access management system of claim 1, further comprising:
another payload channel between the first wireless network and a second pilot device that is controlled by the management access network in response to detection by the wireless access management of predetermined bandwidth condition being met.
8. The wireless access management system of claim 7, wherein the predetermined bandwidth condition is based on a usage history of the first wireless device.
9. The wireless access management system of claim 4, further comprising:
a priority associated with the first wireless device;
an emergency center through which a communication channel controlled by the management network couples the other payload channel used by the first wireless device and another communication device having another priority; and
an originating device having an originating priority that is greater than the other priority and displaces the other communication device on the communication channel that includes the other payload channel.
10. The wireless access management system of claim 9, wherein the communication channel is routed through the emergency center upon detection of an emergency condition.
11. The wireless access management system of claim 10, wherein the emergency condition activated manually.
12. The wireless access management system of claim 9, wherein the originating device is a PSTN phone.
13. The wireless access management system of claim 9, wherein the originating device is another wireless device
14. A wireless device, comprising:
a receiver with a unique identifier that receives via a control channel a message containing a plurality of management data originating from a management network; and
a controller that processes the message and configures the receiver in response to the plurality of management data to monitor a payload channel established in another network for messages that contain the unique identifier.
15. The wireless device of claim 14, wherein the unique identifier is a universal identity associated with the wireless device.
16. A wireless device, comprising:
a receiver with a unique identifier that receives via a control channel a message containing a virtual identity associated with another network from a management network; and
a controller that process the message and configures the wireless device to communicate over the other network using the virtual identity.
17. The wireless device of claim 16, wherein the wireless device is in encoded voice communication with the other network.
18. The wireless device of claim 16, wherein wireless device releases the virtual identity upon completion of communication.
19. A method for wireless access management, comprising:
establishing a payload channel that is associated with a payload identifier between a first wireless network and a first pilot device controlled by a management network;
sending from the management network to a first wireless device via an access management channel a message that contains the payload channel identifier;
directing a plurality of packets of data by the management network over the payload channel with a subset of the plurality of packets of data having an identifier detectable by the first wireless device.
20. The method of wireless access management of claim 19, further comprising encoding the subset of the plurality of packets with a universal identity associated with the first wireless device.
21. The method of wireless access management of claim 20, wherein the universal identity has a data universal identity and a voice universal identity.
22. The method of wireless access management of claim 19, including:
assigning of a virtual identity associated with the first wireless network by the management network to the wireless device; and
establishing another payload channel between the first wireless device and the first wireless network using the virtual identity.
23. The method of wireless access management of claim 22, where assigning further includes:
selecting the virtual identity by the management network from between at least two wireless networks that include the first wireless network, with each of the wireless networks associated with a plurality of virtual identities and one of the plurality of virtual identities contains the virtual identity.
24. The method of wireless access management of claim 19, further comprising:
detecting a predetermined bandwidth condition being met in the management network; and
establishing another payload channel between the first wireless network and a second pilot device that is controlled by the management network in response to the predetermined bandwidth condition being met.
25. The method of wireless access management of claim 24, wherein the other payload channel carries voice encoded data.
26. The method wireless access management of claim 19, further comprising:
establishing another payload channel between the first wireless network and a first wireless device in response to the bandwidth requirements to download a predetermined amount of data determined by the management network.
27. The method wireless access management of claim 19, further comprising:
establishing a priority associated with the first wireless device;
routing a communication channel that includes the other payload channel controlled by the management network through an emergency that couples the first wireless device and another communication device having another priority; and
displacing the other communication device on the communication channel with an originating device having an originating priority that is greater than the other priority associated with the other communication device.
28. The method of wireless access management of claim 27, wherein routing further comprises:
detecting the activation of an emergency condition; and
rerouting the communication channel through the emergency center upon detection of the emergency condition.
29. The method of wireless access management of claim 28, further comprising manual activation of the emergency condition.
30. The method of wireless access management of claim 27, wherein the originating device is a PSTN phone.
31. The method of wireless access management of claim 27, wherein the originating device is another wireless device.
32. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
receiving at a receiver having a unique identifier via a control channel a message containing a plurality of management data originating from a management network;
processing by a controller the message; and
configuring the receiver in response to the plurality of management data to monitor a payload channel established in another network for messages that contain the unique identifier.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein the unique identifier is a universal identity associated with the wireless device.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein the universal identity further comprises a universal data identity and a universal voice identity.
35. A method in a wireless device for establishing communication, comprising:
receiving at a receiver associated with a unique identifier a message that contains a virtual identity associated with another network from the management network;
processing of the message by the controller; and
configuring the wireless device to communicate over the other network using the virtual identity.
36. The method of claim 35, further comprising:
establishing a payload channel between the wireless device and the other network.
37. The method of claim 35, wherein the wireless device is in encoded voice communication with the other network.
38. The method of claim 35, wherein wireless device releases the virtual identity upon completion of communication.
39. A wireless access management system, comprising:
means for establishing a payload channel that is associated with a payload identifier between a first wireless network and a first pilot device controlled by a management network;
means for sending from the management network to a first wireless device via an access management channel a message that contains the payload channel identifier;
means for directing a plurality of packets of data by the management network over the payload channel with a subset of the plurality of packets of data having an identifier detectable by the first wireless device.
40. The wireless access management system of claim 39, further comprising:
encoding the subset of the plurality of packets with a universal identity associated with the first wireless device.
41. The wireless access management system of claim 40, wherein the universal identity has a data universal identity and a voice universal identity.
42. The wireless access management system of claim 39, including:
means for assigning of a virtual identity associated with the first wireless network by the management network to the wireless device; and
means for establishing another payload channel between the first wireless device and the first wireless network using the virtual identity.
43. The wireless access management system of claim 42, where assigning further includes:
means for selecting the virtual identity by the management network from between at least two wireless networks that include the first wireless network, with each of the wireless networks associated with a plurality of virtual identities and one of the plurality of virtual identities contains the virtual identity.
44. The wireless access management system of claim 39, further comprising:
means for detecting a predetermined bandwidth condition being met in the management network; and
means for establishing another payload channel between the first wireless network and a second pilot device that is controlled by the management network in response to the predetermined bandwidth condition being met.
45. The wireless access management system of claim 44, wherein the other payload channel carries voice encoded data.
46. The wireless access management system of claim 39, further comprising:
means for establishing another payload channel between the first wireless network and a first wireless device in response to the bandwidth requirements to download a predetermined amount of data determined by the management network.
47. The wireless access management system of claim 39, further comprising:
means for establishing a priority associated with the first wireless device;
means for routing a communication channel that includes the other payload channel controlled by the management network through an emergency that couples the first wireless device and another communication device having another priority; and
means for displacing the other communication device on the communication channel with an originating device having an originating priority that is greater than the other priority associated with the other communication device.
48. The wireless access management system of claim 47, wherein routing further comprises:
means for detecting the activation of an emergency condition; and
means for rerouting the communication channel through the emergency center upon detection of the emergency condition.
49. The wireless access management system of claim 48, further comprising manual activation of the emergency condition.
50. The wireless access management system of claim 47, wherein the originating device is a PSTN phone.
51. The wireless access management system of claim 47, wherein the originating device is another wireless device.
52. A wireless device, comprising:
means for receiving at a receiver having a unique identifier via a control channel a message containing a plurality of management data originating from a management network;
means for processing by a controller the message; and
means for configuring the receiver in response to the plurality of management data to monitor a payload channel established in another network for messages that contain the unique identifier.
53. The wireless device of claim 52, wherein the unique identifier is a universal identity associated with the wireless device.
54. The wireless device of claim 53, wherein the universal identity further comprises a universal data identity and a universal voice identity.
55. A a wireless device, comprising:
means for receiving at a receiver associated with a unique identifier a message that contains a virtual identity associated with another network from the management network;
means for processing of the message by the controller; and
configuring the wireless device to communicate over the other network using the virtual identity.
56. The wireless device of claim 55, further comprising:
means for establishing a payload channel between the wireless device and the other network.
57. The wireless device of claim 55, wherein the wireless device is in encoded voice communication with the other network.
58. The wireless device of claim 55, wherein wireless device releases the virtual identity upon completion of communication.

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 inhibiting interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1) release from a cell, said method comprising administering an effective amount of an IL-1 release inhibitor to said cell, thereby inhibiting IL-1 release from said cell.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said release is stress-induced, and further wherein said IL-1 release inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of a copper chelator and a S100A13, or a fragment thereof.
3. The method of claim 3, wherein said S100A13 fragment is a S100A13BR truncated protein.
4. The method of claim 4, wherein said copper chelator is tretrathiomolybdate (TTM).
5. A method of treating a condition mediated by stress-induced release of IL-1 from a cell, said method comprising administering an effective amount of a copper chelator to said cell, thereby treating said condition.
6. A method of inhibiting neointima formation following vessel injury in a mammal, said method comprising administering to said mammal an IL-1 release inhibiting amount of a copper chelator, thereby inhibiting said neointima formation.
7. A method of inhibiting macrophage infiltration following vessel injury in a mammal, said method comprising administering to said mammal an effective amount of a copper chelator, thereby inhibiting said macrophage infiltration.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein said macrophage infiltration is associated with inflammation.
9. A method of inhibiting cell proliferation associated with arterial wall injury, said method comprising administering an effective amount of a copper chelator to said mammal, thereby inhibiting said cell proliferation.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein said cell is a vascular smooth muscle cell and further wherein said copper chelator is TTM and said injury is caused by balloon angioplasty.
11. A method of inhibiting secretion of extracellular matrix following arterial wall injury in a mammal, said method comprising inhibiting non-traditional export of at least one of FGF-1 and IL-1 from a cell at the site of said injury, and further wherein said export is inhibited by administering an effective amount of a copper chelator to said mammal, thereby inhibiting said secretion of extracellular matrix in said mammal.
12. A method of inhibiting neointimal thickening associated with arterial wall injury in a mammal, said method comprising inhibiting non-traditional export of at least one of FGF-1 and IL-1 from a cell at the site of said injury, and further wherein said export is inhibited by administering an effective amount of a copper chelator to said mammal, thereby inhibiting said neointimal thickening in said mammal.
13. A method of inhibiting adventitial angiogenesis associated with arterial wall injury in a mammal, said method comprising inhibiting non-traditional export of at least one of FGF-1 and IL-1 from a cell at the site of said injury, and further wherein said export is inhibited by administering an effective amount of a copper chelator to said mammal, thereby inhibiting said adventitial angiogenesis in said mammal.
14. A method of identifying a compound useful for inhibiting adventitial angiogenesis associated with arterial wall injury in a mammal, said method comprising contacting a cell with a compound and comparing the level of release of a leader-less pro-inflammatory cytokine by said cell in response to temperature stress with the level of release of said cytokine from an otherwise identical cell not contacted with said compound in response to said temperature stress, wherein a decrease in said level of release of said leader-less pro-inflammatory cytokine by said contacted with said compound with said level of release of said cytokine from said otherwise identical cell not contacted with said compound is an indication that said compound inhibits said angiogenesis, thereby identifying a compound useful for inhibiting adventitial angiogenesis associated with arterial wall injury in a mammal.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein said leader-less pro-inflammatory cytokine is selected from the group consisting of FGF-1 and IL-1.
16. A compound identified by the method of claim 14.
17. A kit for inhibiting release of IL-1 from a cell, said kit comprising an effective amount of an IL-1 release inhibitor, said kit further comprising an applicator and an instructional material for the use thereof.
18. A kit for treating a condition mediated by stress-induced release of IL-1 from a cell, said kit comprising an effective amount of a copper chelator, said kit further comprising an applicator and an instructional material for the use thereof.
19. A kit for inhibiting neointima formation following vessel injury in a mammal, said kit comprising an IL-1 release inhibiting amount of a copper chelator, said kit further comprising an applicator and an instructional material for the use thereof.
20. A kit for inhibiting restenosis following vessel injury in a mammal, said kit comprising an effective amount of a copper chelator, said kit further comprising an applicator and an instructional material for the use thereof.