Author: claimsbot

1. A system comprising:
a collection engine configured to collect one or more inputs;
at least one rule set; and
an emotion engine configured to accept the one or more inputs and operate on the at least one rule set by comparing the one or more inputs to the at least one rule set, the emotion engine configured to modify at least one characteristic of a user participating in a virtual universe when the comparing produces a match.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a feedback engine configured to provide feedback to the user based on the comparing, wherein an amount and type of the feedback is determined from a policy table.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the policy table comprises one or more audio andor visual modifications, which are configured to alter an inferred mood.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one rule set comprises at least one of a rule name, rule number, condition test, condition priority, characteristic action, characteristic duration or the at least one characteristic.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more inputs are obtained from at least one of an analysis agent, financial transaction agent, medical andor prescription agent, environmental sensor, calendar agent, profile information, physiological agent, or biometric agent.
6. The system of claim 1, further comprising an override configured to prevent the at least one characteristic from being modified and a filter to prevent at least one of the one or more inputs from being sent to the emotion engine.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic is associated with one or more of an avatar, a landscape, a map, and a building.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more inputs are aggregated from a plurality of users and reflected in a building or a landscape.
9. A method implemented on a computer infrastructure for modify characteristics comprising:
ascertaining one or more inputs of an avatar in a virtual universe;
comparing the one or more inputs to at least one rule set via which comprises at least one characteristic;
applying a priority to the at least one characteristic; and
modifying the at least one characteristic based on the priority.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the modifying step is performed when the comparing step produces a match between the one or more inputs and the at least one rule set.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one characteristic includes one or more of hair color, skin color, height, weight, build, emotion, facial expression, voice, clothing, stature, and body movements.
12. The method of claim 9, further comprising controlling the at least one avatar characteristic through an Application Program Interface.
13. The method of claim 9, further comprising providing feedback to a user in a virtual universe based on the comparing step and displaying a modified characteristic to one or more avatars within a virtual universe.
14. The method of claim 9, comprising:
ascertaining the one or more inputs from at least one of a text analysis agent, financial transaction agent, medical andor prescription agent, environmental sensor, calendar agent, profile information, physiological agent, or biometric agent;
comparing the one or more inputs to the at least one rule set via an emotion engine, wherein the rule set comprises at least one of a rule name, rule number, condition test, condition priority, or the at least one characteristic;
providing feedback to a user based on the comparing step, wherein the feedback is determined from a policy table;
allowing the user to override a modification from the modifying step before or after the modification is applied; and
displaying a modified characteristic to one more avatars within a virtual universe.
15. The method of claim 9, wherein the steps of claim 9 are offered by a service provider based on one of a fee and subscription basis.
16. The method of claim 9, wherein the steps of claim 9 are provided on a computer infrastructure, which is one of supported, deployed, maintained, and created by a service provider.
17. The method of claim 9, wherein the steps of claim 9 are implemented on a combination of software and hardware or hardware.
18. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
obtain one or more inputs;
compare the one or more inputs to at least one rule set to determine an applicability of the at least one rule set, wherein the comparison is performed by an emotion engine;
modify at least one characteristic based on the comparison; and
display the modified at least one characteristic in a virtual universe.
19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer program product is operable to provide feedback to a user before the display and is further operable to permit the user to override at least one of the modification and the display.
20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer program product is at least one of supported, deployed, maintained, and created by a service provider.
21. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer program product is operable to:
ascertain the one or more inputs from at least one of a text analysis agent, financial transaction agent, medical andor prescription agent, environmental sensor, calendar agent, profile information, physiological agent, or biometric agent;
compare the one or more inputs to at least one rule set, wherein the rule set comprises at least one of a rule name, rule number, condition test, condition priority, or the at least one characteristic;
provide feedback to a user based on the comparison, wherein the feedback is determined from a policy table;
allow the user to override a modification before or after the modification is applied; and
display a modified characteristic to one more avatars within a virtual universe.
22. A method for deploying an application for modifying audio communications, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
ascertain one or more inputs;
compare the one or more inputs to at least one rule set;
modify at least one avatar characteristic based on the comparison; and
display the modified at least one avatar characteristic in a virtual universe.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the at least one avatar characteristic includes one or more of hair color, skin color, height, weight, build, emotion, facial expression, voice, clothing, stature, and body movements.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein the one or more inputs are from one or more of a text analysis agent, financial transaction agent, medical andor prescription agent, environmental sensor, calendar agent, profile information, physiological agent, or biometric agent.
25. The method of claim 22, wherein the computer infrastructure is at least one of supported, deployed, maintained, and created by a service provider.

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 process of using a composite material as a fluid barrier under cryogenic conditions, the composite material having:
(a) a tensile Young’s modulus of less than 50 Gpa at ambient conditions; and
(b) a tensile strain at break of at least 5% at ambient conditions.
2. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the composite material has a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 250*10\u22126 mm\xb0 C. at 40\xb0 C.
3. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the composite material has a tensile strain at break of at least 3% at \u2212196\xb0 C.
4. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the composite material has a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 100*10\u22126 mm\xb0 C. at \u221260\xb0 C.
5. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the composite material comprises a mono-material composite or a plastic matrix material reinforced by a reinforcer.
6. A process as claimed in claim 5 wherein the mono-material composite is a thermoplastic material, in which both an oriented thermoplastic material and a matrix between the oriented thermoplastic material comprises the same thermoplastic polymer.
7. A process according to claim 5 wherein the composite material comprises a plastic matrix material reinforced by a reinforcer, and the reinforcer has a tensile strain at break of at least 5%.
8. A process according to claim 1 in the containment, storage, processing, transport or transfer of a cryogenic fluid.
9. A sandwich for use as a barrier under cryogenic conditions comprising a composite material as defined in claim 1 and a structural support layer.
10. A sandwich for use as a barrier under cryogenic conditions comprising a layer of an insulating material and a barrier comprising a composite material as defined in claim 1.
11. A containment system for a cryogenic fluid comprising at least one layer of a composite material as defined in claim 1.
12. A containment system as claimed in claim 11 being a container for storing a cryogenic fluid, the container at least comprising:
a load bearing structural outer shell;
on the inside of the outer shell, one or more fluid barriers comprising a composite material as defined in claim 1.
13. A containment system as claimed in claim 11 being a pipe for transporting a cryogenic fluid at least comprising:
one or more concentric inner fluid barriers around a central fluid conduit, the or each inner fluid barrier comprising a composite material as defined in claim 1;
an outer concentric layer; and
optionally, at least one annulus between at least one inner fluid barrier and the outer concentric layer, said at least one annulus being filled with one or more thermal insulants.
14. A containment system according to claim 13 comprising two, three or four inner fluid barriers, with an annulus between at least one neighbouring set of two inner fluid barriers andor between the outermost inner fluid barrier and the outer concentric layer.
15. A containment system according to claim 14 comprising two, three or four inner fluid barriers, with an annulus between each neighbouring set of two inner fluid barriers and between the outermost inner fluid barrier and the outer concentric layer.
16. A process as claimed in claim 2 wherein the composite material has a tensile strain at break of at least 3% at \u2212196\xb0 C.
17. A process as claimed in claim 2 wherein the composite material has a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 100*10\u22126 mm\xb0 C. at \u221260\xb0 C.
18. A process as claimed in claim 3 wherein the composite material has a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 100*10\u22126 mm\xb0 C. at \u221260\xb0 C.
19. A process as claimed in claim 2 wherein the composite material comprises a mono-material composite or a plastic matrix material reinforced by a reinforcer.
20. A process as claimed in claim 3 wherein the composite material comprises a mono-material composite or a plastic matrix material reinforced by a reinforcer.

1. A redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller comprising:
an inner feedback control loop configured to:
receive a desired total coil current and a measured total coil current comprising a sum of coil currents of each of a plurality of actuation coils of an actuator as a feedback parameter in each of a plurality of controllers, wherein the actuation coils are configured to actuate the actuator; and
control the actuation coils based on a current-sum difference between the desired total coil current and the measured total coil current, wherein the measured total coil current is measured by magnetically summing magnetic flux generated by sensor coils of each of the controllers.
2. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 1, further comprising an actuation coil current sensor configured to sense the measured total coil current, and comprising:
the sensor coils configured to receive an actuator current that actuates one of the actuation coils respectively;
a magnetic core configured to receive the magnetic flux from the sensor coils; and
at least one sensor coupled to the magnetic core and configured to measure the measured total coil current.
3. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 1, further comprising an outer feedback control loop comprising a plurality of electrically independent outer control loops each configured to:
receive a desired actuator position and a measured actuator position; and
generate the desired total coil current based on the desired actuator position and the measured actuator position.
4. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 1, wherein the actuation coils comprise a common actuation power.
5. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 1, wherein the redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller controls an aircraft flight control surface.
6. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 1, further comprising a current amplifier operable to receive the current-sum difference between the desired total coil current and the measured total coil current and generate a command output to control the actuator.
7. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 6, wherein the desired total coil current comprises an output-current difference between a desired actuator current output and a measured actuator current output.
8. A redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller comprising:
an inner feedback control loop configured to:
receive a desired total coil current and a measured total coil current comprising a sum of coil currents of each of a plurality of actuation coils of an actuator as a feedback parameter in each of a plurality of controllers, wherein the actuation coils are configured to actuate the actuator; and
control the actuation coils based on a current-sum difference between the desired total coil current and the measured total coil current, wherein each of the controllers measure each other’s actuator coil current through an electrically independent means to measure a respective adjacent coil current and sums the respective adjacent coil current with a respective local coil current to create the measured total coil current as the feedback parameter.
9. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 8, further comprising an actuation coil current sensor configured to sense the measured total coil current, and comprising:
a plurality of sensor coils configured to receive an actuator current that actuates one of the actuation coils respectively;
a magnetic core configured to receive a magnetic flux from the sensor coils; and
at least one sensor coupled to the magnetic core and configured to measure the measured total coil current.
10. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 8, further comprising an outer feedback control loop comprising a plurality of electrically independent outer control loops each configured to:
receive a desired actuator position and a measured actuator position; and
generate the desired total coil current based on the desired actuator position and the measured actuator position.
11. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 8, wherein the actuation coils comprise a common actuation power.
12. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 8, wherein the redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller controls an aircraft flight control surface.
13. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 8, further comprising a current amplifier operable to receive the current-sum difference between the desired total coil current and the measured total coil current and generate a command output to control the actuator.
14. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 13, wherein the desired total coil current comprises an output-current difference between a desired actuator current output and a measured actuator current output.
15. A redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller comprising:
an inner feedback control loop configured to:
receive a desired total coil current and a measured total coil current comprising a sum of coil currents of each of a plurality of actuation coils of an actuator as a feedback parameter in each of a plurality of controllers, wherein the actuation coils are configured to actuate the actuator; and
control the actuation coils based on a current-sum difference between the desired total coil current and the measured total coil current, wherein an erroneous current through one of the actuation coils causes a current to flow in other actuation coils among the actuation coils and creates a magnetic flux opposing the erroneous current, thereby reducing force fight between actuators on a same surface.
16. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 15, further comprising an actuation coil current sensor configured to sense the measured total coil current, and comprising:
a plurality of sensor coils configured to receive an actuator current that actuates one of the actuation coils respectively;
a magnetic core configured to receive a sensor coil magnetic flux from the sensor coils; and
at least one sensor coupled to the magnetic core and configured to measure the measured total coil current.
17. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 15, further comprising an outer feedback control loop comprising a plurality of electrically independent outer control loops each configured to:
receive a desired actuator position and a measured actuator position; and
generate the desired total coil current based on the desired actuator position and the measured actuator position.
18. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 15, wherein the actuation coils comprise a common actuation power.
19. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 15, wherein the redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller controls an aircraft flight control surface.
20. The redundant current-sum feedback actuator controller of claim 15, further comprising a current amplifier operable to receive the current-sum difference between the desired total coil current and the measured total coil current and generate a command output to control the actuator.

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 communication system, comprising:
means for recognizing an incoming telephone call and routing it to a selected user in the subscribing organization;
means for receiving a telephone message and routing it to a selected user in a subscribing organization;
means for recognizing an incoming e-mail message and routing it to a selected user in the subscribing organization;
means for recognizing an incoming FAX message and routing it to a selected user in the subscribing organization;
means enabling users in the subscribing organization to respond to telephone calls, and telephone, E-mail and FAX messages directed to them;
means permitting a user in the subscribing organization to communicate with other users in the subscribing organization regarding possible appointments and tasks within the subscribing organization;
means for connecting the system to a global computer network so that users in the subscribing organization have access to the communication system via said network;
processing means for maintaining operating control over the communication system; and
a single database means for storing data relating to the communication system.
2. The system of claim 1, including means for accepting a telephone call from a calling party by a called user in the subscribing organization and for connecting the called user with the calling party upon acceptance of the call by the called user.
3. The system of claim 1, including means for checking the status of the system upon receipt of a telephone call and for disconnecting the telephone call if the system is not functioning properly.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the system receives the telephone number of the called user and also the telephone number of the calling party.
5. The system of claim 1, including means for following the location of a called user through a selected sequence of telephone numbers previously identified by the called user.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein said selected sequence of telephone numbers is stored in the database.
7. The system of claim 1, including means enabling the user to access messages directed to said user by voice recognition or activation of a selected key on a touch tone telephone following completion of a user validation process.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein a user can request an appointment or a task for at least one other user in the subscribing organization.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system has the capability of providing reminders to users concerning previously scheduled appointments and tasks involving said users.
10. The system of claim 1, including means permitting a selected user recipient of an E-mail message to send an E-mail reply to the sender of the message, to forward the message to another E-mail address, or to forward the E-mail message to a FAX machine.
11. The system of claim 1, including means permitting a called user to reply to a voice message by voice or by E-mail, or to forward the voice message to E-mail or to another telephone.
12. The system of claim 1, including means permitting the selected user recipient to reply to a FAX message by voice, or by E-mail, or to forward the FAX message to an E-mail address or to a FAX number.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein appointments accepted by a user will be scheduled in a calendar portion of the system associated with said user.
14. The system of claim 1, wherein task assignments accepted by a user will appear in a task list portion of the system associated with said user.
15. The system of claim 1, including means permitting users to initiate establishment of a group within the subscribing organization and to invite other users in the subscribing organization to participate therein.
16. The system of claim 1, including means permitting users to initiate establishment of a group which includes members from without the subscribing organization.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein group invitations which are accepted will result in a notification being sent back to the initiating user and will result in the establishment of a group calendar and a shared contact list accessible by all members of the group.
18. The system of claim 9, including means permitting a user to access all reminder messages for said user present in the database.
19. The system of claim 1, including a contact portion in the database accessible by users in the subscribing organization containing information concerning each of the users in the organization.
20. The system of claim 1, wherein the contact portion includes information concerning individuals outside of the organization.
21. The system of claim 19, wherein said information includes an E-mail address, a FAX number and telephone numbers.
22. The system of claim 19, including means permitting a user to update all information about said user in the communication system, including means for changing the time zone of the user.
23. The system of claim 22, including control means for controlling access to said user based upon the time zone in which said user is located.
24. The system of claim 21, wherein the time zone location of said user may be changed by said user speaking the actual time where said user is located.
25. The system of claim 22, wherein the time zone location of said user may be changed to a new time zone location by said user indicating the number of hours and direction traveled from a previous time zone location .
26. A communication system, comprising:
means for recognizing incoming telephone calls and telephone, E-mail and FAX messages to a selected user in a user organization and routing said calls and messages to said selected user;
means for storing said messages in and retrieving said messages from a single system database;
means enabling said selected user to respond to said messages; and
means in the database for co-relating messages from a sending party with information in the database concerning said sender and providing said information to said selected user.
27. The system of claim 26, wherein all the messages are stored as separate records in the database, but are related based upon preselected criteria.
28. The system of claim 27, wherein the preselected criteria is association with an individual user.
29. The system of claim 26, including means for establishing appointments and tasks involving selected users within the user organization and for establishing and maintaining calendar information for said users based on acceptance of appointments and tasks, said calendar information being stored and maintained in the database, integrated with said message information relative to each said user.
30. The system of claim 26, including means for connecting a telephone call from a calling party to a called user in the user organization, following acceptance of the telephone call by the called user.
31. The system of claim 26, wherein individual users have access to the communication system via a network connection.
31. A communication system, comprising:
means for recognizing incoming telephone calls and telephone, E-mail and FAX messages to a selected user in a user organization and routing said calls and messages to said selected user;
means for storing said messages in and retrieving said messages from a single system database;
means enabling said selected user to respond to said messages; and
means for storing information concerning users in the user organization, and other selected contact individuals, in the system database, wherein said stored information is related to other selected information in the database by an identification of the user or other contact individual associated with said stored information.
33. The system of claim 32, wherein incoming messages are indicated to be coming from an identified user or a contact individual, and wherein the related information in the database is available to the selected user for reply to the incoming messages.
34. The system of claim 32, wherein the stored information includes the E-mail address, telephone number and FAX number of the identified user or contact individual.
35. The system of claim 32, wherein all messages are stored as separate records in the database and wherein the records are integrated in accordance with preselected criteria.
36. The system of claim 32, including means for establishing appointments and tasks involving selected users within the organization and for establishing and maintaining calendar information for the users in the organization, based on acceptance of said appointments and tasks by said users, wherein said calendar information for each of the users is integrated with the messaging information in the system database.
37. The system of claim 33, wherein individual users have access to the communication system via a network connection.
38. A communication system, comprising:
means for recognizing incoming telephone calls, and telephone, E-mail and FAX messages to a selected user in a user organization and routing said messages to said selected user;
means for storing said messages in and retrieving messages from a single system database;
means enabling said selected user to respond to said messages;
means for receiving and connecting an incoming telephone call to a called user, upon acceptance of the call by the called user; and
means for establishing and maintaining a calendar of accepted appointments and tasks for each user in the organization, wherein the calendar information is integrated with the message information in the system database relative to each user.
39. The system of claim 38, wherein each item of calendar information is stored as a separate record in the database, the individual records being connected together in accordance with preselected criteria.
40. The system of claim 38, wherein the calendar includes reminders, personal appointments and other events relating to the calendar schedule of the individual users.
41. The system of claim 38, wherein calendar information is related to the message information in the database on the basis of a user’s identification.
42. The system of claim 38, wherein users in the organization have access to the communication system via a network connection.
43. A system for updating time zone information for use in a communication system involving various modes of communication relative to individual users in an organization, comprising:
means in a system database for maintaining the time zone of the location of the individual users in the communication system;
means for controlling the routing of messages to individual users based on the time zone location of the users, in accordance with predetermined criteria; and
means for establishing a new time zone for a user, wherein the controlling means thereafter controls the routing of messages based on the new time zone.
44. The system of claim 43, including means for entering the identity of a new time zone location for said user, wherein the controlling means thereafter controls the routing of messages to said user based on the new time zone.
45. The system of claim 44, wherein the entering of the identity of the new location is by voice.
46. The system of claim 44, wherein the entered time zone location is the name of a city or an airport code.
47. The system of claim 43, wherein the new time zone is established by said user indicating the number of hours and direction traveled from a previous time zone location.