Author: claimsbot

1 An apparatus comprising:
a first communication interface that communicatively couples to a telephone network to receive a phone call;
a second communication interface that communicatively couples to a communication network to communicate with a device; and
control logic communicatively coupled to the first and second communication interfaces, the control logic operable to:
transmit a first message over the communication network, the first message identifying a communication service offered by the apparatus;
receive a reply message to the first message from the device, the reply message requesting the communication service from the apparatus;
process the phone call to extract caller identification information;
generate a second message based on the caller identification information; and
transmit the second message to the device, wherein the device processes the second message to output the caller identification information to a user.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication network comprises a local area network and wherein the device comprises a communication device operable to receive data from an external network.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the communication device comprises a television receiver.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second communication interface communicates with the device using an Ethernet protocol.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the second communication interface comprises a wired Ethernet connection.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control logic communicates with the device using a universal plug and play communication protocol.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control logic comprises:
a caller identification decoder operable to extract the caller identification information; and
a microcontroller operable to control communication with the device.
8. A router comprising:
a first communication interface that communicatively couples to a telephone network to receive a phone call;
a second communication interface that communicatively couples to first and second communication devices;
control logic communicatively coupled to the first and second communication devices, the control logic operable to:
route traffic to the first and second communication devices;
identify whether the first communication device is configured to output caller identification information;
process the phone call to extract the caller identification information;
generate a first message based on the caller identification information if the first communication device is configured to output the caller identification information; and

transmit the first message to the first device, wherein the first device processes the first message to output the caller identification information to a user.
9. The router of claim 8, further comprising a wide area network interface operable to communicatively couple at least one of the first and second communication devices to the external network.
10. The router of claim 8, wherein the control logic is further operable to:
transmit a second message to the first and second communication devices, the second message identifying a communication service offered by the apparatus, and
receive a reply message to the second message from the first device, the reply message requesting the communication service from the router, the control logic operating to generate the first message responsive to the phone call based on the reply message.
11. The router of claim 8, wherein the first device comprises a television receiver.
12. The router of claim 11, wherein the television receiver comprises a satellite television receiver.
13. The router of claim 8, wherein the second communication interface is communicatively coupled to the first device through a wired connection.
14. The router of claim 8, wherein the second communication interface is communicatively coupled to the first device through a wireless connection.
15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control logic comprises:
a caller identification decoder operable to extract the caller identification information; and
a processor operable to control communication with the first and second devices.
16. A system comprising:
a television receiver including:
a first communication interface operable to receive television programming;
a second communication interface communicatively coupled to a local area network; and
first control logic communicatively coupled to the first and second communication interfaces and a presentation device, the first control logic operable to output the television programming to the presentation device; and an apparatus comprising:
a third communication interface that communicatively couples to a telephone network to receive a phone call;
a fourth communication interface that communicatively couples to the television receiver through the local area network;
second control logic communicatively coupled to the third and fourth communication interfaces, the control logic operable to:
transmit a first message to the television receiver, the first message identifying a communication service offered by the apparatus;
receive a reply message to the first message from the television receiver, the reply message requesting the communication service from the apparatus;
process the phone call to extract caller identification information;
generate a second message based on the caller identification information; and
transmit the second message to the television receiver;
the second communication interface operable to receive the second message and the first control logic operable to output the caller identification information for presentation by the presentation device responsive to the second message.
17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a router operable to communicatively couple the television receiver and the apparatus.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the apparatus comprises a router, the router including a wide area network interface operable to communicatively couple the television receiver to an external network.
19. The router of claim 16, wherein the television receiver comprises a satellite television receiver.
20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the second control logic comprises:
a caller identification decoder operable to extract the caller identification information; and
a microcontroller operable to control communication with the first and second devices.

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 antenna for generating radiation corresponding to a signal from a radio frequency communications device having a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal, the antenna comprising:
a. a substantially cylindrical conductor;
b. a first spiral-wound flat inductor, having a first interior end and a first exterior end, the first exterior end electrically coupled to the first signal terminal of the radio frequency communications device, the first spiral-wound flat inductor being substantially coaxial with the cylindrical conductor;
c. a second spiral-wound flat inductor, having a second interior end and a second exterior end, the second spiral-wound flat inductor being spaced apart from the first spiral-wound flat inductor and substantially coaxial therewith, the first interior end electrically coupled to the second interior end, the second exterior end electrically coupled to the second signal terminal of the radio frequency communications device, the second spiral-wound flat inductor being substantially coaxial with the cylindrical conductor; and
d. a reactive element electrically coupled to one of the first exterior end and the second exterior end,
the first spiral-wound flat inductor wound in relation to the second spiral-wound flat inductor so that when a current flows from the first signal terminal to the second signal terminal, a first magnetic field is generated from the first spiral-wound flat inductor and a second magnetic field is generated from the second spiral-wound flat inductor, the first magnetic field in an opposite direction from the second magnetic field, the substantially cylindrical conductor disposed so as to intersect the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field.
2. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the substantially cylindrical conductor comprise a conductive rod that is surrounded by the first spiral-wound flat inductor and the second spiral-wound flat inductor.
3. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the substantially cylindrical conductor comprise a conductive cylinder that surrounds the first spiral-wound flat inductor and the second spiral-wound flat inductor.
4. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the reactive element comprises a capacitor, having a first lead and a second lead.
5. The antenna of claim 4, wherein the capacitor comprises a variable capacitor.
6. The antenna of claim 4, wherein the first lead of the capacitor is electrically coupled to the first exterior end and wherein the second lead of the capacitor is electrically coupled to the second exterior end, so as to form a parallel resonant circuit with the antenna.
7. The antenna of claim 4, wherein the first lead of the capacitor is electrically coupled to the first exterior end and the second lead of the capacitor is electrically coupled to the first signal terminal, so as to form a series resonant circuit with the antenna.
8. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency communications device comprises a transmitter.
9. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency communications device comprises a receiver.
10. The antenna of claim 1, farther comprising a non-ferrous metal enclosure that surrounds substantially all of the antenna.

1. A compound of the formula (1)
M(L)n(L\u2032)m\u2003\u2003formula (1)

where the compound contains a moiety M(L)n is selected from the formulae (36) to (59)
wherein
X is CR1;
R1 is, identically or differently on each occurrence, H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, N(R2)2, CN, NO2, Si(R2)3, B(OR2)2, C(\u2550O)R2, P(\u2550O)(R2)2, S(\u2550O)R2, S(\u2550O)2R2, OSO2R2, a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 C atoms or a straight-chain alkenyl or alkynyl group having 2 to 40 C atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylakoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms, each of which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R2, where one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups is optionally replaced by R2C\u2550CR2, C\u2261C, Si(R2)2, Ge(R2)2, Sn(R2)2, C\u2550O, C\u2550S, C\u2550Se, C\u2550NR2, P(\u2550O)(R2), SO2, NR2, O, S or CONR2 and where one or more H atoms is optionally replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO2, or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which optionally in each case is substituted by one or more radicals R2, or an aryloxy, arylalkoxy, alkylaryloxy or heteroaryloxy group having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R2, or a diarylamino group, diheteroarylamino group or aryiheteroarylamino group having 10 to 40 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R2, or a combination of two or more of these groups; two or more radicals R1 here may also form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, aromatic andor benzo-fused ring system with one another;
M is iridium or platinum;
L\u2032 is, identically or differently on each occurrence, a co-ligand;
W is, identically or differently on each occurrence, a radical of the formulae (3) and (4)
where V is equal to S or O;

R4 is, identically or differently on each occurrence, H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, N(R2)2, a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 C atoms or a straight-chain alkenyl or alkynyl group having 2 to 40 C atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylalkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms, each of which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R2, where one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups is optionally replaced by R2C\u2550CR2, C\u2261C, Si(R2)2, Ge(R2)2, Sn(R2)2, C\u2550O, C\u2550S, C\u2550Se, C\u2550NR2, P(\u2550O)(R2), SO, SO2, NR2, O, S or CONR2 and where one or more H atoms is optionally replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO2, or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which optionally in each case is substituted by one or more radicals R2, or an aryloxy, arylalkoxy, alkylaryloxy or heteroaryloxy group having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R2, or a diarylamino group, diheteroarylamino group or arylheteroarylamino group having 10 to 40 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R2, or a combination of two or more of these groups; two or more radicals R4 here may also form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, aromatic andor benzo-fused ring system with one another;
R2 is, identically or differently on each occurrence, H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, N(R3)2, CN, NO2, Si(R3)3, B(OR3)2, C(\u2550O)R3, P(\u2550O)(R3)2, S(\u2550O)R3, S(\u2550O)2R3, OSO2R3, a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 C atoms or a straight-chain alkenyl or alkynyl group having 2 to 40 C atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylalkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms, each of which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R3, where one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups is optionally replaced by R3C\u2550CR3, C\u2261C, Si(R3)2, Ge(R3)2, Sn(R3)2, C\u2550O, C\u2550S, C\u2550Se, C\u2550NR3, P(\u2550O)(R3), SO, SO2, NR3, O, S or CONR3 and where one or more H atoms is optionally replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO2, or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which optionally in each case is substituted by one or more radicals R3, or an aryloxy, arylalkoxy, alkylaryloxy or heteroaryloxy group having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R3, or a diarylamino group, diheteroarylamino group or arylheteroarylamino group having 10 to 40 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R3, or a combination of two or more of these groups; two or more adjacent radicals R2 here may form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic or aromatic ring system with one another;
R3 is, identically or differently on each occurrence, H, D, F or an aliphatic, aromatic andor heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, in which, in addition, one or more H atoms is optionally replaced by F; two or more substituents R3 here optionally also forms a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic or aromatic ring system with one another;
n is 1, 2 or 3 for M equal to iridium and is 1 or 2 for M equal to platinum;
m is 0, 1, 2 for M equal to iridium and is 0 or 1 for M equal to platinum;
the indices n and m here are selected so that the coordination number on the metal corresponds to 6 for M equal to iridium or rhodium and corresponds to 4 for M equal to platinum or palladium.
2. The compound according to claim 1, wherein the moiety M(L)n is selected from the formulae (36), (40), (44), (48), (52), and (56).
3. The compound according to claim 1, wherein the radical W is given by the formulae (110) to (115)
where
R5 is, identically or differently on each occurrence, H, D, a straight-chain alkyl or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 C atoms or a straight-chain alkenyl or alkynyl group having 2 to 40 C atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms, each of which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R2, where one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups is optionally replaced by R2C\u2550CR2, C\u2261C, Si(R2)2, Ge(R2)2, Sn(R2)2, C\u2550O, C\u2550S, C\u2550Se, C\u2550NR2, P(\u2550O)(R2), SO, SO2, NR2, O, S or CONR2 and where one or more H atoms is optionally replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO2, or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which optionally in each case is substituted by one or more radicals R2, or an aryloxy or heteroaryloxy group having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R2, or a diarylamino group, diheteroarylamino group or arylheteroarylamino group having 10 to 40 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R2, or a combination of two or more of these groups; two or more radicals R1 here optionally also forms a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, aromatic andor benzo-fused ring system with one another.
4. The compound according to claim 1, wherein M is equal to iridium.
5. The compound according to claim 1, wherein m=0.
6. A process for the preparation of the compound according to claim 1 which comprises reacting the corresponding free ligands with metal alkoxides of the formula (344), with metal ketoketonates of the formula (345) or with metal halides of the formula (346)
where the symbols M, n and R1 have the meanings indicated in claim 1 and Hal=F, Cl, Br or I.
7. A formulation comprising at least one compound according to claim 1 and at least one solvent.

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 composition comprising a polymerization product of an anionic polysaccharide, a diisocyanate, and a linker,
wherein the linker comprises i) an ether group, an ester group, or a combination thereof and, ii) a chain extender comprising a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, an amine group, or a combination thereof.
2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polymerization product comprises a copolymer a prepolymer and the linker, wherein:
the prepolymer comprises a copolymer of the anionic polysaccharide and the diisocyanate.
3. The composition of claim 2, wherein the prepolymer comprises at least one segment represented by IBABBABnI, wherein, independently for each occurrence, A represents a polysaccharide block, B represents a urethane or urea block, I represents an isocyanate and n represents and integer ranging from 1 to 10,000.
4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the linker comprises at least one segment represented by ECE, wherein, independently for each occurrence, C represents an ether block, an ester block or a combination thereof, and E represents a chain extender comprising a hydroxyl, a thiol or an amine group.
5. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polymerization product comprises at least one segment represented by BABBABnBCBBABBABn, wherein, independently for each occurrence, A represents a polysaccharide block, B represents a urea or urethane block, C represents an ether block, and ester block or a combination thereof, and n represents an integer ranging from 1 to 10,000.
6. The composition of claim 5, wherein the polymerization product further comprises at least one isocyanate group.
7. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polymerization product comprises a copolymer of a prepolymer and the anionic polysaccharide, wherein:
the prepolymer comprises a copolymer of the linker and the diisocyanate.
8. The composition of claim 7, wherein the prepolymer comprises at least one segment represented by IBCBI, wherein I represents and isocyanate, B represents a urea or a urethane, and C represents an ether block, an ester block, or a combination thereof.
9. The copolymer of claim 1, wherein the polymerization product comprises at least one segment represented by ABBCBBA, wherein independently for each occurrence, A represents a polysaccharide block, B represents a urea or urethane block, and C represents an ether block, an ester block, or a combination thereof.
10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polymerization product comprises cross-links.
11. The composition of claim 1, wherein the anionic polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of hyaluronic acid, a glycosaminoglycan, aligante, cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, carboxymethylamylose, chondroitin-6-sulfate, dermatin sulfate, salts thereof, and mixtures thereof.
12. The composition of claim 1, wherein the anionic polysaccharide is hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof.
13. The composition of claim 1 wherein at least one hydrolysis product of the diisocyanate is a biocompatible diamine.
14. The copolymer of claim 1, wherein the diisocyanate is an aliphatic diisocyanate, a cyclocloaliphatic diisocyanate or an aromatic dissociate.
15. The copolymer of claim 1, wherein the linker comprises ether groups.
16. The copolymer of claim 15, wherein the ether groups comprise ethylene oxide and propylene oxide monomeric units.
17. The copolymer of claim 16, wherein the number ratio of ethylene oxide to propylene oxide ranges from about 65:35 to about 85:15 ethylene oxide:propylene oxide.
18. The copolymer of claim 16, wherein the number ratio of ethylene oxide to propylene oxide ranges from about 35:65 to about 15:85 ethylene oxide:propylene oxide.
19. The copolymer of claim 17, wherein the weight ratio of polysaccharide to ether ranges from about 85:15 to about 65:35 polysaccharide:ether.
20. The copolymer of claim 18, wherein the weight ratio of the polysaccharide to ether ranges from about 35:65 to about 15:85 polysaccharide:ether.
21. The copolymer of claim 1, wherein the linker comprises a hydroxyacid.
22. A medical device comprising a composition comprising a polymerization product of an anionic polysaccharide, a diisocyanate, and a linker,
wherein the linker comprises i) an ether group, an ester group, or a combination thereof and, ii) a chain extender comprising a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, an amine group, or a combination thereof.
23. The medical device of claim 22, wherein the device is a mesh comprising the composition.
24. The medical device of claim 22, wherein the device is a mesh coated with the composition.
25. The medical device of claim 23, wherein the mesh comprises fibers comprising the composition.
26. The medical device of claim 23, wherein the mesh is coupled to an anti-adhesive film.
27. The medical device of claim 22, wherein the device is an implantable medical device coated with the composition.
28. The medical device of claim 22, wherein the device is a film comprising the composition.
29. The medical device of claim 22, wherein the device is a composite film comprising an anti-adhesion film coupled to a film comprising the composition.
30. A method for reducing protein adsorption to a medical device in vivo, comprising providing a medical device comprising a composition comprising a polymerization product of an anionic polysaccharide, a diisocyanate, and a linker,
wherein the linker comprises i) an ether group, an ester group, or a combination thereof and, ii) a chain extender comprising a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, an amine group, or a combination thereof.