Author: claimsbot

1. A method of communicating data between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, comprising:
sending non-location information between a server and the first mobile device using a reliable protocol to initiate a first session between the first mobile device and the server;
sending non-location information between the server and the second mobile device using the reliable protocol to initiate a second session between the second mobile device and the server;
receiving, by the server, location information from the first mobile device using the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is greater than a predetermined distance;
receiving, by the server, location information from the second mobile device using the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is greater than the predetermined distance;
sending, by the server, the location information of the second mobile device to the first mobile device using the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is greater than the predetermined distance;
receiving, by the server, location information from the second mobile device using an unreliable protocol that is distinct from the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is less than the predetermined distance; and
sending, by the server, the location information of the second mobile device to the first mobile device using the unreliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is less than the predetermined distance.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending non-location information to initiate a first session of the first mobile device comprises:
sending non-location information including a first session request from the first mobile device to the server using the reliable protocol; and
sending non-location information including a first session response from the server to the first mobile device using the reliable protocol responsive to approval of the first session request by the server.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending non-location information to initiate a second session of the second mobile device comprises:
sending non-location information including a second session request from the second mobile device to the server using the reliable protocol; and
sending non-location information including a second session response from the server to the second mobile device using the reliable protocol responsive to approval of the second session request by the server.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, location information from the first mobile device using the unreliable protocol.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, non-location information including a subscription request, from the first mobile device, identifying the second mobile device using the reliable protocol; and
sending the location information of the second mobile device to the first mobile device using the unreliable protocol, responsive to a subscription request being granted by the server identifying the second mobile device.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, non-location information including an unsubscribe request, identifying the second mobile device, from the first mobile device using the reliable protocol.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, non-location information comprising a destroy session request from the first mobile device using the reliable protocol;
ending the session of the first mobile device responsive to receipt of the destroy session request by the server; and
sending non-location information comprising a destroy session response to the first mobile device using the reliable protocol, responsive to the session of the first mobile device being ended.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, non-location information including a destroy session request from the second mobile device using the reliable protocol;
ending the session of the second mobile device responsive to receipt of the destroy session request by the server; and
sending non-location information including a destroy session response from the server to the second mobile device using the reliable protocol, responsive to the session of the second mobile device being ended.
9. A method of communicating data between a server and a first mobile device, comprising: sending non-location information between the first mobile device and the server using a reliable protocol to initiate a session between the first mobile device and the server; sending non-location information between the server and a second mobile device using the reliable protocol to initiate a second session between the second mobile device and the server; receiving, by the server, location information from the first mobile device using the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is greater than a predetermined distance; receiving by the server, location information from the second mobile device using the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is greater than the predetermined distance; sending, by the server, the location information of the second mobile device to the first mobile device using the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is greater than the predetermined distance; receiving, by the server, location information from the second mobile device using an unreliable protocol that is distinct from the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is less than the predetermined distance; and sending, by the server, the location information of the second mobile device to the first device using the unreliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is less than the predetermined distance.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein sending non-location information between the first mobile device and the server using a reliable protocol to initiate a session with the server using a reliable protocol comprises: sending non-location information including a session request from the first mobile device to the server using the reliable protocol; and receiving, at the first mobile device, non-location information including a session request response from the server using tire reliable protocol, responsive to the sewer’s approval of the session request.
11. The method of claim 9, further comprising: sending location information from the second mobile device to the server using the unreliable protocol.
12. The method of claim 9, further comprising: sending non-location information including a subscription request from the first mobile device to the server using the reliable protocol, the subscription request identifying the second mobile device; and receiving, at the first mobile device, the location information of the second mobile device from the server using an unreliable protocol, responsive to the server granting the subscription request.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising sending non-location information including an unsubscribe request from the first mobile device to the server using the reliable protocol, the unsubscribe request identifying the second mobile device.
14. The method of claim 9, farther comprising: sending non-location information including a destroy session request from the first mobile device to the server; and receiving, at the first mobile device, non-location information including a destroy session response from the server, responsive to the server ending the session.
15. A method of communicating data between a first r mobile device and a second mobile device, comprising:
sending non-location information using a reliable protocol between a first mobile device and a server to initiate a first session between the first mobile device and the server;
sending non-location information using the reliable protocol between a second mobile device and the server to initiate a second session between the second mobile device and the server;
receiving, by the server, non-location information including a contact information request for the second mobile device’s contact information from the first mobile device using the reliable protocol;
sending non-location information from the server to the first mobile device including a contact information response from the second mobile device using a reliable protocol;
transmitting location information from the second mobile device directly to the first mobile device using the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is greater than the predetermined distance; and
transmitting location information from the second mobile device directly to the first mobile device using an unreliable protocol that is distinct from the reliable protocol when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is less than the predetermined distance.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein sending non-location information using the reliable protocol between a first mobile device and a server to initiate a first session of the first mobile device comprises:
receiving, by the server, non-location information including a first session request from the first mobile device using the reliable protocol; and
sending non-location information from the server, including a first session response to the first mobile device, responsive to approval of the first session request.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein sending non-location information using the reliable protocol between a second mobile device and a server to initiate a second session of the second mobile device comprises:
receiving, by the server, non-location information including a second session request from the second mobile device using the reliable protocol; and
sending non-location information from the server, including a second session response to the second mobile device, responsive to approval of the second session request.
18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, location information from the first mobile device using the unreliable protocol.
19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, non-location information including a destroy session request using the reliable protocol from the first mobile device;
ending the session of the first mobile device responsive to receipt of the destroy session request by the server; and
sending non-location information including a destroy session response from the server to the first mobile device using the reliable protocol, responsive to the session of the first mobile device being ended.
20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, non-location information including a destroy session request using the reliable protocol from the second mobile device;
ending the session of the second mobile device responsive to receipt of the destroy session request by the server; and
sending non-location information including a destroy session response from the server to the second mobile device using the reliable protocol, responsive to the session of the second mobile device being ended.
21. A method of communicating data between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, comprising:
sending non-location information, using a reliable protocol, between a first mobile device and a server to initiate a session between the first mobile device and the server;
sending, from the first mobile device, non-location information including a contact information request for the second mobile device’s contact information to the server using the reliable protocol;
receiving, by the first mobile device, non-location information, including a contact information response, from the server using the reliable protocol;
sending, by the first mobile device, non-location information, including a subscription request for the second mobile device, to the server using the reliable protocol;
receiving, by the first mobile device, location information from the second mobile device using the reliable protocol, responsive to the second mobile device granting the subscription request and when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is greater than the predetermined distance; and
receiving, by the first mobile device, location information from the second mobile device using an unreliable protocol, that is distinct from the reliable protocol, responsive to the second mobile device granting the subscription request and when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is less than the predetermined distance.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein sending non-location information using the reliable protocol between a first mobile device and a server to initiate a session between the first mobile device and the server comprises:
sending non-location information including a session request from the first mobile device to the server using a reliable protocol; and
receiving, by the first mobile device, non-location information including a session request response from the server, responsive to the server’s approval of the session request.
23. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
sending location information from the second mobile device to the server using an unreliable protocol.
24. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
sending, by the first mobile device, non-location information including an unsubscribe request to the second mobile device using a reliable protocol.
25. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
sending, by the first mobile device, non-location information including a destroy session request to the server using the reliable protocol; and
receiving, by the first mobile device, non-location information including a destroy session response from the server using the reliable protocol, responsive to the server ending the session.
26. A method of communicating data between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, comprising:
sending non-location information using a reliable protocol between a first mobile device and a server to initiate a session between the first mobile device and the server;
receiving, by the server, non-location information including a subscription request identifying the second mobile device from the first mobile device using the reliable protocol;
sending, by the server, location information of the second mobile device to the first mobile device using the reliable protocol, responsive to acceptance of the subscription request and when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is greater than the predetermined distance; and
sending, by the server, location information of the second mobile device to the first mobile device using an unreliable protocol, that is distinct from the reliable protocol, responsive to acceptance of the subscription request and when the first mobile device is separated from the second mobile device by a distance that is less than the predetermined distance.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein sending non-location information using a reliable protocol between a first mobile device and a server to initiate a session with the server comprises:
sending, by the first mobile, non-location information including a session request to the server using a reliable protocol; and
receiving, by the first mobile device, non-location information including a session request response from the server, responsive to the server’s approval of the session request.
28. The method of claim 26, further comprising:
sending location information from the first mobile device to the server using an unreliable protocol.
29. The method of claim 26, further comprising:
receiving, by the server, non-location information including an unsubscribe request from the first mobile device using a reliable protocol; and
discontinuing sending location information to the first mobile device.
30. The method of claim 26, further comprising:
sending, by the first mobile device, non-location information including a destroy session request to the server using a reliable protocol; and
receiving, by the first mobile device, non-location information including a destroy session response from the server, responsive to the server ending the session.

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 apparatus for manufacturing a ground laminated body comprising:
a vacuum chamber capable of being reduced to a predetermined pressure;
a supporting part provided in said vacuum chamber;
a substrate;
a light transmitting support having formed thereon a photothermal conversion layer, wherein either the substrate or the light transmitting support are disposed on the supporting part;
a joining layer comprising a liquid adhesive, wherein the joining layer is applied to one or both of the substrate and the photothermal conversion layer on the light transmitting support; and
holding and releasing means provided in said vacuum chamber and movable in the vertical direction towards an upper portion of said supporting part, wherein the other one of the substrate or the light transmitting support having formed thereon the photothermal conversion layer is held at the peripheral edges and is released when the substrate and the photothermal conversion layer are in close proximity thereby forming a laminated body; and
a grinder for forming a ground surface on one side of the substrate in the laminated body; and
a tape disposed on the ground surface of the substrate in the laminated body.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises a semiconductor wafer.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the photothermal conversion layer comprises a light absorbing agent and a heat decomposable resin disposed beneath the joining layer.
4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the light transmitting support comprises glass.
5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the joining layer comprises a photocurable adhesive.
6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the liquid adhesive is selected from the group consisting of rubber-base adhesives; one-part thermosetting adhesives based on epoxy or urethane; two-part thermosetting adhesives based on epoxy, urethane, or acryl; hot-melt adhesives based on acryl or epoxy; ultraviolet-curable adhesives based on acryl or epoxy; visible light-curable adhesives based on acryl or epoxy; electron beam-curable adhesives based on acryl or epoxy; and water dispersion-type adhesives.
7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an intermediate layer is located between said photothermal conversion layer and said light transmitting support, and wherein the intermediate layer and the light transmitting support are joined together through another joining layer.
8. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding and releasing means comprises a shaft that is moveable up and down in the vertical direction, a contact surface part provided at the distal end of the shaft, leaf springs provided on the periphery of the contact surface part, and holding claws extending from each leaf spring.
9. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the holding and releasing means comprises a shaft that is moveable up and down in the vertical direction.
10. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a downward force is applied to the shaft.
11. An apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a laminated body.
12. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the grinder is a grinding wheel.

1. A system that performs supplemental frequency domain training of a time domain equalizer comprising:
a training module that uses an initial solution for time domain equalizer coefficients and determines updated time domain equalizer coefficients by maximizing the number of bits per frame; and
a time domain equalizer that receives the updated time domain equalizer coefficients, wherein the training module further determines a mean squared signal value for each bin, for the given time domain equalizer coefficients.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the training module further determines an average error squared value over a predetermined number of frames for each bin.
3. A method that performs supplemental frequency domain training of a time domain equalizer comprising:
receiving a solution of initial time domain equalizer coefficients;
determining updated time domain equalizer coefficients by maximizing, a number of bits per frame; and
forwarding the updated time domain equalizer coefficients to a time domain equalizer, further comprising determining a mean squared signal value for each bin, for the given time domain equalizer coefficients.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining the average error squared value over a predetermined number of frames for each bin.
5. An information storage media comprising information that performs supplemental frequency domain training of a time domain equalizer comprising:
information that receives initial time domain equalizer coefficients;
information that determines updated time domain equalizer coefficients by maximizing the number of bits per frame; and
information that forwards the updated time domain equalizer coefficients to a time domain equalizer, further comprising information that determines a mean squared signal value for each bin, for the given time domain equalizer coefficients.
6. The information storage media of claim 5, further comprising information that determines the average error squared value over a predetermined number of frames for each bin.

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 image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming station for forming an unfixed toner image on a recording material;
a fixing station for fixing the unfixed toner image on the recording material, said fixing station including a rotatable member for forming a fixing nip for nipping and feeding the recording material, and a cleaner, movable toward and away from said rotatable member, for cleaning said rotatable member,
wherein said apparatus is operable in a blankless image formation mode for forming the toner image without blank at least at one of a leading end and a trailing end of the recording material, and
wherein said cleaner is contacted to said rotatable member at timing at which a portion of said rotatable member to which a blankless range at the leading end or the trailing end of the recording material contact reaches a position where the portion opposes said cleaner, and
wherein said cleaner spaces from said rotatable member in a period in which a portion of said rotatable member to which a range other than the blankless range contact passes the position where the portion opposes said cleaner.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a detector, provided in a sheet passage to said fixing station, for detecting passage of the recording material, wherein contacting and spacing, relative, to said rotatable member, of said cleaner is controlled in accordance with an output of said detector.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said apparatus is operable in a blank-having image formation mode for forming the toner image with blanks at a leading end and a trailing end of the recording material, and in the blank-having image formation mode, said cleaner is maintained in a state spaced away form said rotatable member.