Author: claimsbot

1. A convertible roof system comprising:
a front roof section;
a rear roof section;
a top stack mechanism coupled to the front and rear roof sections;
a primary automatic actuator coupled to the top stack mechanism, the primary actuator and the top stack mechanism serving to move the front and rear roof sections between retracted and raised positions; and
a supplemental automatic actuator coupled to at least one of: (a) the top stack mechanism, and (b) the roof sections, the supplemental actuator operably moving at least a portion of the roof sections toward each other after a majority of front and rear roof retraction has occurred in order to more closely store together the fully retracted front and rear roof sections.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the rear roof section is retracted to a substantially vertical position.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the front roof section is retracted to a substantially vertical position.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein external surfaces of the front and rear roof sections are retracted to substantially parallel orientations facing substantially the same direction in an overlapping manner.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the roof sections defines a hard-top roof section.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein one portion of the supplemental actuator is coupled to the top stack mechanism and another portion of the supplemental actuator is coupled to the rear roof section.
7. The system of claim 1 further comprising a camming surface and a cam follower operably acting with the supplemental actuator to control the compacting movement between the roof sections during retraction.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the top stack mechanism includes at least two substantially parallel links pivotally coupling a stationary bracket to the rear roof, and the primary actuator is attached to one of the substantially parallel links.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the primary and supplemental actuators are fluid powered and have a linearly extendable piston rod.
10. A method of operating a convertible roof system having a front roof section, a rear roof section, a primary actuator and a supplemental actuator, the method comprising:
(a) automatically retracting the roof sections from raised positions to mostly stowed positions through actuation of the primary actuator; and
(b) automatically moving a majority of at least one of the roof sections closer to the other of the roof sections through actuation of the supplemental actuator.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising nesting the roof sections adjacent each other in a substantially vertical orientation when stowed.
12. The method of claim 10 further comprising stowing the roof sections with their raised outside surfaces in a rearwardly facing direction.
13. The method of claim 10 further comprising rotating the rear roof section during final retraction movement by camming the rear roof section.
14. The method of claim 10 further comprising moving the entire supplemental actuator with a member coupled to the rear roof section for at least a majority of the retracted movement of the rear roof section, wherein the roof sections are hard-top roof sections.
15. The method of claim 10 further comprising supplying pressurized fluid to the supplemental actuator to linearly extend a rod mounted to one of the roof sections.
16. An automotive vehicle comprising:
a convertible roof including a retractable, front, hard-top roof section and a linkage assembly coupled to the front roof section;
a first automatic actuator operably retracting the linkage assembly and the front roof section throughout a substantially full range of retracted movement; and
at least a second automatic actuator operably moving a portion of the convertible roof only during a limited range of movement less than the full range in order to reduce a stowed dimension of the convertible roof.
17. The vehicle of claim 16 wherein the convertible roof includes a retractable, rear, hard-top roof section.
18. The system of claim 17 wherein the rear roof section is retracted to a substantially vertical position.
19. The system of claim 18 wherein the front roof section is retracted to a substantially vertical position.
20. The system of claim 17 wherein external surfaces of the front and rear roof sections are retracted to substantially parallel orientations facing substantially the same direction in an overlapping manner.
21. The vehicle of claim 16 further comprising a rigid tonneau cover automatically movable to allow the convertible roof to retract into a roof storage compartment.
22. The vehicle of claim 21 further comprising a pickup truck bed located behind the roof storage compartment.
23. The vehicle of claim 16 further comprising a camming surface and a cam follower operably acting with the second actuator to control compacting movement of the convertible roof during retraction.
24. The vehicle of claim 16 wherein the automatic actuators are fluid powered and have a linearly extendable piston rod.
25. An automotive vehicle comprising:
a passenger compartment including a beltline;
a convertible roof movable from a raised position covering the passenger compartment to a fully retracted position exposing the passenger compartment;
a primary actuator operably moving the entire convertible roof;
a supplemental actuator always located below the beltline, the supplemental actuator operably compressing the convertible roof at a positional range between a half-retracted position and the fully retracted position.
26. The vehicle of claim 25 wherein the convertible roof includes a front, hand-top roof section and a linkage assembly, the linkage assembly being coupled to the front roof section and the primary actuator.
27. The vehicle of claim 26 wherein the convertible roof includes a retractable, rear, hard-top roof section.
28. The system of claim 26 wherein the front roof section is retracted to a substantially vertical position.
29. The vehicle of claim 26 further comprising a rigid tonneau cover automatically movable to allow the convertible roof to retract into a roof storage compartment.
30. The vehicle of claim 25 further comprising a camming surface and a cam follower operably acting with the supplemental actuator to control compacting movement of the convertible roof during retraction.
31. The vehicle of claim 25 wherein the actuators are fluid powered and have a linearly extendable piston rod.
32. The vehicle of claim 25 wherein the supplemental actuator compresses together front and a rear portions of the convertible roof in a fore-aft direction.

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 e-mail sending method, comprising the steps of:
disclosing a receiver’s public address;
sending, via a sender’s mail server BMS, the public address and a message MB for requesting a permission of communication with a sender to a receiver’s mail server AMS;
causing the mail server AMS to send the message MB to a receiver;
causing the mail server AMS to receive an address issuance permission from the receiver who received and read the message;
computing a value A, B, NK which is encrypted by the mail server AMS with a secret key K of the mail server AMS from a receiver’s identifier A, a sender’s identifier B, and a nonce N issued by the mail server AMS, and sending the value A, B, NK to the sender via the mail server BMS;
and forming an e-mail address (LD address) by attaching a receiver’s domain name to the encrypted value A, B, NK, and sending an e-mail to a receiver.
2. An e-mail sending method, comprising the steps of:
disclosing a receiver’s public address;
sending, via a sender’s mail server BMS, the public address and a message MB for requesting a permission of communication with a sender to a receiver’s mail server AMS;
causing the mail server AMS to send the message MB to a receiver;
causing the mail server AMS to receive an address issuance permission from the receiver who received and read the message;
and computing a value A, B, NK KBP which is encrypted by the mail server AMS with a secret key K of the mail server AMS and is further encrypted with a sender’s public key KBP from a receiver’s identifier A, a sender’s identifier B, and a nonce N issued by the mail server AMS, and sending the value A, B, NK KBP to the sender via the mail server BMS
and forming an e-mail address (LD address) by attaching a receiver’s domain name to the encrypted value A, B, NK, and sending an e-mail to a receiver.
3. A mail system comprising:
means for disclosing a receiver’s public address;
means for sending, via a sender’s mail server BMS, the public address and a message MB for requesting a
permission of communication with a sender to a receiver’s mail server AMS;
means for causing the mail server AMS to send the message MB to a receiver;
means for causing the mail server AMS to receive an address issuance permission from the receiver who received and read the message;
means for computing a value A, B, NK which is encrypted by the mail server AMS with a secret key K of the mail server AMS from a receiver’s identifier A, a sender’s identifier B, and a nonce N issued by the mail server AMS, and for sending the value A, B, NK to the sender via the mail server BMS;
and means for forming an email address (LD address) by attaching a receiver’s domain name to the encrypted value A, B, NK, and for sending an e-mail to a receiver.
4. A mail system comprising: means for disclosing a receiver’s public address; means for sending, via a sender’s mail server BMS the public address and a message MB for requesting a permission of communication with a sender to a receiver’s mail server AMS;
means for causing the mail server AMS to send the message MB to a receiver; means for causing the mail server AMS to receive an address issuance permission from the receiver who received and read the message;
and means for computing a value A, B, NK KBP which is encrypted by the mail server AMS with a secret key K of the mail server AMS and is further encrypted with a sender’s public key KBP from a receiver’s identifier A, a sender’s identifier B, and a nonce N issued by the mail server AMS, and for sending the value A, B, N K KBP to the sender via the mail server BMS and forming an e-mail address (LD address) by attaching a receiver’s domain name to the encrypted value A, B, NK, and sending an e-mail to a receiver.

1. A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein for providing medical reference information to a user, the computer program mechanism comprising:
(A) instructions for receiving a search query;
(B) instructions for searching data using said search query, wherein said data is organized into a plurality of therapeutic categories, each respective therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories comprising a plurality of documents that relate to the respective therapeutic category, each document in the data organized into a plurality of predetermined fields of information, wherein each document in the data is associated with a single therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories, wherein the instructions for searching data comprises the method of:
(i) identifying a subset of the plurality of therapeutic categories that pertain to the search query;
(ii) identifying a subset of documents that pertain to the search query; and
(iii) identifying a subset of fields of information contained in documents in the data that pertain to the search query; and

(C) instructions for separately outputting (i) said subset of the plurality of therapeutic categories, (ii) a listing of said subset of documents that pertain to the search query, and (iii) said subset of fields of information that pertain to the search query to a user, a display, a user-accessible computer readable media, or a computer.
2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the instructions for separately outputting further comprising ranking said subset of documents based on relevance to the search query and displaying said subset of documents ranked based on relevance to the search query.
3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data is trusted health care reference information and each document in the data is a monograph pertaining to a therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories.
4. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein a monograph in the data describes a drug that is used to treat a disease.
5. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein a monograph in the data describes a disease.
6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the plurality of predetermined fields of information comprises at least five fields from the group consisting of an introduction field, a summary field, a pharmacology field, a pharmaco-kinetics field, an Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved indications field, an off-label uses field, a dosage and administration field, an adverse effects field, an overdose field, a safety data field, a contraindications field, a warnings field, a precautions field, a drug interactions field, an efficacy measures field, a cost comparison field, a clinical trials field, a conclusions field, a recommendations field, a references field, and a research summaries field.
7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the plurality of predetermined fields of information comprises at least eight fields from the group consisting of an introduction field, a summary field, a pharmacology field, a pharmaco-kinetics field, an Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved indications field, an off-label uses field, a dosage and administration field, an adverse effects field, an overdose field, a safety data field, a contraindications field, a warnings field, a precautions field, a drug interactions field, an efficacy measures field, a cost comparison field, a clinical trials field, a conclusions field, a recommendations field, a references field, and a research summaries field.
8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the identifying a subset of documents that pertain to the search query comprises scoring each respective document in the data for a number of occurrences of the search term in the respective document thereby obtaining a document score, wherein an instance of the search term in a header of the respective document is given more weight in the document score than an instance of the search term in the body of the respective document.
9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein each document in the subset of documents is in a therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories.
10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein a document in the subset of documents is not in a therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories.
11. A computer system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory, coupled to the processor, the memory storing:
(A) instructions for receiving a search query;
(B) instructions for searching data using said search query, wherein said data is organized into a plurality of therapeutic categories, each respective therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories comprising a plurality of documents that relate to the respective therapeutic category, each document in the data organized into a plurality of predetermined fields of information, wherein each document in the data is associated with a single therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories, wherein the instructions for searching data comprises the method of:
(i) identifying a subset of the plurality of therapeutic categories that pertain to the search query;
(ii) identifying a subset of documents that pertain to the search query; and
(iii) identifying a subset of fields of information contained in documents in the data that pertain to the search query; and

(C) instructions for separately outputting (i) said subset of the plurality of therapeutic categories, (ii) a listing of said subset of documents that pertain to the search query, and (iii) said subset of fields of information that pertain to the search query to a user, a display, a user-accessible computer readable media, or a computer.
12. The computer of claim 11, wherein the instructions for separately outputting further comprising ranking said subset of documents based on relevance to the search query and displaying said subset of documents ranked based on relevance to the search query.
13. The computer of claim 11, wherein the data is trusted health care reference information and each document in the data is a monograph pertaining to a therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories.
14. The computer of claim 13, wherein a monograph in the data describes a drug that is used to treat a disease.
15. The computer of claim 13, wherein a monograph in the data describes a disease.
16. The computer of claim 11, wherein the plurality of predetermined fields of information comprises at least five fields from the group consisting of an introduction field, a summary field, a pharmacology field, a pharmaco-kinetics field, an Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved indications field, an off-label uses field, a dosage and administration field, an adverse effects field, an overdose field, a safety data field, a contraindications field, a warnings field, a precautions field, a drug interactions field, an efficacy measures field, a cost comparison field, a clinical trials field, a conclusions field, a recommendations field, a references field, and a research summaries field.
17. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the identifying a subset of documents that pertain to the search query comprises scoring each respective document in the data for a number of occurrences of the search term in the respective document thereby obtaining a document score, wherein an instance of the search term in a header of the respective document is given more weight in the document score than an instance of the search term in the body of the respective document.
18. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein each document in the subset of documents is in a therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories.
19. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein a document in the subset of documents is not in a therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories.
20. A method comprising:
(A) receiving a search query;
(B) searching data using said search query, wherein said data is organized into a plurality of therapeutic categories, each respective therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories comprising a plurality of documents that relate to the respective therapeutic category, each document in the data organized into a plurality of predetermined fields of information, wherein each document in the data is associated with a single therapeutic category in the plurality of therapeutic categories, wherein the instructions for searching data comprises the method of:
(i) identifying a subset of the plurality of therapeutic categories that pertain to the search query;
(ii) identifying a subset of documents that pertain to the search query; and
(iii) identifying a subset of fields of information contained in documents in the data that pertain to the search query; and

(C) separately outputting (i) said subset of the plurality of therapeutic categories, (ii) a listing of said subset of documents that pertain to the search query, and (iii) said subset of fields of information that pertain to the search query to a user, a display, a user-accessible computer readable media, or a computer.

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 pressure-control valve device (10) for a fluid comprising at least one inlet area (P) and a first and a second outlet area (A, T), which are flow-connectable with one another by first and second seat valves (23, 24) being coupled to one another,
a fluid inflow from the inlet area (P) to the first and the second outlet areas (A, T) being adjustable by the first seat valve (23) and a fluid outflow between the first and the second outlet areas (A, T) being adjustable by the second seat valve (24),
the first seat valve (23) being formed as a valve aperture (232), with a valve opening (234) and a valve control edge (233) and a ball-shaped closing element (231) co-operating with the valve control edge (233),
a ratio (DVDK) of a diameter (DV) of the valve opening (234) to a diameter (DK) of the ball-shaped closing element (231) being equal to or greater than 0.75,
an upstream flow guiding device (26), by which a twisting motion is imparted to incoming fluid in an area of the first seat valve (23), is arranged upstream of the first seat valve (23) in the inlet area (P), and
a downstream flow guiding device (28) being arranged upstream of the second seat valve (24) and downstream of the first seat valve (23), along the flow between the first and the second outlet areas (A, T), and the downstream flow guiding device (28) is designed such that, in an area of the second flow valve (24), a twisting motion is imparted to the fluid flowing to the second outlet area (T).
2. The pressure-control valve device (10) according to claim 1 wherein a ratio (tDK) of a penetration depth (t) of the ball-shaped closing element (231), into the valve opening (234) in a closed condition of the first seat valve (23), to the diameter (DK) of the ball-shaped closing element (231), is equal to or greater than 0.2.
3. The pressure-control valve device (10) according to claim 1, wherein a side (235, 236) of the valve aperture (232), facing toward the inlet area (P), is one of extends perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis (L) of the pressure-control valve device (10) or is formed with a continuous taper (236) in a direction of the valve control edge (233).
4. The pressure-control valve device (10) according to claim 1, wherein a cylindrical section (238) of the valve opening (234) is formed between an upstream area (236) thereof, that tapers continuously, and a downstream area (237) thereof that expands continuously.
5. The pressure-control valve device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the upstream and the downstream flow guiding devices (26, 28) are designed such that the twisting motions, of the fluid flow through the first and the second seat valves (23, 24), have a same rotational direction.
6. The pressure-control valve device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the upstream flow guiding device (26) has at least one flow guiding duct (261) which opens at least approximately tangentially to the valve opening (234) of the first seat valve (23), in the inlet area (P), and which extends downstream in a funnel shape, in a direction toward the valve opening (234) of the first seat valve (23).
7. The pressure-control valve device (10) according to claim 6, wherein a cross-section of the at least one flow guiding duct (261), in a plane which extends perpendicular to a longitudinal axis (L) of the pressure-control valve device (10), is propeller-shaped.
8. The pressure-control valve device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the ratio (DVDK) of the diameter (DV) of the valve opening (234) to the diameter (DK) of the ball-shaped closing element (231) is between 0.75 and 0.8.
9. The pressure-control valve device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the ratio (DVDK) of the diameter (DV) of the valve opening (234) to the diameter (DK) of the ball-shaped closing element (231) is 0.75.
10. A pressure-control valve device (10) for a fluid comprising at least one inlet area (P) and a first and a second outlet area (A, T), which are flow-connectable with one another by first and second seat valves (23, 24) being coupled to one another,
a fluid inflow from the inlet area (P) to the first and the second outlet areas (A, T) being adjustable by the first seat valve (23) and a fluid outflow between the first and the second outlet areas (A, T) being adjustable by the second seat valve (24),
the first seat valve (23) being formed as a valve aperture (232), with a valve opening (234) and a valve control edge (233), and a ball-shaped closing element (231) co-operating with the valve control edge (233),
a ratio (DVDK) of a diameter (DV) of the valve opening (234) to a diameter (DK) of the ball-shaped closing element (231) being equal to or greater than 0.75 ,
a first flow guiding device (26), by which a twisting motion is imparted to incoming fluid in an area of the first seat valve (23), being arranged upstream of the first seat valve (23) in the inlet area (P),
a second flow guiding device (28) being arranged upstream of the second seat valve (24), along the flow between the first and the second outlet areas (A, T), and the second flow guiding device (28) being designed such that, in an area of the second flow valve (24), a twisting motion is imparted to the fluid flowing to the second outlet area (T), and
the first and the second flow guiding devices (26, 28) being designed such that the twisting motions, of the fluid flow through the first and the second seat valves (23, 24), have a same rotational direction.
11. The pressure-control valve device (10) according to claim 10, wherein the ratio (DVDK) of the diameter (DV) of the valve opening (234) to the diameter (DK) of the ball-shaped closing element (231) is between 0.75 and 0.8.