Author: claimsbot

1. A self-supported optical correlator, comprising:
a first holder having two opposite ends, one of said opposite ends being provided with anchor points, the other of said opposite ends being provided with a light source;
a second holder having two opposite ends, one of said opposite ends being provided with anchor points, the other of said opposite ends being provided with a light receiving element,
a plurality of intermediary holders, each having two opposite ends, each of said holders being provided with anchor points at each opposite end, at least one of said intermediary holders being provided with a spatial light modulator for projecting an image and another of said intermediary holders being provided with another spatial light modulator for projecting a filter,
each of said intermediary holders being provided with optical components, said optical components being secured within said holders,
said anchor points being adapted to secure said first, second and intermediary holders together linearly end to end;
wherein, when said intermediary holders are assembled end to end, and said first holder is assembled at one extremity and said other holder is assembled at another extremity, said
resulting assembly forms said optical correlator.
2. A self-supported optical correlator according to claim 1, wherein each of said first, second and intermediary holders have an opaque outer surface, and a hollow inside, said inside defining a longitudinal optical axis.
3. A self-supported optical correlator according to claim 2, wherein said of said first, second and intermediary holders and said optical components are toleranced.
4. A self-supported optical correlator according to claim 2, wherein said optical correlator is mechanically insulated from environmental vibration.
5. A self-supported optical correlator according to claim 2, wherein connections at said anchor points further include thermal connections.
6. A self-supported optical correlator according to claim 2, wherein said first, second and intermediary holders are tubular.
7. A self-supported optical correlator according to claim 2, wherein said optical correlator is adapted to be laterally stacked.
8. A self-supported optical correlator according to claim 2, further comprising a control unit, said control unit introducing a tag in an image and in a filter, so that when an optical correlator electronic driver receives an image-filter pair, said tag is extracted in order to ensure correlation between said filter and said image.
9. A self-supported optical correlator according to claim 2, wherein said correlator uses two look-up tables applied to an image and a filter, a first look-up table being of normal polarity and a second look-up table being of reversed polarity, said first and second look-up tables being used alternately.
10. A self-supported optical correlator, comprising:
a first holder having two opposite ends, one of said opposite ends being provided with anchor points, the other of said opposite ends being provided with a light source;
a second holder having two opposite ends, one of said opposite ends being provided with anchor points, the other of said opposite ends being provided with a light receiving element,
at least one intermediary holder, each of said at least one intermediary holder having two opposite ends, each of said at least one holder being provided with anchor points at each opposite end, at least one of said at least one intermediary holder being provided with a spatial light modulator for projecting an image and another spatial light modulator for projecting a filter,
each of said at least one intermediary holder being provided with optical components, said optical components being secured within said holders,
said anchor points being adapted to secure said first, second and intermediary holders together linearly end to end;
wherein, when said at least one intermediary holder are assembled, and said first holder is assembled at one extremity and said other holder is assembled at another extremity, said resulting assembly forms said optical correlator.

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 communication apparatus for communicating data via a data network, the communication apparatus comprising:
requesting means for requesting, for a service, a session establishment between a communication apparatus and a serving entity supporting the service, from the serving entity;
activating means for activating an association with a data network for the service via a core network; and
determining means for determining a requirement of a user connection for the service,
wherein the activating means is configured to activate the association with the data network for the service after a request of the session establishment by the requesting means when the requirement of the user connection for the service is determined by the determining means.
2. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining means is configured to receive a communication request for the service from a user of the communication apparatus and to determine the requirement of the user connection based on the communication request.
3. A communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the requesting means is configured to request a session establishment for the service between the communication apparatus and at least one other communication apparatus upon receipt of the communication request by the determining means.
4. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving means for receiving a communication request for the service from the serving entity, and wherein the determining means is configured to determine the requirement of the user connection based on the communication request received by the receiving means.
5. A communication apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the communication request comprises an indication of an instant communication session with a user of the communication apparatus, and wherein the receiving means is configured to receive the indication of the instant communication session from the serving entity via the core network.
6. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising receiving means for receiving a session establishment indication indicating the session establishment for the service from the serving entity.
7. A communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the session establishment indication comprises a media authorization token.
8. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the requesting means is arranged to request the session establishment between the communication apparatus and the serving entity by using a primary Packet Data Protocol (PDP) context.
9. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the activating means is configured to activate the association with the data network by using a secondary Packet Data Protocol (PDP) context.
10. A serving entity for supporting a service for a communication apparatus for communicating data via a data network, the serving entity comprising:
receiving means for receiving a request for a session establishment for a service between a communication apparatus and a serving entity from the communication apparatus;
processing means for performing the session establishment for the service between the communication apparatus and the serving entity; and
sending means for sending a session establishment indication indicating the session establishment for the service between the communication apparatus and the serving entity towards the communication apparatus.
11. A serving entity according to claim 10, wherein the sending means is configured to send towards the communication apparatus a communication request for the service, the communication request comprising an indication of an instant communication session with a user of the communication apparatus.
12. A serving entity according to claim 10, wherein the serving entity comprises an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network including a Push to-talk over Cellular (PoC) application server.
13. A serving entity according to claim 10, wherein the serving entity comprises an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network including a Proxy-Call State Control Function (P-CSCF).
14. A network for communicating data between a communication apparatus and a data network in accordance with a service, the service being supported by a serving entity, the network being configured to store a session establishment indication indicating a session establishment between the communication apparatus and the serving entity for the service.
15. A network according to claim 14, configured to activate an association with the data network for the service based on the session establishment indication.
16. A network according to claim 14, wherein the network comprises a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network including a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN), providing access to a data network including the Internet.
17. A network system comprising:
a communication apparatus for communicating data via a data network, the communication apparatus including,
requesting means for requesting, for a service, a session establishment between the communication apparatus and a serving entity supporting the service, from the serving entity,
activating means for activating an association with a data network for the service via a core network, and
determining means for determining a requirement of a user connection for the service,
wherein the activating means is configured to activate the association with the data network for the service after a request of the session establishment by the requesting means when the requirement of the user connection for the service is determined by the determining means;

a serving entity for supporting the service for the communication apparatus for communicating data via the data network, the serving entity including,
receiving means for receiving the request for the session establishment for the service between the communication apparatus and the serving entity from the communication apparatus,
processing means for performing the session establishment for the service between the communication apparatus and the serving entity, and
sending means for sending a session establishment indication indicating the session establishment for the service between the communication apparatus and the serving entity towards the communication apparatus; and

a network for communicating the data between the communication apparatus and the data network in accordance with the service, the service being supported by the serving entity, the network being configured to store the session establishment indication indicating the session establishment between the communication apparatus and the serving entity for the service.
18. A communication method of communicating data via a data network, the communication method comprising:
a requesting step including requesting, for a service, a session establishment between a communication apparatus and a serving entity supporting the service, from the serving entity;
a determining step including determining a requirement of a user connection for the service; and
an activating step including activating an association with a data network for the service via a core network.
19. A method of supporting a service for a communication apparatus for communicating data via a data network, the method comprising:
a receiving step including receiving a request for a session establishment for a service between the communication apparatus and a serving entity from the communication apparatus;
a processing step including performing the session establishment for the service; and
a sending step including sending a session establishment indication indicating the session establishment for the service towards the communication apparatus.
20. A method of communicating data between a communication apparatus and a data network in accordance with a service, the service being supported by a serving entity, wherein a session establishment indication indicating a session establishment between the communication apparatus and the serving entity for the service is stored in a core network providing access to the data network.
21. A computer program product, comprising software code portions, said computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium and controlling a computer to execute a process comprising:
requesting, for a service, a session establishment between a communication apparatus and a serving entity supporting the service, from the serving entity;
determining a requirement of a user connection for the service; and
activating an association with a data network for the service via a core network.
22. A computer program product, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium on which software code portions are stored, the computer-readable medium controlling a computer to execute a process comprising:
receiving a request for a session establishment for a service between the communication apparatus and a serving entity from the communication apparatus;
performing the session establishment for the service; and
sending a session establishment indication indicating the session establishment for the service towards the communication apparatus.
23. The computer program product according to claim 21, wherein the computer program product is directly loadable into an internal memory of the computer.
24. A communication apparatus for communicating data via a data network, the communication apparatus comprising:
a transceiver configured to request, for a service, a session establishment between the communication apparatus and a serving entity supporting the service, from the serving entity;
a controller configured to activate an association with a data network for the service via a core network; and
a processor configured to determine a requirement of a user connection for the service,
wherein the controller is further configured to activate the association with the data network for the service after a request of the session establishment by the transceiver when the requirement of the user connection for the service is determined by the processor.
25. A serving entity for supporting a service for a communication apparatus for communicating data via a data network, the serving entity comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a request for a session establishment for a service between the communication apparatus and the serving entity from the communication apparatus;
a processor configured to perform the session establishment for the service between the communication apparatus and the serving entity; and
a transmitter configured to send a session establishment indication indicating the session establishment for the service between the communication apparatus and the serving entity towards the communication apparatus.

1. A method for forming an electrode comprising:
a photolithography step of forming an overhang-shaped resist on a semiconductor layered structure having a light-emitting layer that emits light by supplying electric power;
a reflection layer forming step of forming a reflection layer on a surface on which the resist is formed;
a barrier layer forming step of forming a barrier layer posterior to the reflection layer forming step;
a pad layer forming step of forming a pad layer posterior to the barrier layer forming step; and
a lift-off step of removing the resist posterior to the pad layer forming step, wherein
a side surface coverage, that is a value obtained by dividing a side deposition rate by a deposition rate vertical to a substrate
is 15% or more at the start point of the barrier layer forming step and is 0% at an end point of the barrier layer forming step and in the pad layer forming step.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the reflection layer, the barrier layer and the pad layer are formed in the reflection layer forming step, the barrier layer forming step and the pad layer forming step, respectively, by continuous layer deposition.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the barrier layer at the end point of the barrier layer deposition step has a film thickness of 200 nm or more.
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising
an adhesion layer forming step of forming an adhesion layer that contacts with a top surface of the semiconductor layered structure, between the photolithography step and the reflection layer forming step, wherein
a film deposition rate of the adhesion layer in the adhesion layer forming step is more than 0 nmsec and 0.05 nmsec or less.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method comprising:
receiving an enhanced television (ETV) application in a video client over a first data path;
executing the ETV application in the video client, wherein the ETV application includes an enhanced television binary interchange format (EBIF) resource;
extracting, from the EBIF resource, an identifier of an extension application;
transmitting a request for the identified extension application;
receiving the extension application in the video client, over a second data path different than the first data path, wherein the extension application received in the video client includes an application in a language and format other than EBIF; and
executing, in the video client in the language and format other than EBIF, the extension application including the application in the language and format other than EBIF.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data path includes a first bandwidth and the second data path includes a second bandwidth, and wherein the second bandwidth is larger than the first bandwidth.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the ETV application includes a program guide and wherein the video client employs Internet Protocol over Ethernet at the video client to receive the extension application in the language and format other than EBIF in the video client.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein requesting the identified extension application includes requesting the extension application over the second data path, and wherein the video client employs a protocol other than Internet Protocol over Ethernet at the video client to receive the ETV application.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
passing a parameter from the ETV application to the extension application, wherein the parameter identifies a user of the ETV application or wherein the parameter is unique to the video client.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
passing a parameter from the extension application to the ETV application.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
extracting, from the EBIF resource, an identifier of an EBIF table;
requesting the EBIF table;
receiving, at the video client, the EBIF table over the second data path; and
updating the ETV application based on the received EBIF table.
8. The method of claim 7,
wherein requesting the EBIF table includes providing a unique identification of a user of the ETV application or a unique identification of the video client.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
rendering, by the ETV application, a container widget; and
rendering, by the extension application, a widget within the container widget.
10. A device comprising:
a receiver to receive an enhanced television (ETV) application over a first data path;
a processor to execute the ETV application, wherein the ETV application includes an enhanced television binary interchange format (EBIF) resource, wherein the processor is configured to extract, from the EBIF resource, an identifier of an extension application;
a transmitter to send a request for the extension application based on the extracted identifier of the extension application,
wherein the receiver receives, over a second data path different than the first data path, the extension application in a language and format other than EBIF, and
wherein the processor executes, in the language and format other than EBIF, the extension application.
11. The device of claim 10,
wherein the first data path includes a first bandwidth and the second data path includes a second bandwidth, and wherein the second bandwidth is larger than the first bandwidth;
wherein the receiver includes an Ethernet port or a WiFi receiver and wherein the receiver receives the extension application over the second data path employing Internet Protocol through the Ethernet port or the WiFi receiver.
12. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to extract, from the EBIF resource, an indication of whether the ETV application or the extension application is in an interactive mode, is waiting is for an input from a user before entering an interactive mode, or has suspended an interactive mode.
13. The device of claim 10,
wherein the processor is configured to pass a parameter from the ETV application to the extension application, wherein the parameter uniquely identifies a user of the ETV application or uniquely identifies the device.
14. The device of claim 13,
wherein the processor is configured to pass a parameter from the extension application to the ETV application, wherein the parameter indicates that a container widget used by the extension application is no longer needed.
15. The device of claim 10,
wherein the processor is configured to extract, from the EBIF resource, a universal resource indicator (URI) identifying an EBIF table;
wherein the transmitter sends a request for the EBIF table;
wherein the receiver receives the EBIF table over the second data path; and
wherein the processor is configured to update the ETV application based on the received EBIF table.
16. The device of claim 15,
wherein requesting the EBIF table includes providing a unique identification of a user of the ETV application or a unique identification of the device.
17. The device of claim 10, further comprising:
a display,
wherein the device is a set-top box including the processor, the transmitter, and the receiver, and wherein the set-top box is located in a same premises as the display;
wherein the processor, instructed by the executing ETV application, renders a container widget on the display; and
wherein the processor, instructed by the executing extension application, renders a widget on the display within the container widget.
18. The device of claim 10, wherein the transmitter sends the request for the extension application over the second data path.
19. A method comprising:
sending, over a first data path, an enhanced television binary interchange format (EBIF) resource to a video client executing an enhanced television (ETV) application, wherein the EBIF resource includes an identifier of an extension application;
receiving, from the video client, a request for the identified extension application based on the identifier, wherein the extension application is in a language and format other than EBIF;
sending, over a second data path different than the first data path, the extension application to the video client, wherein the video client is configured to execute the extension application in the language and format other than EBIF,
wherein the second data path has a second bandwidth larger than the first data path, and wherein the second data path employs an Internet Protocol (IP).
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
receiving a parameter from the ETV application, wherein the parameter identifies a user of the ETV application or wherein the parameter is unique to the video client,
wherein sending the extension application sent to the client depends on the parameter identifying the user or the parameter unique to the video client.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the EBIF resource includes, a universal resource indicator (URI) identifying an EBIF table, the method further comprising:
receiving a request for the EBIF table; and
sending, to the video client, the EBIF table over the second data path, wherein the second data path employs an Internet Protocol over Ethernet at the video client.
22. The method of claim 21,
wherein the request for the EBIF table includes a unique identification of a user of the ETV application or a unique identification of the video client;
wherein sending the EBIF table includes sending an EBIF table specific to the unique identification of the user or specific to the unique identification of the video client.
23. The method of claim 19, wherein receiving the request for the requesting the identified extension application includes receiving the identified extension application over the second data path.
24. A system comprising:
a network device having a transceiver,
wherein the transceiver sends, over a first data path having a first bandwidth, an enhanced television binary interchange format (EBIF) resource to a video client executing an enhanced television (ETV) application, wherein the EBIF resource identifies an extension application, wherein the extension application is in a language and format other than EBIF;
wherein the transceiver receives, from the video client, a request for the identified extension application;
wherein the transceiver sends, over a second data path different than the first data path, the extension application in the language and format other than EBIF to the video client, wherein the second data path has a second bandwidth larger than the first data path, and wherein the video client is configured to execute, in the language and format other than EBIF, the extension application.
25. The system of claim 24, further comprising the video client, wherein the video client comprises:
a processor to execute the ETV application and to execute, in the language and format other than EBIF, the extension application;
a receiver to receive the EBIF resource in the video client over a first data path having a first bandwidth, wherein the processor is configured to extract, from the EBIF resource, an identifier of an extension application; and
a transmitter to send the request for the identified extension application.