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1. A micro-electromechanical system microstructure comprising:
a substrate adapted to support an electrode thereon;
a suspension mechanism supported on said substrate; and
a movable active part adapted to cooperate with the electrode to define a capacitor therebetween, and suspended on said substrate through said suspension mechanism so as to be movable to and fro relative to said substrate and the electrode;
wherein said suspension mechanism includes at least one supporting frame that protrudes from and that cooperates with an outer surface of said substrate to define a frame space therebetween, and at least one cantilever beam interconnecting said supporting frame and said active part.
2. The micro-electromechanical system microstructure of claim 1, wherein said active part is movable to and fro relative to said substrate in a vertical direction, said cantilever beam being in the form of a thin film and having a film thickness in the vertical direction, said supporting frame having a plate-like vertical wall that is separate from said outer surface of said substrate, and that confines one side of said frame space, said vertical wall having a height in the vertical direction that is greater than the film thickness of said cantilever beam.
3. The micro-electromechanical system microstructure of claim 2, wherein said supporting frame further has two opposite plate-like side walls extending respectively from two opposite ends of said vertical wall to said outer surface of said substrate and cooperating with said vertical wall and said outer surface of said substrate to define said frame space thereamong, each of said side walls having a height in the vertical direction that is greater than the film thickness of said cantilever beam.
4. The micro-electromechanical system microstructure of claim 3, wherein said vertical wall is arcuate in shape and that is convex toward said outer surface of said substrate.
5. The micro-electromechanical system microstructure of claim 4, wherein said cantilever beam is connected to said vertical wall at a middle position between said two opposite ends of said vertical wall.
6. The micro-electromechanical system microstructure of claim 1, wherein said active part is movable to and fro relative to said substrate in &vertical direction, said supporting frame having a plate-like vertical wall that is separate from said outer surface of said substrate, that confines one side of said frame space, and that is deformable toward said outer surface of said substrate.
7. The micro-electromechanical system microstructure of claim 6, wherein said vertical wall is arcuate in shape, and is convex toward said outer surface of said substrate.
8. A micro-electromechanical system device comprising:
an electrode; and
a MEMS microstructure including
a substrate supporting said electrode thereon,
a suspension mechanism supported on said substrate, and
a movable active part cooperating with said electrode to define a capacitor therebetween, and suspended on said substrate through said suspension mechanism so as to be movable to and fro relative to said substrate and said electrode;

wherein said suspension mechanism includes a plurality of supporting frames, each of which protrudes from and cooperates with an outer surface of said substrate to define a frame space therebetween, and a plurality of cantilever beams, each of which interconnects a respective one of said supporting frames and said active part.
9. The micro-electromechanical system device of claim 8, wherein said active part is movable to and fro relative to said substrate in a vertical direction, each of said supporting frames having a plate-like vertical wall that is separate from said outer surface of said substrate, that confines one side of said frame space, and that is deformable toward said outer surface of said substrate.
10. The micro-electromechanical system device of claim 9, wherein said vertical wall of each of said supporting frames is arcuate in shape, and is convex toward said outer surface of said substrate.
11. The micro-electromechanical system device of claim 9, wherein each of said cantilever beams is in the form of a thin film and has a film thickness in the vertical direction, said vertical wall of each of said supporting frames having a height in the vertical direction that is greater than the film thickness of each of said cantilever beams.

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 computer implemented method of managing emails, the method comprising:
receiving from a sender a first email in an email system;
embedding in the first email a dynamic status indicator, the dynamic status indicator having a value that indicates whether a response to the first email has been made;
readdressing the first email to include a tracking identifier in the sender address;
receiving a request from a first email client to display the first email;
retrieving the dynamic status indicator associated with the first email, including a current value of the dynamic status indicator; and
providing to the first email client the first readdressed email with a current value of the dynamic status indicator embedded in the email.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying in the first email client the first email with a current value of the dynamic status indicator embedded in the email comprises:
providing the email client with the current value of the dynamic status indicator indicating a first status where no recipient of the first email has made a response to the first mail; and
providing the email client with the current value of the dynamic status indicator indicating a second status where another recipient of the first email has made a response to the first mail.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first status is equivalent to an open status, and the second status is equivalent to an active status.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining whether the first email has been assigned a tracking identifier;
responsive to the first email not having an assigned tracking identifier, assigning a new tracking identifier to the first email; and
associating the tracking identifier with the dynamic status indicator.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein associating the tracking identifier with the dynamic status indicator comprises storing the dynamic status indicator as a file having a file name corresponding to the tracking identifier.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the first email has been assigned a tracking identifier comprises identifying the tracking identifier in a recipient’s email address of the first email.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a second email;
responsive to determining that the second mail is a response to the first email, updating the current value of the dynamic status indicator to indicate that a response to the first email has been made;
receiving a request from a second email client to display the first email;
retrieving the dynamic status indicator associated with the first email, including the current value of the dynamic status indicator indicating that a response has to the first email has been made; and
providing in the second email client the first email with a current value of the dynamic status indicator embedded in the first email.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: addressing the first email to a recipient using a plurality of routing rules.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the routing rules include content matching rules, assignment history rules, and scheduling rules.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the scheduling rules select a recipient for receiving an email according to distribution parameters, wherein the distribution parameters are preselected to obtain distribution of emails amongst potential recipients.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein the assignment history rules select a recipient for receiving an email according at least one previous assignment of an customer feedback email to a recipient.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a customer feedback message via a web-based feedback form;
generating a customer feedback email from the customer feedback message; and
selecting a recipient to receive the customer feedback email based on a plurality of routing rules;
addressing the customer email to the selected recipient.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein generating a customer feedback message comprises:
generating a sender’s email address for the customer feedback email, the sender’s email address including the tracking identifier associated with a dynamic status image.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein generating a customer feedback message comprises:
generating a subject line for the customer feedback email, the subject line including a name associated with the recipient of the customer feedback email.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein generating a subject line comprises:
selecting for at least a portion of subject line, in response a type of routing rule used to select the recipient.
16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a second email, the second email sent from a recipient of the first email;
identifying a tracking identifier in an email address of a recipient of the second email; and
obtaining an email address of a customer to whom to send the second email based on the tracking identifier; and
addressing the second email to the customer.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:
formatting a sender’s address for the second email to include the tracking identifier.
18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:
formatting a sender’s address for the second email to include a display name including a name and title of the recipient of the first email.
19. A computer implemented method of managing customer feedback using an email system, the method comprising:
identifying a customer feedback email being received at a designated email address;
readdressing the customer feedback email to include a tracking identifier in the sender address;
associating the tracking identifier with a feedback record in a feedback tracking database;
establishing for the tracking identifier a dynamic status indicator that indicates the status of whether a response has been made to the feedback email;
sending the readdressed customer feedback mail including its respective dynamic status indicator to at least one email recipient; and
responsive to a request from an email client of a recipient to access the customer feedback mail, determining a current value of the dynamic status indicator, and displaying the readdressed customer feedback email with the current value of the dynamic status indicator.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
responsive to a response being made to a customer feedback email, updating the current value of dynamic status indicator associated with the feedback mail’s tracking identifier to indicate that the response has been made; and
responsive to a request from another email client of a recipient of a customer feedback mail to access the customer feedback mail, displaying the email with the current value of the dynamic status indicator indicating that another recipient of the customer feedback email has made a response.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein determining a current value of the dynamic status indicator comprises:
determining the current value of the dynamic status indicator based on the tracking identifier associated with the dynamic status indicator.
22. The method of claim 19, wherein determining a current value of the dynamic status indicator comprises:
retrieving an image associated with the tracking identifier.
23. A customer feedback management system for an enterprise, the system stored in a computer-readable storage medium and comprising:
a feedback manager adapted to receive customer feedback emails, assign tracking identifiers to the customer feedback emails, readdress the customer feedback emails to include the tracking identifiers in the email addressing information, and send the readdressed customer feedback emails to employees of the enterprise;
a feedback director, coupled to the feedback manager, and adapted to receive from the feedback manager at least a portion of a customer feedback email, and provide the feedback manager with one or more email addresses of one or more employees to receive the readdressed customer feedback email; and
a feedback database coupled to the feedback manager to receive and store customer feedback emails in association with their assigned tracking identifiers.
24. A computer implemented method of providing an email to a recipient, comprising:
receiving an email addressed to an email management module;
selecting a recipient email using at least one of a plurality of routing rules, the selected routing rule having a type;
addressing the email to the selected recipient;
formatting at least a portion of a subject line of the email according to the type of the selected routing rule; and
transmitting the email to the address of the selected recipient.
25. A computer implemented method of managing customer feedback using an email system, the method comprising:
identifying a customer feedback email being received at a designated email address;
readdressing the customer feedback email to include a tracking identifier in the reply-to address;
associating the tracking identifier with a feedback record in a feedback tracking database;
establishing for the tracking identifier a dynamic status indicator that indicates the status of whether a response has been made to the feedback email;
sending the readdressed customer feedback mail including its respective dynamic status indicator to at least one email recipient; and
responsive to a request from an email client of a recipient to access the customer feedback mail, determining a current value of the dynamic status indicator, and displaying the readdressed customer feedback email with the current value of the dynamic status indicator.

1. A method for determining an energy recovery profile for an aircraft needed to arrive at a point along a flight path further ahead of the aircraft at as close to a desired time of arrival and energy level of a flight plan as possible, the method including:
monitoring and assessing an energy state of the aircraft and any time deviation with respect to the flight plan prior to start of descent phase of the flight plan and throughout the descent phase of a flight;
comparing the current energy state to the expected energy state;
identifying a trajectory and corresponding aircraft states that allows the aircraft to arrive at the point in space ahead of the aircraft at a speed, altitude and time as close to the flight plan as possible;
generating adjustments to the flight plan to produce an energy recovery profile pertaining to the identified trajectory and aircraft states; and
outputting the energy recovery profile to at least one of a display device and a flight management system of the aircraft.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring the energy state of the aircraft during a descent phase of the flight plan and triggering the method when an incorrect energy condition (or time) is detected.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising implementing a track adjustment to the flight plan based on the generated energy recovery profile.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising inserting path extensions into the flight plan when an amount of track miles needed to be flown to a target fix is more than the amount of miles planned in the flight plan.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing includes comparing an amount of excessive energy at a future position along the current flight plan with a target energy constraint defined at the said future position.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein lateral and vertical profiles of the trajectory identified are calculated in succession during identifying the trajectory and corresponding aircraft states.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the lateral profile is determined based on the vertical profile calculated.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating adjustments to the flight plan includes changes to at least one of auto-thrust modes, speed targets, speed-brake deployment and remaining track miles.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjustments to the flight plan are generated in real-time.
10. An energy recovery system that monitors energy and time states of an aircraft and defines flight strategies to enable the aircraft to arrive at a target point with a desired energy andor at a desired time, the system comprising:
an inputoutput device that supports wired andor wireless communication;
a data storage device;
a user input device;
a display device; and
a computational unit including a processor configured to execute instructions implementing an energy recovery process and a memory unit a storing instruction for implementing the energy recovery process, the computational unit including:
an aircraft state monitor configured to continuously monitor and assess an energy state of the aircraft and any time deviation with respect to a flight plan prior to start of descent phase of the flight plan and throughout the descent phase of the flight,
a state predictor configured to predict an expected energy and time-of-arrival at a selected point ahead of the aircraft along a particular recovery path,
a recovery search manager configured to receive data from the aircraft state monitor and the state predictor and identify a recovery plan that brings aircraft energy from a current state to a desired state with minimal violation of time constraints,
a path planner configured to receive data from the recovery search manager and generate adjustments to the flight plan based on the data received from the recovery search manager to produce the recovery plan, and
an output interface configured to receive the recovery plan from the path planner and output the recovery plan to at least one of the display and a flight management system.
11. The energy recovery system of claim 10, wherein the recovery search manager is further configured to identify the recovery plan based on status of an autopilot mode, calibrated airspeed target, distance-to-fix, speedbrakes duration, and rate-of-descent.
12. The energy recovery system of claim 10, wherein the path planner is further configured to insert path extensions into the flight plan if the path planner determines that track miles needed to be flown to a target fix is more than the amount of miles planned in the flight plan.

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 linear reciprocating device comprising a base, a linear guide (2) fixedly mounted on the base, a load (4) matching the linear guide for linear reciprocating movement, and a motor (8) driving said load (4), characterized in that said linear reciprocating device further includes:
a limit detection device for detecting an origin position of the load;
a displacement detection device for detecting a relative displacement value of the load in a positioning region; and
a controller coupled with said limit detection device, said displacement detection device and said motor (8).
2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said limit detection device includes:
a disk stop (5) with one end being mounted on said load (4) and the other end extending towards said base; and
an optoelectronic sensor (7) mounted on said base and placed on the path of motion of said disk stop (5), said optoelectronic sensor (7) has a slot suitable for said disk stop to pass through.
3. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that said optoelectronic sensor (7) is placed at the origin position of the linear reciprocating movement of said load (4).
4. The device according to claim 3, characterized in that said optoelectronic sensor (7) sends a signal A when it detects the disk stop (5); said controller is used to stop said motor (8) in real time when said controller receives said signal A.
5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said displacement detection device includes:
a block stop (3) with one end being mounted on said load (4) and the other end extending towards said base; and
a differential transformer type displacement sensor (1) being mounted on said base and placed on the path of motion of said block stop (3), the slide bar of said differential transformer type displacement sensor (1) positively works with collision of said block stop (3).
6. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that said differential transformer type displacement sensor (1) is placed at the positioning region of said load (4).
7. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said differential transformer type displacement sensor (1) sends a signal B when it detects said block stop (3) colliding its slide bar; the amplitude of said signal B is related to displacement value of said slide bar; said controller is used to control said motor (8) according to amplitude of said signal B in real time to linearly decelerate until stopping at a positioning position when said controller receives said signal B.
8. A positioning control method for a linear reciprocating device, said linear reciprocating device includes a base, a linear guide (2) fixedly mounted on said base, a load (4) matching said linear guide for linear reciprocating movement, and a motor (8) driving said load (4), characterized in that said linear reciprocating device further includes: a limit detection device for detecting an origin position of said load; a displacement detection device for detecting a relative displacement value of said load in a positioning region; and a controller coupled with said limit detection device, said displacement detection device and said motor (8), the method includes:
said controller controls the motion of said motor (8) according to position detection result of said limit detection device and displacement detection result of said displacement detection device.
9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that said limit detection device includes: a disk stop (5) with one end being mounted on said load (4) and the other end extending towards said base; and an optoelectronic sensor (7) being mounted on said base and placed on the path of motion of said disk stop (5), said optoelectronic sensor (7) has a slot suitable for said disk stop to pass through, said optoelectronic sensor (7) is placed at the origin position of the linear reciprocating movement of said load (4);
said optoelectronic sensor (7) sends a signal A when it detects said disk stop (5);
said controller is used to stop said motor (8) in real time when said controller receives said signal A.
10. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that said displacement detection device includes: a block stop (3) with one end being mounted on said load (4) and the other end extending towards said base; and a differential transformer type displacement sensor (1) being mounted on said base and placed on the path of motion of said block stop (3), the slide bar of the differential transformer type displacement sensor (1) works with the collision of said block stop (3), said differential transformer type displacement sensor (1) is placed at the positioning region of said load (4);
said differential transformer type displacement sensor (1) sends a signal B when it detects said block stop (3) colliding its slide bar, the amplitude of said signal B is related to displacement value of said slide bar;
said controller is used to control said motor (8) according to amplitude of said signal B in real time to linearly decelerate until stopping at a positioning position when said controller receives said signal B.