Author: claimsbot

1. A method for a subscription service in an IP multimedia subsystem network, comprising:
establishing IP channels between a Session Border Controller (SBC) and an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) terminal as well as between the SBC and a Resource List Server (RLS) after the SBC receives a status subscribe request message from the IMS terminal; and
sending, by the RLS, subscribed status information and an acknowledgment message to the IMS terminal through the IP channels after the RLS finds the subscribed status information for the IMS terminal.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the status subscribe request message sent by the IMS terminal contains information about whether the IMS terminal has a capability of receiving status subscription information through the IP channels.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the establishing the IP channels comprises:
when determining that the IMS terminal has the capability of receiving status subscription information through the IP channels according to the status subscribe request message received from the IMS terminal, determining, by the SBC, an IP channel for the IMS terminal in the SBC, and sending by the SBC the status subscribe request message to the RLS through an IP channel interface facing the RLS;
after receiving the acknowledgment message of the subscribe request message returned by the RLS, obtaining, by the SBC, an IP address of the RLS in the acknowledgment message, generating by the SBC an IP forwarding strategy facing the RLS, establishing by the SBC the IP channel between the SBC and the RLS, and sending by the SBC the acknowledgment message of the subscribe request message to the IMS terminal; and
directly sending, by the IMS terminal, an empty data packet to an IP channel interface of the SBC facing the IMS terminal after the IMS terminal receives the acknowledgment message from the SBC, and setting, by the SBC, a forwarding strategy facing the IMS terminal after the SBC receives the empty data packet and establishing by the SBC the IP channel between the SBC and the IMS terminal.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the sending the status subscribe request message to the RLS through the IP channel interface facing the RLS comprises:
parsing the status subscribe request message received from the IMS terminal, removing the information about whether the IMS terminal has the capability of receiving status subscription information through IP channels, replacing address information of the IMS terminal in the status subscribe request message with an address of the IP channel interface facing the RLS, and then sending the address of the IP channel interface facing the RLS to the RLS by a Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) and a Service Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF).
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the setting the IP forwarding strategy facing the RLS comprises:
obtaining, by the SBC, IP address information of the RLS contained in the acknowledgment message returned by the RLS, and using, by the SBC, the IP address of the RLS as a destination address of data packets sent to the RLS from the IMS terminal; and
the setting the IP forwarding strategy facing the IMS terminal comprises:
obtaining, by the SBC, IP address information of the IMS terminal according to the empty data packet, and using, by the SBC, the IP address of the IMS terminal as a destination address of data packets sent to the IMS terminal from the RLS.
6. The method according to claim 3, wherein, after the IP channels are established between the SBC and the IMS terminal as well as between the SBC and the RLS, information is not forwarded through a P-CSCF and an S-CSCF in the IP channels facing the RLS anymore.
7. A system for a subscription service in an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network, comprising a receiving unit, an establishing unit, a searching unit and a sending unit; wherein
the receiving unit is located in an SBC and configured to receive a status subscribe request message from an IMS terminal;
the establishing unit is configured to establish IP channels between the SBC and the IMS terminal as well as between the SBC and an RLS after the receiving unit receives the status subscribe request message from the IMS terminal;
the searching unit is located in the RLS and configured to find subscribed status information after receiving a subscribe request; and
the sending unit is located in the RLS and configured to send the status information found by the searching unit and an acknowledgment message of the subscribe message to the IMS terminal through the IP channels established by the establishing unit.
8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the status subscribe request message sent by the IMS terminal contains information about whether the IMS terminal has a capability of receiving status subscription information through the IP channels.
9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the establishing unit further comprises a first determining subunit, a second determining subunit, a first sending subunit, a first receiving subunit, an obtaining subunit, a first generating subunit, a first establishing subunit, a second sending subunit, a second receiving subunit, a third sending subunit, a third receiving subunit, a second generating subunit and a second establishing subunit; wherein
the first determining subunit is located in the SBC and configured to determine whether the IMS terminal has the capability of receiving status subscription information through the IP channels according to the status subscribe request message received by the receiving unit from the IMS terminal, and to trigger the second determining subunit when the IMS terminal has the capability of receiving status subscription information through the IP channels;
the second determining subunit is located in the SBC and configured to determine an IP channel for the IMS terminal in the SBC;
the first sending subunit is located in the SBC and configured to send the status subscribe request message to the RLS through an IP channel interface facing the RLS;
the first receiving subunit is located in the SBC and configured to receive the acknowledgment message of the subscribe request message returned by the RLS;
the obtaining subunit is located in the SBC and configured to obtain an IP address of the RLS in the acknowledgment message after the first receiving subunit receives the acknowledgment message of the subscribe request message;
the first generating subunit is located in the SBC and configured to generate an IP forwarding strategy facing the RLS;
the first establishing subunit is located in the SBC and configured to establish the IP channel between the SBC and the RLS;
the second sending subunit is located in the SBC and configured to send the acknowledgment message of the subscribe request message to the IMS terminal;
the second receiving subunit is located in the IMS terminal and configured to receive the acknowledgment message of the subscribe message from the SBC;
the third sending subunit is located in the IMS terminal and configured to send an empty data packet to the SBC through an IP channel interface of the SBC facing the IMS terminal;
the third receiving subunit is located in the SBC and configured to receive the empty data packet;
the second generating subunit is configured to generate a forwarding strategy facing the IMS terminal; and
the second establishing subunit is configured to establish the IP channel between the SBC and the IMS terminal.
10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the first sending subunit further comprises a parsing sub-module, a removing sub-module, a replacing sub-module and a sending sub-module; wherein
the parsing sub-module is configured to parse the status subscribe request message received from the IMS terminal;
the removing sub-module is configured to remove the information about whether the IMS terminal has the capability of receiving status subscription information through the IP channels;
the replacing sub-module is configured to replace address information of the IMS terminal in the status subscribe request message with an address of the IP channel interface facing the RLS; and
the sending sub-module is configured to send the status subscribe request message to the RLS through a P-CSCF and an S-CSCF.
11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the first generating subunit further obtains, through the obtaining unit, IP address information of the RLS contained in the acknowledgment message returned by the RLS, and uses the IP address of the RLS as a destination address of data packets sent to the RLS from the IMS terminal; and
the second generating subunit further obtains IP address information of the IMS terminal according to the empty data packet, and uses the IP address of the IMS terminal as a destination address of data packets sent to the IMS terminal from the RLS.

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 filter device for fluids including a filter case (1), comprising at least one filter inlet (2) and one filter outlet (3) and an intermediately arranged filter (4), characterized in that said filter (4; 36; 40) has at least two parts and has a duct (16), embedded in said filter (4), said duct (16) provided with a pressure-controlled regulating valve (9), and said duct (16) by-passes at least one part of said filter (4):
2. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said filter (36; 40) comprising two or more ring-shaped filter elements (37, 38, 39 . . . 41), concentrically arranged one inside the other, or comprising two or several adjacently arranged, cascade-shaped filter elements (43, 44, 45 . . . 47), whereby said duct (16) is embedded between each two adjacent filter elements (37, 38; 38, 39; 39, 40); . . . andor 43, 44; 44, 45; 45, 46; . . . ).
3. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said filter (4) is arranged concentrically around a central tube (18) of the filter device and said filter (4) comprises at least one outer and at least one inner filter element (7, 8).
4. The filter device according to claim 3, characterized in that said duct (16) is spirally shaped around said inner filter element (8).
5. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said duct (16) has a diameter equal tolarger than 0.1 mm, specifically 0.1 to 10 mm and has openings (17) distributed over its peripheral area.
6. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said duct (16) consists of the same material as said filter (4).
7. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said duct (16) is made of a metal or plastic tube.
8. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said duct (16) comprises a tube made of pulp, cellulose or fiber material.
9. The filter device according to claim 2, characterized in that duct (16) is formed within the filter (4; 36; 42) between two filter elements (7, 8; 37, 38; . . . 40, 41 or 43, 44; . . . 46, 47).
10. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that one or more pressure-controlled regulating valves (9) are arranged in said duct (16).
11. The filter device according to claim 10, characterized in that a sieve (11) is positioned upstream from each of said regulating valves (9) in the duct (16).
12. The filter device according to claim 10, characterized in that each of said regulating valves (9) has a ball (33) subjected to the load of a compression spring (32).
13. The filter device according to claim 3, characterized in that a by-pass valve (5) is positioned up-stream from said central tube (18), said end of the central tube (18) facing away from said by-pass valve is aligned with said filter outlet (3) and that a by-pass path (6) from the filter inlet (2) via the by-pass valve (5) to the central tube (18) completely by-passes the filter (4).
14. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said filter case (I) includes a case lid (26) which is connected via a flanged joint (27), secured by screws (28).
15. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said filter (4) is stably mounted by means of washers (31) and a base plate (20).
16. The filter device according to claim 15, characterized in that said base plate (20) comprises a centrally positioned cylinder part (23) which has an external thread (24) that is screwed onto an internal thread (25) of said tube (18) and that said by-pass valve (5) is arranged in said cylinder part (23).
17. The filter device according to claim 15, characterized in that said base plate (20) comprises an inlet opening (21) to a ring-shaped channel (14) between the filter elements (7, 8) and that said duct (16) runs in the channel (14).
18. The filter device according to claim 3, characterized in that said central tube (18) is outfitted with a number of openings (19) evenly distributed over its peripheral area.
19. The filter device according to claim 1, characterized in that two filter inlets (2) are provided symmetrical to the axis of said filter case (1), that each filter inlet (2) comprises an external thread (12) and that said filter outlet (3), centered in respect to said filter case (1), comprises an external thread (13).
20. A method for filtering fluids through a filter, comprising:
introducing a fluid, filtering said fluid until the pressure across the filter reaches a first pre-set limit, by-passing a part of said filter while continuing filtering the fluid through the remaining part of said filter, and by-passing said entire filter when the pressure increase across said filter reaches a second pre-set limit.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein said first and second pre-set limits may be the same or different.
22. The method of claim 20, wherein said step of by-passing a part of said filter includes a duct and a by-pass valve position within said duct, said by-pass valve set at said first limit to allow said fluid to by-pass a part of said filter.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein said step of by-passing said entire filter includes a second by-pass valve, said second by-pass valve set at said second limit to allow the fluid to by-pass the filter entirely.
24. The method of claim 20, wherein said fluid is selected from the class of hydraulic oil, motor oil, transmission oil, transformer oil, petroleum and synthetic oils, or their mixtures, mineral oils, partially and completely synthetic oils, partially or completely biological oils, and mixtures of various oils.
25. (canceled)
26. (canceled)
27. (canceled)
28. (canceled)
29. (canceled)
30. (canceled)

1. A sheet-like medium stack guiding device, comprising:
at least one of a left limit plate and a right limit plate located at an outer end of a medium passage which is formed by a left passage plate and a right passage plate; and
a driving mechanism being in a transmission connection with at least one of the left limit plate and the right limit plate, and adapted to drive at least one of the left limit plate and the right limit plate to move in a medium length direction;
wherein the driving mechanism comprises a screw shaft and a screw driving motor which are connected together by a gear set, and wherein the screw shaft is provided with threads having opposite screwing directions at a left end and a right end thereof respectively, the left limit plate and the right limit plate are provided with nuts corresponding to the threads of the screw shaft respectively, and the screw shaft is slidably mounted between the left limit plate and the right limit plate so that the left limit plate and the right limit plate are driven to move towards or away from each other under the driving of the screw motor;
two ends of a guiding shaft is fixed to the left passage plate and the right passage plate respectively, and the guiding shaft is configured to pass through the left limit plate and the right limit plate; and
the left limit plate is coupled to a left guiding plate via a first left limit plate rotating shaft in such a manner to be rotatable and slidable in a guiding groove of the left guiding plate, the left guiding plate is rotatably connected to a left fixing plate via a second left guiding plate rotating shaft and a third left guiding plate rotating shaft, and the left fixing plate is fixed to the left passage plate; the right limit plate is coupled to a right guiding plate via a first right limit plate rotating shaft in such a manner to be rotatable and slidable in a guiding groove of the right guiding plate, the right guiding plate is rotatably connected to a right fixing plate via a second right guiding plate rotating shaft and a third right guiding plate rotating shaft, and the right fixing plate is fixed to the right passage plate.
2. The sheet-like medium stack guiding device according to claim 1, wherein a sensor detecting piece is mounted on the right guiding plate; and a sensor is mounted such as to exteriorly correspond to the sensor detecting piece, and is adapted to detect an initial position of the sensor detecting piece.
3. The sheet-like medium stack guiding device according to claim 1, further comprising a flapping tidying mechanism, wherein the flapping tidying mechanism is located at a lower position of the left limit plate or the right limit plate and is adapted to flap media at one side of the media; a medium stacking plate is mounted between the flapping tidying mechanism and the right limit plate, and is located outside a banknote stacking wheel.
4. The sheet-like medium stack guiding device according to claim 3, wherein the flapping tidying mechanism comprises a front plate and a rear plate; the front plate is located at one side of the medium stacking plate, and is slidably connected to the rear plate; the rear plate is slidably connected to a rear plate guiding shaft and is adapted to make a reciprocating movement under driving of a rear plate vibration mechanism.
5. The sheet-like medium stack guiding device according to claim 4, comprising a front plate return spring, a front plate guiding shaft and a front plate guiding sleeve which form a front plate assembly along with the front plate, wherein the front plate guiding shaft is fixedly connected to the front plate after passing through the front plate guiding sleeve and the front plate return spring; the front plate guiding shaft is slidably connected to the rear plate through the front plate guiding sleeve; and the front plate spring is mounted between the front plate and the rear plate and is adapted to return the front plate.
6. The sheet-like medium stack guiding device according to claim 4, wherein the rear plate vibration mechanism comprises a tidying motor and an eccentric wheel, and wherein the eccentric wheel is mounted on an output shaft of the tidying motor and is in contact with a driving surface of the rear plate; two ends of the rear plate guiding shaft are fixedly connected to a tidying motor supporting plate, such that the rear plate slides along the rear plate guiding shaft in a left-right direction under the action of the eccentric wheel.
7. The sheet-like medium stack guiding device according to claim 6, further comprising a rear plate return spring, wherein one end of the rear plate return spring is connected to the tidying motor supporting plate and the other end of the rear plate return spring is connected to the rear plate, such that the working surface of the eccentric wheel is always in contact with the driving surface of the rear plate.
8. The sheet-like medium stack guiding device according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of bearings are mounted on the tidying motor supporting plate such that the motor supporting plate slides along a sliding support plate in the left-right direction as the left limit plate moves, and wherein the sliding support plate and a connection plate of the sliding support plate are fixed to the left passage plate.
9. The sheet-like medium stack guiding device according to claim 4, wherein a flapping tidying mechanism sensor and a flapping tidying mechanism sensor detecting piece are provided to detect a position of the rear plate.
10. A control system for the sheet-like medium stack guiding device according to claim 1, comprising a controller, wherein the controller comprises:
an image acquisition module configured to acquire image information of a medium;
a data processing module configured to judge a type of the medium according to pre-stored medium type image information, to search for a length of the medium according to the type of the medium, to calculate a distance to be adjusted according to the length of the medium, and to convert the distance to be adjusted into an amount of movement of an execution element;
a memory module configured to store image information and physical properties of multiple types of media, an initial position length value of the limit plate, a length adjusting conversion formula, and a conversion formula for converting a length adjustment value into an amount of movement of an execution element;
a central control processing module configured to schedule and control operating processes of the image acquisition module, the data processing module, a servo signal generating module, a detecting module and the memory module; and
the servo signal generating module configured to output an execution element servo signal according to the amount of movement of the execution element.
11. The control system according to claim 10, wherein the controller comprises the detecting module configured to acquire an initial position of a controlled object.
12. A method for controlling a sheet-like stack guiding device, comprising:
identifying a type of a medium to be tidied;
querying properties of the medium to be tidied according to the type of the medium, so as to obtain a length value of the medium; and
performing calculation according to the length value of the medium and outputting an execution element servo signal for a driving mechanism, so as to drive at least one of a left limit plate and a right limit plate to move to a predetermined position in the medium length direction.
13. The method according to claim 12, comprising:
acquiring image information of the medium;
judging a type of the medium according to pre-stored medium type image information;
searching for a length of the medium according to the type of the medium;
calculating a distance to be adjusted according to the length of the medium;
converting the distance to be adjusted into an amount of movement of an execution element; and
outputting an execution element servo signal according to the amount of movement of the execution element.
14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:
detecting an initial position of a controlled object, so as to drive at least one of the left limit plate and the right limit plate after being reset to the initial position.
15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:
detecting an initial position of a controlled object, so as to drive at least one of the left limit plate and the right limit plate after being reset to the initial position.

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 potential chassis damage notification system for a vehicle comprising:
a sensor connected to the vehicle capable of providing data; and
a controller capable of receiving the data, comparing the data to a potential-damage range, and sending a potential-chassis-damage signal if the data is within the potential-damage range.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the sensor is an accelerometer, and the data provided by the sensor is acceleration data.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein the sensor is connected to an unsprung component of the vehicle.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the sensor is part of a supplemental restraint system that supplies the data to an internal communications network, and the controller accesses the data from the internal communications network.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the sensor is part of an electronic stability control system that supplies the data to an internal communications network, and the controller accesses the data from the internal communications network.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein an indication of potential chassis damage is displayed on an instrument panel in response to the controller sending the potential-chassis-damage signal.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the potential-chassis-damage signal is stored in a memory storage device and is saved along with a time stamp that may be accessed at a later time.
8. The system of claim 1 further comprising a transmitter in communication with the controller and the controller in combination with the transmitter transmits the potential-chassis-damage signal outside of the vehicle.
9. The system of claim 8 further comprising a remote receiver for receiving the potential-chassis-damage signal.
10. The system of claim 8 wherein the potential-chassis-damage signal is sent via a cellular network.
11. The system of claim 8 wherein the potential-chassis-damage signal is sent via a satellite network.
12. The system of claim 8 wherein the potential-chassis-damage signal is sent via a radio frequency transmission.
13. The system of claim 1 wherein the potential-damage range has a lower limit set at the data that would indicate normal operation of the vehicle and an upper limit set at the data that would indicate a collision event and set-off a supplemental restraint.
14. The system of claim 1 wherein a portion of the potential-damage range is lower than the data that would cause damage discernible by a driver while driving.
15. The system of claim 1 wherein a threshold value is set at an acceleration that an accelerometer would detect when the vehicle drives over a 7 inch straight-edge curb at 15 miles per hour.
16. A method of identifying potential chassis damage on a vehicle comprising:
receiving an acceleration data signal, comparing the acceleration data signal to a threshold value, and sending a potential-chassis-damage signal if the acceleration data is above the threshold value.
17. The method of claim 16 wherein the acceleration data signal includes an unsprung-mass-acceleration data detected by a first accelerometer connected to an unsprung component of the vehicle and a sprung-mass-acceleration data detected by an accelerometer connected to a sprung component of the vehicle, and the threshold value is a differential between the unsprung-mass-acceleration data and the sprung-mass-acceleration data.
18. The method of claim 16 wherein the potential-chassis-damage signal is provided to an internal communications network within the vehicle.
19. The method of claim 16 wherein the potential-chassis-damage signal is communicated to a driver of the vehicle.
20. The method of claim 16 wherein the potential-chassis-damage signal is transmitted outside of the vehicle to a remote receiver.