Author: claimsbot

1. A transflective liquid crystal display including a plurality of dots, each dot having a reflective display area and a transmissive display area, the reflective display area and the transmissive display area of each dot being separate and independent from each other, the transflective liquid crystal display comprising:
an element substrate having a pixel electrode;
an opposite substrate facing the element substrate; the opposite substrate including an opposing electrode opposing the pixel electrode;
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode of the two substrates, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal with a negative dielectric anisotropy;
a switching element connected to the pixel electrode, the switching element generating an electric field that causes an alignment disorder of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer;
an adjusting layer provided at least in the reflective display area, the adjusting layer making a thickness of the liquid crystal layer thicker in the transmissive display area than in the reflective display area, the adjusting layer including a slope in a vicinity of a boundary between the transmissive display area and the reflective display area;
a reflective layer provided in the reflective display area of the opposite substrate and in a non-overlapping condition with the transmissive display area in plan view, the reflective layer having a portion extending directly below the switching element, beneath the slope of the adjusting layer, and to an edge of the slope of the adjusting layer that borders the transmissive display area, the portion shielding the alignment disorder of the liquid crystal layer from being viewed during transmissive display; and
at least one of a slit, opening, and ridge that control the direction in which the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer tilt, the at least one of a slit, opening, and ridge being provided in overlap in plan view with both the slope of the adjusting layer and the edge of the reflective layer.
2. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, further comprising a circularly polarized light inputting device that inputs circularly polarized light to the element substrate and the opposite substrate.
3. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, the switching element being a nonlinear diode element.
4. An electronic device including the liquid crystal display according to claim 1.
5. The transflective liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein
the at least one of a slit, opening, and ridge does not extend beyond, in plan view, either edge of the slope of the adjusting layer.
6. A transflective liquid crystal display including a plurality of dots, each dot having a reflective display area and a transmissive display area, the reflective display area and the transmissive display area of each dot being separate and independent from each other, the transflective liquid crystal display comprising:
an element substrate having a pixel electrode;
an opposite substrate facing the element substrate, the opposite substrate including an opposing electrode opposing the pixel electrode;
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode of the two substrates, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal with a negative dielectric anisotropy;
a switching element connected to the pixel electrode, the switching element generating an electric field that causes an alignment disorder of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer;
an adjusting layer provided at least in the reflective display area, the adjusting layer making a thickness of the liquid crystal layer thicker in the transmissive display area than in the reflective display area, the adjusting layer including a slope in a vicinity of a boundary between the transmissive display area and the reflective display area;
a reflective layer provided in the reflective display area of the opposite substrate and in a non-overlapping condition with the transmissive display area in plan view, the reflective layer having a portion extending directly below the switching element, beneath the slope of the adjusting layer, and to an edge of the slope of the adjusting layer that borders the transmissive display area, the portion shielding the alignment disorder of the liquid crystal layer from being viewed during transmissive display; and
at least one of a slit, opening, and ridge that control the direction in which the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer tilt, the at least one of a slit, opening, and ridge being provided such that substantially all of the at least one of a slit, opening, and ridge is within the boundaries, in plan view, of the slope of the adjusting layer.
7. The transflective liquid crystal display according to claim 6, further comprising a circularly polarized light inputting device that inputs circularly polarized light to the element substrate and the opposite substrate.
8. The transflective liquid crystal display according to claim 6, the switching element being a nonlinear diode element.
9. An electronic device including the transflective liquid crystal display according to claim 6.

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 protective film, comprising a non-adhesion layer and adhesion layer, said non-adhesion layer further comprising a surface layer and middle layer, wherein said non-adhesion layer is formed from one selected from a group constituted by blends or copolymers of both polypropylene series and polyethylene series, characterized in that said surface layer of said non-adhesion layer is formed from a blend of homo-polypropylene and low density polyethylene among said polyethylene series.
2. The protective film according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of said surface layer of said non-adhesion layer is not beyond 20% of a thickness of entire said protective film.
3. The protective film according to claim 1, wherein a melt flowing rate(MFR) of said polypropylene of said surface layer of said non-adhesion layer is ranged between 1.0-30.0 g10 min.
4. The protective film according to claim 1, wherein a melt flow rate(MFR) of said polyethylene of said surface layer of said non-adhesion layer is ranged between 0.5-30.0 g10 min.
5. The protective film according to claim 1, wherein a blending ratio of said low density polyethylene of said surface layer of said non-adhesion layer is larger than 0 and smaller than 30%.
6. The protective film according to claim 1, wherein said homo-polypropylene has a MFR ranged between 1.0-40.0 g10 min, specific weight ranged between 0.90-0.95 gcm3 and elongation at fracture larger than or equal to 80%.
7. The protective film according to claim 1, wherein said surface layer of said non-adhesion layer is further added with a release agent.
8. The protective film according to claim 7, wherein said added release agent is ranged between 20-90% by weight of said non-adhesion layer.
9. A protective film, comprising a non-adhesion layer and adhesion layer, said non-adhesion layer further comprising a surface layer and middle layer, wherein said non-adhesion layer is formed from one selected from a group constituted by blends or copolymers of both polypropylene series and polyethylene series, characterized in that said middle layer of said non-adhesion layer is formed from a blend of high density polyethylene and low density polyethylene among said polyethylene series.
10. The protective film according to claim 9, wherein a thickness of said middle layer of said non-adhesion layer is ranged between 60-95% of a thickness of entire said protective film.
11. The protective film according to claim 9, wherein a melt flowing rate(MFR) of said polyethylene of said middle layer of said non-adhesion layer is ranged between 0.5-30.0 g10 min.
12. The protective film according to claim 9, wherein a blending ratio of said low density polyethylene of said middle layer of said non-adhesion layer is larger than 0 and smaller than 30%.
13. The protective film according to claim 9, wherein said middle layer of said non-adhesion layer further comprises at least one layer of high density polyethylene among said polyethylene series.
14. The protective film according to claim 9, wherein said middle layer of said non-adhesion layer further comprises at least one layer of low density polyethylene among said polyethylene series.
15. The protective film according to claim 9, wherein said middle layer of said non-adhesion layer further comprises both at least one layer of high density polyethylene and at least one layer low density polyethylene.
16. A protective film, comprising a non-adhesion layer and adhesion layer, characterized in that said adhesion layer is composed by thermoplastic elastomer and plastic material with a low hardness below 70% by weight of entire said adhesion layer, wherein said thermoplastic elastomer is any one selected from a group constituted by hydrogenated styrene butadiene rubber(HSBR), styrene-ethylenebutylenes-styrene(SEBS), styrene-isoprene-styrenestyrene-isoprene block copolymer(SIS), styrene-ethylenepropylene-styene(SEPS), polyolefin elastomer(POE), ethylene vinyle acetate(EVA), and a blend or copolymer thereof each with a Shore hardness more than 30A.
17. The protective film according to claim 16, wherein a thickness of said adhesion layer is ranged between 5-25% of a thickness of entire said protective film.
18. The protective film according to claim 16, wherein a content of styrene in said hydrogenated styrene butadiene rubber(HSBR) is ranged between 10-50%, MFR ranged between 0.5-10.0 g10 min, specific weight 0.85-0.95 gcm3 and Shore hardness 30A-70A.
19. The protective film according to claim 16, wherein a content of styrene in said styrene-ethylenebutylenes-styrene(SEBS) is ranged between 10-50%, MFR ranged between 1.0-15.0 g10 min, specific weight 0.85-0.95 gcm3 and Shore hardness 30A-90A.
20. The protective film according to claim 16, wherein a content of styrene in said styrenestyrene-isoprene block copolymer(SIS) is ranged between 10-40%, MFR ranged between 1.0-15.0 g10 min, specific weight 0.90-0.95 gcm3 and Shore hardness 30A-70A.
21. The protective film according to claim 16, wherein a content of styrene in said styrene-ethylenepropylene-styene(SEPS) is ranged between 10-50%, MFR ranged between 1.0-15.0 g10 min, specific weight 0.85-0.95 gcm3 and Shore hardness 40A-90A.
22. The protective film according to claim 16, wherein a MFR of polyolefin elastomer(POE) is ranged between 1.0-10.0 g10 min, specific weight 0.80-0.90 gcm3 and Shore hardness 50A-90A.
23. The protective film according to claim 16, wherein a MFR of ethylene vinyle acetate(EVA) is ranged between 1.0-20.0 g10 min, specific weight 0.90-0.95 gcm3 and Shore hardness 30A-90A.
24. The protective film according to claim 16, wherein said adhesion layer is added with hydrocarbon tackifier resin with specific weight ranged between 0.95-1.00 gcm, softening point 70-140\xb0 C., and glass transition temperature(Tg) 35-90\xb0 C.
25. The protective film according to claim 24, wherein an added amount of said hydrocarbon tackifier resin is larger than 0 and smaller than 70% by weight of said adhesion layer.
26. The protective film according to claim 24, wherein an added amount of said hydrocarbon tackifier resin preferably is ranged between 10-65% by weight of said adhesion layer.
27. The protective film according to claim 24, wherein an added amount of said hydrocarbon tackifier resin more preferably is ranged between 15-60% by weight of said adhesion layer.

1. An insulated central air vent cover comprising:
a panel sized to match a size of a vent cover;
at least two magnets disposed about an outer periphery of the panel on an upper side thereof; and
an insulating strip disposed about the outer periphery of the panel on the upper side thereof.
2. The insulated central air vent cover of claim 1, wherein the insulating strip is a foam strip.
3. The insulated central air vent cover of claim 1, wherein the at least two magnets are rare earth magnets.
4. The insulated central air vent cover of claim 1, wherein the magnets are disposed on opposite sides of the panel at a midpoint of the opposite sides.
5. The insulated central air vent cover of claim 1, wherein the insulating strips are cut to permit placement of the at least two magnets.
6. An insulated central air vent cover comprising:
a panel sized to match a size of a vent cover;
at least two rare earth magnets disposed about an outer periphery of the panel on an upper side thereof; and
a foam strip disposed about the outer periphery of the panel on the upper side thereof.
7. The insulated central air vent cover of claim 6, wherein the at least two rare earth magnets are disposed on opposite sides of the panel at a midpoint of the opposite sides.
8. The insulated central air vent cover of claim 6, wherein the insulating strips are cut to permit placement of the at least two rare earth magnets.

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. In a computer network that includes a plurality of networked computer systems, wherein a sending computer system sends an instant message through a chain of one or more computer systems to a destination computer system, a method of acknowledging delivery of the instant message, wherein the criteria for determining the success or failure of the delivery are user specified, the method comprising:
an act of the sending computer system identifying the user specified criteria for returning a successful acknowledgment message corresponding to the instant message to the user;
an act of the sending computer system sending the instant message to the destination computer system and receiving a successful acknowledgment message;
an act of the sending computer system, upon receiving a successful acknowledgement message, determining whether the user specified criteria for returning a successful acknowledgment message are met; and
an act of the sending computer system returning a successful acknowledgment message corresponding to the instant message only if the user specified criteria have been met, wherein the user specified criteria is a \u201csingle hop\u201d criteria, and the act of the sending computer system determining whether the user specified criteria for returning a successful acknowledgment message are met comprises an act of determining that the user specified criteria have been met if the first server computer system in the chain of computer systems receives the instant message.
2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sending computer system comprises a server computer system associated with the user.
3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sending computer system comprises a server computer system associated with a sending client computer system.
4. A method in accordance with claim 3, wherein the act of the computer system identifying the user specified criteria for returning a successful acknowledgment message comprises the following:
an act of the sending server computer system receiving a data field representing the user specified criteria with the instant message; and
an act of the sending server computer system reading the data field to identify the user specified criteria.
5. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the act of the computer system identifying the user specified criteria for returning a successful acknowledgment message comprises the following:
an act of reading a data field representing the user specified criteria from a database accessible to the sending computer system.
6. In a computer network that includes a plurality of networked computer systems, wherein a sending computer system sends an instant message through a chain of one or more computer systems to a destination computer system, a method of acknowledging delivery of the instant message, wherein the criteria for determining the success or failure of the delivery are user specified, the method comprising:
an act of the sending computer system sending the instant message to the destination computer system;
an act of the sending computer system receiving a successful acknowledgment message for the sent instant message;
a step for the sending computer system determining whether user specified criteria for returning a successful acknowledgment message corresponding to the received successful acknowledgment message for the instant message are met; and
an act of the sending computer system returning a successful acknowledgment message corresponding to the received successful acknowledgment message for the instant message only if the user specified criteria have been met, wherein the user specified criteria is a singe hop criteria and the step for the sending computer system determining whether user specified criteria for returning a successful acknowledgment message corresponding to the received successful acknowledgment message for the instant message are met comprises an act of determining that the user specified criteria are satisfied if the first server computer system in the chain of computer systems receives the instant message.
7. A storage media containing instructions for controlling a sending computer system to determine whether delivery of an instant message was successful, comprising:
sending via a computer network the instant message to a destination computer system;
receiving via the computer network a successful acknowledgement message for the instant message;
determining whether the successful acknowledgement message satisfies a user-specified criterion for success of delivery of the instant message; and
when the user-specified criterion is satisfied, indicating that delivery of the instant message was successful, wherein the instant message is sent via a chain of one or more computer systems to the destination computer system and the user-specified criterion specifies a single hop wherein the delivery is successful when the first computer system in the chain receives the instant message.