Author: claimsbot

1. In an event notification system running on a network appliance, a method for validating a response to an event notification message, comprising:
the event notification system generating the event notification message which correlates to an event received by the event notification system from an event generating device, the event notification message comprising one or more header fields and a message body;
inserting coded event message information and uncoded event message information into the body of the event notification message and transmitting the event notification message to at least one recipient device;
parsing information comprising the response received from the at least one recipient device to identify uncoded response information and the coded event message information;
decoding the coded event message information and comparing it to the identified uncoded response information; and
validating the response if at least some of the uncoded response information correlates to the decoded event message information.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the at least one recipient device receiving the event notification message and sending a response that includes the uncoded response information and the coded event message information.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising a user operating the recipient device observing the received event notification message on a display associated with the recipient device, and entering information into the recipient device in response to the received event message.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the received event notification message includes one or more response options.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the response information entered into the recipient device by the user includes at least one of the response options included in the event notification message.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more response options comprise an acknowledgment of receipt of the message, an option to cancel the event message, and an option to escalate the event message.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the coded event message information comprises event message state information and a unique message identity.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the event message state information comprises one or more of an event identity, a recipient identity, message context, valid user responses, and a time stamp.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the event notification message transmitted by the event notification system includes a recipient warning not to modify the coded portion of the message.
10. In an event notification network, a method for validating a response to an event notification message transmitted by an event notification system running on a network appliance, comprising:
a event generating device connected to the event notification network generating and sending an event message to the event notification system;
the event notification system receiving the event message from the event generating device and using information included in the event message to generate an event notification message, the event notification message comprising one or more header fields and a message body;
inserting coded event message information and uncoded event message information into the body of the event notification message and transmitting the event notification message to at least one recipient device;
parsing information comprising a response received from the at least one recipient device to identify uncoded response information and the coded event message information;
decoding the coded event message information and comparing it to the identified uncoded response information; and
validating the response if at least some of the uncoded response information correlates to the decoded event message information.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the at least one recipient device receiving the event notification message and sending a response that includes the uncoded response information and the coded event message information.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising a user operating the recipient device observing the received event notification message on a display associated with the recipient device, and entering information into the recipient device in response to the received event message.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the received event notification message includes one or more response options.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the response information entered into the recipient device by the user includes at least one of the response options included in the event notification message.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more response options comprise an acknowledgment of receipt of the message, an option to cancel the event message, and an option to escalate the event message.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein the coded event message information comprises event message state information and a unique message identity.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the event message state information comprises one or more of an event identity, a recipient identity, message context, valid user responses, and a time stamp.
18. The method of claim 10, wherein the event notification message transmitted by the event notification system includes a recipient warning not to modify the coded portion of the message.
19. An event notification system, comprising;
a event generating device interface;
an event notification module; and
an output and an input message processor, wherein the event notification module receives an event message from the event generating device interface, generates an event notification message comprised of coded event message information in a message body field, the output message processor transmits the event notification message to a recipient device and receives a response from the recipient device comprised of uncoded recipient response information and the coded event message information, parses the information comprising the response to identify the uncoded recipient response information and the coded event message information, decodes the coded event message information and the event notification module compares the decoded information to the identified uncoded response information and validates the response if at least some of the uncoded recipient response information correlates to the decoded event message information.
20. The event notification system of claim 19, wherein the event notification module comprises a system configuration module, an event state store and an event processing and distribution function.
21. The event notification system of claim 19, wherein the coded event message information comprises event message state information and a unique message identity.
22. The event notification system of claim 21, wherein the event message state information comprises one or more of an event identity, a recipient identity, message context, valid user responses, and a time stamp.

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

What is claimed is:

1. A method of operating a radio access network of a telecommunications system, the method comprising using a omnibus release message to release plural connections handled by the radio access network.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio access network comprises a radio network control (RNC) node, and wherein the method further comprises:
preparing the omnibus release message whereby, when a first selected parameter thereof has a predetermined value, all radio connections controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein when the first selected parameter is in a reserved range of values, all radio connections controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the radio network control (RNC) node is a serving radio network control (SRNC) node, and further comprising preparing the omnibus release message upon failure of the serving radio network control (SRNC) node.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a mobile terminal global identity information element of the omnibus release message.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a Radio Network Temporary Identity (U-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first selected parameter is a Serving Radio Network Temporary Identity (S-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio access network comprises a radio network control (RNC) node, and wherein the method further comprises:
preparing the omnibus release message whereby, when a first selected parameter thereof has a first predetermined value and a second selected parameter thereof has a second predetermined value, all radio connections in cells controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein when the first selected parameter is in a first reserved range of values, all radio connections in cells controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein when the second selected parameter is in a second reserved range of values, all radio connections in cells controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the radio network control (RNC) node is a drift radio network control (DRNC) node, and further comprising preparing the omnibus release message upon failure of the drift radio network control (DRNC) node.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a mobile terminal global identity information element of the omnibus release message.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a Radio Network Temporary Identity (U-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first selected parameter is in a Serving Radio Network Temporary Identity (S-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
15. The method of claim 8, wherein the second selected parameter is included in a parameter which identifies a serving radio network control (SRNC) node.
16. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the omnibus release message on a common control channel (CCCH) when a mobile terminal is in a CELL_FACH state.
17. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the omnibus release message on a paging channel (PCH).
18. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio access network comprises a serving radio network controller node and a drift radio network controller node, and wherein the method further comprises:
sending from the serving radio network controller node to the drift radio network controller node a request for release of connections with mobile terminals controlled by the serving radio network controller node in cells controlled the drift radio network controller node;
sending the omnibus release message from the drift radio network controller node to base station(s) controlled by the drift radio network controller node.
19. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio access network comprises a serving radio network controller node and a drift radio network controller node, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving at the drift radio network controller node an indication of a loss of connection with the serving radio network controller node;
sending the omnibus release message from the drift radio network controller node to base station(s) controlled by the drift radio network controller node with respect to connections with mobile terminals controlled by the serving radio network controller node in cells controlled the drift radio network controller node.
20. A radio access network of a telecommunications system, radio access network comprising a radio network control (RNC) node which prepares a omnibus release message to release plural connections handled by the radio access network.
21. The radio access network of claim 20, wherein when a first selected parameter of the omnibus release message has a predetermined value, all radio connections controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
22. The radio access network of claim 21, wherein when the first selected parameter is in a reserved range of values, all radio connections controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
23. The radio access network of claim 21, wherein the radio network control (RNC) node is a serving radio network control (SRNC) node, and wherein the serving radio network control (SRNC) node prepares the omnibus release message upon failure of the serving radio network control (SRNC) node.
24. The radio access network of claim 21, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a mobile terminal global identity information element of the omnibus release message.
25. The radio access network of claim 24, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a Radio Network Temporary Identity (U-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
26. The radio access network of claim 25, wherein the first selected parameter is in a Serving Radio Network Temporary Identity (S-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
27. The radio access network of claim 20, wherein when a first selected parameter of the omnibus release message has a first predetermined value and a second selected parameter of the omnibus release message has a second predetermined value, all radio connections in cells controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
28. The radio access network of claim 27, wherein when the first selected parameter is in a first reserved range of values, all radio connections in cells controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
29. The radio access network of claim 27, wherein when the second selected parameter is in a second reserved range of values, all radio connections in cells controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
30. The radio access network of claim 27, wherein the radio network control (RNC) node is a drift radio network control (DRNC) node, and wherein the drift radio network control (DRNC) node prepares the omnibus release message upon failure of the drift radio network control (DRNC) node.
31. The radio access network of claim 27, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a mobile terminal global identity information element of the omnibus release message.
32. The radio access network of claim 31, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a Radio Network Temporary Identity (U-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
33. The radio access network of claim 32, wherein the first selected parameter is in a Serving Radio Network Temporary Identity (S-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
34. The radio access network of claim 27, wherein the second selected parameter is included in a parameter which identifies a serving radio network control (SRNC) node.
35. The radio access network of claim 20, wherein the omnibus release message is transmitted on a common control channel (CCCH) when a mobile terminal is in a CELL_FACH state.
36. The radio access network of claim 20, wherein the omnibus release message is transmitted on a paging channel (PCH).
37. The radio access network of claim 20, further comprising a serving radio network controller node and a drift radio network controller node, and wherein the serving radio network controller node sends to the drift radio network controller node a request for release of connections with mobile terminals controlled by the serving radio network controller node in cells controlled the drift radio network controller node; and wherein the drift radio network controller node sends the omnibus release message to base station(s) controlled by the drift radio network controller node.
38. The radio access network of claim 20, further comprising a serving radio network controller node and a drift radio network controller node, wherein the drift radio network controller node receives an indication of a loss of connection with the serving radio network controller node, and thereafter sends the omnibus release message to base station(s) controlled by the drift radio network controller node with respect to connections with mobile terminals controlled by the serving radio network controller node in cells controlled the drift radio network controller node.
39. A radio network control (RNC) node of a radio access network of a telecommunications system which prepares a omnibus release message to release plural connections handled by the radio access network.
40. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 39, wherein when a first selected parameter of the omnibus release message has a predetermined value, all radio connections controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
41. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 40, wherein when the first selected parameter is in a reserved range of values, all radio connections controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
42. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 41, wherein the radio network control (RNC) node is a serving radio network control (SRNC) node, and wherein the serving radio network control (SRNC) node prepares the omnibus release message upon failure of the serving radio network control (SRNC) node.
43. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 38, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a mobile terminal global identity information element of the omnibus release message.
44. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 43, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a Radio Network Temporary Identity (U-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
45. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 44, wherein the first selected parameter is in a Serving Radio Network Temporary Identity (S-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
46. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 39, wherein when a first selected parameter of the omnibus release message has a first predetermined value and a second selected parameter of the omnibus release message has a second predetermined value, all radio connections in cells controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
47. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 46, wherein when the first selected parameter is in a first reserved range of values, all radio connections in cells controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
48. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 46, wherein when the second selected parameter is in a second reserved range of values, all radio connections in cells controlled by the radio network control (RNC) node are released.
49. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 46, wherein the radio network control (RNC) node is a drift radio network control (DRNC) node, and wherein the drift radio network control (DRNC) node prepares the omnibus release message upon failure of the drift radio network control (DRNC) node.
50. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 46, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a mobile terminal global identity information element of the omnibus release message.
51. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 50, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a Radio Network Temporary Identity (U-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
52. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 51, wherein the first selected parameter is in a Serving Radio Network Temporary Identity (S-RNTI) information element of the omnibus release message.
53. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 46, wherein the second selected parameter is included in a parameter which identifies a serving radio network control (SRNC) node.
54. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 39, wherein the omnibus release message is transmitted on a common control channel (CCCH) when a mobile terminal is in a CELL_FACH state.
55. The radio network control (RNC) node of claim 39, wherein the omnibus release message is transmitted on a paging channel (PCH).
56. The radio network control node of claim 39, wherein the radio network control node is a drift radio network control node which receives from a serving radio network control node a request for release of connections with mobile terminals controlled by the serving radio network controller node in cells controlled the drift radio network controller node; and wherein the drift radio network controller node sends the omnibus release message to base station(s) controlled by the drift radio network controller node.
57. The radio network control node of claim 39, wherein the radio network control node is a drift radio network control node which receives an indication of a loss of connection with the serving radio network controller node, and which thereafter sends the omnibus release message to base station(s) controlled by the drift radio network controller node with respect to connections with mobile terminals controlled by the serving radio network controller node in cells controlled the drift radio network controller node.
58. A mobile terminal which, upon receipt of a release message from a radio access network of a telecommunications system, releases its radio connection with the radio access network when a first selected parameter of the omnibus release message has a predetermined value which is not unique to the mobile terminal.
59. The mobile terminal of claim 58, wherein when the first selected parameter is in a reserved range of values, the mobile terminal releases its radio connection with the radio access network.
60. The radio access network of claim 58, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a mobile terminal global identity information element of the omnibus release message.
61. The mobile terminal of claim 58, wherein the first selected parameter is included in a Radio Network Temporary Identity (U-RNTI) information element of the release message.
62. The mobile terminal of claim 61, wherein the first selected parameter is in a Serving Radio Network Temporary Identity (S-RNTI) information element of the release message.
63. The mobile terminal of claim 58, wherein the release message is receifved on a common control channel (CCCH) when the mobile terminal is in a CELL_FACH state.
64. The mobile terminal of claim 58, wherein the release message is received on a paging channel (PCH).

1. A device comprising:
an ultrasound transducer configured to (i) fire pushing beams into a medium wherein each pushing beam comprises a pushing beam focus and is configured to produce a respective shear wave along a propagation path through the medium, the ultrasound transducer further configured to (ii) issue tracking beams, receive respective echoes, and measure in response to issued tracking beams and respective received echoes, shear-wave induced displacement in the medium at different spatial locations along the propagation path of the respective shear wave; and
an in-place displacement based weighter operatively connected with all the tracking beams, wherein the in-place displacement based weighter is configured (i) to use shear-waved-induced displacement measured at the different spatial locations along the propagation path for determining a center of mass (COM) time value for each of the different spatial locations, wherein time values are weighted, according to dispalcement of a time value of a corresponding displacement curve, that correspond to times associated with sampling that detects the displacement, and (ii) to compute, in response to a first sum divided by a second sum of displacements used in the weighting, a weighted average representative of arrival time of the corresponding shear wave at a respective location of the different spatial locations, each respective location of the different spatial locations having its respective weighted average.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the ultrasound transducer is further configured to estimate shear-wave propagation speed based on a time a shear wave is present at a different location along said path.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein said shear-wave propagation speed comprises a magnitude of group velocity of said shear wave.
4.-6. (canceled)
7. The device of claim 1, wherein said in-place displacement based weighter is further configured to selectively exclude from computation of a given weighted average, a particular displacement, based on whether the particular displacement meets an instantaneous-displacement threshold.
8. The device of claim 7, wherein the instantaneous-displacement threshold varies with spatial location for which a respective weighted average is being computed.
9. The device of claim 7, wherein the medium comprises a material and further wherein the instantaneous-displacement threshold is based on peak displacement of the material of the medium comprises.
10. The device of claim 9, further wherein the instantaneous-displacement threshold is directly proportional to said peak displacement.
11. The device of claim 10, further wherein the in-place displacement based weighter uses a plurality of different spatial locations to compute respective weighted averages representative of respective arrival times, and wherein the instantaneous-displacement threshold is further equal to said peak displacement multiplied by a factor invariant with location, said peak displacement varying with location.)
12. The device of claim 11, wherein said factor is dynamically varying based on a criterion.
13. The device of claim 12, wherein said criterion is based on a noise metric.
14. The device of claim 1, wherein the different spatial locations corn rise a plurality of different spatial locations, and wherein said in-place displacement based weighter is further configured to selectively exclude one or more of the plurality of locations from computation of a given weighted average.
15. The device of claim 14, wherein the selectively excluding of the one or more of the plurality of locations is dynamically based on a criterion.
16. The device of claim 15, wherein said criterion comprises whether a respective peak displacement exceeds a peak-displacement threshold.
17. (canceled)
18. The device of claim 1, wherein the devices is implemented as one or more integrated circuits.
19. The device of claim 1, wherein said weighted average is equal to an arrival time of a corresponding shear wave at a respective location of the plurality of different spatial locations.
20. The device of claim 1, wherein said shear-wave induced displacement comprises displacement of body tissue.
21. A method for detecting shear-wave arrival, said method comprising:
configuring, via an ultrasound transducer, to (i) fire pushing beams into a medium, wherein each pushing beam comprises a pushing beam focus and is configured to produce a respective shear wave along a propagation path through the medium, and to (ii) issue tracking beams, receive respective echoes, and measure in response to issued tracking beams and respective received echoes, shear-wave induced displacement in the medium at different spatial locations along the propagation path of the respective shear wave; and
configuring, via an in-place displacement based weighter (i) to use shear-wave-induced displacement measured at the different spatial locations along the propagation path for determining a center of as (COM) time value for each of the different spatial locations, wherein time values are weighted, according to displacement of a time value of a corresponding displacement curve, that correspond to times associated with sampling that detects the displacement, and (ii) to compute, in response to a first sum divided by a second sum of displacements used in the weighting, a weighted average representative of arrival time of the corresponding shear wave at a respective location of the different spatial locations each respective location of the different spatial locations having its respective weighted average.
22. A computer software product for detecting shear-wave arrival, said product comprising a computer readable medium embodying a computer program that includes instructions executable by a processor for performing a plurality of acts, said acts according to the method of claim 21.
23.-24. (canceled)

The claims below are in addition to those above.
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We claim:

1. A method of preparing styrene or substituted styrene comprising:
(a) converting a mixture comprising alkylbenzene hydroperoxide or substituted alkylbenzene hydroperoxide and an alkene to a mixture comprising phenyl alkanol or substituted phenyl alkanol and an alkylene oxide in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst; and
(b) dehydrating the phenyl alkanol or substituted phenyl alkanol or substituted phenyl alkanol in the presence of a homogeneous dehydration catalyst to obtain styrene or substituted styrene.
2. The method of claim 1, which is preceded by a non-catalyzed step wherein alkylbenzene or substituted alkylbenzene is oxidized to a mixture comprising alkylbenzene hydroperoxide or substituted alkylbenzene hydroperoxide.
3. The method of claim 1 in which the alkylbenzene hydroperoxide comprises ethylene hydroperoxide and the phenyl alkanol comprises 1-phenylethanol.
4. The method of claim 3 in which the heterogeneous catalyst is selected from the group consisting of supported titanium compounds, zirconium compounds, molybdenum compounds, vanadium compounds, and the homogeneous catalyst is selected from the group consisting of inorganic acids and organic compounds.
5. The method of claim 1 in which the heterogeneous catalyst comprises titanium on silica, and the homogeneous catalyst comprises an aromatic andor sulfonic acid.
6. The method of claim 5, in which the homogeneous catalyst comprises p-toluene sulfonic acid.