Author: claimsbot

1. A method for controlling a plurality of devices of different device types connected to a host system, comprising:
receiving, by an Inputoutput processor (IOP) on a network server system, a device request from a network server operating system;
invoking a device driver of the network server system to handle the device request; the device driver bomb configured to operate as a single, integrated device driver to support the different device types of the plurality of devices;
determining, by the device driver of the network server system, a particular device type of the different device types to which the device request is directed;
creating a host system request for the particular device type; and
sending the host system request to an inputoutput processor or the host system.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the IOP on the network server system includes device driver for receiving the device request and determining the particular device type to which the device request is directed.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the device request is a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) request directed to a storage device connected to a SCSI bus of the host system.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the host system request is a direct memory access (DMA) request.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of devices include different types of storage devices selected from the group consisting of a direct access storage device (DASD), an optical drive, and a tape drive.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the device driver is a SCSI MINIPORT configured to create host system requests for each type of storage device connected to the host system.
7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
executing the host system request on one or more storage devices of the particular device type.
8. The method of claim 5 wherein the device request is directed to a virtual storage space defined on one or more storage devices of the particular device type.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
executing the host system request on a virtual storage space defined on the one or more storage devices.
10. A medium containing program code that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for controlling a plurality of devices of different device types connected to a host system comprising:
receiving, by an inputoutput processor (IOP) on the computer, a device request from a computer operating system;
invoking a device driver of the computer to handle the device request the device driver being configured to operate as a single, integrated device driver to support the different device types of the plurality of devices;
determining, by the device driver of the computer, a particular device type of the different device types to which the device request is directed;
creating a host system request for the particular type; and
sending the host system request to an inputoutput processor of the host system.
11. The medium of claim 10 wherein the IOP on the computer operating system includes device driver for receiving the device request and determining the particular device type to which the device request is directed.
12. The medium of claim 10 wherein the device request is a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) request directed to a storage device connected to a SCSI bus of the host system.
13. The medium of claim 10 wherein the host system request is a direct memory access (DMA) request.
14. The medium of claim 10 wherein the plurality of devices include different types of storage devices selected from the group consisting of a direct access storage device (DASD), an optical drive, and a tape drive.
15. The medium of claim 14 wherein the device driver is a SCSI MINIPORT configured to create host system requests for each type of storage device connected to the host system.
16. The medium of claim 14 wherein the method further comprises:
executing the host system request on the one or more storage devices of the particular device type.
17. The medium of claim 14 wherein the device request is directed to a virtual storage space defined on one or more storage devices of the particular device type.
18. The medium of claim 17 wherein the method further comprises:
executing the host system request on a virtual storage space defined on the one or more storage devices.
19. A method for controlling a plurality of Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) storage devices of different device types connected to a host server system, comprising:
sending a SCSI request from a network sewer operating system to an inputoutput processor (IOP) on the network server system, wherein the IOP on the network server system includes a device driver for receiving the SCSI request;
invoking the device driver to handle the device request; the device driver being configured to operate as a single, integrated device driver to support the different device types of the plurality of SCSI storage devices;
determining, utilizing the device driver, the particular SCSI storage device type of the different device types to which the SCSI request is directed;
creating a host server system request for the particular SCSI storage device type; and
sending the host server system request to an inputoutput processor of the host server system.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein the plurality of SCSI storage devices is selected from the group consisting of a direct access storage device (DASD), an optical drive, and a tape drive.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein the device driver is a SCSI MINIPORT configured to create host system requests for each type of SCSI storage device connected to the host system.
22. The method of claim 19 wherein the host system request is a direct memory access (DMA) request.
23. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
executing the host system request on the one of the plurality of storage devices of the particular SCSI storage device type.
24. The method of claim 19 wherein the SCSI request is directed to a virtual storage space defined on one of the plurality of SCSI storage devices of the particular SCSI storage device type.
25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:
executing the host system request on the virtual storage space defined on one of the plurality of SCSI storage devices of the particular SCSI storage device type.

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 digital control system, for use with a concrete pumping system having at least one power source for driving at least one hydraulic pump which is operatively connected through solenoid controlled valves to at least one concrete pump; which comprises:
a microcontroller for sensing open or short circuit conditions for the solenoids which control said valves; and
means for visually displaying said conditions.
2. A digital control system for, use with a concrete pumping system having at least one power source for driving at least one hydraulic pump which is operatively connected through solenoid controlled valves to at least one concrete pump, which comprises:
a microcontroller for sensing open or short circuit conditions for the solenoids which control said valves;
a plurality of comparator switch circuits interfaced with said solenoid controlled valves, wherein said comparator switch circuits are configured to send solenoid controlled valve condition status data to said microcontroller; and
means for visually displaying said conditions.
3. The digital control system of claim 2, wherein said means for visually displaying said conditions displays the status of said solenoids to be an open circuit fault, if said solenoids are determined to be in an open circuit condition.
4. The digital control system of claim 2, wherein said means for visually displaying said conditions displays the status of said solenoids to be a short circuit fault, if said solenoids are determined to be in a short circuit condition.
5. The digital control system of claim 2, said digital control system comprises a motorized flow control valve, controlled by said microcontroller, wherein said motorized flow control valve is configured to modulate the flow of hydraulic fluid to said hydraulic drive;
6. The digital control system of claim 5, wherein said microcontroller is configured to control the flow of current to said solenoid based upon the monitored condition of said solenoid.
7. The digital control system of claim 5, wherein said microcontroller is configured to close said motorized flow control for a predetermined period of time, post activation of said microcontroller.
8. The digital control system of claim 5, wherein said microcontroller is configured to close said motorized flow control valve for a predetermined period of time, post activation of said power source.
9. The digital control system of claim 2, wherein said microcontroller is configured to activate at least one solenoid controlled valve for a predetermined period of time, post activation of said power source.
10. A digital control system for, use with a concrete pumping system having at least one power source for driving at least one hydraulic pump which is operatively connected through solenoid controlled valves to at least one concrete pump, which comprises:
a microcontroller for sensing open or short circuit conditions for the solenoids which control said valves;
a motorized flow control valve attached to said concrete pumping system, wherein said motorized flow control valve is configured to modulate the flow of hydraulic fluid to said hydraulic pump;
a plurality of comparator switch circuits interfaced with said solenoid controlled valves, wherein said comparator switch circuits are configured to send solenoid controlled valve condition status data to said microcontroller;
a timing unit interfaced with said microcontroller, wherein said microcontroller generates clock pulses to determine if initial temporal conditions are established prior to the operational activation of said pump; and
means for visually displaying said conditions.
11. The digital control system of claim 10, wherein said microcontroller is configured to deactivate at least one of said plurality of comparator switch circuits if a short circuit condition is sensed within at least one said solenoid.
12. The digital control system of claim 10, wherein said microcontroller is configured to close said motorized flow control for a predetermined period of time, post activation of said microcontroller.
13. The digital control system of claim 10, wherein said microcontroller is configured to close said motorized flow control valve for a predetermined period of time, post activation of said power source.
14. The digital control system of claim 10, wherein said microcontroller is configured to activate at least one solenoid controlled valve for a predetermined period of time, post activation of said power source.

1. A cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a seal;
a cover sealing surface for the seal that is configured to seal a level cylinder head sealing surface of a cylinder head housing; and
a curved bearing cap sealing surface of a common frontal bearing cap in relation to frontally arranged camshaft bearings,
wherein the curved bearing cap sealing surface of the common frontal bearing cap has an external contour with a middle part above the cover sealing surface and having two transition areas that slope down diagonally to the cover sealing surface and are skewed in relation to the middle part, wherein the two transition areas are skewed in relation to the middle part in such a manner that transition edges of a curved bearing cap to the cover sealing surface are arranged at angles to axes of the frontally arranged camshaft bearings, and the cover sealing surface is configured accordingly.
2. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein the middle part of the curved bearing cap sealing surface is level and substantially plane-parallel to the level cylinder head sealing surface.
3. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder head cover comprise a single central adapter sleeve that is configured to adapt the cylinder head cover and an outer contour of a curved bearing cap in cooperation with the single central adapter sleeve, which forms a centered fitted seat of the cylinder head cover on the curved bearing cap.
4. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein the middle part of the curved bearing cap sealing surface, which is between the frontally arranged camshaft bearings, is sunken toward the front side of the cylinder head housing.
5. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder head cover has a correspondingly bulged area of the cover sealing surface in a middle sunken part of the curved bearing cap sealing surface of the cylinder head housing.
6. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein control-drive-side ends of camshafts protrude out of the common frontal bearing cap between the cylinder head cover and the cylinder head housing.
7. The cylinder head cover according to claim 5, wherein the cylinder head cover is configured to cover an access to camshafts installed on the cylinder head housing, and the camshafts are installed from above on the cylinder head housing within the cylinder head cover having semi-cylindrical bearing caps.
8. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder head housing is a component comprised of an aluminum alloy.
9. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder head cover is a component formed of an injection plastic molding.
10. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder head cover is a component formed of a fiber-reinforced plastic.
11. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein an elastomeric material is arranged as the seal between the cover sealing surface of the cylinder head cover, the cylinder head housing, and the common frontal bearing cap.
12. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, further comprising a guide groove for a rubber-elastic ring-shaped sealing band in the cover sealing surface of the cylinder head cover.
13. The cylinder head cover according to claim 1, wherein the two transition areas are tilted forward relative to the middle part.

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

1. A method for facilitating a wireless transaction, comprising:
receiving, at a transaction system and at least in part over a wireless communication link, a transaction request for a user-selected wireless transaction, the transaction request associated with a wireless transaction comprising an authorization with respect to a product or service, and a fulfillment event associated with the authorization, the fulfillment event occurring at a fulfillment location;
in response to the received user-selected transaction request, determining whether the authorization has been obtained;
if the authorization has been obtained, communicating an transaction code from the transaction system to a wireless communication device, the transaction code that, at a first point in time, is capable of being received from the wireless communication device at the fulfillment location over a short-range radio link to partially complete the wireless transaction; and
at a second point in time and while the wireless transaction remains only partially complete, completing the wireless transaction at the fulfillment location by receiving a transaction code from the wireless communication device over the short-range radio link.
2. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the short-range radio link is a short-range wireless radio link.
3. The method as described in claim 2 wherein the short-range wireless radio link is Bluetooth.
4. The method as described in claim 1 further including authenticating a user of the wireless communication device prior to seeking the authorization for the user-selected transaction request.
5. The method of claim 1 including the further step of reducing an available inventory associated with the product or service upon receiving and verifying the transaction code.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the transaction code communicated from the transaction system is the same transaction code received from the wireless communication device.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the transaction code communicated from the transaction system differs from the transaction code received from the wireless communication device.
8. A system for facilitating a wireless transaction using a wireless communication device that receives and displays one or more transaction codes, comprising:
a first subsystem:
receiving, at least in part over a wireless communication link, a wireless transaction request from a transaction requester, the wireless transaction request associated with a wireless transaction that begins with a purchase action with respect to a product or service, and that concludes with a fulfillment action associated with the purchase action, the fulfillment action including personal bodily entry into or through a physical structure using the wireless communication device;
verifying an identity associated with the transaction requester;
approving the purchase action with respect to the product or service; and
communicating a transaction code to the wireless communication device; and
a second subsystem coupled to the first subsystem:
at a first time, receiving the transaction code from the wireless communication device to permit personal bodily entry into or through a physical structure to partially complete the wireless transaction; and
at a second time distinct from the first time and while the wireless transaction remains only partially complete, receiving the transaction code from wireless communication device to complete the wireless transaction and authorize personal bodily entry or through the physical structure;
wherein the transaction code is received from the wireless communication device at one of the first and second locations over a short-range radio link.
9. The system as described in claim 8 wherein the short-range radio link is a short-range wireless radio link.
10. The system as described in claim 9 wherein the short-range wireless radio link is Bluetooth.
11. A method for facilitating a wireless transaction, comprising:
upon authenticating a user and authorizing a wireless transaction, communicating a transaction code from a transaction system to the user’s wireless communication device;
at a first point in time, receiving a transaction code from the wireless communication device over a short-range radio link to partially complete the wireless transaction; and
at a second point in time, distinct from the first point in time, and while the wireless transaction remains only partially complete, completing the wireless transaction by receiving a transaction code from the wireless communication device over the short-range radio link.