All The Claims

1. An antenna, located within an enclosure, said antenna including one or more arms, each arm having a length including a physical length corresponding to the distance along said arm between a feed point for receiving a signal source of a signal to be transmitted and an endpoint of the respective arm, and an electrical length corresponding to an intended frequency band of transmission, where at different points along said physical length of each of the arms of the antenna a source of external loading, separate from the signal source, has a variable effect, and where at different points along said physical length of each of the arms of the antenna, the antenna has a relatively high impedance area and a relatively low impedance area,
wherein said enclosure includes one or more anticipated points of contact, where the source of external loading is brought into proximity with said enclosure, and
wherein each of the one or more arms are constructed and arranged to locate the relatively high impedance areas along the physical length of a respective one of the one or more arms of the antenna at least a predetermined distance from the one or more anticipated points of contact, and the relatively low impedance areas along the physical length of the respective one of the one or more arms of the antenna are located more proximate the anticipated points of contact than the relatively high impedance area along the physical length of the respective one of the one or more arms of the antenna.
2. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, further including two or more arms, wherein a first one of the arms is associated with a relatively high frequency band of transmission, and a second one of the arms is associated with a relatively low frequency band of transmission.
3. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein each arm extends from the feed point in a different direction relative to an internal contour of the enclosure.
4. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein the feed point is positioned proximate one of the anticipated points of contact.
5. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein each arm has an electrical length corresponding to a quarter of the wavelength of the intended frequency band of transmission.
6. An antenna in accordance with claim 5, wherein the endpoint of each arm is associated with a high impedance area.
7. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein the antenna is a monopole antenna.
8. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein the antenna is a dual frequency band antenna.
9. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein a corresponding gap having a predetermined distance is maintained between the most proximate point of the antenna relative to each of the anticipated points of contact.
10. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein the source of external loading includes an interfering body providing an electrically coupled source of impedance.
11. An antenna in accordance with claim 10, wherein the interfering body comprises one or more materials including one or more of a conductor, and a material having a high dielectric constant.
12. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein the endpoints of at least two of the arms have an area of overlap.
13. An antenna in accordance with claim 12, wherein the area of overlap is located at least a predetermined distance from the one or more anticipated points of contact.
14. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein said antenna is incorporated as part of a hand held wireless communication device.
15. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein said wireless communication device is a cellular telephone.
16. An antenna in accordance with claim 14, wherein the hand held wireless communication device includes a housing having two parts, where the two parts of the housing are rotatably coupled together via a hinge; each of the two parts of the housing having a top edge and a bottom edge, where one of the two edges in each of the two parts of the housing is more proximate the position where the hinge is coupled; and wherein the antenna is located in one of the two housings of the wireless communication device proximate the other one of the two edges, which is less proximate the position where the hinge is coupled.
17. An antenna in accordance with claim 16, wherein one of the two parts of the housing is an upper housing and the other one of the two parts of the housing is a lower housing; where the upper housing is rotatably coupled to the lower housing via the hinge at the bottom edge of the upper housing, and the lower housing is rotatably coupled to the upper housing via the hinge at the top edge of the lower housing; and wherein the antenna is located proximate the bottom edge of the lower housing.
18. An antenna in accordance with claim 1, wherein a cross section of the antenna is substantially radially symmetrical.

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 display device comprising:
a substrate;
a base film formed over and being in contact with the substrate, the base film having a lyophobic region and a lyophilic region; and
a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode layer which comprises a conductive material,
wherein the gate electrode layer is provided over and in contact with the lyophilic region,
wherein the semiconductor layer is over the gate electrode layer,
wherein the lyophobic region is more lyophobic with respect to a droplet containing a solvent and the conductive material than the lyophilic region, and
wherein the lyophilic region is more lyophilic with respect to the droplet than the lyophobic region.
2. The display device according to claim 1,
wherein the solvent is an ester, an alcohol, or a ketone.
3. The display device according to claim 1,
wherein the conductive material is selected from a metal, a metal sulfide, a metal oxide, silver halide, an organic tin, an organic zinc, and a titanium nitride.
4. The display device according to claim 1,
wherein the lyophilic region comprises an oxide or nitride of a metal.
5. The display device according to claim 1,
wherein the lyophilic region comprises titanium oxide.
6. The display device according to claim 1,
wherein the lyophobic region comprises a material having a fluorocarbon chain.
7. A display device comprising:
a substrate;
a base film formed over and being in contact with the substrate, the base film having a lyophobic region and a lyophilic region; and
a thin film transistor including a gate electrode layer, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer,
wherein at least one of the gate electrode layer, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer is formed over and in contact with the lyophilic region and comprises a conductive material,
wherein the semiconductor layer is over the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer,
wherein the lyophobic region is more lyophobic with respect to a droplet containing a solvent and the conductive material than the lyophilic region, and
wherein the lyophilic region is more lyophilic with respect to the droplet than the lyophobic region.
8. The display device according to claim 7,
wherein the solvent is an ester, an alcohol, or a ketone.
9. The display device according to claim 7,
wherein the conductive material is selected from a metal, a metal sulfide, a metal oxide, silver halide, an organic tin, an organic zinc, and a titanium nitride.
10. The display device according to claim 7,
wherein the lyophilic region comprises an oxide or nitride of a metal.
11. The display device according to claim 7,
wherein the lyophilic region comprises titanium oxide.
12. The display device according to claim 7,
wherein the lyophobic region comprises a material having a fluorocarbon chain.
13. A television device comprising a display screen which comprises a display device, the display device comprising:
a substrate;
a base film formed over and being in contact with the substrate, the base film having a lyophobic region and a lyophilic region; and
a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode layer which comprises a conductive material,
wherein the gate electrode layer is provided over and in contact with the lyophilic region,
wherein the semiconductor layer is over the gate electrode layer,
wherein the lyophobic region is more lyophobic with respect to a droplet containing a solvent and the conductive material than the lyophilic region, and
wherein the lyophilic region is more lyophilic with respect to the droplet than the lyophobic region.
14. The television device according to claim 13,
wherein the solvent is an ester, an alcohol, or a ketone.
15. The television device according to claim 13,
wherein the conductive material is selected from a metal, a metal sulfide, a metal oxide, silver halide, an organic tin, an organic zinc, and a titanium nitride.
16. The television device according to claim 13,
wherein the lyophilic region comprises an oxide or nitride of a metal.
17. The television device according to claim 13,
wherein the lyophilic region comprises titanium oxide.
18. The television device according to claim 13,
wherein the lyophobic region comprises a material having a fluorocarbon chain.
19. A television device comprising a display screen which comprises a display device, the display device comprising:
a substrate;
a base film formed over and in contact with the substrate having a lyophobic region and a lyophilic region; and
a thin film transistor including a gate electrode layer, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer,
wherein at least one of the gate electrode layer, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer is formed over and in contact with the lyophilic region and comprises a conductive material,
wherein the semiconductor layer is over the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer,
wherein the lyophobic region is more lyophobic with respect to a droplet containing a solvent and the conductive material than the lyophilic region, and
wherein the lyophilic region is more lyophilic with respect to the droplet than the lyophobic region.
20. The television device according to claim 19,
wherein the solvent is an ester, an alcohol, or a ketone.
21. The television device according to claim 19,
wherein the conductive material is selected from a metal, a metal sulfide, a metal oxide, silver halide, an organic tin, an organic zinc, and a titanium nitride.
22. The television device according to claim 19,
wherein the lyophilic region comprises an oxide or nitride of a metal.
23. The television device according to claim 19,
wherein the lyophilic region comprises titanium oxide.
24. The television device according to claim 19,
wherein the lyophobic region comprises a material having a fluorocarbon chain.

1. A computer-implemented method for managing cryptographic keys in a distributed system, comprising:
under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,
storing a first cryptographic key in each of a plurality of security modules;
receiving a request to perform an operation, the performance of which involves an encryption operation using the first cryptographic key specified in the request; and
as a result of receiving the request:
causing a selected security module from the plurality of security modules to perform the encryption operation using the first cryptographic key;
performing a stochastic process to generate a value; and
when the value satisfies a set of key rotation criteria that limit the probability of using the same nonce multiple times with the first cryptographic key, causing each security module of the plurality of security modules to replace the first cryptographic key with a second cryptographic key.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:
the encryption operation includes stochastic generation of a nonce.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the value is output of a random or pseudorandom value generator.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:
the stochastic process comprises:
randomly or pseudorandomly generating an initial value; and
as a result of the generated initial value satisfying a set of counter update conditions, determining the value by updating a counter.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein causing the selected security module to perform the encryption operation using the first cryptographic key includes causing the selected security module to use the value when performing the encryption operation.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first cryptographic key is accessible to each security module of the plurality of security modules.
7. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,
as a result of a received request to perform an operation, the performance of which involves use of first information:
determining a stochastically generated value;
when the stochastically generated value satisfies a set of rotation criteria that limit the probability of using the same nonce multiple times with the first information, replacing the first information with second information; and
when the stochastically generated value fails to satisfy the set of rotation criteria, allowing the first information to be used to perform the operation at least one additional time in response to another request.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the first information is a cryptographic key.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the stochastically generated value is based at least in part on output of a random or pseudorandom number generator.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the stochastically generated value is a probabilistically updated counter.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving the request;
selecting, from a plurality of devices each with access to the first information and capable of performing the operation, a device to perform the operation; and
causing the selected device to perform the operation.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises causing the stochastically generated value to be used to perform the operation.
13. A system, comprising:
a plurality of computing devices that each store first information;
a request processing subsystem comprising a collection of computing resources collectively configured to:
process requests to perform operations involving the first information by at least, for each request of a plurality of the requests, selecting a computing device from the plurality of computing devices to use the first information as part of processing the request; and
generate rotation determinations probabilistically in a manner that limits use of the same nonce with the first information multiple times such that, as a result of a rotation determination indicating rotation, the plurality of computing devices use second information instead of the first information.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein:
the first information is a cryptographic key; and
the operations include cryptographic operations using the cryptographic key.
15. The system of claim 13, wherein probabilistically generating rotation determinations includes determining a random or pseudorandom value and checking whether the rotation determination satisfies one or more conditions.
16. The system of claim 13, wherein probabilistically generating rotation determinations includes probabilistically updating a counter that, when the counter satisfies one or more conditions, results in a rotation determination indicating rotation.
17. The system of claim 13, wherein at least a subset of the rotation determinations are each generated as a result of a corresponding received request to use the first information to perform a corresponding operation.
18. The system of claim 13, wherein:
the requests are web service requests that specify the first information by an identifier for the first information; and
upon replacement of the first information with the second information, the second information is specifiable to the system by the identifier for the first information.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a system, cause the system to:
probabilistically generate rotation determinations in a manner that limits use of the same nonce with first information multiple times, each rotation determination indicating whether to replace the first information with second information when processing requests;
when a generated rotation determination is positive, cause the first information used in processing requests to be replaced with the second information; and
when a generated rotation determination is negative, allow the first information to be used for processing additional requests to be processed using the first information.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the first information is a first cryptographic key of a plurality cryptographic keys managed by the system.
21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein each of at least a subset of the rotation determinations is generated as a result of a received request to perform an operation using the first information.
22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein:
the first information is accessible to a plurality of devices of the system; and
causing the first information to be replaced with the second information includes causing the second information to become accessible to each device of the plurality of devices.
23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein each rotation determination of at least a subset of the rotation determinations is based at least in part on one or more conditions and a randomly or pseudorandomly generated value.
24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein:
probabilistically generating rotation determinations includes probabilistically determining whether to update a counter; and
each rotation determination of at least a subset of the rotation determinations is based at least in part on whether the counter has reached a threshold.
25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein each probabilistically generated rotation determination of at least a subset of the probabilistically generated rotation determinations is based at least in part on a determination whether a stochastically generated value is divisible by another value.
26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein each probabilistically generated rotation determination of at least a subset of the probabilistically generated rotation determinations is based at least in part on a determination whether a stochastically generated sequence of bits satisfies one or more conditions on the sequence.

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 liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
a first flow path for supplying liquid;
a second flow path that communicates with the first flow path;
a filter disposed to face communication holes of the first and second flow paths; and
an air bubble locking section comprising a spacer member disposed between the communication hole of the second flow path and the filter that locks an air bubble in the communication hole of the second flow path at a time when the air bubble is discharged from the second flow path through the filter, the spacer member having a height of less than 0.1 mm.
2. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the air bubble locking section is a recessed section, formed in an outer peripheral portion of the communication hole of the second flow path, into which a portion of the air bubble can be made to enter.
3. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the recessed portion is formed as a gap between a face in which the communication hole of the second flow path is formed and the filter.
4. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the spacer member also regulates a length of the gap.
5. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the recessed section is prepared so as to be approximately symmetrical with respect to the center of the communication hole of the second flow path.
6. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the recessed section is prepared so as to be discretely positioned.
7. A liquid ejecting head comprising:
a first flow path for supplying liquid:
a second flow path that communicates with the first flow path;
a filter disposed to face communication holes of the first and second flow paths; and
an air bubble locking section comprising a spacer member disposed between the communication hole of the second flow path and the filter and that locks an air bubble in the communication hole of the second flow path at a time when the air bubble is discharged from the second flow path through the filter, the spacer member having a height of less than 0.1 mm.
8. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
a first flow path for supplying liquid;
a second flow path that communicates with the first flow path;
a filter disposed to face communication holes of the first and second flow paths; and
an air bubble locking section comprising a spacer member disposed between the communication hole of the second flow path and the filter so as to be in contact with the filter and which that locks an air bubble in the communication hole of the second flow path at a time when the air bubble is discharged from the second flow path through the filter.
9. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the air bubble locking section is a recessed section, formed in an outer peripheral portion of the communication hole of the second flow path, into which a portion of the air bubble can be made to enter.
10. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the recessed portion is formed as a gap between a face in which the communication hole of the second flow path is formed and the filter.
11. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the spacer member also regulates a length of the gap.
12. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the recessed section is prepared so as to be approximately symmetrical with respect to the center of the communication hole of the second flow path.
13. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the recessed section is prepared so as to be discretely positioned.
14. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first flow path, second flow path, filter, and air bubble locking section are disposed in a liquid ejecting head.