All The Claims

1. A system for adaptively assigning a communications device to a wireless access point in a wireless network, comprising:
a default wireless access unit having a default wireless access unit processor, the default wireless access unit being configured to provide the communications device with access to the wireless network and to evaluate network activity of the communications device to determine if the network activity satisfies a pre-determined condition; and
an adaptive wireless access unit having an adaptive wireless access unit processor configured to control one or more adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors, the adaptive wireless access unit being configured to provide the communications device with access to the wireless network in response to the pre-determined condition being satisfied, wherein
the adaptive wireless access unit is further configured to evaluate a signal strength associated with communications between the adaptive wireless access unit and the communications device, and modify one or more of the adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors corresponding to antenna elements included in an adaptive antenna array associated with the adaptive wireless access unit until the communications device receives a signal exceeding a threshold signal strength from the adaptive wireless access unit, and
the adaptive wireless access unit processor is further configured to determine if the network activity of the communications device satisfies an end condition, and modify one or more of the adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors to disable wireless access between the communications device and the adaptive wireless access unit when the end condition is satisfied.
2. A method for a default wireless access unit to adaptively assign a communications device to communicate with a wireless network using either a default wireless access unit or an adaptive wireless access unit, the method for the default wireless access unit comprising:
receiving a request for access to the wireless network from the communication device;
providing access to the wireless network for the communication device using the default wireless access unit in response to the received request;
monitoring network communications for network activity associated with the communications device;
evaluating the network activity associated with the communications device to determine if the network activity satisfies a pre-determined condition;
assigning the communications device to the adaptive wireless access unit when the pre-determined condition is determined to be satisfied, such that the adaptive wireless access unit provides the communications device with access to the wireless network;
evaluating the network activity associated with the communications device to determine if the network activity satisfies an end condition; and
re-assigning the communications device to the default wireless access unit when the end condition is determined to be satisfied, such that the default wireless access unit provides the communications device with access to the wireless network.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the default wireless access unit transmits an instruction to the adaptive wireless access unit in response to the communication device being assigned to the adaptive wireless access unit causing the adaptive wireless access unit to modify one or more adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors to provide the communications device with a cognizable signal.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the pre-determined condition includes transmission, by the communications device, of a request to download a file having a file size greater than a minimum value.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the pre-determined condition includes transmission, by the communications device, of a request for content from a pre-approved website.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the pre-determined condition includes transmission, by the wireless communications device, of an access code.
7. A method for adaptively assigning a communications device using either a default wireless access unit or an adaptive wireless access unit, the method for the adaptive wireless access unit comprising:
receiving from the default wireless access unit an indication of an assignment of the communications device to the adaptive wireless access unit for access of the communications device to the wireless network using the adaptive access unit in response to a determination by the default wireless access unit that a pre-determined condition is satisfied;
evaluating a signal strength associated with communications between the adaptive wireless access unit and the communications device;
modifying one or more weighting factors corresponding to antenna elements included in an adaptive antenna array associated with the adaptive wireless access unit until the signal strength exceeds a threshold signal strength;
providing the communications device with access to the wireless network using the adaptive wireless access unit;
receiving an indication of a re-assignment of the communications device to the default wireless access unit when the network activity is determined to satisfy an end condition; and
disabling access to the wireless network using the adaptive wireless access unit for the communications device, such that the default wireless access unit provides the communications device with access to the wireless network.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the pre-determined condition is determined to be satisfied based on monitoring and evaluating of network activity of the communications device.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the pre-determined condition is determined to be satisfied based on monitoring and evaluating of the network activity of the communications device.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the pre-determined condition includes transmission, by the communications device, of a request for content from a pre-approved website.
11. The method of claim 7, wherein the pre-determined condition includes transmission, by the wireless communications device, of an access code.
12. The method of claim 7, wherein the pre-determined condition includes transmission, by the communications device, of a request to download a file having a file size greater than a minimum value.
13. The method of claim 7, wherein prior to modifying one or more of the weighting factors the signal strength of the adaptive wireless access unit received at the communications device is insufficient to establish the communication between the communications device and the adaptive wireless access unit.
14. An article of manufacture for adaptively assigning a communications device to communicate with a wireless network using either a default wireless access unit or an adaptive wireless access unit, the article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium holding computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
receiving a request for access to the wireless network from the communication device;
providing access to the wireless network for the communication device using the default wireless access unit in response to the received request;
monitoring network communications for network activity associated with the communications device;
evaluating the network activity associated with the communications device to determine if the network activity satisfies a pre-determined condition; and
assigning the communications device to the adaptive wireless access unit when the pre-determined condition is determined to be satisfied, such that the adaptive wireless access unit provides the communications device with access to the wireless network;
evaluating the network activity associated with the communications device to determine if the network activity satisfies an end condition; and
re-assigning the communications device to the default wireless access unit when the end condition is determined to be satisfied, such that the default wireless access unit provides the communications device with access to the wireless network.
15. An adaptive wireless access unit configured to provide a communications device with access to a wireless network in response to a pre-determined condition being satisfied, the adaptive wireless access unit comprising:
an adaptive wireless access unit processor configured to control one or more adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors, determine if network activity of the communications device satisfies an end condition, and modify one or more of the adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors to disable wireless access between the communications device and the adaptive wireless access unit when the end condition is satisfied; and
an adaptive antenna array including one or more antenna elements, wherein the adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors correspond to control of an output signal from each of the one or more antenna elements.
16. A default wireless access unit configured to provide a communications device with access to a wireless network, the default wireless access unit comprising:
a default wireless access unit processor configured to:
monitor network activity of the communications device,
evaluate the network activity of the communications device to determine if the network activity satisfies a pre-determined condition, wherein the pre-determined condition includes one or more of a request by the communications device to download a file having a file size greater than a minimum value, a request by the communications device for content from a pre-approved website, andor an access code received from the communications device, and
assign the communications device to an adaptive wireless access unit when the pre-determined condition is determined to be satisfied, such that the adaptive wireless access unit provides the communications device with access to the wireless network.
17. The system of claim 1, wherein the end condition is a determination by the adaptive wireless access unit processor that a download of a file is complete.
18. The system of claim 1, wherein the end condition is a determination by the adaptive wireless access unit processor that the communication device has requested content from a non-approved website.
19. The system of claim 1, wherein the end condition is a determination by the adaptive wireless access unit processor that an access code received from a communication device is invalid.

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 of copy protecting signals flowing from a descrambler module to a receiver via a link, said copy protecting method comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving a digital signal in the receiver, said digital signal including a scrambled signal;
(b) generating copy protection data in the receiver by utilizing a scheme which uses random number generation;
(c) transmitting said digital signal from the receiver to the descrambler for generating a descrambled signal, and transmitting said copy protection data from the receiver to a function module, via the link;
(d) providing the descrambled signal to the function module and receiving a copy protected signal which has been copy protected by application of said copy protection data to the descrambled signal in the function module; and
(e) reconverting said copy protected signal to the descrambled signal in the receiver using said copy protection data.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said digital signal in step (a) is encoded and scrambled.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the descrambler module comprises a PCMCIA card.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the link comprises one or more communication mediums configured for carrying digital signals.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver and the descrambler module utilize IS679 compatible interfaces for communication via the link.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of decoding the descrambled signal in the receiver after the step of reconverting.

1. A medical ventilator cart for supporting components of a ventilator system comprising:
a base comprising a plurality of wheels;
a first vertical support attached to the base and a first ventilator component platform; and
a second vertical support attached to a rear of a second ventilator component platform and further attached to a rear of one of the first ventilator component platform and the first vertical support, wherein the second ventilator component platform comprises a plurality of arms, and wherein the plurality of arms attach at multiple locations along a circumference of a handgrip that encircles the second ventilator component platform.
2. The medical ventilator cart of claim 1, wherein components of the ventilator system may be independently removed from the first and the second ventilator component platforms.
3. The medical ventilator cart of claim 2, wherein the first ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a Breath Delivery Unit.
4. The medical ventilator cart of claim 3, wherein the second ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a display monitor.
5. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, further comprising a battery housing attached to an underside of the base.
6. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, wherein the base is adapted to mount a compressor below the first ventilator component platform.
7. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, wherein the base is shaped and the first vertical support is attached to a center of the base.
8. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, wherein the base is U-shaped and the first vertical support is attached to a rear end of the base.
9. The medical ventilator cart of claim 1, wherein the second vertical support is a spine support.
10. A medical ventilator cart for supporting components of a ventilator system comprising:
a shaped base comprising a plurality of wheels;
a first vertical support attached to the base and a first ventilator component platform, wherein the first vertical support extends from a center of the base; and
a second vertical support attached to a rear of the first ventilator component platform and a rear of a second ventilator component platform, wherein the second ventilator component platform comprises a plurality of arms, and wherein the plurality of arms attach at multiple locations along a circumference of a handgrip that encircles the second ventilator component platform.
11. The medical ventilator cart of claim 10, wherein:
the first ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a Breath Delivery Unit; and
the second ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a display monitor.
12. The medical ventilator cart of claim 11, further comprising a battery housing attached to an underside of the base.
13. The medical ventilator cart of claim 11, further comprising a cylinder mount attached to a rear section of the base, wherein the cylinder mount is adapted to hold at least one air cylinder.
14. The medical ventilator cart of claim 10, wherein the second vertical support is a spine support.
15. A medical ventilator cart for supporting components of a ventilator system comprising:
a U-shaped base comprising a plurality of wheels;
a first vertical support attached to the base and a first ventilator component platform, wherein the first vertical support extends from a rear end of the base; and
a second vertical support attached to a rear of the first vertical support and a rear of a second ventilator component platform, wherein the second ventilator component platform comprises a plurality of arms, and wherein the plurality of arms attach at multiple locations along a circumference of a handgrip that encircles the second ventilator component platform; and
wherein the base further includes a compressor platform adapted to mount a compressor below the first ventilator component platform.
16. The medical ventilator cart of claim 15, wherein:
the first ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a Breath Delivery Unit; and
the second ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a display monitor.
17. The medical ventilator cart of claim 16, wherein the first ventilator component platform includes at least one raised rail adapted to be received within a groove of the Breath Delivery Unit to releasably secure the Breath Delivery Unit to the first ventilator component platform.
18. The medical ventilator cart of claim 16, further comprising a cylinder mount attached to the first vertical support, wherein the cylinder mount is adapted to hold at least one air cylinder.
19. The medical ventilator cart of claim 15, wherein the second vertical support is a spine support.

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. Method for feeding out a sheet (2\u2032) from an end of a stack of sheets (1), wherein the stack of sheets (1) is subjected to a displacement motion substantially perpendicular to the extension planes of the sheets toward an outfeed device (12), which contacts the end sheet (2\u2032) of the stack at a distance from a support in the vicinity of a side surface of the front end part of the stack (1), m relation to the driver (12), the driver displacing the sheet in a direction away from the support for conveying the end sheet m the extension plane thereof, the driver before conveying the end sheet away from the support first being brought to convey the end sheet toward the support, whereby the end sheet experiences an elastic bulging, characterized in that the stack of sheets is advanced toward the driver by means of a pusher (75), which acts against the rear end of the stack of sheets, that the abutment force between the driver and the front end sheet of the stack of sheets is detected, and that the pusher is brought to push the stack of sheets so that a predetermined force is attained between the pusher and the end sheet, and that, m that connection, the driver is activated for feeding out the front end sheet from the stack.
2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the end sheet (2\u2032) is fed out toward a separator, and that the speed of the end sheet is considerably reduced in relation to the outfeed speed from the stack of sheets, before the end sheet is inserted into the separator.
3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the end sheet, during the outfeed motion thereof toward the separator, is subjected to at least two consecutive driving cycles by the driver, each of which cycles comprises that a quick acceleration is imparted to the sheet, and after that a strong deceleration.
4. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the driver (12) is a rotatable roller that is kept in contact with the stack (1), that the driver (12) is supported in the displacement direction of the stack of sheets by a spring that offers an increasing support force upon the advancement of the stack by the pusher, and that a distance sensor is brought to detect the displacement position of the driver and, at a preselected displacement position of the driver corresponding to a preselected abutment force of the driver against the end sheet, to initiate an outfeed of the end sheet from the stack.
5. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that, between consecutive outfeeds of the foremost end sheets of the stack, the abutment pressure between the driver and the end sheet is reduced, preferably by unloading the pusher (75).
6. Arrangement for feeding out the end sheet (2\u2032) from a stack of sheets, comprising a pusher (75) for relative displacement of the stack of sheets (1) toward a driver (12) that contacts the adjacent ends of the stack (1), and driving means (10, 21, 22) for driving the driver (12) for the displacement of the end sheet in the extension plane thereof in the direction away from the support (3), the driving means being arranged to first bring the driver to drive the end sheet toward the support, for elastic bulging of the end sheet between the support and the impact point of the driver against the end sheet, and that the driving means are arranged to subsequently produce said motion of the end sheet away from the support, characterized in that a force sensor is arranged to detect an abutment force between the driver and the adjacent sheet, and that, upon a requested outfeed of the end sheet from the stack, the force sensor is arranged to direct the pusher to advance the stack of sheets until the force sensor detects the predetermined abutment force, and that the sensor after that is arranged to activate the driver for a sheet-outfeed operation.
7. Arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that the driver is a rotatably mounted outfeed roller contacting the end sheet of the stack of sheets, that the force sensor comprises a spring that supports the driver, the spring offering an increasing support force upon the advancement of the stack by the pusher, and a distance sensor that detects the displacement position of the driver and keeps the pusher (75) drivingly activated until the driver reaches a preselected displacement position, which corresponds to a preselected abutment force, exerted by the spring, for the driver against the end sheet, and then activates the driver for a sheet-outfeed operation.
8. Arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that the driving arrangement of the driver is arranged to, before the arrival of the fed-out sheet to a separating arrangement, substantially reduce the speed of a group of sheets fed out from the stack of sheets and comprising at least the end sheet of the stack, and that the driving means of the driver are arranged to vary the speed of the driver in the transportation direction toward the separator during the out-feed of the end sheet or the group of sheets, the end sheet first being accelerated and then being given a reduced speed.
9. Arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that the pusher is arranged to be unloaded between consecutive outfeeds of the foremost end sheets of the stack.
10. Arrangement according to claim 8, characterized in that the separating arrangement comprises a pair of parallel rotation rollers abutting against each other, one of which, the first roller, which upon the receipt of a group of sheets will abut against the end sheet 1\u2032 of the stack, is rotationally driven for further transportation of the end sheet entering the roller nip of the separating arrangement, and that the second roller of the separating arrangement is independently rotation-ally driven and, during a separation operation, arranged to rotate in a direction to affect the sheets m a direction opposite to the outfeed direction.