All The Claims

1. A flexible container (10) comprising:
a base portion (12) including a bottom (20), side walls (22, 24, 26, 28), defining an interior (30), the bottom defining a substantially flat planar surface when the container rests on it in use; and
an upper panel (14) comprising side panels (46, 48, 50, 52) corresponding with side walls (22, 24, 26, 28) of the base portion, the side panels having respective lower portions, that extend partially below an upper end of the base portion to be sealingly bonded thereto, and upper portions forming an opening providing access to the interior (30),
two opposite side panels having upper ends provided with resealable closure members (60, 62),
the upper panel (14) being constructed and arranged to define a substantially flat top surface (72) in operatively closed configuration, said top surface rendering the container stackable with other like containers when the upper panel is closed and portions of the upper panel are folded.
2. The container of claim 1 further comprising:
a pair of handles (16, 18) coupled to the base portion.
3. The container of claim 2 wherein each of the pair of handles is bonded to a separate side wall (24, 28) of the base portion.
4. The flexible container of claim 3 wherein the pair of handles and upper panel are each thermally sealed to the interior of the base portion.
5. The flexible container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the container in a closed position has a substantially cubic-shape.
6. The flexible container according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the container in a closed position has a substantially triangular shape.
7. The flexible container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the closure members (60, 62) are resealable.
8. The flexible container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the closure members includes a ziplock closure.
9. The flexible container according to any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein the closure members include a hook and loop closure.
10. The flexible container according to any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein the closure members include a zipper closure.
11. The flexible container according to any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein the closure members include an adhesive closure.
12. The flexible container according to any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein the closure members include an cohesive closure.
14. The flexible container according to any one of claims 3 to 13 wherein a portion of the handles extends above the upper panel after the container is closed.
15. The flexible container according to any one of the preceding claims where the base includes triangular sections (34, 36) that extend from the bottom of the base.
16. A flexible container (10) comprising:
a base portion (12) including a bottom (20), side walls (22, 24, 26, 28) and an open interior (30), the side walls being defined by at least two sheets of flexible material sealed along two edges and defining two side seams (29, 31) located on opposite sides of the base (12);
an upper panel (14) including side panels (46, 48, 50, 52) having respective lower end portions to be received within the interior of the base portion and sealed to an upper portion thereof thereto, opposite side panels having end portions that define resealable closure members (60, 62), and being foldable to close the interior and to define a substantially flat surface (72) when the container is in operatively closed configuration; and
a pair of handles (16, 18) secured to the base portion.
17. The flexible container of claim 16 wherein the base includes two triangular portions (34, 36) extending from the bottom to a side seam.
18. The flexible container of claim 16 or claim 17 wherein the triangular portions are adaptable in use to form a cavity between the interior (34a, 36a) and exterior triangular sections, such cavity providing a hand-hold to the user.
19. The flexible container according to any one of claims 16 to 18 wherein the pairs of handles and upper panel are each thermally sealed to the interior of the base portion.
20. The flexible container according to any one of claims 16 to 19 wherein the closure member includes a hook and loop closure.
30. A method of making a flexible container (30) having a base portion (12), the method comprising the steps of:
providing a flat sheet of plastic material having a width substantially equal to a length of the base portion;
indexing the flat sheet in intervals equal to at least a width of the base portion;
bonding a pair of handles to the flat sheet;
providing a pair of panels;
bonding each of the pair of panels to the flat sheet and one of the pair of handles;
supplying closure means to a free end of each of the pair of panels; and
forming the flat sheet, pair of panels and pair of handles into the flexible container.
31. The method of making the flexible container of claim 30 further comprising the step of:
applying a peel seal near each end of the flat sheet, each peel seal extending the width of the base portion;
32. The method of making the flexible container of claim 30 or claim 31 wherein the step of bonding each of the pair of panels to the flat sheet and one of the pair of handles is through a thermal bonding process and provides a hermetic seal.
33. The method of making the flexible container according to any one of claims 30 to 32 wherein the step of providing the flat sheet of plastic material is via a web roll.
34. The method of making the flexible container according to any one of claims 30 to 33 wherein the step of forming the flexible container provides a substantially cubic-shaped container.

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. An integrated circuit radio transceiver, comprising:
transceiver circuitry for receiving and transmitting RF signals;
a multiple input programmable Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converter (CT\u0394\u03a3ADC) coupled to receive an analog signal from a selected source within the transceiver circuitry, the CT\u0394\u03a3ADC for producing digital data based on the received analog signal, wherein the CT\u0394\u03a3ADC includes:
a programmable input block operably coupled to receive the analog signal and to produce a scaled analog signal;
at least one integrator operably coupled to receive the scaled analog signal to produce at least one integrated output;
a quantizer operably coupled to receive the at least one integrated output and for producing a digital output having a digital value coarsely reflecting an amplitude of the analog signal;
at least one programmable digital-to-analog converter (DAC) operably coupled to receive and to convert the quantizer digital output to an analog programmable feedback current coupled to an integrator input;
a programmable bias current block operably coupled to the integrator input to produce a programmable bias current to substantially cancel a bias voltage component of the received analog signal; and

logic operably coupled to select an offset bias voltage level to the CT\u0394\u03a3ADC based on at least one of a received analog signal input magnitude and an offset bias voltage component of the received analog signal.
2. The integrated circuit radio transceiver of claim 1 wherein the programmable input block comprises a selectable value input resistive element operably coupled to receive the analog signal and to produce an input current to the integrator input, wherein the input current is proportional to the received analog signal.
3. The integrated circuit radio transceiver of claim 2 wherein the selectable value input resistive element comprises one of a resistor and a transistor.
4. The integrated circuit radio transceiver of claim 1 wherein the programmable bias current block comprises a variable bias resistive element operably coupled to the integrator input and to a first digital switch, wherein the first digital switch is selectively controlled to couple the variable bias resistive element to one of a supply voltage and to a circuit common.
5. The integrated circuit radio transceiver of claim 4 wherein the first digital switch and the variable bias resistive element are operably controlled by the logic.
6. The integrated circuit radio transceiver of claim 5 wherein the logic comprises a digital processor.
7. The integrated circuit radio transceiver of claim 1 wherein the at least one programmable DAC comprises a variable feedback resistive element operably coupled to the integrator input and to a second digital switch, wherein the second digital switch is selectively controlled by the logic to couple the variable feedback resistive element to one of a supply voltage and to a circuit common.
8. The integrated circuit radio transceiver of claim 7 wherein the variable feedback resistive element’s value is selected to produce a programmable feedback current magnitude that substantially cancels a quantization noise component present in the quantizer digital output.
9. A method for producing a programmable input range Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converter (CT\u0394\u03a3ADC), the method comprising:
receiving an analog signal at an input of the CT\u0394\u03a3ADC;
producing a scaled input current based on the received analog signal, wherein the scaled input current substantially matches a full scale input of the CT\u0394\u03a3ADC;
generating a bias current that substantially cancels an offset bias current component of the scaled input current;
integrating the scaled input current to produce an integrated signal representing a time averaged value of the scaled input current to substantially remove noise from a frequency band of interest;
coupling the integrated signal to a quantizer to produce a digital representation of a scaled analog signal; and
coupling the digital representation of the scaled analog signal to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to produce a feedback current that substantially cancels a quantization noise component in the digital representation of the scaled analog signal.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein producing the scaled input current comprises selecting and coupling a programmable input resistance value between the CT\u0394\u03a3ADC input and an integrator input.
11. The method of claim 9 wherein generating the bias current comprises selecting and coupling a variable bias resistance value between the integrator input and one of a supply voltage and a circuit common.
12. The method of claim 9 wherein producing the feedback current comprises coupling the digital representation of the scaled analog signal to a programmable digital switch wherein the programmable digital switch either sinks current from or sources current to the integrator input.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein a magnitude of the digital switch current is selected by a programmable feedback resistance operably coupled by the programmable digital switch to one of a supply voltage or a circuit common.
14. A programmable input range Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converter (CT\u0394\u03a3ADC), comprising:
a programmable input block operably coupled to receive an analog signal and to produce a scaled analog signal;
at least one integrator operably coupled to receive the scaled analog signal to produce at least one integrated output;
a quantizer operably coupled to receive the at least one integrated output and for producing a digital output having a digital value coarsely reflecting an amplitude of the analog signal;
at least one programmable digital-to-analog converter (DAC) operably coupled to receive and to convert the quantizer digital output to an analog programmable feedback current coupled to an integrator input;
a programmable bias current block operably coupled to the integrator input to produce a programmable bias current to substantially cancel a bias voltage component of the received analog signal; and
logic operably coupled to select an offset bias voltage level to the CT\u0394\u03a3ADC based on at least one of a received analog signal input magnitude and an offset bias voltage component of the received analog signal.
15. The CT\u0394\u03a3ADC of claim 14 wherein the programmable input block comprises a selectable value input resistive element operably coupled to receive the analog signal and to produce an input current to the integrator input, wherein the input current is proportional to the received analog signal.
16. The CT\u0394\u03a3ADC of claim 15 wherein the selectable value input resistive element comprises one of a resistor and a transistor.
17. The CT\u0394\u03a3ADC of claim 14 wherein the programmable bias current block comprises a variable bias resistive element operably coupled to the integrator input and to a first digital switch, wherein the first digital switch is selectively controlled to couple the variable bias resistive element to one of a supply voltage and to a circuit common.
18. The CT\u0394\u03a3ADC of claim 17 wherein the first digital switch and the variable bias resistive element are operably controlled by the logic.
19. The CT\u0394\u03a3ADC of claim 18 wherein the logic comprises a digital processor.
20. The CT\u0394\u03a3ADC of claim 14 wherein the at least one programmable DAC comprises a variable feedback resistive element operably coupled to the integrator input and to a second digital switch, wherein the second digital switch is selectively controlled by the logic to couple the variable feedback resistive element to one of a supply voltage and to a circuit common.
21. The CT\u0394\u03a3ADC of claim 20 wherein the variable feedback resistive element’s value is selected to produce a programmable feedback current magnitude that substantially cancels a quantization noise component present in the quantizer digital output.

I claim:

1. A method of lithographically printing images on a receiving medium, comprising in order:
(a) providing a lithographic plate comprising (i) a substrate; and (ii) a thermosensitive layer comprising a free radical polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (including oligomer) having at least one terminal ethylenic group, an infrared absorbing dye, and a free-radical initiator selected from the group consisting of onium salt and borate salt; wherein said thermosensitive layer is capable of hardening upon exposure to an infrared laser radiation, is soluble or dispersible in ink (for waterless plate) or in ink andor fountain solution (for wet plate), and exhibits an affinity or aversion substantially opposite to the affinity or aversion of said substrate to at least one printing liquid selected from the group consisting of ink and an abhesive fluid for ink;
(b) imagewise exposing the plate with the infrared laser radiation to cause hardening of the thermosensitive layer in the exposed areas; and
(c) contacting said exposed plate with ink andor fountain solution on a lithographic press to remove the thermosensitive layer in the non-hardened areas, and to lithographically print images from said plate to the receiving medium.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said free-radical initiator is an onium salt selected from the group consisting of diazonium salt, iodonium salt, sulfonium salt, phosphonium salt, and pyridinium salt.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said free-radical initiator is a diaryliodonium salt.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said free-radical initiator is a triarylsulfonium salt.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said free-radical initiator is a triarylalkylborate salt or tetraarylborate salt.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said infrared absorbing dye is a cyanine dye or phthalocyanine dye.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said thermosensitive layer further comprises a polymeric binder.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein said plate further includes a releasable interlayer interposed between the substrate and the thermosensitive layer, said releasable interlayer being soluble or dispersible in ink (for waterless plate) or in ink andor fountain solution (for wet plate); wherein the substrate comprises rough andor porous surface capable of mechanical interlocking with a coating deposited thereon, and the interlayer is substantially conformally coated on the microscopic surfaces of the substrate and is thin enough in thickness, to allow bonding between the thermosensitive layer and the substrate through mechanical interlocking.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein said substrate has a roughened surface comprising peaks and valleys, and said thermosensitive layer is substantially conformally coated on the roughened substrate surface so that the surface of said thermosensitive layer has peaks and valleys substantially corresponding to the major peaks and valleys of the substrate microscopic surface; and said substrate has an average surface roughness Ra of about 0.2 to about 2.0 microns, said thermosensitive layer has an average coverage of about 0.1 to about 2.0 gm2, and the average height of the valleys on the thermosensitive layer surface is at least 0.1 microns below the average height of the peaks of the substrate surface.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein said substrate is oleophilic and said thermosensitive layer is oleophobic, and said plate is a waterless plate.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein said substrate is hydrophilic and said thermosensitive layer is oleophilic, and said plate is a wet plate.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein said thermosensitive layer further comprises a nonionic surfactant at 0.3 to 20% by weight of the thermosensitive layer.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein said substrate is hydrophilic; and said thermosensitive layer is oleophilic and comprises a polymeric binder, an acrylate or methacrylate monomer, an infrared absorbing dye, and a free-radical initiator selected from the group consisting of diaryliodonium salt, triarylsulfonium salt, triarylalkylborate salt, and tetraarylborate salt.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein said plate further includes a top ink andor fountain solution soluble or dispersible top layer on the thermosensitive layer.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein said plate is a wet plate and further includes a top water soluble polymer layer on the thermosensitive layer.
16. The method of claim 1 wherein said plate is exposed on an imaging device off the press and then mounted onto a plate cylinder of a lithographic press for on-press development with ink andor fountain solution, and lithographic printing.
17. The method of claim 1 wherein said plate is mounted on a plate cylinder of a lithographic press for the imagewise infrared laser exposure, on-press development with ink andor fountain solution, and lithographic printing.
18. A method of lithographically printing images on a receiving medium, comprising in order:
(a) providing on a lithographic press a lithographic printing member comprising (i) a substrate; and (ii) a thermosensitive layer comprising a free radical polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (including oligomer) having at least one terminal ethylenic group, an infrared absorbing dye, and a free-radical initiator selected from the group consisting of onium salt and borate salt; wherein said substrate is a sheet material mounted on a plate cylinder or is the surface of a plate cylinder of the lithographic press; and said thermosensitive layer is capable of hardening upon exposure to an infrared laser radiation, is soluble or dispersible in ink (for waterless plate) or in ink andor fountain solution (for wet plate), and exhibits an affinity or aversion substantially opposite to the affinity or aversion of said substrate to at least one printing liquid selected from the group consisting of ink and an abhesive fluid for ink;
(b) imagewise exposing the plate with the infrared laser radiation to cause hardening of the thermosensitive layer in the exposed areas; and
(c) operating said press to contact said exposed plate with ink andor fountain solution to remove the thermosensitive layer in the non-hardened or solubilized areas, and to lithographically print images from said plate to the receiving medium.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein said printing member is prepared by coating the thermosensitive layer onto the substrate on the lithographic press, said substrate being the surface of a plate cylinder of the lithographic press.
20. The method of claim 18 wherein said printing member is prepared by coating the thermosensitive layer onto the substrate on the lithographic press, said substrate being a sheet material mounted on a plate cylinder.
21. The method of claim 18 wherein said printing member is a lithographic plate that is coated before being mounted onto the plate cylinder of the lithographic press.
22. The method of claim 18 wherein said substrate is hydrophilic; and said thermosensitive layer is oleophilic and comprises a polymeric binder, an acrylate or methacrylate monomer, an infrared absorbing dye, and a free-radical initiator selected from the group consisting of diaryliodonium salt, triarylsulfonium salt, triarylakylborate salt, and tetraarylborate salt.
23. A lithographic printing plate comprising (i) a substrate; and (ii) a thermosensitive layer comprising an alkaline insoluble polymeric binder, a free radical polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (including oligomer) having at least one terminal ethylenic group, an infrared absorbing dye, and a free-radical initiator selected from the group consisting of onium salt and borate salt; wherein said thermosensitive layer is capable of hardening upon exposure to an infrared laser radiation, is soluble or dispersible in ink (for waterless plate) or in ink andor fountain solution (for wet plate), and exhibits an affinity or aversion substantially opposite to the affinity or aversion of said substrate to at least one printing liquid selected from the group consisting of ink and an abhesive fluid for ink.
24. The lithographic plate of claim 23 wherein said free-radical initiator is an onium salt selected from the group consisting of diazonium salt, iodonium salt, sulfonium salt, phosphonium salt, and pyridinium salt.
25. The lithographic plate of claim 23 wherein said free-radical initiator is a diaryliodonium salt.
26. The lithographic plate of claim 23 wherein said free-radical initiator is a triarylsulfonium salt.
27. The lithographic plate of claim 23 wherein said free-radical initiator is a triarylalkylborate salt or tetraarylborate salt.
28. The lithographic plate of claim 23 wherein said substrate is hydrophilic and said thermosensitive layer is oleophilic, and said plate is a wet plate.
29. The lithographic plate of claim 28 wherein said thermosensitive layer further comprises a nonionic surfactant at from 0.3 to 20% by weight of the thermosensitive layer.
30. The lithographic plate of claim 28 wherein said plate further includes a top water soluble or dispersible polymer layer on the thermosensitive layer.

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

I claim:

1. A method for using a dynamically displayed bar code and a bar code reader to obtain one of a good and service, comprising the steps of:
inputting a description of said one of the good and service into a wireless device;
dynamically outputting a bar code corresponding to the description on the display screen of the wireless device;
positioning the display screen of the wireless device at a first bar code reader;
scanning the bar code at the first bar code reader; and
delivering one of the good and service in response to the scanning step.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said wireless device includes location-identifying means whereby one of said good and service can be delivered to the location of the wireless device.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein one of said good and service is delivered at a location corresponding to the location of said first bar code reader.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the inputting step includes one of the steps of:
choosing the description from a plurality of pre-stored descriptions; and
manually entering the description corresponding to one of a plurality of pre-stored descriptions using alphanumeric data input means of the wireless device.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of pre-stored descriptions are stored in one of the wireless device and a remote database accessible by the wireless device.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein each of said plurality of descriptions is correlated to a unique bar code.
7. The method of claim 6, including the additional step of dynamically updating one of said wireless device and said remote database to add a bar code, said updating step utilizing one of said wireless device and a second bar code reader as an input device, wherein said second bar code reader is used to scan said bar code printed on a product.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the bar code of claim 6 is associated with said user.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the second bar code reader is connectable to one of said wireless device and the remote database by way of an Internet connection.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the second bar code reader is located in a user’s house.
11. The method of claim 7, wherein the second bar code reader is located proximate to a refrigerator.
12. The method of claim 1, including the additional steps of:
determining the location of said wireless device;
correlating said location with the location of a particular commercial outlet;
querying a database of goods and services available at said particular commercial outlet for a match to the description input at the wireless device; and
in the absence of a match, displaying a message on said wireless device indicating that one of said good and service is not available at said particular commercial outlet.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said location is one of the location of said wireless device, and the location of said first bar code reader.
14. The method of claim 12, including the additional steps of:
querying a database to determine the identification of one or more other commercial outlets where the one of said good or service corresponding to said description can be found;
determining the location of said one or more other commercial outlets; and
providing the name and location of said one or more different commercial outlets where one of said good and service can be found to said user.
15. A system for obtaining a good or service in response to a user’s request, comprising:
a user input permitting input of a description of one of said good and service into a wireless device;
a receiver configurable to provide a bar code to the wireless device corresponding to the description;
a display on the wireless device having a resolution sufficient to display the bar code at the wireless device;
a scanner;
means permitting the location of said user to be determined;
a database containing a plurality of descriptions and data concerning which one of said good and service is available at said location; and
means for securing the delivery of the good or service to said user.
16. A method for a user of a wireless device to obtain a physical good or service at an identifiable location, comprising the steps of:
scanning a bar code relating to one of a physical good and service using bar code reading means of a wireless device;
sending data corresponding to said scanned bar code to a remote computer;
processing said data as a request to purchase one of said physical good and service;
determining the location of one of said physical good and service;
determining the location of the user and the proximity of one of the physical good and service to the location of the user, wherein the location of the user is determined based on one of the location of the wireless device and the location of a wireless device locating means; and
delivering one of said physical good and service to the user at the determined location of the user.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein said bar code is included as part of a description of said good and service.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein said description is included as part of an advertisement of said good and service.
19. Means for a user of a wireless device to obtain one of a good and service, comprising:
means for scanning a bar code relating to one of a good and service using a wireless device;
means for sending data corresponding to said scanned bar code to a remote computer;
means for determining the location of the user;
means for processing said data at said remote computer as a request to purchase one of said good and service; and
means for securing delivery of one of said good and service to the location of the user, wherein the location of the user is determined based on one of the location of the wireless device and the location of a wireless device locating means.