All The Claims

1. An apparatus for providing storage, comprising:
a jitter buffer element that includes:
a primary jitter buffer storage that includes a primary low water mark and a primary high water mark; and
a secondary jitter buffer storage that includes a secondary low water mark and a secondary high water mark, wherein a first data segment within the primary jitter buffer storage is held for a processor, and wherein a playout point may advance from a bottom of the primary jitter buffer storage to the primary low water mark, when the playout point reaches the primary low water mark, the processor communicates a message for the secondary jitter buffer storage to request a second data segment up to the secondary high water mark associated with the secondary jitter buffer storage, and wherein the secondary jitter buffer storage maintains a third data segment stored in a tertiary jitter buffer storage, and wherein the tertiary jitter buffer storage includes a tertiary low water mark and a tertiary high water mark.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a selected one of the high water marks does not extend to the low water marks of a next level in a hierarchy associated with the jitter buffer element.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is a selected one of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor includes software that is operable to interface with the jitter buffer element such that the first data segment may be retrieved by the processor.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the jitter buffer element is provided in a dedicated appliance that is selected from a group of devices consisting of:
(1) a telephone;
(2) a personal digital assistant (PDA);
(3) a cellular telephone;
(4) a video cassette recorder (VCR);
(5) a personal computer;
(6) a digital camera;
(7) a digital video recorder (DVR); and
(8) a laptop.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the jitter buffer element is provided in a network element that is operable to facilitate network communications initiated by an end user, and wherein the network element is selected from a group of elements consisting of:
(1) a router;
(2) a switch;
(3) a bridge;
(4) a gateway;
(5) a loadbalancer; and
(6) a firewall.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the jitter buffer element is provided in a computer that is operable to facilitate delivery of an Internet protocol television (IPTV) protocol for an end user.
8. A method for providing storage, comprising:
providing a primary jitter buffer storage that includes a primary low water mark and a primary high water mark;
providing a secondary jitter buffer storage that includes a secondary low water mark and a secondary high water mark, wherein a first data segment within the primary jitter buffer storage is held for a processor, and wherein a playout point may advance from a bottom of the primary jitter buffer storage to the primary low water mark, when the playout point reaches the primary low water mark, the processor communicates a message for the secondary jitter buffer storage to request a second data segment up to the secondary high water mark associated with the secondary jitter buffer storage; and
providing a tertiary jitter buffer storage, wherein the secondary jitter buffer storage maintains a third data segment stored in the tertiary jitter buffer storage, and wherein the tertiary jitter buffer storage includes a tertiary low water mark and a tertiary high water mark.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein a selected one of the high water marks does not extend to the low water marks of a next level in a hierarchy associated with the jitter buffer element.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
providing a communications protocol between the processor and the primary jitter buffer storage and the secondary jitter buffer storage such that the first data segment may be retrieved by the processor.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor is operable to perform one or more electronic tasks for data that it receives.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the data segment is real-time data that has been received and then stored by the primary jitter buffer storage.
13. A system for providing storage, comprising:
means for providing a primary jitter buffer storage that includes a primary low water mark and a primary high water mark;
means for providing a secondary jitter buffer storage that includes a secondary low water mark and a secondary high water mark, wherein a first data segment within the primary jitter buffer storage is held for a processor, and wherein a playout point may advance from a bottom of the primary jitter buffer storage to the primary low water mark, when the playout point reaches the primary low water mark, the processor communicates a message for the secondary jitter buffer storage to request a second data segment up to the secondary high water mark associated with the secondary jitter buffer storage; and
means for providing a tertiary jitter buffer storage, wherein the secondary jitter buffer storage maintains a third data segment stored in the tertiary jitter buffer storage, and wherein the tertiary jitter buffer storage includes a tertiary low water mark and a tertiary high water mark.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein a selected one of the high water marks does not extend to the low water marks of a next level in a hierarchy associated with the jitter buffer element.
15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:
means for providing a communications protocol between the processor and the primary jitter buffer storage and the secondary jitter buffer storage such that the first data segment may be retrieved by the processor.
16. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is operable to perform one or more electronic tasks for data that it receives.
17. The system of claim 13, wherein the data segment is real-time data that has been received and then stored by the primary jitter buffer storage.

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 improved vacuum gate, comprising:
a gate box, having a storing space, wherein valve holes are provided at front and rear portions of the gate box, a plurality of first holes is provided at bottom portion of the gate box connecting to the storing space, and valve holes are used respectively to integrate with a vacuum chamber;
a gate door, installed at the storing space of the gate box;
a plurality of flexible sealed tubes, wherein top portions of the flexible sealed tubes are connected respectively to the bottom portion of the gate box, and the flexible sealed tubes are connected with first holes of the gate box, at least one swinging device is provided at bottom part of the flexible sealed tubes to connect the flexible sealed tubes together, and a second pilot wheel is provided at right and left sides of the swinging device;
at least one pneumatic cylinder, positioned at the bottom portion of the gate box, wherein a piston rod is coupled to bottom part of the pneumatic cylinder and moves up and down along vertical axis of the pneumatic cylinder;
a pair of first supporting boards, located at the bottom portion of the gate box, wherein each of the first support board has a first guiding trench and a second guiding trench, the first guiding trench comprises a long rectangular shaped of trench in a vertical direction, and at top part of the rectangular shaped of trench is connected to a horizontal trench with chamfered edges in a horizontal direction, the second guiding trench is formed in the horizontal direction and is located at the top of the horizontal trench of the first guiding trench, the second pilot wheels are rolled along the second guiding trench in the horizontal direction;
a link structural board, having at least one second hole and a third pilot wheel located on both sides of the second hole, wherein the two third pilot wheels roll respectively within the first guiding trench in the vertical direction and the horizontal trench in the horizontal direction;
a thrust board, wherein a gap is formed at a pivotally coupled portion of the thrust board and backside of the link structural board, a first pilot wheel is located at both sides of the thrust board respectively, and the two first pilot wheels are rolled within the first guiding trench, a piston rod is passed through the second hole and is coupled to one side of the thrust board, a coupled part of the piston rod and thrust board passes a first central line of the two first pilot wheels located both sides of the thrust board; and
a plurality of transmission rods, passing through the first holes, the flexible sealed tubes and the swinging device, wherein top part of the transmission rods are located at the bottom portion of the gate box, and bottom part of the transmission rods are positioned at top portion of the link structural board, a connecting portion of the transmission rod and the link structural board passes a second central line of the two third pilot wheels located at both sides of the link structural board, when the third pilot wheels are rolled inside the horizontal trenches respectively, the first central line is shifted to the front of the second central line, and the gate door closes the valve hole positioned at the front portion of the gate box.
2. The improved vacuum gate of claim 1, comprises
a gate box, having a storing space, wherein valve holes are provided at front and rear portions of the gate box, a plurality of first holes is provided at bottom portion of the gate box connecting to the storing space, and valve holes are used respectively to integrate with a vacuum chamber;
a gate door, installed at the storing space of the gate box;
at least one pneumatic cylinder, positioned at the bottom portion of the gate box, wherein a piston rod is coupled to bottom part of the pneumatic cylinder and moves up and down along vertical axis of the pneumatic cylinder;
a pair of first supporting boards, located at the bottom portion of the gate box, wherein each of the first support board has a first guiding trench, the first guiding trench comprises a long rectangular shaped of trench in a vertical direction, and at top part of the rectangular shaped of trench is connected to a horizontal trench with chamfered edges in a horizontal direction;
a link structural board, having at least one second hole and a third pilot wheel located on both sides of the second hole, wherein the two third pilot wheels roll respectively within the first guiding trench in the vertical direction and the horizontal trench in the horizontal direction;
a plurality of bellows, wherein top parts of the bellows are connected to respectively to the bottom portion of the gate box and to the first holes, bottom parts of the bellows are connected to top portion of the link structural board;
a thrust board, wherein a gap is formed at a pivotally coupled portion of the thrust board and backside of the link structural board, a first pilot wheel is located at both sides of the thrust board respectively, and the two first pilot wheels are rolled within the first guiding trenches respectively, a piston rod is passed through the second hole and is coupled to one side of the thrust board, a coupled part of the piston rod and thrust board passes a first central line of the two first pilot wheels located both sides of the thrust board; and
a plurality of transmission rods, passing through the first holes and the bellows, wherein top part of the transmission rods are located at the bottom portion of the gate box, and bottom part of the transmission rods are positioned at top portion of the link structural board, a connecting portion of the transmission rod and the link structural board passes a second central line of the two third pilot wheels located at both sides of the link structural board, when the third pilot wheels are rolled within the horizontal trenches respectively, the first central line is shifted to the front of the second central line, and the gate door closes the valve hole positioned at the front portion of the gate box.
3. The improved vacuum gate of claim 1, wherein the gate box further comprises a top body and a bottom body, the valve hole are provided at front and rear portions respectively of the top body, and a connecting top opening is provided at a bottom portion of the top body, a connecting bottom opening is provided at a top portion of the bottom body, and a plurality of the first holes are provided at a bottom portion of the bottom body, the connecting top opening of the top body is integrated with the connecting bottom opening of the bottom body to form the storing space.
4. The improved vacuum gate of claim 3, wherein an O-ring is used between the connecting top opening and the connecting bottom opening.
5. The improved vacuum gate of claim 1, wherein an O-ring is provided respectively at connecting parts of the top portions of the flexible sealed tubes and the bottom portions of the gate box.
6. The improved vacuum gate of claim 2, wherein an O-ring is provided respectively at connecting parts of the bellows and the bottom portions of the gate box.
7. The improved vacuum gate of claim 1, wherein an O-ring is provided respectively at those connecting parts of bottom portions of the flexible sealed tubes and the transmission rods.
8. The improved vacuum gate of claim 1, wherein an O-ring is provided respectively at those connecting parts of the bottom portions of the flexible sealed tubes and swinging device, and those connecting parts of the swinging device and the transmission rods.
9. The improved vacuum gate of claim 2, wherein an O-ring is provided respectively at connecting parts of the bottom parts of the bellows and top portion of the link structural board.
10. The improved vacuum gate of claim 1, wherein a plurality of second supporting board located at the bottom portion of the gate box, wherein a supporting trench is provided at each second supporting board respectively, and the supporting trench is formed in a horizontal direction in respect of the second supporting board, the second pilot wheels of the swinging devices are rolled within the supporting trench of the second supporting board.
11. The improved vacuum gate of claim 1, wherein at least one protruding part is provided at the bottom portion of the link structural board for coupling pivotally to the thrust board.
12. The improved vacuum gate of claim 1, wherein the piston rod is coupled to one side of the thrust board via a shaft.
13. The improved vacuum gate of claim 1, wherein the bottom parts of the two supporting boards are connected to each other through the link structural board.
14. The improved vacuum gate of claim 11, wherein the pivotally coupled portion between the protruding part of the link structural board and the thrust board passes through a central line of the two first pilot wheels.
15. The improved vacuum gate of claim 14, when the link structural board and the thrust board are pushed closely to each other, the central line of the two first pilot wheels will form a predetermined angle with respect to a horizontal line of the pivotally couple portion of the protruding part of the link structural board and the thrust board.
16. The improved vacuum gate of claim 15, wherein the predetermined angle of the pivotally coupled portion allow the thrust board to rotate in a reverse direction to create a self-locking state in the vacuum gate.

1. A method of sterilizing a substance, comprising:
placing the substance in a rotating chamber;
irradiating the substance with a RF plasma;
applying a force not caused by rotation of the rotating chamber to increase contact of the substance with the RF plasma; and
wherein the force comprises a magnetic field that causes the RF plasma to rotate in a direction opposite to that of the chamber.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the force comprises a magnetic field axially aligned with the chamber.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein a wall of the chamber is used as an electrode for producing the magnetic field.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein an axle of the chamber is used as an electrode for producing the magnetic field.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying a pre-ionizer to the RF plasma.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising using an induction plasma to pre-ionize the RF plasma.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising using gas penetration of a wall of the chamber to reduce contact of the substance with the wall.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising modulating a basic frequency of the RF plasma to impart acoustic shock waves to the substance.

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 operating operation in a memory card, the method comprising:
while the memory card is coupled to a host device, performing by the memory card:
receiving power from a the host device;
sending information from the memory card to the host device wherein the memory card is utilized by the host device utilizes the memory card as a storage device and wherein the host device includes i) a CPU, ii) a network communication interface and iii) a power supply line for supplying power to the memory card;
determining a level of host device activity including a current CPU load of the host device or a current utilization of the network communication interface by the host device, wherein determining the level of the host device activity further includes one or more of determining a responsiveness of the host device, determining a polling rate of the host device, and determining a noise level of the power supply line; and
based upon the determined level of the host device activity, requesting the host device to provide the memory card a communication link via the network communication interface for the memory card to communicate with a remote device different from said host device,
wherein the determining includes monitoring radio frequency activity of the host device wherein the radio frequency activity is correlated to the current utilization of the network communication interface on the host device.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising regulating communication out of the memory card using the resources of the host device, according to the monitored host device activity.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the host device activity corresponds to a CPU load of the host device.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the host device activity corresponds to a network related activity of the host device.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency emission activity is an indication of cellular activity.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining includes determining a responsiveness of the host device wherein the responsiveness is correlated to the current CPU load of the CPU.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining includes determining a polling rate of the host device wherein the polling rate is correlated to the current CPU load of the CPU.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining includes determining noise level on the power supply line of the host device wherein said noise level is correlated to the current CPU load of the CPU.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling operation of the host device according to the determined level of the host device activity.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory card comprises control circuitry including a memory controller, and wherein the determining is performed by the control circuitry.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the memory controller controls a flash memory.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising delaying the requesting when the level of the host device activity is determined to be high.
13. A memory card comprising:
a memory;
a communication interface that allows the memory card to communicate with a host device;
a power supply line that allows the memory card to receive power from the host device; and
a controller coupled to the memory, the communication interface and the power supply line, said controller designed or configured to:
1) send information from the memory card to a the host device via the communication interface wherein the host device utilizes the memory card as a storage device and wherein the host device includes i) a CPU and ii) a network communication interface separate from the memory card;
2) determine a level of host device activity including a current CPU load of the host device or a current utilization of the network communication interface by the host device, wherein determining the level of the host device activity further includes one or more of determining a responsiveness of the host device, determining a polling rate of the host device, and determining a noise level of the power supply line; and
3) based upon the determined level of the host device activity, request the host device to provide the memory card a communication link via the network communication interface for the memory card to communicate with a remote device different from said host device, wherein the determining includes monitoring radio frequency activity of the host device wherein the radio frequency activity is correlated to the current utilization of the network communication interface on the host device.
14. The memory card of claim 13, wherein the controller is further designed or configured to determine a responsiveness of the host device wherein the responsiveness is correlated to the current CPU load of the CPU.
15. The method memory card of claim 13, wherein the controller is further designed or configured to determine a polling rate of the host device wherein the polling rate is correlated to the current CPU load of the CPU.
16. The method memory card of claim 1 13, wherein the controller is further designed or configured to determine a noise level on the power supply line of the host device wherein said noise level is correlated to the current CPU load of the CPU.
17. A non-transient computer readable medium for storing computer code executable by a controller in a memory card configured to receive power from a host device, the non-transient computer readable medium comprising:
computer code for sending information from the memory card to the host device wherein the memory card is utilized by the host device utilizes the memory card as a storage device and wherein the host device includes i) a CPU, ii) a network communication interface and iii) a power supply line for supplying power to the memory card;
computer code for determining a level of host device activity including a current CPU load on the host device or a current utilization of the network communication interface by the host device, wherein determining the level of the host device activity further includes one or more of determining a responsiveness of the host device, determining a polling rate of the host device, and determining a noise level of the power supply line; and
computer code for, based upon the determined level of the host device activity, requesting the host device to provide the memory card a communication link via the network communication interface for the memory card to communicate with a remote device different from said host device,
wherein the determining includes monitoring radio frequency activity of the host device wherein the radio frequency activity is correlated to the current utilization of the network communication interface on the host device.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory card includes a non-volatile memory having a three-dimensional (3D) memory configuration, and wherein the memory card includes a controller associated with operation of memory cells of the non-volatile memory.
19. The memory card of claim 13, wherein the memory includes a non-volatile memory having a three-dimensional (3D) memory configuration, and wherein the controller is associated with operation of storage elements of the non-volatile memory.
20. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the memory card includes a non-volatile memory having a three-dimensional (3D) memory configuration, and wherein the controller is associated with operation of storage elements of the non-volatile memory.