All The Claims

1. A method for operating a telephone system having
at least two telephony terminals where functional data can be transmitted through special functions of the telephone system comprising:
allocating a second telephony terminal to a first telephony terminal through selection from a list;
assigning a respective function to an action key of the first telephony terminal depending on the status of the first or second telephony terminal; and
triggering, by a processor, the respective function by actuation of the action key of the first telephony terminal.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the case of available first and second telephony terminals, a call connection between the two telephony terminals is triggered by actuation of the action key.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein in the case of a call coming in on the second telephony terminal, a taking of the call by the first telephony terminal is triggered by actuation of the action key.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein in the case of several calls coming in simultaneously on the second telephony terminal, taking of one of the incoming calls by the first telephony terminal is triggered by the action key and an allocated selection unit.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein in the case of an active telephone conversation between a third terminal and the second terminal, the action key connects the first terminal to the telephone conversation.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein an incoming call, which had been forwarded before by the first telephony terminal to the second terminal is retrieved by the first terminal by means of the action key.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the allocation of the second telephony terminal selected from the list to the first telephony terminal is triggered by the action key.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of the telephony terminals available for allocation is activated by pressing the action key.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein an action key triggers special functions.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephony terminals include an integrated storage, respectively, and further comprising selecting storage areas in the integrated storage for storing allocation information on other telephony terminals
11. A telephone system including at least two telephony terminals, wherein functional data can be transmitted through special functions of the telephone system between the at least two telephony terminals comprising:
a processor that allocates a second telephony terminal to a first telephony terminal through selection from a list, assigns a respective function to an action key of the first telephony terminal depending on the status of the first or second telephony terminal, and triggers the respective function by actuation of the action key of the first telephony terminal.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage media having stored thereon instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause to be performed a method for operating a telephone system having at least two telephony terminals where functional data can be transmitted through special functions of the telephone system comprising:
allocating a second telephony terminal to a first telephony terminal through selection from a list;
assigning a respective function to an action key of the first telephony terminal depending on the status of the first or second telephony terminal; and
triggering the respective function by actuation of the action key of the first telephony terminal.
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 semiconductor device comprising:
an integrated circuit chip having active and passive surfaces, said active surface polymer-coated with a roughened surface opposing said active surface and having a plurality of electrical coupling members coupled to said active surface;
a substrate,
said chip assembled face-down onto said substrate, said coupling members forming a gap between said polymer coat and said substrate; and
polymeric underfill material filling said gap, said underfill material adhering to said polymer-coat and said substrate;
said adhesion of said underfill material being sufficiently strong so that a force applied externally to said semiconductor device breaks said substrate prior to or rather than breaking the interface between said underfill and said polymer-coat andor said substrate.
2. The device according to claim 1 further comprising:
encapsulation material protecting said passive chip surface and at least a portion of said substrate not covered by said attached chip; and
solder balls attached to said substrate opposite to the attached chip and encapsulation material.
3. The device according to claim 1 wherein said semiconductor chip comprises silicon, silicon germanium, gallium arsenide, or any other semiconductor material used in electronic device production.
4. The device according to claim 1 wherein said polymer coat is made of polyimide (PIQ) or poly-benzoxasole (PBO) in the thickness range from about 2 to 8 \u03bcm.
5. The device according to claim 1 wherein said electrical coupling members are solder bumps selected from a group consisting of tinsilver, indium, tinindium, tinbismuth, tin-lead, conductive adhesives, and solder-coated spheres, and have a diameter from about 50 to 200 \u03bcm.
6. The device according to claim 1 wherein said electrical coupling members are bumps selected from a group consisting of gold bumps, copper bumps, coppernickelpalladium bumps, and z-axis conductive epoxy.
7. The device according to claim 5 wherein said solder bumps have a center-to-center spacing between about 100 and 500 \u03bcm.
8. The device according to claim 1 wherein said underfill material is an epoxy filled with boron nitride or with aluminum nitride; the epoxy is a bisphenol A with an anhydride cross-linking agent.
9. The device according to claim 1 wherein said substrate is made of organic material and is selected from a group consisting of polyimide film, FR-4, FR-5 and BT resin and may contain a plurality of electrically conductive interconnection lines, as well as strengthening fillers including a grid of glass fibers.
10. The device according to claim 2 wherein said encapsulation material is a molding compound.

1. A method for the detection of bladder cancer or a risk of bladder cancer in a patient comprising:
obtaining at least one sample from the patient;
assaying the at least one sample from the patient for the presence or absence of a combination of at least two biomarkers selected from CEA, VEGF, IL-8, NGAL, NSE, IL-2, EGF, TM, d-Dimer, MMP-9, IL-6, IL-4, MMP-9NGAL, FAS, CRP, TUP and NMP22,
providing the results of the assay for the presence or absence of the combination of at least two biomarkers;
wherein detecting the presence of the combination of the at least two biomarkers in the at least one sample from the patient indicates bladder cancer or a risk of bladder cancer in the patient.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient presents with haematuria.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers comprises at least one biomarker detected in each of a first and second sample obtained from the patient.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first sample is urine and the second sample is blood.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein in the blood sample is tested for the presence of CEA and the urine sample is tested for the presence of at least one of VEGF, IL-8, NGAL, NSE, IL-2, EGF, TM, d-Dimer, MMP-9, IL-6, IL-4, MMP-9NGAL, FAS, CRP, TUP and NMP22.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two biomarkers is NMP22.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is VEGF, CEA and TUP.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is VEGF, CEA, MMP-9 and IL-6.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is VEGF, CEA, TM, NSE and D-dimer.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is VEGF, CEA, NSE, TM and IL-8.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is NMP-22, NSE and IL-4.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is NMP-22 and MMP9NGAL complex.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is NMP-22, TUP, IL-6 and NSE.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is CEA, IL-8 and NGAL.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is CEA, IL-8, NGAL, NSE and VEGF.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is NMP-22, IL-2, EGF and NSE.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is NMP-22 and CEA.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is FAS, EGF, NSE, NMP-22 and CEA.
19. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is CRP, NSE, IL-2, NMP-22, CEA and FAS.
20. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is CEA and VEGF.
21. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of the at least two biomarkers is CEA, VEGF and NMP-22.
22. The method of claim 1, wherein assaying the sample from the patient for the presence or absence of the combination of the at least two biomarkers comprises the use of an immunoassay.
23. A method for the detection of bladder cancer or a risk of bladder cancer in a patient comprising:
obtaining at least one urine sample from a patient having a history of haematuria;
assaying the at least one urine sample for the presence or absence of at least two biomarkers selected from VEGF, IL-8, NGAL, NSE, IL-2, EGF, TM, d-Dimer, MMP-9, IL-6, IL-4, MMP-9NGAL, FAS, CRP, TUP and NMP22;
providing the results of the assay of the at least one urine sample;
wherein detecting the presence of the at least two biomarkers from the at least one urine sample indicates bladder cancer or a risk of bladder cancer in the patient.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein at least one of the at least two biomarkers is NMP22.
25. The method of claim 23, wherein the at least two biomarkers are NMP-22, NSE and IL-4.
26. The method of claim 23, wherein the at least two biomarkers are NMP-22 and MMP9NGAL complex.
27. The method of claim 23, wherein the at least two biomarkers are NMP-22, TUP, IL-6 and NSE.
28. The method of claim 23, wherein the at least two biomarkers are NMP-22, IL-2, EGF and NSE.
29. A method for the detection of bladder cancer or a risk of bladder cancer in a patient comprising:
obtaining a blood sample and a urine sample from a patient having a history of haematuria;
assaying the blood sample for the presence or absence of the biomarker CEA;
assaying the urine sample for the presence or absence of at least one biomarker selected from VEGF, IL-8, NGAL, NSE, IL-2, EGF, TM, d-Dimer, MMP-9, IL-6, IL-4, MMP-9NGAL, FAS, CRP, TUP and NMP22;
providing the results of the assay of the blood sample and the results of the assay of the urine sample;
wherein detecting the presence of at least two biomarkers from the combination of the assays of the blood sample and urine sample indicates bladder cancer or a risk of bladder cancer in the patient.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein at least one of the at least two biomarkers is NMP22.

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 comprising:
determining whether a data unit is at least one of a first data type and a second data type;
delaying the transmission of data of the first data type to prevent establishing an air-link connection to transmit data of the first data type;
establishing an air-link connection for the transmission of data of the second data type in response to determining that the data unit is of the second data type; and
transmitting the delayed data of the first data type over the air-link connection for data of the second data type, the transmitting the delayed data triggered by the determining that the data unit is of the second data type.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second data type has a higher value than the first data type.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second data type includes at least one of time-critical information for an application server and non-overhead information.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data type includes data that can be delayed without substantially diminishing the user experience.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first type of data is at least one of a FIN packet, a session close, and a socket close command.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first type of data is a packet comprising primarily overhead information.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a data unit of the first data type from an application;
storing the data unit in a buffer in order to delay transmission; and
transmitting a false acknowledgement to at least one of the application and an operating system in response to receiving the first data unit.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the data unit includes a socket close command.
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising sensing the establishment of an air-link connection for the transmission of data units of the second type.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising releasing the data units in the buffer to a radio stack in response to establishing the air-link connection.
11. The method of claim 9, further comprising releasing the data units in the buffer to a communication protocol stack in response to establishing the air-link connection.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the communication protocol includes at least some elements of the Transmission Control ProtocolInternet Protocol suite.
13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
determining that the contents of the buffer has breached a threshold;
establishing an air-link connection in response to the breach; and
transmitting the data units in the buffer.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein transmitting the data units in the buffer includes releasing the data units in the buffer to a radio stack.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein transmitting the data units in the buffer includes releasing the data units in the buffer to a communication protocol stack.
16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a data unit of the first data type from an application;
storing the data unit in a buffer; and
transmitting an acknowledgement to at least one of the application and an operating system in response to receiving the first data unit.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the acknowledgement includes information intended to bypass a limit on the number of open sockets that can be simultaneously maintained by a device.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the limit is policed by at least the operating system.
19. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting data units of the first data type in response to the establishment of an air-link connection.
20. A computer program product stored in memory, for managing air-link connections that when executed by a processor cause an apparatus to:
determine whether a data unit is at least one of a first data type and a second data type; and
delay the transmission of data of the first data type to prevent establishing an air-link connection to transmit data of the first data type;
establish an air-link connection for the transmission of data of the second data type in response to determining that the data unit is of the second data type;
transmit the delayed data of the first data type over the air-link connection for data of the second data type, the transmitting the delayed data triggered by the determining that the data unit is of the second data type.
21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the second data type has a higher value than the first data type.
22. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the second data type includes at least one of time-critical information for an application server and non-overhead information.
23. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the first data type includes data that can be delayed without substantially diminishing the user experience.
24. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the first type of data is at least one of a FIN packet, a session close, and a socket close command.
25. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the first type of data is a packet comprising primarily overhead information.
26. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to:
receive a data unit of the first data type from an application;
store the data unit in a buffer in order to delay transmission; and
transmit a false acknowledgement to at least one of the application and an operating system in response to receiving the first data unit.
27. The computer program product of claim 26, wherein the data unit includes a socket close command.
28. The computer program product of claim 26, further comprising instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to sense the establishment of an air-link connection for the transmission of data units of the second type.
29. The computer program product of claim 26, further comprising instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to release the data units in the buffer to a radio stack in response to establishing the air-link connection.
30. The computer program product of claim 28, further comprising instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to release the data units in the buffer to a communication protocol stack in response to establishing the air-link connection.
31. The computer program product of claim 30, wherein the communication protocol includes at least some elements of the Transmission Control ProtocolInternet Protocol suite.
32. The computer program product of claim 26, further comprising instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to:
determine that the contents of the buffer has breached a threshold;
establish an air-link connection in response to the breach; and
transmit the data units in the buffer.
33. The computer program product of claim 32, wherein transmitting the data units in the buffer includes releasing the data units in the buffer to a radio stack.
34. The computer program product of claim 32, wherein transmitting the data units in the buffer includes releasing the data units in the buffer to a communication protocol stack.
35. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to:
receive a data unit of the first data type from an application;
store the data unit in a buffer; and
transmit an acknowledgement to at least one of the application and an operating system in response to receiving the first data unit.
36. The computer program product of claim 35, wherein the acknowledgement includes information intended to bypass a limit on the number of open sockets that can be simultaneously maintained by a device.
37. The computer program product of claim 36, wherein the limit is policed by at least the operating system.
38. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to transmit data units of the first data type in response to the establishment of an air-link connection.
39. An apparatus comprising:
means for determining whether a data unit is at least one of a first data type and a second data type; and
means for delaying the transmission of data of the first data type to prevent establishing an air-link connection to transmit data of the first data type;
means for establishing an air-link connection for the transmission of data of the second data type in response to determining that the data unit is of the second data type;
means for transmitting the delayed data of the first data type over the air-link connection for data of the second data type, the transmitting the delayed data triggered by the determining that the data unit is of the second data type.
40. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the second data type has a higher value than the first data type.
41. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the second data type includes at least one of time-critical information for an application server and non-overhead information.
42. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the first data type includes data that can be delayed without substantially diminishing the user experience.
43. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein the first type of data is at least one of a FIN packet, a session close, and a socket close command.
44. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein the first type of data is a packet comprising primarily overhead information.
45. The apparatus of claim 39, further comprising:
means for receiving a data unit of the first data type from an application;
means for storing the data unit in a buffer in order to delay transmission; and
means for transmitting a false acknowledgement to at least one of the application and an operating system in response to receiving the first data unit.
46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the data unit includes a socket close command.
47. The apparatus of claim 45, further comprising means for sensing the establishment of an air-link connection for the transmission of data units of the second type.
48. The apparatus of claim 45, further comprising means for releasing the data units in the buffer to a radio stack in response to establishing the air-link connection.
49. The apparatus of claim 47, further comprising means for releasing the data units in the buffer to a communication protocol stack in response to establishing the air-link connection.
50. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein the communication protocol includes at least some elements of the Transmission Control ProtocolInternet Protocol suite.
51. The apparatus of claim 45, further comprising:
means for determining that the contents of the buffer has breached a threshold;
means for establishing an air-link connection in response to the breach; and
means for transmitting the data units in the buffer.
52. The apparatus of claim 51, wherein transmitting the data units in the buffer includes releasing the data units in the buffer to a radio stack.
53. The apparatus of claim 51, wherein transmitting the data units in the buffer includes releasing the data units in the buffer to a communication protocol stack.
54. The apparatus of claim 39, further comprising:
means for receiving a data unit of the first data type from an application;
means for storing the data unit in a buffer; and
means for transmitting an acknowledgement to at least one of the application and an operating system in response to receiving the first data unit.
55. The apparatus of claim 54, wherein the acknowledgement includes information intended to bypass a limit on the number of open sockets that can be simultaneously maintained by a device.
56. The apparatus of claim 55, wherein the limit is policed by at least the operating system.
57. The apparatus of claim 38, further comprising means for transmitting data units of the first data type in response to the establishment of an air-link connection.
58. An apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to:
determine whether a data unit is at least one of a first data type and a second data type;
delay the transmission of data of the first data type to prevent establishing an air-link connection to transmit data of the first data type;
establish an air-link connection for the transmission of data of the second data type in response to determining that the data unit is of the second data type; and

transmit the delayed data of the first data type over the air-link connection for data of the second data type, the transmitting the delayed data triggered by the determining that the data unit is of the second data type.
59. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the second data type has a higher value than the first data type.
60. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the second data type includes at least one of time-critical information for an application server and non-overhead information.
61. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the first data type includes data that can be delayed without substantially diminishing the user experience.
62. The apparatus of claim 61, wherein the first type of data is at least one of a FIN packet, a session close, and a socket close command.
63. The apparatus of claim 61, wherein the first type of data is a packet comprising primarily overhead information.
64. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a data unit of the first data type from an application;
store the data unit in a buffer in order to delay transmission; and
transmit a false acknowledgement to at least one of the application and an operating system in response to receiving the first data unit.
65. The apparatus of claim 64, wherein the data unit includes a socket close command.
66. The apparatus of claim 64, wherein the controller is further configured to sense the establishment of an air-link connection for the transmission of data units of the second type.
67. The apparatus of claim 64, wherein the controller is further configured to release the data units in the buffer to a radio stack in response to establishing the air-link connection.
68. The apparatus of claim 66, wherein the controller is further configured to release the data units in the buffer to a communication protocol stack in response to establishing the air-link connection.
69. The apparatus of claim 68, wherein the communication protocol includes at least some elements of the Transmission Control ProtocolInternet Protocol suite.
70. The apparatus of claim 64, wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine that the contents of the buffer has breached a threshold;
establish an air-link connection in response to the breach; and
transmit the data units in the buffer.
71. The apparatus of claim 70, wherein transmitting the data units in the buffer includes releasing the data units in the buffer to a radio stack.
72. The apparatus of claim 70, wherein transmitting the data units in the buffer includes releasing the data units in the buffer to a communication protocol stack.
73. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a data unit of the first data type from an application;
store the data unit in a buffer; and
transmit an acknowledgement to at least one of the application and an operating system in response to receiving the first data unit.
74. The apparatus of claim 73, wherein the acknowledgement includes information intended to bypass a limit on the number of open sockets that can be simultaneously maintained by a device.
75. The apparatus of claim 74, wherein the limit is policed by at least the operating system.
76. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit data units of the first data type in response to the establishment of an air-link connection.