All The Claims

1. A power supply apparatus, configured to supply a power supply voltage to a charge monitor configured to monitor a charge state of each of a plurality of rechargeable battery cells, the power supply apparatus comprising:
a first capacitative element configured to supply the power supply voltage to the charge monitor;
a second capacitative element configured to be charged from at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells and charge the first capacitative element;
a switch group including:
a first switch configured to connect the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells and the second capacitative element to each other; and
a second switch configured to connect the first capacitative element and the second capacitative element to each other; and

a controller configured to:
control charging of the second capacitative element by the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells by connecting the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable cells and the second capacitative element to each other by the first switch, and
control charging of the first capacitative element by the second capacitative element by connecting the second capacitative element and the first capacitative element to each other by the second switch.
2. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of rechargeable battery cells configured to charge the second capacitative element includes a first rechargeable battery cell having a highest voltage among the plurality of rechargeable battery cells.
3. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of rechargeable battery cells configured to charge the second capacitative element includes two or more rechargeable battery cells including:
a first rechargeable battery cell having a highest voltage among the plurality of rechargeable battery cells, and
a second rechargeable battery cell connected in series to the first rechargeable battery cell.
4. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the switch group has a switch configured to connect a power supply circuit, the first capacitative element, and the second capacitative element to one another, and
the controller controls the switch group so that the power supply circuit, the first capacitative element, and the second capacitative element are connected in parallel in an activation period until the charge monitor starts monitoring a state of each of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells, and repeats the control of charging the first capacitative element and the second capacitative element after the first capacitative element is charged to a predetermined voltage.
5. The power supply apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the controller controls the switch group so that the first capacitative element and the power supply circuit are connected to each other when a voltage of first capacitative element drops to less than a first value, and
the controller repeats the control of charging the first capacitative element and the second capacitative element when the voltage of the first capacitative element exceeds a second value while the first capacitative element and the power supply circuit are connected to each other.
6. The power supply apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the power supply circuit includes two or more predetermined battery cells connected in series among the plurality of rechargeable battery cells.
7. The power supply apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the power supply circuit includes the plurality of rechargeable battery cells and a step-down circuit configured to step down a voltage of the power supply circuit, and
the controller controls the switch group so that the first capacitative element and the power supply circuit are connected to each other via the step-down circuit.
8. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the controller controls the switch group so that both ends of the second capacitative element are opened when a voltage of the first capacitative element exceeds a third value, and
the controller repeats the control of charging the first capacitative element and the second capacitative element when the voltage of the first capacitative element drops to less than a fourth value while the both ends of the second capacitative element are opened.
9. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the controller controls the switch group so that the second capacitative element and a rechargeable battery cell having a lowest voltage among the plurality of rechargeable battery cells are connected to each other when a voltage of the first capacitative element exceeds a third value, and
the controller repeats the control of charging the first capacitative element and the second capacitative element when the voltage of the first capacitative element exceeds a fourth value while the second capacitative element and the rechargeable battery cell having the lowest voltage among the plurality of rechargeable battery cells are connected to each other.
10. A method comprising:
in a power supply apparatus comprising a first capacitative element configured to supply a power supply voltage to a charge monitor:
charging a second capacitative element from at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells by connecting the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells and the second capacitative element to each other; and
charging the first capacitative element from the second capacitative element by connecting the second capacitative element and the first capacitative element to each other.
11. A rechargeable battery cell unit, comprising:
a plurality of rechargeable battery cells;
a charge monitor configured to monitor a charge state of each of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells; and
a power supply apparatus configured to supply a power supply voltage to the charge monitor, the power supply apparatus including:
a first capacitative element configured to supply the power supply voltage to the charge monitor;
a second capacitative element configured to be charged from at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells and charge the first capacitative element;
a switch group including:
a first switch configured to connect the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells and the second capacitative element to each other; and
a second switch configured to connect the first capacitative element and the second capacitative element to each other; and
a controller configured to:
control charging of the second capacitative element by the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells by connecting the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable cells and the second capacitative element to each other by the first switch, and
control charging of the first capacitative element by the second capacitative element by connecting the second capacitative element and the first capacitative element to each other by the second switch.
12. A charging apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of rechargeable battery cells;
a charge monitor configured to monitor a charge state of each of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells; and
a power supply apparatus configured to supply a power supply voltage to the charge monitor, the power supply apparatus including:
a first capacitative element configured to supply the power supply voltage to the charge monitor,
a second capacitative element configured to be charged from at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells and charge the first capacitative element;

a switch group including:
a first switch configured to connect the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells and the second capacitative element to each other; and
a second switch configured to connect the first capacitative element and the second capacitative element to each other, and
a controller configured to:
control charging of the second capacitative element by the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells by connecting the at least one of the plurality of rechargeable cells and the second capacitative element to each other by the first switch, and
control charging of the first capacitative element by the second capacitative element by connecting the second capacitative element and the first capacitative element to each other by the second switch.
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. In a computer system, a method for effectively selling at least one of products and services, wherein all steps are performed by the computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) determining, by a processor executing logic, an existing network framework that includes a plurality of components,
(b) defining, by the processor executing said logic, a plan for selling the at least one of products and services to a target market, the plan including improvements to the existing network framework;
(c) determining, by the processor executing said logic, a listing of targeted components that relate to the improvements to the existing network framework, wherein each targeted component offers one of the least one of the products and services for sale to the target market;
(d) determining, by the processor executing said logic, a listing of at least one of products or services that relate to the targeted components, wherein the at least one of products and services are necessary to implement the improvements;
(e) identifying, by the processor executing said logic, a plurality of identified business alliances among a plurality of business entities associated with the targeted components;
(f) associating, by the processor executing said logic, selected identified business alliances with each said targeted component, wherein the selected identified business alliances are selected from the plurality of identified business alliances;
(g) displaying, through a display adapter by the processor executing said logic, a pictorial representation of the existing network framework and the plurality of components, including the targeted components; and
(h) modifying, through the display adapter by the processor executing said logic, the pictorial representation by indicia coding the targeted components in order to sell the at least one of the products and services that relate to the targeted components and the plurality of identified business alliances, wherein the indicia coding identifies the selected identified business alliances.
2. A method for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 1, wherein the step of defining the plan includes identifying the absence of at least one of products and services in the components of the existing network framework.
3. A method for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 1, wherein a legend is presented which defines the indicia coding with respect to the products or services.
4. A method for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 1, wherein the components of the existing network framework are selected from the group of components including security services, network services, web services, client services, integration capabilities, data services, directory services, management services, operation services, and developer services.
5. A method for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 1, wherein the components of the existing network framework are selected from the group of components including commerce-related services, content-related services, administration-related services, customer-related services, and education-related services.
6. A method for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 1, wherein the indicia coding is selected from the group of indicia coding including texture coding, color coding, and shading coding.
7. A method for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 1, wherein the existing network framework is a web architecture framework.
8. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for effectively selling at least one of products and services comprising:
(a) a code segment executable on a processor that determines an existing network framework that includes a plurality of components;
(b) a code segment executable by said processor that defines a plan for selling the at least one of products and services to a target marker, the plan including improvements to the existing network framework;
(c) a code segment executable by said processor that determines a listing of targeted components that relate to the improvements to the existing network framework, wherein each targeted component offers one of the least one of the products and services for sale to the target market;
(d) a code segment executable by said processor that determines a listing of at least one of products or services that relate to the targeted components, wherein the at least one of products and services are necessary to implement the improvements to the existing network framework;
(a) a code segment executable by said processor that identifies a plurality of identified business alliances among a plurality of business entities associated with the targeted components;
(f) a code segment executable by said processor that associates selected identified business alliances with each said targeted component, wherein the selected identified business alliances are selected from the plurality of identified business alliances;
(g) a code segment executable by said processor that displays a pictorial representation of the existing network framework and the plurality of components, including the targeted components; and
(h) a code segment executable by said processor that modifies the pictorial representation by indicia coding the targeted components in order to sell the at least one of the products and services that relate to the targeted components and the plurality of identified business alliances, wherein the indicia coding identifies the selected identified business alliances.
9. A computer program for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 8, wherein the code segment that defines the plan includes a code segment that identifies the absence of at least one of products and services in the components of the existing network framework.
10. A computer program for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 8, wherein a legend is presented which defines the indicia coding with respect to the products or services.
11. A computer program for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 8, wherein the components of the existing network framework are selected from the group of components including security services, network services, web services, client services, integration capabilities, data services, directory services, management services, operation services, and developer services.
12. A computer program for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 8, wherein the components of the existing network framework are selected from the group of components including commerce-related services, content-related services, administration-related services, customer-related services, and education-related services.
13. A computer program for effectively selling at least one of product and services as recited in claim 8, wherein the indicia coding is selected from the group of indicia coding including texture coding, color coding, and shading coding.
14. A computer program for effectively selling at least one of products and services as recited in claim 8, wherein the existing network framework is a web architecture framework.
15. A computer system for effectively selling at least one of products and services comprising:
(a) a processor;
(b) a memory that stores information under the control of the processor;
(c) logic executable by said processor for determining in existing network framework that includes a plurality of components;
(d) logic executable by said processor for defining a plan for selling the at least one of products and services to a target market, the plan including improvements to the existing network framework;
(e) logic executable by said processor for determining a listing of targeted components that relate to the improvements to the existing network framework, wherein each targeted component offers one of the least one of the products and services for sale to the target market;
(f) logic executable by said processor for determining listing of at least one of products or services that relate to the targeted components, wherein the at least one of products and services are necessary to implement the improvements to the existing network framework;
(g) logic executable by said processor that identifies a plurality of identified business alliances among a plurality of business entities associated with the targeted components;
(h) logic executable by said processor that associates selected identified business alliances with each said targeted component, wherein the selected identified business alliances are selected from the plurality of identified business alliances;
(i) logic executable by said processor for displaying a pictorial representation of the existing network framework and the plurality of components, including the targeted components; and
(j) logic executable by said processor for modifying the pictorial representation by indicia coding the targeted components in order to sell the at least one of the products and services that relate to the targeted components and the plurality of identified business alliances, wherein the indicia coding identifies the selected identified business alliances.

1. An inkjet printer having a printhead with a plurality of unit cells each comprising:
a wafer substrate having a layer of micro-electromechanical drive circuitry, with a dielectric layer on the drive circuitry layer, and a passivation layer on the dielectric layer, the passivation layer defining a plurality of vias;
sidewalls located on the passivation layer with a nozzle plate so that the nozzle plate and the sidewalls together form an ink chamber; and
a heater element suspended from the sidewalls in said ink chamber, the heater element electrically connected to the drive circuitry layer through the vias, the unit cell having an ink channel defined through the wafer substrate ending in an ejection nozzle in the nozzle plate, wherein the vias through the passivation layer corresponds with contact electrodes defined on the heater element, the vias forming a grid of apertures through said passivation layer.
2. The inkjet printer of claim 1, wherein each heater element has a bubble nucleation section with a smaller cross section than the remainder of the element.
3. The inkjet printer of claim 1, wherein the dielectric layer includes four metal layers, which together form a seal ring for the ink channel defined through said dielectric layer, the metal seal ring configured to prevent ink moisture from seeping into the dielectric layer when the inlet passage is filled with ink.
4. The inkjet printer of claim 1, wherein the heater element includes a monolayer of titanium-aluminum-nitride (TiAlN).
5. The inkjet printer of claim 1, wherein the passivation layer is the product of a plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition process.
6. The inkjet printer of claim 1, wherein the ink channel and ink chamber are treated to be hydrophilic.
7. The inkjet printer of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the nozzle plate is treated to be hydrophobic.

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

1-55. (canceled)
56. In a cellular phone station, a cellular phone console comprising:
a receiving port for receiving, from a defined user, a malfunctioning cellular phone; and
a dispensing mechanism for providing said user with a functioning cellular telephone.
57. (canceled)
58. The cellular phone console according to claim 56, wherein said cellular phone console also includes a user interactive unit comprising a user data input device for providing data input to said console, said input data comprising at least one of the following: a user identification code; cellular mobile phone manufacturer data; a cellular mobile phone serial number; a cellular mobile phone model type and any combination thereof.
59. (canceled)
60. The cellular phone console according to claim 56, further comprising an outlet port for ejecting a replacement cellular mobile phone.
61. The cellular phone console according to claim 56, further comprising a selection of temporary replacement cellular mobile phones.
62. The cellular phone console according to claim 61, further comprising an ejection port for providing said user with said selected temporary replacement cellular mobile phone.
63. A method for replacing a cellular mobile phone comprising:
providing a cellular phone console, in a cellular phone station:
inserting a malfunctioning cellular mobile phone into a receiving port of said station; and
dispensing a functioning cellular telephone.
64. The method according to claim 63, additionally comprising inputting a user identification code into said console using a data input device.
65. The method according to claim 63, additionally comprising confirming that a user is a registered user.
66. (canceled)
67. The cellular phone console of claim 56, wherein said cellular phone console is provided with at least one anti-theft mechanism adapted to prevent theft of said malfunctioning cellular phones received.
68. The cellular phone console of claim 56, also comprising at least one identification mechanism adapted to identify said user.
69. The cellular phone console of claim 56, also comprising at least one identification mechanism adapted to identify said malfunctioning cellular phones received.
70. The cellular phone console of claim 69, wherein said at least one identification mechanism is adapted to identify at least one of a model of said malfunctioning cellular phones received, a producer of said malfunctioning cellular phones received, a phone number of said user, an I.D. number of said user, an address of said user, an email address of said user and any combination thereof.
71. The cellular phone console of claim 56, wherein said malfunctioning cellular phones received are enclosed within a protected container.
72. The cellular phone console of claim 56, also comprising a data interface adapted to back-up information contained within said malfunctioning cellular phones received.
73. The cellular phone console of claim 56, also comprising cell phone analysis functionality adapted to diagnose a malfunction of said malfunctioned phone.
74-75. (canceled)
76. The cellular phone console of claim 56, also comprising at least one camera adapted to identify said user.
77. The cellular phone console of claim 56, also comprising at least one printer adapted to dispense at least one receipt once said malfunctioning cellular phone is received within said cellular phone station.
78-80. (canceled)
81. The method of claim 65, additionally comprising dispensing at least one receipt once said malfunctioning cellular phone is received within said cellular phone station.
82. The method of claim 81, wherein said at least one receipt includes at least one of the following:
details of said malfunctioning phone,
details of a user of said malfunctioning phone,
details of a malfunction of said malfunctioning phone,
details of a cellular phone console in which said malfunctioning phone has been deposited,
an identification number,
a date and a time at which the malfunctioning phone is deposited in said cellular phone console, and
any combination thereof.
83. The method of claim 82, wherein said details of said malfunctioning phone include at least one of a type of said malfunctioning phone, a phone number of said malfunctioning phone and any combination thereof.
84. (canceled)