All The Claims

1. A lighting display system, comprising:
at least one non-transparent cable for transmitting light;
at least one light emitting diode disposed at a first end of at least a portion of said at least one non-transparent cable;
a light emitting controller having a digital signal processor that signals said at least one light emitting diode to control the intensity of light emanating from said at least one light emitting diode and to control the color of the light resulting from the combination of light from said at least one light emitting diode; and
a receiving structure for receiving a second end of at least a portion of said at least one non-transparent cable, wherein at least a portion of said second end of said at least one non-transparent cable emits light from said at least one light emitting diode;
wherein said structure is incorporated into infrastructure and said system displays at least one design.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one design is an advertisement.
3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one design simulates a floor covering when displayed.
4. The system according to claim 3, wherein said floor covering to be simulated is carpeting.
5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said non-transparent cable is a fiber optic cable.
6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said infrastructure is a travelway that supports at least one of vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic.
7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said light emitting controller includes a central microprocessor that is programmed with said at least one design to be displayed by said lighting display system.
8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said light emitting controller includes a port for receiving data from a communications network thereby permitting said central microprocessor to receive data from a remote location.
9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the communications network is the Internet and said data received by said central microprocessor are transmitted from a computer connected to the Internet.
10. The system according to claim 1, wherein at least three light emitting diodes are disposed at a first end of each non-transparent cable;
wherein light emitted from said at least three light emitting diodes combines to form at least one of a plurality of colors.
11. The system according to claim 1, wherein said receiving structure that receives said second end of said non-transparent cables is at a location remote to said light emitting controller.
12. A lighting display system, comprising:
a plurality of non-transparent cables for transmitting light;
at least one light emitting diode enclosed in a first end of each said non-transparent cable;
a light emitting controller to control the intensity of light emanating from said at least one light emitting diode; and
a receiving structure with apertures arranged in an array for receiving a second end of each said non-transparent cable, wherein said second end of said non-transparent cable emits light from said at least one light emitting diode, the array providing for the display of a plurality of designs by selective light emission from said at least one light emitting diode;
wherein said receiving structure is incorporated into a travelway and said system displays at least one design;
wherein said travelway supports at least one of vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic.
13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said at least one design is an advertisement.
14. The system according to claim 12, wherein said at least one design simulates a floor covering when displayed.
15. A lighting display system, comprising:
at least one non-transparent cable for transmitting light;
at least one light emitting diode disposed at a first end of at least a portion of said at least one non-transparent cable;
a light emitting controller to control the intensity of light emanating from said at least one light emitting diode, said light emitting controller including a central processor configured to receive data via the Internet thereby permitting said central microprocessor to receive data from a remote location;
a computer communicably coupled to the central processor via the Internet that provides data that controls the light emitting controller; and
a receiving structure for receiving a second end of at least a portion of said at least one non-transparent cable, wherein at least a portion of said second end of said at least one non-transparent cable emits light from said at least one light emitting diode;
wherein said structure is incorporated into infrastructure and said system displays at least one design.
16. The system according to claim 15, wherein said at least one design is an advertisement.
17. The system according to claim 15, further comprising at least three light emitting diodes, each said light emitting diode providing a distinct color, whereby light emitted from said three light emitting diodes combines to emit a single color dependent upon the intensity of the light emitted by each said light emitting diode.
18. The system according to claim 12, wherein said light emitting controller dynamically adjusts the said at least one design.

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 for surface treatment on a metal oxide, comprising: utilizing plasma to perform a surface treatment on a device to be processed;
wherein the plasma comprises a mixture gas of an F-based gas and O2, and the device to be processed is a metal oxide layer or a manufactured article coated with the metal oxide.
2. The method for surface treatment on a metal oxide according to claim 1, wherein the metal oxide comprises zinc oxide, tin oxide, zinc oxide based metal oxide containing at least one element of indium, aluminum and gallium, or tin oxide-based metal oxide containing at least one element of the indium, aluminum and gallium.
3. The method for surface treatment on a metal oxide according to claim 1, wherein the utilizing plasma to perform a surface treatment on a device to be processed comprises:
filling a chamber, in which the device to be processed is placed, with the mixture gas of an F-based gas and O2 at pressure Y, the O2 content in the mixture gas being r;
utilizing RF at a power P to act on the mixture gas to obtain plasma; and
the time in which the plasma acts on the device to be processed is \u201ct\u201d.
4. The method for surface treatment on a metal oxide according to claim 1, wherein the F-based gas comprises at least one gas of CF4, SF6, NF3 and C2F8.
5. The method for surface treatment on a metal oxide according to claim 4, wherein the F-based gas is CF4;
wherein the O2 content \u03b7 in the mixture gas of CF4 and O2 is in a range of 0-38%;
the pressure Y of the mixture gas of CF4 and O2 is in a range of 40-400 mTorr;
the time \u201ct\u201d in which the plasma acts on the device to be processed is in a range of 5-120 s; and
the power P of the RF is in a range of 200-1500 W.
6. A method for preparing a thin film transistor, comprising: preparing a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a channel layer, a blocking layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a passivation protective layer on a substrate in order, preparation of the channel layer comprising:
utilizing plasma to perform surface treatment on the channel layer;
the plasma comprises a mixture gas of an F-based gas and O2, wherein the material of the channel layer is a metal oxide.
7. The method for preparing a thin film transistor according to claim 6, wherein the metal oxide comprises: zinc oxide, tin oxide, zinc oxide based metal oxide containing at least one element of indium, aluminum and gallium, or tin oxide-based metal oxide containing at least one element of the indium, aluminum and gallium.
8. The method for preparing a thin film transistor according to claim 6, wherein the utilizing plasma to perform surface treatment on the channel layer comprises:
placing a product, a surface of which is a channel layer, into a chamber filled with a mixture gas of an F-based gas and O2 at pressure Y, the O2 content in the mixture gas being \u03b7; and
utilizing RF at a power P to act on the mixture gas to obtain plasma; and
the time in which the plasma acts on the device to be processed is \u201ct\u201d.
9. The method for preparing a thin film transistor according to claim 6, wherein the channel layer comprises a central region and two contact regions for contacting the source-drain respectively, the two contact regions being on both sides of the central region; and
the blocking layer is deposited in the position of the central region on the channel layer, for blocking the plasma from reaching the central region of the channel layer.
10. The method for preparing a thin film transistor according to claim 6, wherein the F-based gas is CF4;
wherein the O2 content \u03b7 in the mixture gas of CF4 and O2 is in a range of 0-38%;
the pressure Y of the mixture gas of CF4 and O2 is in a range of 40-400 mTorr;
the time \u201ct\u201d in which the plasma acts on the device to be processed is in a range of 5-120 s; and
the power P of the RF is in a range of 200-1500 W.

1. A data structure stored in a memory of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising:
a packed object in the memory of the RFID tag, the packed object including:
a length section including an indication of the number of identifiers in the packed object,
an identifier section including a directory of indices representing an identifier for each data item contained within the packed object;
a data section encoding a data portion associated with each data item included in the identifier section;
wherein the packed object provides a complete list of the data items in the data section without requiring a read of the data section; and
at least two or more of the data items are concatenated and encoded as a single unit, and
wherein the at least two of more of the data items comprise items from different data systems.
2. The data structure of claim 1, wherein the identifier section includes a plurality of subsections.
3. The data structure of claim 1, further comprising:
an external directory, wherein a predefined bit pattern at a predefined memory location indicates the inclusion of an external directory in the data structure.
4. The data structure of claim 1, wherein the data section of the packed object includes a plurality of subsections.
5. The data structure of claim 1, wherein the packed object further includes an auxiliary identifier section, wherein the auxiliary identifier section includes additional information required to decode a data item contained with the packed object.
6. The data structure of claim 1, wherein the number of identifiers field is encoded as an extensible bit vector.
7. The data structure of claim 1, wherein the packed object is encoded and decoded in the memory to minimize a number of encoded bits for a given data set that need to be transferred over an air interface.
8. The data structure of claim 1, wherein the RFID tag comprises a Gen 2 tag.
9. The data structure of claim 1, wherein the packed object provides access of each data item included in the identifier section without incurring bit-overhead of adding a full Directory.
10. The data structure of claim 1, wherein each of the data items in the data section is independently encoded.
11. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, comprising:
an antenna;
control logic; and
a memory including a data structure embodied thereon, the data structure comprising:
a packed object in the memory of the RFID tag, the packed object including:
a length section including an indication of the number of identifiers in the packed object,
an identifier section including a directory of indices representing an identifier for each data item contained within the packed object;
a data section encoding a data portion associated with each data item included in the identifier section,
wherein the packed object provides a complete list of the data items in the data section without requiring a read of the data section; and
at least two or more of the data items are concatenated and encoded as a single unit, and
wherein the at least two of more of the data items comprise items from different data systems.
12. The RFID tag of claim 11, wherein the packed object is encoded and decoded in the memory to minimize a number of encoded bits for a given data set that need to be transferred over an air interface.
13. The RFID tag of claim 11, wherein the RFID tag comprises a Gen 2 tag.
14. The RFID tag of claim 11, wherein the packed object provides access of each data item included in the identifier section without incurring bit-overhead of adding a full Directory.
15. The RFID tag of claim 11, wherein each of the data items in the data section is independently encoded.
16. A computing device, comprising:
a central processing unit; and
a memory including a data structure embodied thereon, the data structure comprising:
a packed object in the memory of the RFID tag, the packed object including:
a length section including an indication of the number of identifiers in the packed object,
an identifier section including a directory of indices representing an identifier for each data item contained within the packed object;
a data section encoding a data portion associated with each data item included in the identifier section,
wherein the packed object provides a complete list of the data items in the data section without requiring a read of the data section; and
at least two or more of the data items are concatenated and encoded as a single unit, and
wherein the at least two of more of the data items comprise items from different data systems.
17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the computing device comprises a Gen 2 tag.

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 using an observed time difference of arrival for positioning a mobile station, comprising:
receiving, by a positioning server, from a mobility management entity (MME), a request for positioning a mobile station;
transmitting, by the positioning server, to the mobile station an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) capability request message to inquire about a communication system format supported by the mobile station and signal reception quality information of each base station of a communication system supported, wherein the OTDOA capability request message comprises a plurality of communication formats existent in a current service area of the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality information, provided for the mobile station to select based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station;
receiving, by a positioning server, an OTDOA support capability message returned by the mobile station, wherein the OTDOA support capability message comprises the communication system format supported by the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality;
sending, by a positioning server, to the mobile station auxiliary positioning information based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station and the corresponding signal reception quality, so that the mobile station reports a corresponding measurement result based on the auxiliary positioning information; and
positioning, by a positioning server, the mobile station using the measurement result.
2. The method using an observed time difference of arrival for positioning a mobile station according to claim 1, wherein the OTDOA support capability message comprises a plurality of communication system formats supported by the mobile station.
3. A method using an observed time difference of arrival for positioning a mobile station, comprising:
receiving, by a mobile station, an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) capability request message, transmitted by a positioning server after receiving a request for positioning the mobile station from a mobility management entity (MME), wherein the OTDOA capability request message comprises a plurality of communication formats existent in a current service area of the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality information.
selecting, by the mobile station, a communication system format supported by the mobile station from the plurality of communication system formats;
transmitting, by the mobile station, to the positioning server an OTDOA support capability message, wherein the OTDOA support capability message comprises the communication system format supported by the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality;
receiving, by the mobile station, auxiliary positioning information sent by the positioning server; and
reporting, by the mobile station, a corresponding measurement result based on the auxiliary positioning information, wherein the measurement result used by the positioning server to position the mobile station.
4. The method using an observed time difference of arrival for positioning a mobile station according to claim 3, wherein, before selecting the communication system format supported by the mobile station from the plurality of communication system formats, the method further comprises:
judging, by the mobile station, whether the mobile station supports OTDOA positioning or not; and
if the mobile station supports the OTDOA positioning, selecting, by the mobile station, the communication system format supported by the mobile station from the plurality of communication system formats.
5. The method using an observed time difference of arrival for positioning a mobile station according to claim 4, wherein, if the mobile station supports the OTDOA positioning, before selecting the communication system format supported by the mobile station from the plurality of communication system formats, the method further comprises:
judging, by the mobile station, whether the mobile station supports multimode or not; and
if the mobile station supports multimode, the selecting, by the mobile station, the communication system format supported by the mobile station from the plurality of communication system formats comprises:
selecting, by the mobile station, multiple communication system formats supported by the mobile station from the plurality of communication system formats.
6. A positioning server using an observed time difference of arrival for positioning a mobile station, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store program(s), and
hardware configured to implement, including configured by the program(s) to implement:
a capability inquiry module, configured to after the positioning server receiving a request for positioning a mobile station from a mobility management entity (MME), transmit to the mobile station an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) capability request message to inquire about a communication system format supported by the mobile station and signal reception quality information of each base station of a communication system supported, wherein the OTDOA capability request message comprises a plurality of communication formats existent in a current service area of the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality information, provided for the mobile station to select based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station;
a capability reception module, configured to receive an OTDOA support capability message returned by the mobile station, wherein the OTDOA support capability message comprises the communication system format supported by the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality;
an auxiliary information sending module, configured to send to the mobile station auxiliary positioning information based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station and the corresponding signal reception quality, so that the mobile station reports a corresponding measurement result based on the auxiliary positioning information; and
a positioning module, configured to use the measurement result to position the mobile station.