All The Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:
a memory having stored therein machine limitations information as regards a radiation-treatment delivery apparatus and target motion boundary information as regards a volume within which a radiation target may possibly move during a radiation treatment session via the radiation-treatment delivery apparatus;
a control circuit operably coupled to the memory and configured to act with respect to a radiation treatment plan based on at least one of the machine limitations information and the target motion boundary information.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the machine limitations information comprises information regarding at least one of:
range of motion for a multi-leaf collimator; and
range of motion for a pair of collimating jaws.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the machine limitations information comprises information regarding both of:
range of motion for a multi-leaf collimator; and
range of motion for a pair of collimating jaws.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the machine limitations information represents machine limitations at each of a plurality of fields along a radiation-treatment arc.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the target motion boundary information represents target motion boundaries for the volume at each of a plurality of fields along a radiation-treatment arc.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the target motion boundary information comprises information specific to a particular patient for whom the radiation treatment plan is being developed.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the target motion boundary information comprises information developed, at least in part, by tracking radio-frequency transducers implanted within the particular patient.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to combine the machine limitations information with the target motion boundary information by, at least in part, simultaneously presenting the machine limitations information in combination with the target motion boundary information in a beam’s-eye view display.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the control circuit is further configured to simultaneously present the machine limitations information in combination with the target motion boundary information in a beam’s-eye view display by, at least in part, simultaneously presenting the machine limitations information in combination with the target motion boundary information in a beam’s-eye view display at each of a plurality of fields along a radiation-treatment arc.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the control circuit is further configured to:
provide an automatic warning when the machine limitations information conflicts with the target motion boundary information.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the control circuit is further configured to provide an automatic warning when the machine limitations information conflicts with the target motion boundary information at any of a plurality of fields along a radiation-treatment arc.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to combine the machine limitations information with the target motion boundary information when developing a radiation treatment plan in order to use that information to make adjustments to the radiation treatment plan.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the control circuit is configured to make the adjustments to the radiation treatment plan by adjusting at least one of:
a radiation treatment machine isocenter position;
a collimator angle;
a field angle;
a collimator jaw position; and
at least one multi-leaf collimator leaf position.
14. A method comprising:
by a control circuit:
accessing a memory having stored therein machine limitations information as regards a radiation-treatment delivery apparatus and target motion boundary information as regards a volume within which a radiation target may possibly move during a radiation treatment session via the radiation-treatment delivery apparatus;
combining the machine limitations information with the target motion boundary information when acting with respect to a radiation treatment plan.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein the machine limitations information comprises information regarding at least one of:
range of motion for a multi-leaf collimator; and
range of motion for a pair of collimating jaws.
16. The method of claim 14 wherein the machine limitations information represents machine limitations at each of a plurality of fields along a radiation-treatment arc.
17. The method of claim 14 wherein the target motion boundary information represents target motion boundaries for the volume at each of a plurality of fields along a radiation-treatment arc.
18. The method of claim 14 wherein combining the machine limitations information with the target motion boundary information comprises, at least in part, simultaneously presenting the machine limitations information in combination with the target motion boundary information in a beam’s-eye view display.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein simultaneously presenting the machine limitations information in combination with the target motion boundary information in a beam’s-eye view display comprises, at least in part, simultaneously presenting the machine limitations information in combination with the target motion boundary information in a beam’s-eye view display at each of a plurality of fields along a radiation-treatment arc.
20. The method of claim 14 further comprising:
providing an automatic warning when the machine limitations information conflicts with the target motion boundary information.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein providing an automatic warning when the machine limitations information conflicts with the target motion boundary information comprises providing the automatic warning when the machine limitations information conflicts with the target motion boundary information at any of a plurality of fields along a radiation-treatment arc.

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

What is claimed is:

1. A medium-pressure hydrocracking process, comprising the steps of contacting feed oil with a hydrocracking catalyst in a hydrocracking system under a medium pressure and hydrocracking conditions; separating the hydrocraking reaction product into a vapor fraction which is recycled to the hydrocracking system as recycling hydrogen, and a liquid fraction which is further separated in a separation system to produce distillates including jet fuel andor diesel (hereinafter referred to as hydrocracked jet fuel andor diesel) cuts; feeding a part or all of the hydrocracked jet fuel andor diesel cuts into a hydrosaturation system where the cuts come into contact with a hydrosaturation catalyst and react with fresh hydrogen under hydrosaturation conditions; separating the hydrosaturation reaction product into a hydrogen-containing vapor which enters into the hydrocracking system as make-up hydrogen, and jet fuel andor diesel (hereinafter referred to as the hydrosaturated jet fuel andor diesel) which enter into a separation system for processing.
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein a part or all of the hydrocracked jet fuel cut enters into a hydrosaturation system for processing.
3. The process according to claim 1, wherein a part or all of the hydrocracked diesel cut enters into a hydrosaturation system for processing.
4. The process according to claim 1, wherein a part or all of the hydrocracked jet fuel and diesel cuts enter into a hydrosaturation system for processing.
5. The process according to claim 1, wherein all of the hydrocracked jet fuel andor diesel cuts enter into a hydrosaturation system for processing, and the hydrosaturated jet fuel andor diesel enter into an individual separation system for processing, which then separately leaves the equipment as products.
6. The process according to claim 1, wherein a part of the hydrocracked jet fuel andor diesel cuts enter into a hydrosaturation system for processing, and the hydrosaturated jet fuel andor diesel cuts enter into an individual separation system for processing, which then mixes with the other part of the corresponding hydrocracked jet fuel andor diesel cuts and separately leaves the equipment as products.
7. The process according to claim 1, wherein both the liquid fraction of the hydrocracking reaction product and the hydrosaturated jet fuel andor diesel enter the same separation system for fractionation together, and a part of the separated jet fuel andor diesel cuts enter into the hydrosaturation system for processing, and the remainder leaves the equipment as products.
8. The process according to claim 1, wherein said hydrosaturation catalyst is a reduced catalyst with one or more metals of Groups VIB andor VIII of the Periodic Table as the hydrogenation components.
9. The process according to claim 1, wherein the hydrocracking reaction is carried out under a pressure of 4.0-10.0 MPa, at a temperature of 360-400 C., with a hydrogenoil volume ratio of 800:1-1500:1 and a liquid hourly volume space velocity of 0.5-1.5 h1.
10. The process according to claim 1, wherein the hydrosaturation reaction is carried out under a pressure of 0.5-3.0 MPa, at a temperature of 100-280 C., with a hydrogenoil volume ratio of 200:1-1000:1, and a liquid hourly volume space velocity of 1.0-6.0 h31 1.
11. The process according to claim 1, wherein said fresh hydrogen comes from a hydrogen-production system or the pipe net of the refinery and contains no such impurities as H2S and NH3, which is used directly in the process without being additionally pressurized.
12. The process according to claim 8, wherein said one or more metals isare selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ni, and Pd.
13. The process according to claim 9, wherein said pressure is 4.0-8.0 MPa.
14. The process according to claim 10, wherein said temperature is 100-250 C., and said pressure is 1.0-2.0 MPa.
15. The process according to claim 7, wherein the weight ratio of said jet fuel andor diesel distillate entering into the hydrosaturation system to those leaving the system as jet fuel andor diesel products is 1:6-6:1.

1. An audio device which produces audio signals suited to each of a plurality of audio output-targeted devices connected to the audio device, wherein the audio output-targeted devices include a plurality of non-speaker audio output-targeted devices, the audio device comprising:
a first output part which is configured to output an audio signal to at least one speaker;
a second inputoutput part which is configured to obtain a plurality of audio reproduction ability information from the audio output-targeted devices, wherein the plurality of audio reproduction ability information comprises a channel count of the audio device and channel counts representative of the non-speaker audio output-targeted devices;
a memory which is configured to store the plurality of audio reproduction ability information;
a third inputoutput part which is configured to provide a source device with arbitrary audio reproduction ability information precluding audio reproduction ability information that represents a minimum reproduction ability from among the plurality of audio reproduction ability information; and
a signal processor which:
performs down-mixing on audio signals that are read from the source device if an audio reproduction ability information of a first non-speaker audio output-targeted device is lower than the arbitrary audio reproduction ability information, wherein the second inputoutput part outputs the down-mixed audio signals to the first non-speaker audio output-targeted device, and
performs signal processing on audio signals that are read from the source device, without down-mixing the audio signals, if an audio reproduction ability information of a second non-speaker audio output-targeted device is higher than the arbitrary audio reproduction ability information, wherein the second inputoutput part outputs the processed audio signals to the second non-speaker audio output-targeted device.
2. The audio device according to claim 1, further comprising:
an input part that receives and stores the audio reproduction ability information of the audio output-targeted devices in the memory,
wherein if an audio reproduction ability of the audio device is greater than an audio reproduction ability of at least one of the non-speaker audio output-targeted devices, the audio device applies channel counts precluding the minimum reproduction ability to the source device.
3. The audio device according to claim 1, wherein the signal processor performs dynamic range compression in response to a volume of audio signals subjected to down-mixing, thus controlling a volume for reproducing audio signals.
4. The audio device according to claim 1, wherein the signal processor performs down-mixing to produce audio signals after performing a convolution process using a head register transfer function in response to the prescribed channel count.

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 downloading media items to a first network device from a second network device, comprising:
obtaining media item metadata associated with a plurality of media items from the second network device;
storing the obtained media item metadata associated with the plurality of media items on the first network device;
obtaining media item content data associated with a first subset of the plurality of media items from the second network device; and
storing the obtained media item content data associated with the first subset of the plurality of media items on the first network device;
wherein at least some of the media item metadata associated with a second subset of the plurality of media items is stored on the first network device without the associated media item content data.
2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
presenting the plurality of media items as selections via a display associated with the first network device.
3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the first subset of the plurality of media items are distinguished from the second subset of the plurality of media items.
4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
presenting only the first subset of the plurality of media items as selections via a display associated with the first network device.
5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein obtaining media item metadata associated with the plurality of media items from the second network device, storing the obtained media item metadata associated with the plurality of media items on the first network device, obtaining media item content data associated with a first subset of the plurality of media items from the second network device, and storing the obtained media item content data associated with the first subset of the plurality of media items on the first network device are performed when the first network device is physically connected to the second network device.
6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein identifying a plurality of media items for which access is desired via the first network device is performed using at least one of one or more settings obtained in response to user input, history of use, or one or more policies.
7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein at least one of the settings corresponds to a type of media.
8. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein at least one of the policies corresponds to a type of media.
9. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a request to play a selected one of the plurality of media items;
determining whether media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items is on the first network device; and
if the media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items is on the first network device, playing the media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items.
10. The method as recited in claim 9, further comprising:
if the media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items is not on the first network device, determining whether the media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items can be accessed remotely from the second network device and if the media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items can be accessed remotely from the second network device, playing the media item content data via the second network device or downloading the media item content data from the second network device to the first network device and playing the media item content data via the first network device.
11. The method as recited in claim 10, further comprising:
determining whether to play the media item content data via the second network device or to download the media item content data from the second network device to the first network device in order to play the media item content data via the first network device.
12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein determining whether to play the media item content data via the second network device or to download the media item content data from the second network device to the first network device in order to play the media item content data via the first network device comprises:
at least one of determining whether the first network device is in the same network as the second network device on which the media item content data is stored, determining a type of connection between the first network device and the second network device, or determining a type of the network.
13. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first network device is a portable device.
14. The method as recited in claim 9, further comprising:
deleting the media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items after media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items has been played.
15. The method as recited in claim 14, further comprising:
deleting the media item metadata associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items after media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items has been played
16. The method as recited in claim 14, further comprising:
retrieving media item content data of one of the second subset of the plurality of media items; and
storing the media item content data of the one of the second subset of the plurality of media items on the first network device.
17. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the media item content data of the one of the second subset of the plurality of media items is retrieved from the second network device.
18. The method as recited in claim 16, further comprising:
identifying the one of the second subset of the plurality of media items using at least one of one or more settings obtained in response to user input, a history of use, or one or more policies.
19. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein at least one of the one or more settings, the history of use, or the one or more policies are associated with a type of media item, wherein the type of media item is the same as the type of the media item for which the media item content data has been deleted.
20. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein the type of media item is television show, movie, video clip, podcast episode or song.
21. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein retrieving is performed when the first network device is not physically connected to the second network device.
22. The method as recited in claim 9, further comprising:
determining whether to delete the media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items after media item content data associated with the selected one of the plurality of media items has been played.
23. The method as recited in claim 20, wherein determining is performed using at least one of one or more settings obtained in response to user input or one or more policies.
24. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
retrieving media item content data of one of the second subset of the plurality of media items; and
storing the media item content data of the one of the second subset of the plurality of media items on the first network device.
25. The method as recited in claim 22, wherein the media item content data of the one of the second subset of the plurality of media items is retrieved from the second network device.
26. The method as recited in claim 22, further comprising:
identifying the one of the second subset of the plurality of media items using at least one of one or more settings obtained in response to user input, a history of use, or one or more policies.
27. The method as recited in claim 22, wherein retrieving is performed when the first network device is not physically connected to the second network device.
28. The method as recited in claim 22, wherein retrieving is performed when the first network device has memory to store the retrieved media item content data.
29. The method as recited in claim 24, wherein at least one of the one or more settings, the history of use, or the one or more policies are associated with a type of media item.
30. The method as recited in claim 27, wherein the type of media item is television show, movie, video clip, podcast episode or song.
31. The method as recited in claim 22, further comprising:
obtaining metadata of the one of the second subset of the plurality of media items;
determining whether the media item content data corresponding to the metadata can be retrieved;
if it is determined that the media item content data corresponding to the metadata can be retrieved from the second network device, retrieving the media item content data from the second network device; and
if it is determined that the media item content data cannot be retrieved from the second network device, retrieving the media item content data from the second network device at a later time or retrieving the media item content data from another location.
32. The method as recited in claim 29, wherein the another location is an online media store.
33. The method as recited in claim 29, further comprising:
charging a monthly service fee to enable media item content data to be retrieved from the another location.
34. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a notification from the second network device, the notification indicating that a specified media item has been deleted from the second network device or stored on the second network device.
35. The method as recited in claim 31, further comprising:
deleting metadata associated with the specified media item from the first network device when the notification indicates that the specified media item has been deleted from the second network device; and
retrieving or receiving metadata associated with the specified media item from the second network device and storing the metadata associated with the specified media item on the first network device when the notification indicates that the specified media item has been stored on the second network device.
36. The method as recited in claim 32, wherein deleting metadata associated with th specified media item from the first network device is performed when media item content data associated with the specified media item is not already stored on the first network device.
37. The method as recited in claim 32, further comprising:
obtaining the metadata associated with the specified media item from the notification when the notification indicates that the specified media item has been stored on the second network device.
38. An apparatus for downloading media items to a first network device from a second network device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory, at least one of the processor or the memory being adapted for:
obtaining media item metadata associated with a plurality of media items from the second network device;
storing the obtained media item metadata associated with the plurality of media items on the first network device;
obtaining media item content data associated with a first subset of the plurality of media items from the second network device; and
storing the obtained media item content data associated with the first subset of the plurality of media items on the first network device;
wherein at least some of the media item metadata associated with a second subset of the plurality of media items is stored on the first network device without the associated media item content data.
39. A method of modifying media items on a second network device corresponding to media items stored in a first network device, comprising:
deleting a media item stored on the first network device or storing a media item on the first network device; and
sending a notification to the second network device, the notification indicating that a media item has been deleted from the first network device or stored on the first network device.
40. The method as recited in claim 39, wherein the first network device and the second network device are not physically connected when the notification is sent.
41. A computer-implemented method for managing a mobile media library on a mobile network device, said method comprising:
(a) determining whether the mobile network device has access to a media repository via a network;
(b) determining whether the mobile media library is to be updated;
(c) determining update data to be provided to the mobile media library;
(d) acquiring the update data from the media repository via the network; and
(e) storing the acquired update date to the mobile media library on the mobile network device,
wherein said determining (c), said acquiring (d) and said storing (e) are performed when said determining (a) determines that the mobile network device has access to the media repository and said determining (b) determines that the mobile media library is to be updated.
42. A method as recited in claim 41, wherein said determining (b) determines whether the mobile media library is to be updated based on at least one library update policy.
43. A method as recited in claim 42, wherein the at least one library update policy is dependent on time, location, or condition of the mobile network device.
44. A method as recited in claim 41, wherein said determining (c) determines the update data for the mobile media library based on at least one media data update policy.
45. A method as recited in claim 44, wherein the at least one media data update policy is user configured by a user of the mobile network device.
46. A method as recited in claim 41, wherein said determining (c) determines the update data for the mobile media library based on usage history of the mobile network device.
47. A method as recited in claim 41, wherein said method is automatically performed without user initiation.
48. A graphical user interface that displays a listing of a media library on a mobile network device, comprising:
a listing of the media library;
wherein the listing includes each of a plurality of media items in the media library;
wherein at least some media item metadata associated with a subset of the plurality of media items in the media library is stored on the mobile network device without associated media item content data.
49. The graphical user interface as recited in claim 48, wherein the listing includes metadata for each of the plurality of media items in the media library.
50. The graphical user interface as recited in claim 48, wherein the listing is presented in a track listing area of the graphical user interface, the track listing area being capable of displaying the metadata for each of the media items in the media library.
51. The graphical user interface as recited in claim 48, wherein the subset of media items that have their media content stored on the mobile network device are visually distinguished from those media items for which media content is not stored on the mobile network device.
52. The graphical user interface as recited in claim 48, wherein the media items in the listing are user selectable, and wherein, when one of the media items is selected, an indication of availability of media content for the selected media item is presented.
53. A method for managing media items in a media library accessible by a network device and an electronic device using the network device, the media items including associated media item metadata and media item content, comprising:
accessing the media library with the electronic device via a communications link between the electronic device and the network device;
storing a plurality of media item metadata on the electronic device; and,
storing associated media item content on the electronic device for only a subset of the plurality of stored media item metadata.
54. The method as recited in claim 53, wherein storing associated media item content on the electronic device is performed based on one or more of the following: user input, prior use of media items, media item type, or one or more policies.
55. The method as recited in claim 53, further comprising:
modifying the subset of the particular media item content associated with the media item metadata that is stored on the electronic device based on one or more of the following:
user input, prior use of media items, media item type, or one or more policies.
56. The method as recited in claim 53, further comprising:
displaying information identifying one or more of the media items associated with the plurality of media item metadata stored on the electronic device.
57. The method as recited in claim 53, further comprising:
displaying information identifying two or more of the media items associated with the plurality of media item metadata stored on the electronic device in a manner that distinguishes between media items having associated media item content stored on the electronic device and media items not having associated media item content stored on the electronic device.
58. An electronic device capable of playing at least one type of the media items available in a media library accessible by a network device, comprising:
a processor having associated memory;
circuitry capable of establishing a communications links with the network device having access to the media library; and
data storage having a plurality of stored media item metadata, wherein at least some of the media item metadata associated with a subset of the plurality of media items is stored on the electronic device without the associated media item content data.
59. The electronic device as recited in claim 58, wherein the electronic device further comprises:
a display capable of presenting information identifying any two or more of the media items associated with the plurality of the stored media item metadata in a manner that distinguishes between any displayed media items having associated media item content stored on the electronic device and any displayed media items not having associated media item content stored on the electronic device.