All The Claims

1. A medical guide system comprising:
a unit that creates medical record data including examination data that includes examination items, the date and time of an examination, and examination results, and treatment data that includes treatment behaviors, the date and time of a medical treatment, and treatment results, the examination data and the treatment data being electronically recorded for every patient;
a unit that extracts the medical record data for each patient, and uses the examination data before a predetermined dividing point in a chronological order as before-dividing-point data and the treatment data after the predetermined dividing point in the chronological order as after-dividing-point data;
a unit that extracts a treatment pattern from the after-dividing-point data, wherein the frequency that the treatment pattern occurs is equal to or greater than a predetermined number; and
a unit that derives a rule, using at least one computer processor, that associates the examination results with the treatment pattern from the treatment pattern and the before-dividing-point data.
2. The medical guide system according to claim 1, wherein the after-dividing-point data is the examination data and the treatment data after the predetermined dividing point, and the unit that extracts the treatment pattern extracts an examination pattern and the treatment pattern.
3. The medical guide system according to claim 1, wherein the unit that extracts the treatment pattern extracts the treatment pattern having a chronological order including an order of treatments.
4. The medical guide system according to claim 1, wherein the unit that derives the rule uses machine learning to derive the rule.
5. The medical guide system according to claim 1, wherein the unit that derives the rule derives the rule having examination items and examination results as conditions and the treatment pattern as a conclusion, from the treatment pattern and the before-dividing-point data.
6. The medical guide system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined dividing point is designated by a user.
7. The medical guide system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined number is a threshold value that is designated by a user.
8. The medical guide system according to claim 1, further comprising:
a unit that records the derived rule and searches a corresponding treatment pattern using the examination items and the examination results as search keys.
9. The medical guide system according to claim 1, wherein the unit that extracts the treatment pattern uses a classification layer of the treatment behaviors to extract the treatment pattern and the treatment behaviors emerged in the treatment data.
10. The medical guide system according to claim 1, wherein the examination items include a physical examination, histodiagnosis, and cytologic diagnosis, and the treatment behaviors include a surgical operation, a radiation treatment, chemotherapy, a prescription, and a clinical trial.
11. The medical guide system according to claim 1, wherein the system is connected to a network, and the system further includes:
a unit that receives a specific examination result from a computer connected to the network; and
a unit that searches a treatment pattern corresponding to the specific examination result from the rule of the system, and transmits the treatment pattern to the computer.
12. The medical guide system according to claim 11, wherein the specific examination result is an examination result of a patient or a general user connected to the network.
13. The medical guide system according to claim 11, wherein the computer is part of a medical institution that is connected to the network, and the specific examination result is an examination result of a patient who is registered in the medical institution.
14. The medical guide system according to claim 11, wherein the computer is a computer of a doctor connected to the network, and the specific examination result is an examination result of a patient who is treated by the doctor.
15. A medical guide method comprising the steps of:
creating medical record data including examination data that includes examination items, the date and time of an examination, and examination results, and treatment data that includes treatment behaviors, the date and time of a medical treatment, and treatment results, the examination data and the treatment data being electronically recorded for every patient;
extracting the medical record data for each patient, using the examination data before a predetermined dividing point in a chronological order as before-dividing-point data and the treatment data after the predetermined dividing point in the chronological order as after-dividing-point data;
extracting a treatment pattern from the after-dividing-point data, wherein the frequency that the treatment pattern occurs is equal to or greater than a predetermined number; and
deriving a rule, using at least one computer processor, that associates the examination results with the treatment pattern from the treatment pattern and the before-dividing-point data.
16. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a medical guide program for allowing a computer to execute the steps of:
creating medical record data including examination data that includes examination items, the date and time of an examination, and examination results, and treatment data that includes treatment behaviors, the date and time of a medical treatment, and treatment results, the examination data and the treatment data being electronically recorded for every patient;
extracting the medical record data for each patient, using the examination data before a predetermined dividing point in a chronological order as before-dividing-point data and the treatment data after the predetermined dividing point in the chronological order as after-dividing-point data;
extracting a treatment pattern from the after-dividing-point data, wherein the frequency that the treatment pattern occurs is equal to or greater than a predetermined number; and
deriving a rule that associates the examination results with the treatment pattern from the treatment pattern and the before-dividing-point data.

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 providing wireless communication service coverage, the method comprising:
passing communications traffic for a mobile terminal from a base station controller to a mesh of RF-coupled radio base stations;
routing the communications traffic for said mobile terminal through one or more intervening radio base stations in said mesh as needed to reach a serving radio base station;
transmitting the communications traffic for said mobile terminal from said serving radio base station to said mobile terminal;
receiving communications traffic from said mobile terminal at said serving radio base station;
routing the communications traffic from said mobile terminal from said serving radio base station through one or more intervening radio base stations in said mesh as needed to reach said base station controller;
determining the RF coupling between respective ones of said radio base stations comprising said mesh at a central network manager;
generating routing information at said central network manager based on said determined RF couplings; and
distributing said routing information to said radio base stations comprising said mesh.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
configuring each radio base station in said mesh as an IP-addressable routing node; and
transporting the communications traffic to and from said mobile terminal through said routing nodes in said mesh as IP-based packet data.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising determining a route through said mesh for packet data comprising the communications traffic associated with said mobile terminal based on the relative amount of additional communications traffic associated with other mobile terminals being routed by individual ones of said radio base stations in said mesh.
4. The method of claim 2 further comprising dynamically updating said route based on changing communications traffic load conditions at said radio base stations in said mesh.
5. The method of claim 2 further comprising dynamically updating said route based on detecting malfunctioning radio base stations within said mesh.
6. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
organizing said communications traffic as IP-based packet data; and routing said communications traffic through said mesh based on IP addressing information contained in IP packet data headers.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
maintaining routing tables in each said radio base station in said mesh; and
routing communications traffic through said mesh based on said routing tables.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising communicatively coupling said mesh to said base station controller through a concentrator that carries the aggregate of communications traffic passing between said mesh and said base station controller.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein communicatively coupling said mesh to said base station controller through a concentrator comprises RF coupling said concentrator with at least one said radio base station in said mesh such that other said radio base stations can relay communications traffic through said at least one said radio base station communicatively coupled to said concentrator.
10. The method of claim 8 further comprising coupling said mesh to said base station controller through at least two said concentrators, such that the aggregate of communications traffic may be split between said at least two concentrators.
11. The method of claim 8 further comprising positioning said concentrator to maximize the number of radio base stations within said mesh with which said concentrator can communicatively couple.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein said mesh of radio base stations carries communications traffic associated with a plurality of mobile terminals and further comprising:
observing relative communications traffic loading between respective ones of said radio base stations comprising said mesh; and
updating said routing information in one or more of said radio base stations based on said relative communications traffic loading.
13. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining neighbor lists for individual ones of said radio base stations in said mesh identifying adjacent radio base stations in said mesh; and
providing said neighbor list information to said individual ones of said radio base stations.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the RF-coupling between respective ones of said radio base stations comprising said mesh at a central network manager comprises evaluating RF signal strength for mesh interface signaling as reported between proximate ones of said radio base stations.

1. A line driver, said line driver providing an output signal in response to an input signal, comprising:
a signal amplifier having an output terminal and connected in a negative feedback loop to receive said input signal; and
a bus connection network connected to said signal amplifier output terminal, wherein said bus connection network is inside said negative feedback loop when said line driver is transmitting said output signal, wherein said bus connection network connects said signal amplifier output terminal to a bus line, said bus connection network comprising:
a bus switch connected between said signal amplifier output terminal and said bus line; and
a feedback switch connected between said bus line and

a negative input terminal of said signal amplifier;
wherein said line driver includes a drive mode in which said bus switch connects said signal amplifier output terminal to said bus line and said feedback switch connects said bus line to said signal amplifier negative input terminal, and all other switches are open.
2. The line driver of claim 1, wherein said bus switch and said feedback switch comprise field effect transistors.
3. The line driver of claim 2, wherein the drain terminal of said bus switch is common with the drain terminal of said feedback switch, said drain terminals connected to said bus line.
4. A line driver, said line driver providing an output signal in response to an input signal, comprising:
a signal amplifier having an output terminal and connected in a negative feedback loop to receive said input signal;
a bus connection network connected to said signal amplifier output terminal, wherein said bus connection network is inside said negative feedback loop when said line driver is transmitting said output signal; and
a presettle circuit connected to settle said signal amplifier prior to said line driver transmitting said output signal onto said bus line, wherein said presettle circuit comprises:
a capacitor connected to said signal amplifier negative input terminal; and
a presettle switch connected between said signal amplifier output terminal and a negative input terminal of said signal amplifier.
5. The line driver of claim 4, wherein said capacitor is connected to said signal amplifier negative input terminal through a cap switch.
6. The line driver of claim 5, wherein said presettle switch and said cap switch are closed and all other switches are open when said line driver is operating in a presettle mode.
7. The line driver of claim 6, wherein said cap switch remains closed for a duration after said line driver has transitioned out of presettle mode.
8. A line driver, said line driver providing an output signal in response to an input signal, comprising:
a signal amplifier having an output terminal and connected in a negative feedback loop to receive said input signal;
a bus connection network connected to said signal amplifier output terminal, wherein said bus connection network is inside said negative feedback loop when said line driver is transmitting said output signal; and
an offset cancellation circuit connected to correct any offset current from said signal amplifier output, wherein said offset cancellation circuit comprises:
an offset amplifier having positive and negative input terminals and an output terminal, said offset amplifier positive input terminal biased with a voltage, said offset amplifier output terminal connected to said signal amplifier output terminal;
a capacitor connected to said offset amplifier negative input terminal; and
an offset switch connected between said offset amplifier negative input terminal and said offset amplifier output terminal.
9. The line driver of claim 8, further comprising an offset bias network connected to said signal amplifier, said bias network comprising:
a reference terminal to receive a reference voltage; a first switch connected between said reference terminal and said signal amplifier negative input; and
a second switch connected between said negative and positive inputs of said signal amplifier.
10. The line driver of claim 9, wherein said line driver includes an offset cancellation mode in which said first, second and offset switches are closed, and all other switches are open.

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 in a sense amplifier, comprising:
coupling a first terminal of a sense transistor to a current mirror through a first coupling transistor, wherein a second terminal of the sense transistor is coupled to a floating gate of a floating gate memory device;
coupling a third terminal of the sense transistor to a current sink through a second coupling transistor; and
floating the first terminal and the second terminal of the sense transistor while programming and erasing the floating gate memory device.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sense transistor, the first coupling transistor and the second coupling transistor comprise MOS transistors, wherein a source of the first coupling transistor is connected to a drain of the sense transistor, wherein a source of the sense transistor is connected to a drain of the second coupling transistor, and wherein floating the sense transistor comprises applying a control voltage to control gates of the first coupling transistor and the second coupling transistor, wherein the control voltage is configured to turn off the first coupling transistor and the second coupling transistor.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising configuring the control voltage to turn on the first coupling transistor and the second coupling transistor to read the floating gate memory device.
4. An apparatus, comprising:
a first transistor coupled to a floating gate of a memory device;
a second transistor coupled between the first transistor and a current mirror; and
a third transistor coupled between the first transistor and a current sink, wherein the second transistor and the third transistor each have a control terminal coupled to a control voltage, and wherein the control voltage is configured to turn the second transistor and the third transistor off when the memory device is being programmed, wherein the first transistor is protected from a programming voltage and a coupling coefficient of the memory device is increased.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control voltage is configured to turn the second transistor and the third transistor on to read the memory device.
6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first transistor comprises an MOS sense transistor having a first gate, a first drain and a first source, the second transistor comprises a first MOS coupling transistor having a second gate, a second drain and a second source and the third transistor comprises a second MOS coupling transistor having a third gate, a third drain and a third source, wherein the first gate is coupled to the floating gate of the memory device, the first drain is coupled to the second source and the first source is coupled to the third drain, wherein the second drain is coupled to the current mirror and the third source is coupled to the current source, and wherein the second gate and the third gate are coupled to the control voltage.
7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor comprise one side of a balanced sense amplifier, the apparatus further comprising:
a fourth transistor;
a fifth transistor coupled between the fourth transistor and the current mirror; and
a sixth transistor coupled between the fourth transistor and the current sink, wherein the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor each have a control terminal coupled to the control voltage, and wherein the control voltage is configured to turn the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor off when the memory device is being programmed.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the fourth transistor is matched to the first transistor, the fifth transistor is matched to the second transistor and the sixth transistor is matched to the third transistor.
9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the control voltage is configured to turn the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor on to read the memory device.
10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the fourth transistor comprises an MOS output transistor having a fourth gate, a fourth drain and a fourth source, the fifth transistor comprises a third MOS coupling transistor having a fifth gate, a fifth drain and a fifth source and the sixth transistor comprises a fourth MOS coupling transistor having a sixth gate, a sixth drain and a sixth source, wherein the fourth drain is coupled to the fifth source and the fourth source is coupled to the sixth drain, wherein the fifth drain is coupled to the current mirror and the sixth source is coupled to the current source, and wherein the fifth gate and the sixth gate are coupled to the control voltage.
11. An apparatus, comprising:
means for floating a source and a drain of a MOS sense transistor during memory program and erase operations;
means for reducing voltage-induced gate oxide stress in the MOS sense transistor during memory program and erase operations; and
means for reducing parasitic gate capacitance in the MOS sense transistor during the memory program and erase operations.