All The Claims

1. An electronically implemented method for authentication and sharing of a document via a communication network, comprising the steps of:
(i) uploading a scanned version of an original document at an allotted location accessible using the communication network, the allotted location being a specific location on a website of an administrative entity related to a user account;
(ii) allotting a unique document identification indicia to the uploaded original document by which the uploaded original document is uniquely identifiable to an administration entity;
(iii) communicating the uploaded and the scanned version of the original document to an authenticating entity, which is capable of authentication of the scanned document, the authenticating entity being an entity that issued the original document;
(iv) verifying the scanned version of the original document, the verification including comparison of the scanned version with the original document available with the authenticating entity either in its database or as a physical copy;
(v) authenticating the verified document, and
(vi) sharing the authenticated document via the communication network.
2. The electronically implemented method for authentication and sharing of a document via a communication network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication network is the internet or a mobile communication network.
3. The electronically implemented method for authentication and sharing of a document via a communication network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the document identification indicia is alphabetic, numeric or alpha-numeric.
4. The electronically implemented method for authentication and sharing of a document via a communication network as claimed in claim 1, wherein a method for sharing of the uploaded document comprises the steps of citing the document identification indicia details to a third party, and enabling sharing with the third party by inputting said cited indicia through the communication network.
5. The electronically implemented method for authentication and sharing of a document via a communication network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the document comprises a certificate, license, registered document, copy of policy, share document, or a letter patent.
6. The electronically implemented method for authentication and sharing of a document via a communication network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the authentication by the authenticating entity is required only once.
7. The electronically implemented method for authentication and sharing of a document via a communication network as claimed in claim 1, where the authentication is performed irrespective of the date of issue of the document.
8. The electronically implemented method for authentication and sharing of a document via a communication network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the administrative entity is a service provider having a database for sharing the authenticated document using the communication network.
9. An electronically implemented system for authentication and sharing of a document via a communication network, wherein the system comprises:
(i) a client-side computer employed by a user to input a scanned version of an original document at an allotted location accessible using a communication network, said allotted location being a specific location in a website of an administration entity related to a user account;
(ii) an authenticating entity, which is capable of verifying and authenticating the scanned version of the document by comparing the scanned version of the document with the original document available with an authenticating entity either in a database or as a physical copy, the authenticating entity being the entity that issued the original document; and
(iii) a third party with whom the authenticated and electronically attested document is shared using the communication network.

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. An electronic device comprising:
an inputtable display that is divided into a first region and a second region in a first mode in which a layer for displaying data of the first region is displayed on the second region; and
a controller configured to identically apply an event occurring on the layer to the first region of the display, upon occurrence of the event on the layer.
2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein if a particular gesture occurs in a second mode, the controller switches to the first mode, deactivates an input function with respect to the first region of the display, and displays the layer overlapping on the second region of the display in the first mode.
3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein if down-scrolling is not performed on the display even though a scroll-down action occurs on the display in the second mode, the controller switches to the first mode and displays the layer on a lower region of a screen in the first mode.
4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein if up-scrolling on the display is not performed even though a scroll-up action occurs on the display in the second mode, the controller switches to the first mode and displays the layer on an upper region of a screen in the first mode.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein if an input event occurs on the layer, the controller switches to the second mode in which the layer is not displayed, and displays an operation corresponding to the input event on the display in the second mode.
6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein if an input event occurs on the layer and screen switchover is executed, the controller switches to the second mode in which the layer is not displayed, and displays data of a screen switched corresponding to the input event on the display in the second mode.
7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein if an input event occurs on a search window displayed on the layer, the controller switches to the second mode in which the layer is not displayed, and displays a key input unit on the display in the second mode.
8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein if an input event occurs on the layer, the controller displays an operation corresponding to the input event on at least one of the layer and the display.
9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein if a scroll-leftright event occurs on the layer and thus screen switchover is executed, the controller displays data of a screen switched corresponding to the scroll-leftright event on at least one of the layer and the display.
10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein if a particular gesture occurs on the layer, the controller switches to the second mode in which the layer is not displayed.
11. An electronic device comprising:
a display having an input function; and
a controller configured to divide the display into a first region and a second region, display data, which is displayed on the first region, on the second region, and display data corresponding to an input on the second region on the display.
12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller divides the display into the first region and the second region upon occurrence of a particular input on the display or according to default settings, and displays the data corresponding to the input on the second region on the entire display that is not divided into the first region and the second region.
13. A method for providing a User Interface (UI) in an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying, in a first mode in which a display is divided into a first region and a second region, a layer for displaying data of the first region on the second region; and
identically applying an event occurring on the layer on the first region of the display, upon occurrence of the event on the layer.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein displaying the layer comprises:
switching to the first mode upon occurrence of a particular gesture in a second mode;
deactivating an input function with respect to the first region of the display; and
displaying the layer overlapping on the second region of the display in the first mode.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
switching to the first mode if down-scrolling on the display is not performed even though a scroll-down action occurs on the display in the second mode; and
displaying the layer on a lower region of the screen in the first mode.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
switching to the first mode if up-scrolling on the display is not performed even though a scroll-up action occurs on the display in the second mode; and
displaying the layer on an upper region of the screen in the first mode.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein identically applying the event comprises:
switching to a second mode in which the layer is not displayed, if an input event occurs on the layer; and
displaying an operation corresponding to the input event on the display in the second mode.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
switching to the second mode in which the layer is not displayed, if an input event occurs on the layer and screen switchover is executed; and
displaying data of a screen switched corresponding to the input event on the display in the second mode.
19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
switching to the second mode in which the layer is not displayed, upon occurrence of an input event on a search window displayed on the layer; and
displaying a key input unit on the display in the second mode.
20. The method of claim 13, wherein identically applying the event comprises displaying an operation corresponding to the input event on at least one of the layer and the display.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising displaying data of a screen switched corresponding to a scroll-leftright event on at least one of the layer and the display, if the scroll-leftright event occurs on the layer and screen switchover is executed.
22. The method of claim 13, further comprising switching to a second mode in which the layer is not displayed, upon occurrence of a particular gesture on the layer.
23. A method for providing a User Interface (UI) in an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying data, which is displayed on a first region, on a second region when a display is divided into and displayed as the first region and the second region; and
displaying on the display data corresponding to an input on the second region.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the display divided into and displayed as the first region and the second region upon occurrence of a particular input through the display or according to default settings, and
wherein the data corresponding to the input on the second region is displayed on the entire display which is not divided into the first region and the second region.

1. A steering apparatus comprising:
a steering shaft;
a tilt hinge shaft fixed to a vehicle body;
a steering column that rotationally supports the steering shaft; and
an elastically deformable conductive member, wherein
the steering apparatus is tiltable about the tilt hinge shaft and is electrically connected to the vehicle body by installing the conductive member between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column,
the conductive member includes a first contact section that contacts the tilt hinge shaft, a second contact section that contacts the steering column, and a deformation section that extends between the first contact section and the second contact section,
the deformation section is elastically deformable such that the first contact section and the second contact section approach each other, and the deformation section is constructed to be inserted between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column, while being elastically deformed,
the first contact section includes an arcuate section that is curved to bulge toward the steering column, the first contact section contacting the tilt hinge shaft within a range of the arcuate section, and
the deformation section includes: (i) a first small arcuate section that extends from the first contact section and bulges away from the steering shaft, (ii) a second small arcuate section that extends from the first small arcuate section and bulges towards the steering shaft, and (iii) a third small arcuate section that extends from the second small arcuate section and bulges away from the steering shaft.
2. The steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conductive member further includes an engaging portion, which engages with the steering column when moving away from between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column.
3. The steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
an end of at least one of the first contact section and the second contact section of the conductive member is folded back away from at least one of the tilt hinge shaft and the steering shaft to form a folded-back section, and
the conductive member is constructed to be inserted between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column with the folded-back section first.
4. A steering apparatus comprising:
a steering shaft;
a tilt hinge shaft fixed to a vehicle body;
a steering column that rotationally supports the steering shaft; and
an elastically deformable conductive member, wherein
the steering apparatus is tiltable about the tilt hinge shaft and is electrically connected to the vehicle body by installing the conductive member between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column,
the conductive member includes a first contact section that contacts the tilt hinge shaft, a second contact section that contacts the steering column, and a deformation section that extends between the first contact section and the second contact section,
the deformation section is constructed to be inserted between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column, while being elastically deformed, and
when the conductive member is arranged between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column, the first contact section and the second contact section contact each other.
5. A steering apparatus comprising:
a steering shaft;
a tilt hinge shaft fixed to a vehicle body;
a steering column that rotationally supports the steering shaft; and
an elastically deformable conductive member, wherein
the steering apparatus is tiltable about the tilt hinge shaft and is electrically connected to the vehicle body by installing the conductive member between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column,
the conductive member includes a first contact section that contacts the tilt hinge shaft, a second contact section that contacts the steering column, and a deformation section that extends between the first contact section and the second contact section,
the deformation section is constructed to be inserted between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column, while being elastically deformed, and
when the conductive member is inserted between the tilt hinge shaft and the steering column, the first contact section and the second contact section contact each other.

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. An method for clustering events, comprising:
receiving data at an extraction engine from managed infrastructure;

converting the events into alerts;
mapping the alerts into a matrix M;
determining one or more common steps from the events and producing clusters relating to the alerts and or events.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
using a source address for each event to assign a graph coordinate to the event with an optional subset of attributes being extracted for each event and turning that into a vector.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
using the graph coordinates to cluster the events.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
determining hop and a proximity of the source of the event.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:
calculating one or more distances between the vectors.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
bringing together events whose vectors are optimally close.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
factoring the matrix M into A and B, where A is inspected and significant clusters are extracted, and B is used to assign a start and end time to each cluster.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
collecting alerts into time buckets.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
breaking messages into subsets of messages that relate to failures or errors in the managed infrastructure.
10. The method of claim 4, further comprising:
grouping subsets of messages into clusters.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
extracting text components from the event messages and converting them into word and subtext.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising,
normalizing the works and subtexts.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
mapping the works and subtexts that are normalized to a common, 0.0 and a non-common, 1.0.
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
normalizing entropy for events.
15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
assigning entropy to the alerts.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
running alerts in parallel with an activities of the extraction engine.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein membership in a cluster indicates a common underlying failure in the infrastructure.
18. The method of claim 1, further comprising: eliminating duplicate copies of repeating data.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
reducing a number of bytes in network data transfers that need to be sent.
20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining sigalizer common steps to ascertain how many clusters to extract from events.
21. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
using entropy and a severity of an event for clustering.