All The Claims

1. A method of facilitating use of targeted indicators, comprising:
determining at least one condition associated with a target business segment;
selecting a series of indicator input items; and
automatically generating a forecast model for the target business segment based on historic information associated with the series of indicator input items and the condition.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one indicator input item include at least one of: (i) economic information, (ii) employment information, (iii) inflation information, (iv) equity information, (v) debt information, (vi) construction information, (vii) backlog information, (viii) new order information, (ix) vacancy information, (x) interest rate information, (xi) money supply information, (xii) payment information, and (xiii) delinquency information.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said selecting further comprises:
identifying the target business segment;
identifying a series of potential indicator input items; and
evaluating the potential indicator input items.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said evaluation is associated with at least one of: (i) seasonally adjusted information, (ii) rolling median information, (iii) standardized values, (iv) correlation coefficients, (v) weighted averages, and (vi) graphical analysis.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the target business segment is associated with at least one of: (i) an industry, (ii) an industry segment, (iii) a market, (iv) a market segment, (v) a customer, and (vi) a group of customers.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the target business segment is further associated with at least one of: (i) a collateral type, (ii) a geographic location, and (iii) a customer type.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the target business segment is associated with at least one of: (i) manufacturing, (ii) construction, (iii) retail trade, (iv) services, (v) wholesale trade, (vi) agriculture, (vii) forestry, (viii) fishing, (ix) mining, (x) transportation, (xi) communication, (xii) utility, (xiii) electric, (xiv) gas, (xv) sanitary services, (xvi) finance, (xvii) insurance, (xviii) real estate, and (xix) public administration.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition is associated with at least one of: (i) an economic condition, (ii) a payment information, (iii) a business cycle, and (iv) an industry behavior.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition is associated with a plurality of bins.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one bin is associated with at least one of: (i) an above trend business level, (ii) a trend business level, and (iii) a below trend business level.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatic generation is associated with a linear optimization technique.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the forecast model is associated with weighing factors applied to each indicator input item.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the forecast model is associated with at least one of: (i) leading indicator information, (ii) lagging indicator information, and (iii) coincident indicator information.
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising
predicting future conditions based on current indicator input items and the forecast model.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
adjusting a adjusting a score associated with an existing credit account based on said prediction.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
adjusting a potential credit deal based on said prediction.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein said adjusting is associated with at least one of: (i) a loan amount, (ii) a loan spread, (iii) a loan duration, (iv) a loan term, and (v) a lease.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein said predicting is associated with a long term performance forecast in accordance with a time series model.
19. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a storage device in communication with said processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to:
determine at least one condition associated with a target business segment;
select a series of indicator input items; and
automatically generate a forecast model for the target business segment based on historic information associated with the series of indicator input items and the condition.
20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein said storage device further stores at least one of: (i) a customer database, (ii) an account database, (iii) an indicator input database, (iv) a condition database, (v) a forecast model database, and (vi) a risk information database.
21. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising:
a communication device coupled to said processor and adapted to communicate with at least one of: (i) a risk manager device, (ii) an underwriter device, (iii) a third party service, (iv) a risk score controller, and (v) a leading indicator system.
22. A medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to perform a method of facilitating use of targeted indicators, said method comprising:
determining at least one condition associated with a target business segment;
selecting a series of indicator input items; and
automatically generating a forecast model for the target business segment based on historic information associated with the series of indicator input items and the condition.
23. A method of facilitating use of targeted indicators, comprising:
retrieving a forecast model for a target business segment associated with an existing credit account;
determining a series of indicator input values;
predicting a future condition based on the forecast model and the series of indicator input values; and
adjusting a score associated with the credit account based on said prediction.
24. A method of facilitating use of targeted indicators, comprising:
retrieving a forecast model for a target business segment associated with a potential credit deal;
determining a series of indicator input values;
predicting a future condition based on the forecast model and the series of indicator input values; and
adjusting the potential credit deal based on said prediction.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein said adjusting is associated with at least one of: (i) a loan amount, (ii) a loan spread, (iii) a loan duration, (iv) a loan term, and (v) a lease.

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 processing instructions represented by opcodes in an execution unit having multiple pipelines, the method comprising:
receiving data by the execution unit with respect to an instruction including complex opcode data;
queuing the instruction for pipeline processing within the execution unit based on complex opcode data wherein a single instruction from several sources is used throughout execution unit; and
executing the instruction at least a first time to get an address value and at least a second time to get a result of an operation represented by the instruction.
2. The method of claim 1 where the supported set of instructions includes a standardized set of x86 instructions and wherein receiving data by the execution unit includes receiving opcode data.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution unit is configured with an opcode queue and each queue position supports a plurality of sources with a destination corresponding to information passed from decode with each opcode.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein each queue position is generic with respect to loadstore support for an address generation pipeline and simple opcode support for arithmetic logic pipeline, and is configured with a source and destination designation for the queue position.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein for processing complex opcodes, a complex opcode is split into a loadstore instructions component and a simple opcode component and creating an internal source and destination between the two components.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein an internal destination designation is provided to the simple opcode component by the execution unit which is used as an internal source for the complex opcode.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein an internal destination designation is provided for the result of processing the simple opcode component, wherein the internal destination designation is used as an internal source for the loadstore component.
8. The method of claim 4, wherein an instruction represented by complex opcodes is associated with any of the sources available for the queue position.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing the instruction at least a plurality of times to pick a queue position holding a complex opcode, once for each part of the complex opcode operation.
10. An integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
an execution unit having multiple pipelines, each pipeline configured to process instructions represented by opcodes;
the execution unit configured to receive data with respect to an instruction, the received data including complex opcode data;
the execution unit including a mapper configured to queue the instruction for pipeline processing within the execution unit based on complex opcode data wherein a single instruction from several sources is used throughout execution unit;
wherein the execution unit is configured to execute the instruction at least a first time to get an address value and at least a second time to get a result of an operation represented by the instruction.
11. The integrated circuit of claim 10, wherein the supported set of instructions includes a standardized set of x86 instructions and wherein receiving data by the execution unit includes receiving opcode data.
12. The integrated circuit of claim 10, wherein the execution unit is configured with an opcode queue and each queue position supports a plurality sources along with a destination corresponding to information passed from decode with each opcode.
13. The integrated circuit of claim 12, wherein each queue position is generic with respect to loadstore support for an address generation pipeline and simple opcode support for arithmetic logic pipeline and is configured with a source and destination designation for the queue position.
14. The integrated circuit of claim 10, wherein for processing complex opcodes, a complex opcode is split into a loadstore instructions component and a simple opcode component and creating an internal source and destination between the two components.
15. The integrated circuit of claim 14, wherein an internal destination designation is provided to the simple opcode component by the execution unit, which is used as an internal source for the complex opcode.
16. The integrated circuit of claim 14, wherein an internal destination designation is provided for the result of processing the simple opcode component, wherein the internal destination designation is used as an internal source for the loadstore component.
17. The integrated circuit of claim 13, wherein an instruction represented by complex opcodes is associated with any of the sources available for the queue position.
18. The integrated circuit of claim 10, wherein the execution unit is further configured to execute the instruction a plurality of times to pick a queue position holding a complex opcode, once for each part of the complex opcode operation.
19. A computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions for execution by one or more processors to facilitate a design or manufacture of an integrated circuit (IC), the IC comprising:
an execution unit having multiple pipelines, each pipeline configured to execute supported instructions that are identified by complex opcodes, wherein the execution unit is configured to execute an instruction at least a first time to get an address value and at least a second time to get a result of an operation.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions are hardware description language (HDL) instructions used for the manufacture of a device.

1: \u201cTunnel Turbine System\u201d Generates Potential Energy from Kinetic Energy in Dorment state present in a Pipe Line Network system; wherein Stock (Gas or Liquid) under Velocity Pressure is in transit; makes enormous Potential Energy available without incurring any Fuel Usage or Greenhouse Gas Emission or Environment Pollution.
2: \u201cTunnel Turbine\u201d; as claimed in claim 1; wherein stock (Gas or Liquid) in transit under Velocity Pressure subsists as a vehicle in a Pipe Line Network System; has inbuilt Kinetic Energy in Dormant state\u2014contained therein by inherent Static Pressure.
3: \u201cTunnel Turbine\u201d; as claimed in claims 1 and 2, wherein Composite Unit Assembly has two Devices\u2014integrated in Pipe Line Network System; each Device has a different function, purpose and object to accomplish, viz; \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I is coupled with \u201cEjector Contraption Device\u201d\u2014II in \u201cTunnel Turbine System\u201d; FIG. 1\u2014jointlyindividually efficiently utilizes and supplements the Dorment Kinetic Energy potential inherently present in the Pipe Line Network System 14.
4: \u201cTunnel Turbine\u201d; as claimed in claims 2 and 3; wherein the power to drive is Kinetic Energy in Dorment State inherently present as Velocity Pressure in Pipe Line Network System 14; wherein \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I activates Kinetic Energy from Dormant State into Potential Energy, and; \u201cEjector Contraption Device\u201d\u2014II supplements \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I and restores Velocity Pressure loss if any in Pipe Line System 14.
5: \u201cTunnel Turbine\u201d; as claimed in claims 2, 3 and 4; wherein stock 1 in transit under Velocity Pressure through Tunnel 12 is diverged to pass through two Control Valves 2 and 3; Control Valve 2 controls major outflow of stock 1 from Tunnel 12 into TWO Conduit Bypass Pipe Lines 2a\u2014connects Two Nozzle Venturi Inlets 6 in \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I, and; Control Valve 3 controls balance outflow of stock 1 from Tunnel 12 into One Conduit Bypass Pipe Line 3a\u2014connects Inlet 9 in \u201cEjector Contraption Device\u201d\u2014II.
6: \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I of Tunnel Turbine System as claimed in claims 3, 4 and 5; Generates Potential Energy from Kinetic Energy in Dorment state; comprises of; Pipe Line System 4; Stock 1 in transit under high Velocity Pressure; Control Valve 2 controls major outflow of Stock 1 into two Conduit Bypass Pipe Lines 2a; Nozzle Venturi Inlets 6; Turbine Housing 4; Turbine Impellor 5; Generator Shaft 8; two Outlets 7.
7: \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I: of Tunnel Turbine System; as claimed in claims 5, & 6; more particularly; major outflow of stock through two Nozzle Venturi Inlets 6 strikes Turbine Impellor 5 in Turbine Housing 4 from two different anglesdirections with great Velocity Pressure activates (turns) the Generator Shaft 8 at high speed.
8: \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I: of Tunnel Turbine System; as claimed in claims 6 & 7; the stock 1 thereafter Exits from the Turbine Housing 4 through two Outlets 7 without being contaminated continues journey to be used as Fuel, Feedstock or Stored at destination; least effecting Pipe Line Network System 14 haulage efficiency.
9: \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I: of Tunnel Turbine System; as claimed in claims 6, 7, & 8; the number of Pipe Conduit Bypass Lines 2a and Nozzles Inlets 6 thereof be increased as and when required to strike the Turbine Impellor 5 in Turbine Housing 4 from two or more different anglesdirections to impede any energy loss and enhance Generation efficiency, according also increases the number of Outlets 7.
10: \u201cTunnel Turbine System\u201d; as claimed in preceding claims, more particularly the inbuilt Kinetic Energy in Dorment state in Tunnel 12; wherein the \u201cGenerator Device\u2014I\u201d integrated in Pipe Line Network System 14 generates Potential Kilowatt Hours (KWh) without Fuel Usage\u2014does Not dissipate any Greenhouse Gas (Carbon) Emission in environment.
11: \u201cEjector Contraption Device\u201d\u2014II: of Tunnel Turbine System; as claimed in claims 1, 3, 4, & 5 comprises of; Pipe Line 14; stock (Gas or Liquid) 1; Control Valve 3; One Conduit Bypass Pipe Line 3a; stock 1 Inlet 9; Ejector Contraption Body 10 incorporated and built around the Tunnel Body 13; Slit Venturi Outlet 11\u2014Slit incision is built-in Tunnel Body 13 circumference concealed inside Contraption Body 10 and opens into Tunnel passage 12.
12: \u201cEjector Contraption Device\u201d\u2014II: of Tunnel Turbine System; as claimed in claim 11; more particularly; the high Velocity Pressure outflow of stock 1 through Conduit Bypass Pipe Line 3a connects Inlet 9 in Ejector Contraption Body 10.
13: \u201cEjector Contraption Device\u201d\u2014II: of Tunnel Turbine System; as claimed in claims 11, & 12; more particularly; the stock 1 under high Velocity Pressure is Self Ejected into Tunnel passage 12 through Slit Venturi Outlet 11 concealed inside Ejector Contraption Body 10 wherein it causes Vortex 15 in Tunnel passage 12 just above the Slit Venturi Outlet 11 and creates Vacuum 16 just below the Slit Venturi Outlet 11.
14: \u201cEjector Contraption Device\u201d\u2014II: of Tunnel Turbine System; as claimed in claims 11, 12 & 13; wherein Vacuum 16 formation just below the Slit Venturi Outlet 11 in Tunnel passage 12 extracts with greater impetus stock 1 Exiting from Outlet 7 of \u201cGenerator Device I\u201d\u2014eliminates Back Pressure Buildup if any in \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I.
15: \u201cTunnel Turbine System\u201d; as claimed in preceding claims, more particularly balance stock 1 under high Velocity Pressure\u2014diverged to pass through Control Valve 3 and Bypass Pipe Line 3a into Inlet 9 of Ejector Contraption Body 10 is self ejected through concealed Slit Venturi Outlet 11, wherein Vortex 15 formation above Slit Venturi Outlet 11 accelerates incoming stock flow from \u201cGenerator Device I\u201d with Volume increase from Low Velocity to High Velocity\u2014restores Velocity Pressure loss if any to stock 1 in transit on onward haulage in the Pipe Line Network System 14.
16: \u201cTunnel Turbine System\u201d; as claimed in preceding claims, wherein inbuilt friendly Kinetic Energy in Dorment state\u2014inherently present in Pipe Line Network System\u2014is efficiently harvested by Composite Unit Assembly of two Devices, viz; \u201cGenerator Device\u2014I\u201d and; \u201cEjector Contraption Device\u2014II\u201d; without effecting haulage efficiency of stock 1 in transit under Velocity Pressure in Pipe Line Network System 14, or exposing contents in transit therein to contamination.
17: \u201cTunnel Turbine System\u201d; as claimed in preceding claims, wherein each Device has a different function, purpose and objective to achieve, but are conduciveproductive to each other to achieve efficient Potential Energy generation and Velocity Pressure loss restoration in the Pipe Line Network System 14.
18: \u201cTunnel Turbine System\u201d; \u201cGenerator Device\u201d\u2014I: and \u201cEjector Contraption Device\u201d\u2014II: hereinbefore referred to in any one of the proceeding claims, is designed, constructed, arranged and adopted to operate substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and shown respectively in FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawing.

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 toilet seat assembly comprising
(a) a base for attachment to a toilet bowl,
(b) a seat hingedly associated with said base so as to be deployable between a lowered position for sitting on and a raised position
(c) a deployment mechanism including a motor and mechanically associated with said base and said seat, said deployment mechanism being responsive to a command signal when said seat is in said lowered position to lift said seat to said raised position,
(d) a lid hingedly associated with said base so as to be deployable when said seat is in said lowered position between a closed position in which said lid lies upon said seat and an open position in which said seat is uncovered,
(e) a first spring arrangement associated with said base and said seat and deployed to at least partially cancel a turning moment acting on said seat due to gravity when said seat is in said lowered position, and
(f) a second spring arrangement associated with said base and said lid and deployed to at least partially cancel a turning moment acting on said lid due to gravity when said lid is in said closed position
2. The toilet seat assembly of claim 1, wherein said first spring arrangement is implemented as a pair of spring assemblies deployed to provide turning moments acting substantially symmetrically on said seat
3. The toilet seat assembly of claim 2, wherein said second spring arrangement is implemented as a pair of spring assemblies deployed to provide turning moments acting substantially symmetrically on said lid
4. The toilet seat assembly of claim 1, wherein said first spring arrangement includes at least one spring assembly having a housing formed by a first element attached to or integrally formed with said base and a second element attached to or integrally formed with said seat, said housing defining an annular channel, and at least one helical spring confined within said annular channel
5. The toilet seat assembly of claim 4, wherein said first spring assembly includes two of said helical springs confined within said annular channel
6. The toilet seat assembly of claim 1, wherein said deployment mechanism includes a clutch arrangement assuming a first state in which said motor is engaged for lifting said seat and a second state in which said seat can be lifted and lowered manually without rotation of said motor
7. The toilet seat assembly of claim 6, wherein said clutch is manually deployable between said first and second states
8. The toilet seat assembly of claim 1, wherein said lid includes a housing containing at least one component of a power supply, said at least one component being connected so as to provide electrical power to said motor
9. The toilet seat assembly of claim 8, wherein said deployment mechanism is connected to said at least one component via a plurality of flexible wires
10. The toilet seat assembly of claim 8, wherein said deployment mechanism is connected to said at least one component via a rotatable contact arrangement
11. The toilet seat assembly of claim 8, wherein said at least one component is at least one battery
12. The toilet seat assembly of claim 11, wherein said housing includes a slidingly removable battery tray configured to allow removal and insertion of said battery tray into said housing while said lid is in said closed position.
13. A toilet seat assembly comprising:
(a) a base for attachment to a toilet bowl,
(b) a seat hingedly associated with said base so as to be deployable between a lowered position for sitting on and a raised position,
(c) a deployment mechanism including a motor and mechanically associated with said base and said seat, said deployment mechanism being responsive to a command signal when said seat is in said lowered position to lift said seat to said raised position, and
(d) a lid hingedly associated with said base so as to be deployable when said seat is in said lowered position between a closed position in which said lid lies upon said seat and an open position in which said seat is uncovered,

wherein said deployment mechanism includes a clutch arrangement assuming a first state in which said motor is engaged for lifting said seat and a second state in which said seat can be lifted and lowered manually without rotation of said motor
14. The toilet seat assembly of claim 13, wherein said clutch is manually deployable between said first and second states.
15. A toilet seat assembly comprising
(a) a base for attachment to a toilet bowl,
(b) a seat hingedly associated with said base so as to be deployable between a lowered position for sitting on and a raised position,
(c) a deployment mechanism including a motor and mechanically associated with said base and said seat, said deployment mechanism being responsive to a command signal when said seat is in said lowered position to lift said seat to said raised position and
(d) a lid hingedly associated with said base so as to be deployable when said seat is in said lowered position between a closed position in which said lid lies upon said seat and an open position in which said seat is uncovered,

wherein said lid includes a housing containing at least one component of a power supply, said at least one component being connected so as to provide electrical power to said motor
16. The toilet seat assembly of claim 15, wherein said deployment mechanism is connected to said at least one component via a plurality of flexible wires
17. The toilet seat assembly of claim 15, wherein said deployment mechanism is connected to said at least one component via a rotatable contact arrangement
18. The toilet seat assembly of claim 15, wherein said at least one component is at least one battery
19. The toilet seat assembly of claim 18, wherein said housing includes a slidingly removable battery tray configured to allow removal and insertion of said battery tray into said housing while said lid is in said closed position