All The Claims

1. A computing device comprising:
a mobile multimedia (\u201cMM\u201d) receiver operative to capture a current mobile MM signal time slice containing at least one portion of a currently selected mobile MM stream; and
wherein the mobile MM receiver is further operative to selectively capture at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice containing at least one portion of a corresponding anticipated mobile MM stream.
2. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising a predictor operative to identify one or more anticipated mobile MM streams prior to selectively capturing the at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice.
3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the predictor comprises one or more processors operatively coupled to memory containing executable instructions.
4. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising a predictor operative to identify one or more anticipated mobile MM streams, prior to selectively capturing at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice, based on at least one of: current user input, historical information, real time clock information, user preference information and default information.
5. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the computing device comprises an input operative to receive a current mobile MM stream-identifying command input that identifies the currently selected mobile MM stream.
6. The computing device of claim 2, wherein:
the predictor is operative to prioritize the one or more anticipated mobile MM streams based on prioritization information; and
the mobile MM receiver is operative to selectively capture the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice based on the prioritization.
7. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising a power controller, wherein when the mobile MM receiver is not performing a mobile MM signal time slice capture or demodulation, the power controller is operative to selectively place one or more components of the mobile MM receiver in a low power state.
8. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the power controller comprises one or more processors operatively coupled to memory containing executable instructions.
9. The computing device of claim 5, further comprising:
a power controller operative to generate power control information based on at least one of:
the current mobile MM stream-identifying command input;
the currently selected mobile MM stream;
the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream;
a timer and current slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the currently selected mobile MM stream will be available; and
the timer and anticipatory slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream will be available;

and
a power gate switch operative to selectively control an amount of voltage supplied to one or more components of the mobile MM receiver based on the generated power control information.
10. The computing device of claim 5, further comprising:
a power controller is operative to generate clock control information based on at least one of:
the current mobile MM stream-identifying command input;
the currently selected mobile MM stream;
the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream;
a timer and current slice time information identifying when the next time slice for the currently selected mobile MM stream will be available; and
the timer and anticipatory slice time information identifying when the next time slice for the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream will be available;

and
a clock control switch operative to selectively control a clock signal supplied to the one or more components of the mobile MM receiver based on the clock control information.
11. The computing device of claim 5, wherein:
the mobile MM receiver comprises a tuner operative to capture the current mobile MM signal time slice and the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice; and
the computing device further comprises a tuner controller operative to selectively control the tuner based on at least one of:
the current mobile MM stream-identifying command input;
the currently selected mobile MM stream;
the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream;
a timer and current slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the currently selected mobile MM stream will be available; and
the timer and anticipatory slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream will be available.
12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the tuner controller comprises one or more processors operatively coupled to memory containing executable instructions.
13. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising a history and user preferences controller operative to create and store historical information and user preference information based on at least one of: previous user input and real time clock information.
14. The computing device of claim 1, wherein:
the mobile MM receiver comprises a demodulator, wherein the demodulator is operative to:
demodulate the current mobile MM signal time slice, thereby generating a demodulated current time slice; and
demodulate the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice, thereby generating at least one demodulated anticipated time slice; and

the computing device further comprises a mobile MM router, wherein the mobile MM router is operative to:
identify at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice that corresponds to the currently selected mobile MM stream and store the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice in a memory; and
identify at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice that corresponds to the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream, and store the at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice in the memory or in another memory.
15. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the demodulator comprises one or more processors operatively coupled to memory containing executable instructions.
16. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice represents a final segment of the anticipated mobile MM stream represented in the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice.
17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the mobile MM router is further operative to select a size of the final segment based on at least one of:
available memory;
an available processing speed of a decoder; and
an available processing capacity of the decoder.
18. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the demodulated current time slice and the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice each comprise one or more IP datagrams.
19. The computing device of claim 14, further comprising:
a decoder;
wherein, in response to a current mobile MM stream-identifying command input identifying the currently selected mobile MM stream, the MM router is operative to determine whether the memory contains at least one portion of a previously demodulated time slice that corresponds to the currently selected mobile MM stream; and
wherein the decoder is operative to decode the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice prior to decoding the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice such that the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice is reproduced immediately prior to the reproduction of the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice.
20. The computing device of claim 19, wherein the decoder comprises one or more processors operatively coupled to memory containing executable instructions.
21. The computing device of claim 19, wherein the decoder is further operative to adjust at least one of: a frame rate and bit rate associated with the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice to provide a seamless transition from the reproduction of the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice to the reproduction of the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice.
22. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the current user input comprises at least one of:
a navigational command input for controlling the reproduction of an Electronic Service Guide; and
a mobile MM stream-identifying command input for identifying a broadcasted currently selected mobile MM stream.
23. The computing device of claim 1, wherein each of the current mobile MM signal time slice and the at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice:
is a portion of a time-division multiplexed mobile MM signal; and
comprises one or more mobile MM streams
24. The computing device of claim 23, wherein each mobile MM signal is a Digital Video Broadcast\u2014Handheld signal.
25. A method for capturing mobile multimedia (\u201cMM\u201d) signals comprising:
capturing a current mobile MM signal time slice containing at least one portion of a currently selected mobile MM stream; and
selectively capturing at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice containing at least one portion of a corresponding anticipated mobile MM stream.
26. The method of claim 25, further comprising identifying one or more anticipated mobile MM streams prior to selectively capturing the at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice.
27. The method of claim 25, further comprising identifying one or more anticipated mobile MM streams, prior to selectively capturing the at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice, based on at least one of: current user input, historical information, real time clock information, user preference information and default information.
28. The method of claim 26, further comprising receiving a current mobile MM stream-identifying command input that identifies the currently selected mobile MM stream.
29. The method of claim 26, further comprises:
prioritizing the one or more anticipated mobile MM streams based on prioritization information; and
wherein selectively capturing the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice comprises selectively capturing the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice based on the prioritization.
30. The method of claim 25, further comprising selectively placing one or more components of the mobile MM receiver in a lower power state when the mobile MM receiver is not performing a mobile MM signal time slice capture or demodulation.
31. The method of claim 28, further comprising:
generating power control information based on at least one of:
the current mobile MM stream-identifying command input;
the currently selected mobile MM stream;
the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream;
a timer and current slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the currently selected mobile MM stream will be available; and
the timer and anticipatory slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream will be available;

and
selectively controlling an amount of voltage supplied to one or more components of the mobile MM receiver based on the generated power control information.
32. The method of claim 28, further comprising:
generating clock control information based on at least one of:
the current mobile MM stream-identifying command input;
the currently selected mobile MM stream;
the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream;
a timer and current slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the currently selected mobile MM stream will be available; and
the timer and anticipatory slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream will be available;

and
selectively controlling a clock signal supplied to the one or more components of the mobile MM receiver based on the clock control information.
33. The method of claim 28, wherein capturing the current mobile MM signal time slice and selectively capturing the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice comprises selectively controlling a tuner based on at least one of:
the current mobile MM stream-identifying command input;
the currently selected mobile MM stream;
the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream;
a timer and current slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the currently selected mobile MM stream will be available; and
the timer and anticipatory slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream will be available.
34. The method of claim 25, further comprising creating and storing historical information and user preference information based on at least one of: previous user input and real time clock information.
35. The method of claim 25, further comprising:
demodulating the current mobile MM signal time slice, thereby generating a demodulated current time slice;
demodulating the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice, thereby generating the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice;
identifying at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice that corresponds to the currently selected mobile MM stream;
storing the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice in a memory;
identifying at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice that corresponds to the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream; and
storing the at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice in the memory or in another memory.
36. The method of claim 35, wherein the at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice represents a final segment of the anticipated mobile MM stream represented in the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice.
37. The method of claim 36, further comprising selecting a size of the final segment based on at least one of:
available memory;
an available processing speed of a decoder; and
an available processing capacity of the decoder.
38. The method of claim 35, further comprising:
in response to a current mobile MM stream-identifying command input identifying the currently selected mobile MM stream, determining whether a memory contains at least one portion of a previously demodulated time slice that corresponds to the currently selected mobile MM stream; and
decoding the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice prior to decoding the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice such that the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice is reproduced immediately prior to the reproduction of the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice.
39. The method of claim 38, further comprising adjusting at least one of: a frame rate and bit rate associated with the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice to provide a seamless transition from the reproduction of the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice to the reproduction of the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice.
40. The method of claim 25, wherein each of the current mobile MM signal time slice and the at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice:
is a portion of a time-division multiplexed mobile MM signal; and
comprises one or more mobile MM streams.
41. Memory having instructions executable by one or more processors that causes the one or more processors to:
control a mobile multimedia (\u201cMM\u201d) receiver to capture a current mobile MM signal time slice containing at least one portion of a currently selected mobile MM stream; and
control the mobile MM receiver to selectively capture at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice containing at least one portion of a corresponding anticipated mobile MM stream.
42. The memory of claim 41, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to identify one or more anticipated mobile MM streams prior to selectively capturing the at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice.
43. The memory of claim 41, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to identify one or more anticipated mobile MM streams, prior to selectively capturing the at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice, based on at least one of: current user input, historical information, real time clock information, user preference information and default information.
44. The memory of claim 42, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
prioritize the one or more anticipated mobile MM streams based on prioritization information; and
control the mobile MM receiver to selectively capture at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice based on the prioritization.
45. The memory of claim 41, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to selectively place one or more components of the mobile MM receiver in a low power state when the mobile MM receiver is not performing a mobile MM signal time slice capture or demodulation.
46. The memory of claim 42, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
generate power control information based on at least one of:
a current mobile MM stream-identifying command input that identifies the currently selected mobile MM stream.
the currently selected mobile MM stream;
the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream;
a timer and current slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the currently selected mobile MM stream will be available; and
the timer and anticipatory slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream will be available;

and
the computing device further comprises a power gate switch operative to selectively control an amount of voltage supplied to one or more components of a mobile MM receiver based on the generated power control information.
47. The memory of claim 42, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
generate clock control information based on at least one of:
the current mobile MM stream-identifying command input;
the currently selected mobile MM stream;
the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream;
a timer and current slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the currently selected mobile MM stream will be available; and
the timer and anticipatory slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream will be available;

and
the computing device further comprises a clock control switch operative to selectively control a clock signal supplied to the one or more components of the mobile MM receiver based on the clock control information.
48. The memory of claim 42, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
selectively control a tuner of the mobile MM receiver to capture the current mobile MM signal time slice and the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice based on at least one of:
the current mobile MM stream-identifying command input;
the currently selected mobile MM stream;
the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream;
a timer and current slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the currently selected mobile MM stream will be available; and
the timer and anticipatory slice time information identifying when a next time slice for the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream will be available.
49. The memory of claim 41, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to create and store historical information and user preference information based on at least one of: previous user input and real time clock information.
50. The memory of claim 37, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
demodulate the current mobile MM signal time slice, thereby generating a demodulated current time slice;
demodulate the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice, thereby generating at least one demodulated anticipated time slice;
identify at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice that corresponds to the currently selected mobile MM stream and store the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice in a memory; and
identify at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice that corresponds to the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream, and store the at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice in the memory or in another memory.
51. The memory of claim 37, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
select the size of the at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice based on at least one of:
available memory;
an available processing speed of a decoder; and
an available processing capacity of the decoder.
52. The memory of claim 50, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
in response to a current mobile MM stream-identifying command input identifying the currently selected mobile MM stream, determine whether the memory contains at least one portion of a previously demodulated time slice that corresponds to the currently selected mobile MM stream; and
decode the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice prior to decoding the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice such that the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice is reproduced immediately prior to the reproduction of the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice.
53. The memory of claim 51, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
adjust at least one of: a frame rate and bit rate associated with the at least one portion of the previously generated demodulated time slice to provide a seamless transition from the reproduction of the at least one portion of the previously generated demodulated time slice to the reproduction of the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice.
54. Memory having instructions executable by one or more processors that causes the one or more processors to design a computing device such that the computing device is operative to:
capture a current mobile MM signal time slice containing at least one portion of a currently selected mobile MM stream; and
selectively capture at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice containing at least one portion of a corresponding anticipated mobile MM stream.
55. The memory of claim 54, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to design a computing device operative to identify one or more anticipated mobile MM streams, prior to selectively capturing the at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice.
56. The memory of claim 54, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to design a computing device operative to:
prioritize the one or more anticipated mobile MM streams based on prioritization information; and
selectively capture the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice based on the prioritization.
57. The memory of claim 54, wherein the computing device comprises a mobile MM receiver operative to capture the current mobile MM signal time slice and to selectively capture at least one anticipated mobile MM time slice and wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to design a computing device operative to selectively place one or more components of the mobile MM receiver in a lower power state when the mobile MM receiver is not performing a mobile MM signal time slice capture or demodulation.
58. The memory of claim 54, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to design a computing device operative to:
demodulate the current mobile MM signal time slice, thereby generating a demodulated current time slice;
demodulate the at least one anticipated mobile MM signal time slice, thereby generating the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice;
identify at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice that corresponds to the currently selected mobile MM stream;
store the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice in a memory;
identify at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice that corresponds to the at least one anticipated mobile MM stream; and
store the at least one portion of the at least one demodulated anticipated time slice in the memory or in another memory.
59. The memory of claim 58, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to design a computing device operative to
in response to a current mobile MM stream-identifying command input identifying the currently selected mobile MM stream, determine whether a memory contains at least one portion of a previously demodulated time slice that corresponds to the currently selected mobile MM stream; and
decode the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice prior to decoding the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice such that the at least one portion of the previously demodulated time slice is reproduced immediately prior to the reproduction of the at least one portion of the demodulated current time slice.

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 system for use in a telecommunications network for providing audio segments to a gateway to be played to an end user of the telecommunications network, said system comprising:
a provisioning server;
a centralized database containing a plurality of audio segments, said audio segments comprising announcements to be played to the end user of the telecommunications network;
an audio package builderexport tool executed by the provisioning server and configured to:
access the centralized database;
construct an audio package from audio segments in the centralized database;
construct an index file within the audio package that indicates to the gateway where an audio segment is located in the audio package; and
export the audio package to the gateway,

wherein the audio segment is located by using said index file by mapping the audio identifier of an audio segment in the centralized database to the offset and length of an audio segment within the constructed audio package.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein said audio package builderexport tool is further configured to:
construct a catalog file within the audio package, said catalog file comprising information selected from the group consisting of: announcement title, phrasing, prompt text, voice talent, language, codec, format, group, release notes, checkdata, and date recorded.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein said audio package builderexport tool exports the audio package to the gateway over a packet based network.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein said system is configured to operate on the provisioning server.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein each of said audio segments comprises a unique audio identifier.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein said audio package builderexport tool is further configured to present a graphical user interface to a user such that the user selects audio segments to be placed in the audio package.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the audio package further includes an audio segments file comprising a subset of the audio segments in the centralized database.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein said audio package builderexport tool is further configured to export the audio package to the gateway by preliminarily exporting the audio package to an intermediary storage location within the provisioning server.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein said audio package builderexport tool is further configured to export the audio package to the gateway by exporting the audio package to a portable computer readable storage medium.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein said audio package builderexport tool exports the audio package to the gateway so that the gateway selectively presents the audio segments within the audio package to end users.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein said audio package builderexport tool constructs the index file as a distinct data structure within the audio package.
12. A system for use in a telecommunications network for providing audio segments to a gateway to be played to an end user of the telecommunications network, said system comprising:
a provisioning server;
a centralized database containing a plurality of audio segments, said audio segments comprising announcements to be played to the end user of the telecommunications network;
an audio package builderexport tool executed by the provisioning server and configured to:
access the centralized database;
construct an audio package from audio segments in the centralized database;
construct an index file within the audio package that indicates to the gateway where an audio segment is located in the audio package; and
export the audio package to the gateway,

wherein the constructed audio package is associated with a version number and said audio package builderexport tool is further configured to track a version number of any audio package created with the audio package builderexport tool.
13. A method of providing audio segments to a gateway to be played to an end user of a telecommunications network, said method comprising:
accessing audio segments within a centralized database;
constructing an audio package from the accessed audio segments in the centralized database;
constructing an index file within the audio package that indicates to the gateway where in the audio package an audio segment is located; and
exporting the audio package to the gateway, wherein the audio segment is located by using said index file for mapping the audio identifier of an audio segment in the centralized database to the offset and length of the located audio segment within the audio package.
14. The method of claim 13 further comprising provisioning the centralized database with audio segments.
15. The method of claim 13 further comprising constructing a catalog file within the audio package, said catalog file comprising information selected from the group consisting of: announcement title, phrasing, prompt text, voice talent, language, codec, format, group, release notes, checkdata, and date recorded.
16. The method of claim 13 wherein exporting the audio package to the gateway comprises exporting the audio package over a packet based network.
17. The method of claim 13 further comprising associating each of said audio segments with an unique audio identifier.
18. The method of claim 13 further comprising presenting a graphical user interface to a user such that the user selects audio segments to be placed in the audio package.
19. The method of claim 13 wherein the audio package is constructed from a subset of the audio segments in the centralized database.
20. The method of claim 13 wherein exporting the audio package to the gateway comprises exporting the audio package to an intermediary storage location within a provisioning server.
21. The method of claim 13 wherein exporting the audio package to the gateway comprises exporting the audio package to a portable computer readable storage medium.
22. A method of providing audio segments to a gateway to be played to an end user of a telecommunications network, said method comprising:
accessing audio segments within a centralized database;
constructing an audio package from audio segments in the centralized database;
constructing an index file within the audio package that indicates to the gateway where in the audio package an audio segment is located;
exporting the audio package to the gateway,
wherein the constructed audio package is associated with a version number and each audio package constructed is tracked by its own version number.

1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:
a base film made of plastic;
a thin film transistor and an organic light emitting diode formed on the base film; and
a carbon nanotube thin film disposed among the base film, the thin film transistor, and the organic light emitting diode.
2. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, further comprising a barrier layer disposed among the base film, the thin film transistor, and the organic light emitting diode.
3. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2, wherein the barrier layer is disposed between the base film and the carbon nanotube thin film.
4. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2, wherein the barrier layer further comprises a barrier layer disposed among the carbon nanotube thin film, the thin film transistor, and the organic light emitting diode.
5. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2, wherein the barrier layer includes a plurality of inorganic layers.
6. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2, wherein the barrier layer has a multi-layered configuration in which a silicon oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer are alternately stacked.
7. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein the base film is made of a material including a polyimide.
8. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, further comprising a thin film encapsulating layer for covering the thin film transistor and the organic light emitting diode.
9. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 8, wherein the thin film encapsulating layer includes one of at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer.
10. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 8, wherein the base film, the thin film encapsulating layer, and the carbon nanotube thin film are formed so as to be flexible.

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. Planar, microstructured, miniaturised, polymer-based analysis unit containing integrated optical polymer light waveguides.
2. Planar, microstructured, miniaturised analysis unit according to claim 1, characterised in that the substrate (2) and cover (4) of the analysis unit consist of PMMA.
3. Planar, microstructured, miniaturised analysis unit according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the substrate is microstructured and the cover has thin-film electrodes.
4. Process for the production of microstructured, miniaturised, polymer-based analysis units containing integrated optical polymer light waveguides, characterised in that
a) at least two suitable polymer-based components are provided;
b) optical polymer light waveguides are integrated into at least one component;
c) the components are assembled to form an analysis unit.
5. Process according to claim 4, characterised in that the integration of the polymer light waveguides in step b) is carried out by multicomponent injection moulding.
6. Process according to one of claims 4 and 5, characterised in that the assembly of the components in step c) is carried out by
i) wetting at least one component with adhesive in such a way that, after assembly of the components, the interior of the channel system produced by the microstructuring is not covered with adhesive;
ii) adjusting the components;
iii) pressing the components together;
iiii) curing the adhesive.
7. Use of the microstructured, polymer-based analysis units corresponding to one of claims 1 to 3 for the optical analysis of samples.