All The Claims

1. A method comprising:
defining, by a computer system, a first partition and a second partition within a multi-tenant database, wherein each of a plurality of tenants is assigned to one or more of the first and second partitions;
assigning, by the computer system, a first set of data stored in the database to both the first partition and the second partition, a second set of data stored in the database exclusively to the first partition, and a third set of data stored in the database exclusively to the second partition, wherein:
the first set of data is associated with a first instance of an application and a second instance of the application;
the second set of data is associated with only the first instance of the application;
the third set of data is associated with only the second instance of the application;
the first partition is associated with a first security type; and
the second partition is associated with a first physical location;

receiving, by the computer system, a request from an entity associated with one of the plurality of tenants to access a first datum stored in the database;
determining, by the computer system, whether the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to the first partition, the second partition, or both the first partition and the second partition; and
granting, by the computer system, access to the first datum to the entity if:
the first datum is a member of the second data set assigned exclusively to the first partition, the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to at least the first partition, and the entity has security access for the first security type;
the first datum is a member of the third data set assigned exclusively to the second partition, the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to at least the second partition, and the entity is physically located within the first physical location; or
the first datum is a member of the first data set assigned to both the first partition and the second partition, the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to both the first partition and the second partition, the entity has security access for the first security type, and the entity is physically located within the first physical location.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:
assigning a fourth set of data to one of the first and second partitions,
wherein an entity assigned to both the first and second partitions has permission to access the fourth set of data.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein a fourth set of data that is not assigned to the first partition or the second partition is accessible by the one or more entities.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the entity is one of a user or the application.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein:
assigning, by the computer system, the first set of data comprises adding first and second columns to one or more data tables within the database, the first column representing one or more first level partitions and the second column representing one or more second level partitions, and
for one or more rows within a selected data table within the database, adding a first entry to the first column, the first entry representing assignment of the first set of data to the first partition, and adding a second entry to the second column, the second entry representing assignment of the first set of data to the second partition.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first partition represents one of: an organization, a region, a legal grouping, a business unit, or a legal entity; and the second partition represents another of: an organization, a region, a legal grouping, a business unit, or a legal entity.
7. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to control access to data in partitions of a database by:
defining a first partition and a second partition within a multi-tenant database, wherein each of a plurality of tenants is assigned to one or more of the first and second partitions;
assigning a first set of data stored in the database to both the first partition and the second partition, a second set of data stored in the database exclusively to the first partition, and a third set of data stored in the database exclusively to the second partition, wherein:
the first set of data is associated with a first instance of an application and a second instance of the application;
the second set of data is associated with only the first instance of the application;
the third set of data is associated with only the second instance of the application;
the first partition is associated with a first security type; and
the second partition is associated with a first physical location;

receiving a request from an entity associated with one of the plurality of tenants to access a first datum stored in the database;
determining whether the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to the first partition, the second partition, or both the first partition and the second partition; and
granting access to the first datum to the entity if:
the first datum is a member of the second data set assigned exclusively to the first partition, the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to at least the first partition, and the entity has security access for the first security type;
the first datum is a member of the third data set assigned exclusively to the second partition, the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to at least the second partition, and the entity is physically located within the first physical location; or
the first datum is a member of the first data set assigned to both the first partition and the second partition, the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to both the first partition and the second partition, the entity has security access for the first security type, and the entity is physically located within the first physical location.
8. The system according to claim 7, further comprising:
assigning a fourth set of data to one of the first and second partitions,
wherein an entity assigned to both the first and second partitions has permission to access the fourth set of data.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the entity is one of a user or the application.
10. The system of claim 7, wherein a fourth set of data that is not assigned to the first partition or the second partition is accessible by the one or more entities.
11. The system of claim 7, wherein:
assigning the first set of data comprises adding first and second columns to one or more data tables within the database, the first column representing one or more first level partitions and the second column representing one or more second level partitions, and
for one or more rows within a selected data table within the database, adding a first entry to the first column, the first entry representing assignment of the first set of data to the first partition, and adding a second entry to the second column, the second entry representing assignment of the first set of data to the second partition.
12. The system of claim 7, wherein the first partition represents one of: an organization, a region, a legal grouping, a business unit, or a legal entity; and the second partition represents another of: an organization, a region, a legal grouping, a business unit, or a legal entity.
13. A computer-readable memory comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to control access to data in partitions of a database by:
defining a first partition and a second partition within a multi-tenant database, wherein each of a plurality of tenants is assigned to one or more of the first and second partitions;
assigning a first set of data stored in the database to both the first partition and the second partition, a second set of data stored in the database exclusively to the first partition, and a third set of data stored in the database exclusively to the second partition, wherein:
the first set of data is associated with a first instance of an application and a second instance of the application;
the second set of data is associated with only the first instance of the application;
the third set of data is associated with only the second instance of the application;
the first partition is associated with a first security type; and
the second partition is associated with a first physical location;

receiving a request from an entity associated with one of the plurality of tenants to access a first datum stored in the database;
determining whether the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to the first partition, the second partition, or both the first partition and the second partition; and
granting access to the first datum to the entity if:
the first datum is a member of the second data set assigned exclusively to the first partition, the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to at least the first partition, and the entity has security access for the first security type;
the first datum is a member of the third data set assigned exclusively to the second partition, the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to at least the second partition, and the entity is physically located within the first physical location; or
the first datum is a member of the first data set assigned to both the first partition and the second partition, the tenant with which the entity is associated is assigned to both the first partition and the second partition, the entity has security access for the first security type, and the entity is physically located within the first physical location.
14. The computer-readable memory of claim 13, further comprising:
assigning a fourth set of data to one of the first and second partitions,
wherein an entity assigned to both the first and second partitions has permission to access the fourth set of data.
15. The computer-readable memory of claim 14, wherein the entity is one of a user or the application.
16. The computer-readable memory of claim 13, wherein a fourth set of data that is not assigned to the first partition or the second partition is accessible by the one or more entities.
17. The computer-readable memory of claim 13, wherein:
assigning the first set of data comprises adding first and second columns to one or more data tables within the database, the first column representing one or more first level partitions and the second column representing one or more second level partitions, and
for one or more rows within a selected data table within the database, adding a first entry to the first column, the first entry representing assignment of the first set of data to the first partition, and adding a second entry to the second column, the second entry representing assignment of the first set of data to the second partition.
18. The computer-readable memory of claim 13, wherein the first partition represents one of: an organization, a region, a legal grouping, a business unit, or a legal entity; and the second partition represents another of: an organization, a region, a legal grouping, a business unit, or a legal entity.

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 pyromechanical disconnecting device comprising a housing in which there is arranged a conductor bus that is designed to be severable by a cutting chisel at a predetermined cut point, the cutting chisel being capable of being accelerated by the propellant gases of an ignition element, characterized in that the housing is extruded around the ignition element, which in this way forms one structural unit with the housing.
2. The pyromechanical disconnecting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing is made of an electrically insulating material.
3. The pyromechanical disconnecting device according to claim 2, characterized in that strength-enhancing fillers such as glass fibers or carbon fibers are arranged in the insulating material.
4. The pyromechanical disconnecting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing is made of a plastic.
5. The pyromechanical disconnecting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing is not extruded around connecting pins of the ignition element for electrical contacting and said pins are arranged in a recess of the housing.
6. The pyromechanical disconnecting device according to claim 5, characterized in that the connecting pins of the ignition element are insulated from one another.
7. The pyromechanical disconnecting device according to claim 1, characterized in that an interior of the housing has a peripheral recess in the region of the ignition element for attaching the cutting chisel.
8. The pyromechanical disconnecting device according to claim 7, characterized in that there is arranged in the peripheral recess, one the side facing toward the ignition element, a peripheral groove in which a seal ring is accommodated.
9. A battery shut off in a motor vehicle comprising a housing in which there is arranged a conductor bus that is designed to be severable by a cutting chisel at a predetermined cut point, the cutting chisel being capable of being accelerated by the propellant gases of an ignition element, characterized in that the housing is extruded around the ignition element, which in this way forms one structural unit with the housing.

1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of devices disposed in a field, each respective device in the plurality of devices having a memory to store an identifier to uniquely identify the respective device among the plurality of devices, the respective device configured to selectively respond to radio frequency signals broadcast to the field based on the identifier stored in the memory and commands modulated on the radio frequency signals; and
a reader configured to transmit at least one first radio frequency signal to the plurality of devices to request a first device having a first identifier in the plurality of devices to response to a subsequent radio frequency signal and to request second devices having second identifiers different from the first identifier in the plurality of devices to generate no response to the subsequent radio frequency signal, the reader is further configured to transmit the subsequent radio frequency signal in response to which the first device having the first identifier is configured to provide at least one second radio frequency signal;
wherein the reader comprises a data processing system configured to determine a motion of the first device, based on a Doppler frequency shift detected in the at least one second radio frequency signal.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the reader further comprises:
a first antenna configured to receive a first signal of the at least one second radio frequency signal at a first location; and
a second antenna configured to receive a second signal of the at least one second radio frequency signal at a second location;
wherein the reader is configured to determine a frequency difference between the first signal received at the first antenna and the second signal received at the second antenna and to determine the Doppler frequency shift from the frequency difference.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is configured to modulate data on the subsequent radio frequency signal.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the reader is configured to normalize the at least one second radio frequency signal to detect the Doppler frequency shift.
5. A method, comprising:
transmitting at least one first radio frequency signal to a plurality of devices positioned in a field, wherein the at least one first radio frequency signal is configured to request a first device having a first identifier in the plurality of devices to response to a subsequent radio frequency signal and to request second devices having second identifiers different from the first identifier in the plurality of devices to generate no response to the subsequent radio frequency signal;
transmitting the subsequent radio frequency signal to the field;
receiving, from the first device having the first identifier, at least one second radio frequency signal that is responsive to the subsequent radio frequency signal;
determining a Doppler frequency shift in the at least one second radio frequency signal; and
identifying a motion of the first device, based on the Doppler frequency shift.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving of the at least one second radio frequency signal includes receiving a first signal using a first antenna and receiving a second signal using a second antenna; and the method further comprises:
determining a frequency difference between the first signal received via the first antenna and the second signal received at the second antenna;
wherein the Doppler frequency shift is determined based on the frequency difference.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the motion of the first device is identified based on position, speed, acceleration or jerk.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one second radio frequency signal is actively transmitted from the first device.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one first radio frequency signal instructs the first device to increase backscatter of the subsequent radio frequency signal and the second devices to decrease backscatter of the subsequent radio frequency signal, for a duration of the transmission of the subsequent radio frequency signal.
10. The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving of the at least one second radio frequency signal includes receiving a first signal using a first antenna and receiving a second signal using a second antenna; and the first device is positioned between the first antenna and the second antenna.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are positioned on a line of motion of the first device.
12. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
detecting presence of the first device at a first location; and
determining presence of the first device at a second location based on the first location and the motion identified using the Doppler frequency shift.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
determining a direction of the motion based on a strength of the at least one second radio frequency signal.
14. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one second radio frequency signal is received from the first device in response to the subsequent radio frequency signal interrogating the first device.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving of the at least one second radio frequency signal from the first device comprises:
maintaining transmission of the subsequent radio frequency signal for a period of time.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
removing data modulation from the at least one second radio frequency signal to determine the Doppler frequency shift.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the data modulation is removed via normalization.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein the first device is configured to modulate data on the subsequent radio frequency signal.
19. A reader, comprising:
a signal generator configured to generate radio frequency signals to a plurality of devices positioned in a field;
at least one transceiver coupled with the signal generator to transmit at least one first radio frequency signal to the plurality of devices to request a first device having a first identifier in the plurality of devices to response to a subsequent radio frequency signal and to request second devices having second identifiers different from the first identifier in the plurality of devices to generate no response to the subsequent radio frequency signal;
a plurality of antennas configured to receive, from the first device that has the first identifier, a plurality of signals responsive to the subsequent radio frequency signal;
a processor coupled with the at least one transceiver to determine a motion of the first device, based on a Doppler frequency shift detected from the plurality of signals responsive to the subsequent radio frequency signal.
20. The reader of claim 19, wherein the processor is configured to determine a frequency difference between the plurality of signals responsive to the subsequent radio frequency signal.

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 pillar-shaped honeycomb structured body in which a large number of through holes are placed in parallel with one another in the length direction with a wall portion interposed therebetween, wherein
information of said honeycomb structured body is displayed on a circumferential surface andor an end face of the honeycomb structured body by using a two-dimensional code.
2. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1, wherein
said two-dimensional code is a stack type two-dimensional code or a matrix type two-dimensional code.
3. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1, wherein
said two-dimensional code is drawn directly on a honeycomb structured body by a laser marker or ink, or is displayed by an attachment of a seal or a label on which the two-dimensional code is displayed.
4. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1, wherein
the angle between each edge of said two-dimensional code and the length direction of said honeycomb structured body is more than about 0 degree and less than about 90 degrees.
5. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 4, wherein
the angle between each edge of the two-dimensional code and the length direction of the honeycomb structured body is about 5 degrees to about 85 degrees.
6. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1, wherein
said information is at least one kind of information regarding the end faces, information regarding the manufacturing history and dimension precision, and information regarding the weight.
7. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 6, wherein
said information further includes at least one kind of information selected from the group consisting of pressure drop, storage method, expiration date, disposal method, and points to remember, or information relating to URL of Internet displaying a catalogue.
8. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1, wherein
said information is confirmed through a telecommunication line.
9. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1, wherein
said honeycomb structured body is configured by combining a plurality of pillar-shaped porous ceramic members with one another through a sealing material layer, each pillar-shaped porous ceramic member having a large number of through holes that are placed in parallel with one another in the length direction with a partition wall interposed therebetween.
10. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 9, wherein
said two-dimensional code is displayed on the circumferential surface of the honeycomb structured body, and on the portion where the porous ceramic member resides under the sealing material layer comprising the circumferential surface.
11. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 9, wherein
said porous ceramic member comprises silicon carbide.
12. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 9, wherein
at least one of said end faces is subjected to a flattening treatment.
13. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 12, wherein
the flatness of said end face subjected to a flattening treatment is set to about 2 mm or less.
14. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1, wherein
each of said through holes has one end which is sealed and the other end which is opened, and
all of or a part of said partition wall that separates said through holes with one another is configured to function as a filter for collecting particles.
15. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 14, wherein
a through hole having sealed ends on one face side and a through hole having sealed ends on the other face side are different from each other in opening diameter, or different from each other in aperture ratio at each end face.
16. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1, wherein
said information regarding the end face, displayed on the circumferential surface of said honeycomb structured body, is displayed on a portion closer to either of the corresponding end face.
17. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1, wherein
a catalyst for converting exhaust gases is applied to said porous ceramics.
18. The honeycomb structured body according to claim 1,
which satisfies the relation about 0.01\u2266(rR)\u2266about 0.75 when the curvature radius of the circumference of said honeycomb structured body is represented by R (mm), and the length in the circumferential direction of the honeycomb structured body of said two-dimensional code is represented by r (mm).