This invention provides an Internet Access Provider (IAP), a simple mechanism to steer users to given Internet services, such as the Web pages, of sponsors. The mechanism allows a sponsor to grant a dial-in user unlimited access to the Internet after the user has first accessed its Internet services. The invention is thus important for any IAP that wants to receive income from sponsors by steering...

A transmitted high definition television signal is represented by a packetized datastream configured as a sequence of data fields (Fig. 1) with a non-uniform data rate due to unequal inter-data overhead information intervals. Each data field is prefaced by a Field Sync overhead segment followed by 312 packetized data segments each with associated overhead information (FEC). At a transmitter (Fig. ...

A packaging unit for a compact disc consists of a folded envelope (80, 73, 76), of card-board or the like, and also a casing, in which the envelope can be put. The disc (P) is laid on a separation plate (74) and is held in place by flaps (76, 76', 76", 73), folded over. According to the invention, the disc-supporting surface, such as the separation plate (74), is provided with upwardly directed bo...

A packaging unit for a compact disc consists of a folded envelope (80, 73, 76), of card-board or the like, and also a casing, in which the envelope can be put. The disc (P) is laid on a separation plate (74) and is held in place by flaps (76, 76', 76", 73), folded over. According to the invention, the disc-supporting surface, such as the separation plate (74), is provided with upwardly directed bo...

An apparatus for compacting objects such as plastic bottles and cans whose material is to be recycled includes a detector device, two discharge openings and a compactor device. The detector device has at least one code reader for distinguishing approved from rejected objects. One of the two discharge openings is intended for approved objects and the other for rejected objects. The compactor device...

An apparatus for compacting objects such as plastic bottles and cans whose material is to be recycled includes a detector device, two discharge openings and a compactor device. The detector device has at least one code reader for distinguishing approved from rejected objects. One of the two discharge openings is intended for approved objects and the other for rejected objects. The compactor device...

An adjustable supporting table generally comprises a basic frame, a first moveable bracket, a first pulley assembly, and a first driving device. The basic frame includes a main traverse rod. The first moveable bracket is pivotally attached to the basic frame and is provided with a traverse rod. The first pulley assembly is configured by a plurality of basic frame pulleys, a plurality of first pull...

The present invention proposes a method for generating synchronization bursts for OFDM transmission systems. The symbols of a predefined symbol sequence are mapped according to a predefined mapping scheme on subcarriers of the OFDM systems by a mapping unit (2), wherein the symbols of the predefined symbol sequence represent subcarriers of the OFDM system with nonzero amplitudes. A synchronization...

A position sensor for non-contact position measurement includes a sensor magnet and a sensor body. The sensor body is formed from a magneto-resistive material and is given a two or three dimensional geometrical shape to achieve a desired sensitivity function. The desired sensitivity function results from a variation in one or more of the sensor body dimensions. By forming the sensor body of magnet...

A position sensor for non-contact position measurement includes a sensor magnet and a sensor body. The sensor body is formed from a magneto-resistive material and is given a two or three dimensional geometrical shape to achieve a desired sensitivity function. The desired sensitivity function results from a variation in one or more of the sensor body dimensions. By forming the sensor body of magnet...

A portable telephone set or a portable terminal connected to an entertainment apparatus functions as an advertisement medium. When calendar information and time information based on a real-time clock are displayed on a display screen of a portable terminal, advertisement information supplied via radio waves and received by an antenna is simultaneously displayed. Since the advertisement information...

A time switch includes a circuit board equipped with a time switch circuit operated by a commercial power source, a battery board to which a back-up battery for supplying a back-up power to the circuit board in case of an interruption of a power supply from the commercial power source is mounted, and a casing in which the circuit board and the battery board are mounted. The battery board is a memb...

The invention is meant as practice equipment for golfers for the purpose of practising the putting movement, and body position for strokes with a putter. The invention comprises a laserpointer with adjustable angled holder which is mounted on the clubshaft under the handgrip. The laserpoint is aimed so that it is visible between two fields positioned on a transparent plate's long side. A signal is...

The invention is meant as practice equipment for golfers for the purpose of practising the putting movement, and body position for strokes with a putter. The invention comprises a laserpointer with adjustable angled holder which is mounted on the clubshaft under the handgrip. The laserpoint is aimed so that it is visible between two fields positioned on a transparent plate's long side. A signal is...

An exhaust gas muffler for an internal combustion engine, especially in a manually guided implement such as a power chain saw and the like, is provided. The muffler has a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet for engine exhaust gas. An essentially cylindrical spark killer screen is fixed in position at a wall opening of the muffler housing that forms the outlet. The spark killer screen pro...

An exhaust gas muffler for an internal combustion engine, especially in a manually guided implement such as a power chain saw and the like, is provided. The muffler has a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet for engine exhaust gas. An essentially cylindrical spark killer screen is fixed in position at a wall opening of the muffler housing that forms the outlet. The spark killer screen pro...