The present invention relates to a method for implementing vending of products and services over a telecommunication network, in which method the service provider (106-110) is offered the possibility with the help of a voice response server (105) of providing goods and/or services to clients (101) using a vending procedure based on a value-added calls. According to the invention, during a single c...

A method for removing hairs from living skin is provided which includes steps of measuring with a colorimeter the color of the area of the skin where the hair is to be removed to obtain a color value, employing the color value to select an optimum range of laser energy necessary to kill hair follicles in the area yet minimize inflammatory reaction, and directing the laser energy of the optimum ran...

A method and apparatus in a distributed data processing system for processing class files. A first data structure is received at a server. The first data structure includes a plurality of bytecodes and optimized content. A set of elements is identified in the optimized content. The set of elements is stored. Responsive to a request from a client, a second data structure is created. This second dat...

A watermark information embedding method, and apparatus, capable of suppressing the quality degradation of contents and increasing the survivability of embedded information. When embedding watermark information in moving picture data formed of a plurality of still picture frames arranged in time series, a motion vector representing a property specific to moving picture is detected for each of imag...

A multi-use clean air fan and fan motor mount assembly comprising a bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, a fan motor mount, motor mount supports, a fan motor and a fan, the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector having a long outer wall, and a short inner wall, the fan motor mount suspended within the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector by motor moun...

The present invention provides a slide fastener which can exhibit a clear retroreflective phenomenon by providing retroreflective functions to filament fastener element rows and mounting threads. The retroreflective filament slide fastener of the invention includes filament fastener element rows formed from wire rods made of thermoplastic resin which have retroreflective layers formed by covering ...

Fuel injection device for internal-combustion engines, which device is apt for injecting the fuel reaching a first pressure from a tank in a gaseous phase including air, which is conveyed through air feed ducts to the combustion chambers. According to the invention means for spraying liquid microjets (14; 45) associated to the air feed ducts (2; 7) are provided, said means for spraying liquid micr...

The machine (1) has a supervising computer (10) in which are memorized a number of operating data of the machine (1) organized at different access levels; and a system (20) for identifying the access level to the operating data of the machine (1) and having a number of transponder devices (21), each assigned to a respective machine (1) operator, each memorizing a respective identification code, an...

The invention deals with a folding chair featuring a supporting leg of adjustable height and improved straps for attaching to the body of the user. The invention deals with a multi-purpose chair for example to be used in agricultural activity (manual collecting of harvest, work in the vineyard...), for gardening (working in covered areas like hotbeds, where there's no room for any chairs), for cat...