Arrangement and method for providing content to multimedia devices, in particular mobile multimedia devices, wherein a content portal provides content to the devices in a form requiring a rights object to enable use thereof; a rights object portal provides rights objects to the devices, and messages such as advertisements which are associated with the rights objects are also provided. Upon receipt...

A system. adds peer-to-peer (P2P) contactless financial transactions using a mobile device as a cashless payment device, by adopting open standards. The system also enables remote Card Not Present (CNP) transactions to be assimilated within a device, offering pseudonymity to the user and allowing almost complete customisability. The system involves the provision of real-time contactless financial ...

A transmission system which may comprise a front differential, a rear differential, a centre differential and a disconnect unit having a clutch with plates 88 that are engaged by a ball 96 and cam arrangement 82, 94. The disconnect unit disconnects drive to, for example, rear wheels of a rally car when a handbrake is applied thereby allowing handbrake turns to be executed. The disconnect unit can ...

Foam a polymer blend of (a) a high melt strength polypropylene (HMS PP); (b) a linear or substantially linear polypropylene that has a melting point within ten degrees Celsius of (a), a melt flow rate that is significantly different than (a) and that is miscible with (a); and, optionally, (c) a polyethylene that is immiscible with (a) produces a polymeric foam having an average cell size of at lea...

The present invention relates to a biaxially oriented polypropylene film which comprises a polypropylene having a) xylene solubles (XS) of at least 0.5 wt.-% and b) a strain hardening index ( SHI @ 1s -1 ) of at least 0.15 measured at a deformation rate dµ/dt of 1.00 s -1 at a temperature of 180 °C, wherein the strain hardening index (SHI) is defined as the slope of the logarithm to the basi...

An implantable elastomeric article having modified surface characteristics on at least one surface obtained by application of an acid on said at least one surface and after a predetermined treatment time removing the acid by rinsing. The treatment gives the surface an increased roughness that decreases the friction against another object. A method of modifying surface characteristics of at least o...

The present invention is directed generally to cloth-like fiber reinforced polypropylene compositions, and the beneficial mechanical and aesthetic properties imparted by such compositions. The cloth-like fiber reinforced polypropylene compositions include at least 25 wt% polypropylene based polymer, from 5 to 60 wt% organic reinforcing fiber, from 0 to 60 wt% inorganic filler, and from 0.1 to 2.5 ...

In a method for data transfer, an identifier for identifying an image generation device is associated with the image generation device. An authorization information is associated with the image generation device. The authorization information associated with the identifier is stored in a data bank. The transfer of data from a data source by at least one of the image generation device and a data pr...

A method of trading includes performing a transaction of a futures contract between a buyer and a seller. The futures contract is associated with at least one entertainment event and comprises a purchase price and a settlement date. The method concludes by performing a settlement of the futures contract based at least in part upon the purchase price and a value associated with the entertainment ev...

The invention relates to a composite comprising a thermosetting resin with a hardness of at least 55 Shore D, wherein the resin essentially consists of an ethylene ±-olefin copolymer with a density of less than 880 kg/m 3 , which resin is crosslinked to a degree such that the volume swelling measured in decaline after 64 hours at 23 °C is less than 30% by volume on the composite and contains at le...

The present invention relates to a color tinted clear coating composition expressing a color in a semi-transparent state and a method for producing the same. The invention further relates to a window of a portable terminal and a method for producing the same.

The wire basket comprises a bottom and side walls and at least one sound absorbing layer formed by at least one flexible container filled with sand. An independent claim is also included for noise protection walls constructed with use of the proposed wire baskets.; Der Drahtkorb hat einen Boden, Seitenwände (2 bis 4) und eine schalldämmende Schicht (15). Die Lärmschutzwand ist aus solchen Drahtkör...

The present invention relates to a retardation film using polyester having a photoelastic coefficient of -40×10 -12 Pa -1 to 40×10 -12 Pa -1 . The present invention also relates to a polyester resin for optical use which contains a phosphorus compound, and an alicyclic component and a fluorene derivative component as constituents, and satisfies the following equations (6) and (7): 100 �¢ °...

An optical information recording medium (74) includes a recording layer (93) that records information, a reflective layer (95) that reflects a light beam transmitted through the recording layer (93), and a protective layer (94) that is provided between the recording layer (93) and the reflective layer (95) and has thickness set such that an interference pattern formed by interference between the l...

The system has an operating system that is executed on a computer, and an application program with a user interface for access to data e.g. text, by a link (14). The data is locally accessed on the computer over a network. The interface is formed by desk sets (11), where each set is formed from desks (12) that are accessible from the desk set by another link (16). The desk set is identified and ad...

A method for providing a service to a subscriber of a mobile network operator comprising the following steps: requesting (S1) a service transaction by said subscriber (3) by means of a mobile device (4) at a service terminal (5) to receive a generated authentication challenge (C), calculating (S2) a response (R) by said mobile device (4) of said subscriber (3) depending on credentials issued by sa...

The method involves transmitting multiple datasets assigned to the user from a server or another server or multiple servers at a telecommunication device assigned to the user by the telecommunication network. The transmitted datasets are reproduced by the telecommunication device, where the datasets are selected by the user. The selection referred by the user by the telecommunication network in th...

The present invention is to provide a diene rubber composition and a cross-linked diene rubber thereof excellent in tensile strength, wear resistance and processability, keeping compatibility of both good fuel efficiency and high gripping property, and a production method thereof. What is characterized in the composition is that the composition is comprised of 100 parts by weight of a diene ru...

There are provided a polishing apparatus and a polishing method capable of performing polishing a work (such as a wafer) with high efficiency and high precision, a novel work holding plate effectively holding a work and an adhering method for a work capable of adhering the work on the work holding plate with high precision. The polishing apparatus comprises: a polishing table(29); and a work holdi...

The invention provides methods of, and systems for, optimizing the allocation of inventory to, and pricing of, goods sold by multiple retail sites, e.g., in a store, chain or other retail enterprise. Such a method includes generating a plurality of possible or "candidate" allocations of a given inventory among the multiple retail sites. That inventory can be, for example, a supply of the same or l...