The invention relates to a method for charging for Internet or Web content or a service subject to a charge. Methods of this kind are utilized when providing Internet services or content subject to a charge. The invention is based on the customer giving a charging authorization to the service provider with the aid of a terminal, for example, a WAP mobile station. Having found a service of interest...

An adjustment assembly enables lateral adjustment of the position of a pivot connection of a first member relative to a second member in a window assembly having a first member, a second member, and a rotatable pivot-mounting element. The pivot-mounting element includes a first pivot-mounting section with a first pivot axis operatively connected to the first member and a second pivot- mounting sec...

PCT No. PCT/AU93/00311 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 23, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 23, 1994 PCT Filed Jun. 25, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/00606 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 1994.A process for producing one or more metals from a mineral feedstock (12) is defined. The mineral is fed to a leaching apparatus (10) wherein it is contacted with electrolyte (14). The leaching apparatus has zones of decreasing oxidation potent...

The invention provides a semiconductor laser module which can suppress overcurrent flowing into a thermo-module, wherein the thermo-module (5) carries out a heating action when a reverse current flows from lead pin (16f) through lead pin (16a), and contrarily carries out a cooling action when a current flows from the lead pin (16a) through th e lead pin (16f). An overcurrent limiting means (20) i...

A method and system for the handling of a transaction request sent to a server from a terminal device over a telecommunication network, where the transaction request includes identifying data of the requester, identifying data of a utilized network component, and the digital signature of the requester. In response to the transaction request, a transaction message is sent from the server to the ter...

Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between said power generating facilities and an operation control system. An operation control system comprising means for transferring information on operating status an...

A method for individualised marking of electronic components in electronics manufacture, such as circuit boards. On the photosensitive surface required for manufacturing the blanks is exposed, on each blank, a machine-readable pattern, which is subsequently used in the manufacture of the product itself, for individualising the blanks in question.

A filter unit for a motor vehicle which combines an intake air filter for an internal combustion engine and an interior ventilation air filter for a passenger compartment in a single unit. Filter housings for the respective filters may be joined to each other by a releasable connection, such as a combination of attachment hooks and screw fasteners, or they may be formed integrally with each other ...

The invention concerns a method for the crystallisation of a tetrahydropyridin derivative, the resulting novel crystalline forms and the pharmaceutical compositions containing, as active principle, said tetrahydropyridin derivative in a predetermined crystalline form.

An injection catheter is provided with a piezoelectric ultrasound emitting device at its distal end, capable of emitting ultrasound of differe nt energy levels. It can be used to image the location of penetration of an internal organ of a patient by the catheter needle, by supply of echocontrast materia l through the needle and analysis of the ultrasound reflections therefrom. It can also be used ...

New safety condom, comprising two compartments, front (2) and back (3), separated and made independent of one another by an interior wall or septum (4) destin ed to be housed in the sulcus (8) of the penis, establishing a closed front chamber ( 2) to avoid semen spreading.

The present invention is a remote monitoring diagnostic system and method for centralized monitoring of multiple industrial plants. The remote monitoring system comprises a data storage file used to collect and store plant data representing operation status of the plant, a monitoring system to monitor the plant according to the collected plant data, a database storing the past plant data associate...

An electrolytic tank for electrolysing a liquid to produce a gas has a plurality of electrolysis chambers positioned adjacent each other and having common walls, the common walls comprising the electrodes for the electrolysis chambers and having an upper portion and a lower portion; resiliently deformable sealing means extending between the common walls to define each electrolysis chamber, each el...

A method of reducing the burn rate of a smoking article is provided. Specifically, the burn rate is reduced by incorporating into a paper wrapper of the smoking article a filler (e.g., precipitated calcium carbonate) having a median particle size greater than about 2.5 microns. For instance, such paper wrappers formed according to the present invention typically have a Diffusion Conductance Index...

The present invention provides a DNA construct that confers tolerance to transgenic corn plant. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the PV- ZMGT32(nk603) corn event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into t he corn genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site.

A setting selected from a list by a user is checked to see whether it corresponds to a software module which is not accessible in the communication device memory (8) and if this is the case the communication device (1) sends a message with a request to an application server (5) via a wireless communication network (2-4) in order to download the selected module into the memory. The setting is alter...