Telephone access to overly popular services
    22.
    发明授权
    Telephone access to overly popular services 失效
    电话访问过度流行的服务

    公开(公告)号:US06310952B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-30

    申请号:US09108480

    申请日:1998-07-01

    IPC分类号: H04M300

    CPC分类号: H04M3/48 H04M3/42068

    摘要: A method and apparatus for providing easy access to a service provider that provides service over a communications system. In accordance with the present invention, a caller that wishes to gains access to the service provider simply needs to make a single call to a so-called queuing system, and hang up. The queuing system obtains information regarding the caller such as the caller's name, address and phone number, makes a connection with the service provider, calls-back the caller when the connection is made, and connects the caller to the service provider through the connection. The caller is thereby connected to the service provider without having to spend a substantial amount of his/her free time making calls. This is particularly advantageous when the service provider is popular or oversubscribed (e.g. a service that provides Super Bowl tickets).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于提供对通过通信系统提供服务的服务提供商的容易访问的方法和装置。 根据本发明,希望获得对服务提供者的访问的呼叫者仅需要对所​​谓的排队系统进行单个呼叫,并挂断电话。 排队系统获取有关主叫方的信息,如主叫方的姓名,地址和电话号码,与服务提供商建立连接,在建立连接时对呼叫者进行回拨,并通过连接将呼叫者连接到服务提供商。 因此,呼叫者连接到服务提供商,而不必花费大量的他/她的空闲时间进行呼叫。 当服务提供商受欢迎或超额认购(例如提供超级碗票的服务)时,这是特别有利的。

    Process for fabricating improved iron-cobalt magnetostrictive alloy and
article comprising alloy
    24.
    发明授权
    Process for fabricating improved iron-cobalt magnetostrictive alloy and article comprising alloy 有权
    制备改进的铁 - 钴磁致伸缩合金和包含合金的制品的方法

    公开(公告)号:US6153020A

    公开(公告)日:2000-11-28

    申请号:US261346

    申请日:1999-03-03

    摘要: An article comprising an alloy exhibiting high magnetostriction in relatively low applied magnetic fields is provided, the alloy capable of being formed in a relatively easy manner and having desirable physical properties. The Co--Fe alloy of the invention exhibits a magnetostriction of at least 100.times.10.sup.-6 in a magnetic field less than 400 Oe, advantageously in a magnetic field less than 100 Oe. The alloy is formed by plastically deforming the alloy, e.g., by cold rolling, to a reduction in cross-sectional area of at least 50%, and then heat treating the alloy to induce recrystallization. This combination of plastic deformation and recrystallization was found to provide desirable grain growth and microstructure. The resultant alloy is useful in a variety of device components, including transducers, frequency filters, signal delay lines, and optical fiber grating devices.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种在相对低的施加磁场中包含具有高磁致伸缩性的合金的制品,该合金能够以相对容易的方式形成并且具有期望的物理性能。 本发明的Co-Fe合金在小于400Oe的磁场中表现出至少100×10 -6的磁致伸缩,有利地在小于100Oe的磁场中。 该合金通过例如冷轧使合金发生塑性变形,形成至少为50%的横截面积的减少,然后对该合金进行热处理以引发再结晶。 发现塑性变形和重结晶的组合提供了理想的晶粒生长和微结构。 所得合金可用于各种器件部件,包括换能器,频率滤波器,信号延迟线和光纤光栅器件。

    Tunable long-period optical grating device and optical systems employing
same
    26.
    发明授权
    Tunable long-period optical grating device and optical systems employing same 失效
    可调谐长周期光栅装置和采用其的光学系统

    公开(公告)号:US5999671A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-07

    申请号:US957956

    申请日:1997-10-27

    IPC分类号: G02B6/34

    摘要: A device and method for dynamically tuning a long-period grating of an optical fiber is disclosed. The grating is made tunable by using a controlled strain imposed on the fiber adjacent the grating, wherein the strain comprises an electromechanical force, magnetostrictive force, magnetic force, or a thermally-induced force. An improved optical communication system comprising a dynamically gain-equalized amplifier device, a wavelength feedback device, and the tunable long-period grating device is also disclosed. In the communications system, the grating device is reconfigured to have a desired broadband filtering frequency, thus equalizing the amplifier gain, in response to feedback from the wavelength detector.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于动态调谐光纤的长周期光栅的装置和方法。 通过使用施加在光栅附近的光纤上的受控应变来使光栅可调,其中该应变包括机电力,磁致伸缩力,磁力或热诱导力。 还公开了一种包括动态增益均衡放大器装置,波长反馈装置和可调谐长周期光栅装置的改进的光通信系统。 在通信系统中,光栅装置被重新配置为具有期望的宽带滤波频率,因此响应于来自波长检测器的反馈而均衡放大器增益。

    Magnetostrictively tunable optical fiber gratings
    29.
    发明授权
    Magnetostrictively tunable optical fiber gratings 失效
    磁致伸缩可调谐光纤光栅

    公开(公告)号:US5812711A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-22

    申请号:US791083

    申请日:1997-01-29

    摘要: In accordance with the invention, a tunable fiber grating comprises a fiber grating secured to a magnetostrictive body so that magnetostrictive strain will be transmitted to the grating. An electromagnet is disposed adjacent the magnetostrictive body for applying a magnetic field along the body. Control of the current applied to the electromagnet permits control of the strain transmitted to the fiber grating, and thus control of the grating spacing and reflection frequency. In a preferred embodiment the magnetostrictive body is cylinder bonded along the grating. In alternative arrangements, the magnetostrictive effect can be mechanically amplified. An add/drop multiplexer employing the tunable gratings is described.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明,可调谐光纤光栅包括固定到磁致伸缩体的光纤光栅,使得磁致伸缩应变将传输到光栅。 电磁体设置在与磁致伸缩体相邻的位置,用于沿着主体施加磁场。 控制施加到电磁体的电流允许控制传输到光纤光栅的应变,从而控制光栅间隔和反射频率。 在优选实施例中,磁致伸缩体沿着光栅圆柱体连接。 在替代布置中,可以机械地放大磁致伸缩效应。 描述了采用可调谐光栅的分插复用器。

    Microwave vacuum tube devices employing electron sources comprising
activated ultrafine diamonds
    30.
    发明授权
    Microwave vacuum tube devices employing electron sources comprising activated ultrafine diamonds 失效
    使用包含活性超细金刚石的电子源的微波真空管装置

    公开(公告)号:US5796211A

    公开(公告)日:1998-08-18

    申请号:US640592

    申请日:1996-05-01

    摘要: In accordance with the invention, a microwave vacuum tube device, such as a traveling wave tube, is provided with an electron source comprising activated ultrafine diamonds. Applicants have discovered that ultrafine diamonds (5-1,000 nm diameter), when activated by heat treatment in a hydrogen plasma, become excellent room-temperature electron emitters capable of producing electron emission current density of at least 10 mA/cm.sup.2 at low electric fields of 10 V/micrometer. Sources using these diamonds provide electrons for microwave vacuum tubes at low voltage, low operating temperature and with fast turn-on characteristics. A multiple grid structure is described for providing high quality electron beams particularly useful for traveling wave tubes.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明,诸如行波管的微波真空管装置设置有包括活化的超细金刚石的电子源。 申请人已经发现,当在氢等离子体中通过热处理活化时,超细金刚石(直径5-1000nm)成为能够在低电场下产生至少10mA / cm 2的电子发射电流密度的优异的室温电子发射体 10 V /千分尺。 使用这些钻石的源在低电压,低工作温度和快速开启特性的微波真空管中提供电子。 描述了用于提供对于行波管特别有用的高质量电子束的多栅格结构。