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Liebherr fridge, troubles and repairs
1-water leaking onto bottom of freezer
2-making ice but also dispensing water in ice bin
It was a good choice at the time, 4-5yrs ago. 24inch built-in. 2 yrs in i discovered the common problem with water building up under and in the veg drawer. The back drain was clogged so i check it often. No big deal but a pain if i forget.
The back plastic edging on the shelves tends to slip back, along the back of the fridge and may cause an air flow problem, so i check that often. If a plastic bag rests along the back for too long, it gets a bit frosty. So i check that often. (nothing can touch the back of fridge ever)
the plastic clips on the door inside that holds juice, hot sauce etc...well, one broke, i called and they sent a new one and more rails for no charge. I also did not use or need the gallon container rail so they were good about sending what i needed to make that change. (the bump-out would hit things when closing...anything not pushed in far enough on the lower shelf above the veg bin.)
One of the freezer bins cracked but is still useable...the plastic is a bit sensitive.
Amazing i still like this thing but overall it is lovely and fits our lifestyle. It does do a great service in temp control and food overall is fresh and no loss in freshness and good cold consistent freezer temp.
Out of warranty now. Two storms and recently Sandy had us without power for a week three times now. Sure it had a rough time but my old fridge in the garage is fine.
6 months ago the freezer started having water buildup and freezing below the lower bin. Once a week or so we would tap it with the spoon rest, give the ice rink to the pups and finally started researching. The freezer drain was frozen and clogged. I find it best, since we are handy, to get a sense of the trouble before calling for service. Yes it was clogged. I took it apart, removing the back panel. Not easy but kept close watch on what screw went where. (Why not have a small access panel for that drain?!) Anywho, it was unplugged, taken apart...hair dryer on drain hole...got familiar with the back hose drains while it was pulled out from the wall. (cleaned the drain pan for the fridge! yuck)
Earlier I had tinted some water orange a put it in the fridge drain to see if that was the source of the freezer water. No, they have separate drain pans. The freezer pan was dry and empty, duh.
All good and thought the ice maker would repair itself at the same time. Nope. Just a few weeks ago it started adding water to the ice and sticking it together in the ice pan.
I thought one of those drains was finding its way in, so that was our frustration to find the source.
Discovered just a few hours ago, with a flat container in the ice bin and a cloth, that the ice is being turned and dispensed a bit early, before completely frozen, and giving a slightly smaller cube but with about 1/5th of its capacity with un-frozen water. So the water is getting into the cube tray but what sensor and how does it not know? haha Or, the plastic ice tray has a crack in it?
But i now have ice since i can remove it from the nubby cloth instead of it freezing in a clump...any ideas? It does not seem to be a clogged or frozen water line.
I know this is lengthy, but it may save someone a service call, or at least have an idea when they arrive. (i did have the hinges replaced for the recall and that was a crazy experience) ...we did most of the work and lifting but he had the box of new ones. It would take him hours to remove the back panel and thaw a tiny drain that had literally a pea size of frozen blockage. We did it in a calm two hours and learned a bit while studying its habits.
(i had this posted in 'kitchen' by mistake)
Just an FYI. If your freezer is leaking water onto the bottom under the lower drawer, it is a clogged freezer drain. Most likely just ice. It does take a while to thaw that pea size bit of ice in the drain, so i took off the back so i could actually see where it was. (the back panel inside the freezer compartment) It looks similar to your fridge drain but it is 1/3rd from the right side instead of left.
Still studying the ice trouble. Just hit 'super frost' to see if that will do anything different.
Now it is making ice with little arms, like tiny ferris wheel cars. (ice hinges) I now think i need to check for level. It is a built-in and is flush with its cabinet sides but maybe having it in and out during power outages has changed the base flooring.
@sleevendog....Is this a built in unit? With your being able to access the drains etc fairly easily (not really probably but you've done it) it seems like it's a freestanding?
Is it a bio fresh fridge?
And also-Is there a regular maintenance required to remove a drain pan and empty it? That seems yucky. I've seen it mentioned a few times in the other Liebherr post.
It is a built -in. The doors measure at 28 but a surround lip makes it flush at 30. Resting out and around the cabinet. That makes it easy to slide out. Front feet need to be slightly lifted and placed on cloths or a furniture pad to protect floors. The back feet must be wheels(?) as it slid out easily. I did take pictures but no time to post at this time...
The pans, not really pans like i have seen before, are hats/caps that sit on top of the individual compressors. Very much like pork-pie hats where the drains collect the moisture. One for fridge and one for freezer. I am now very familiar with the drains.
No pans easily accessed. But once pulled out they are very clear without removing
any back panel. They are open and exposed at the bottom 8ish inches behind the unit. Locked in but a few paper towels can clean any excess easily.
No mention about maintenance in the manual that i can see having read it a few times the past few days. (i do feel i could easily become an authorized repair woman at this point)
Bio fresh? Do not think so but the best 'fresh' fridge i have ever had. I'm 53 and have cussed every fridge i have ever had in the past. This is a bit like apple computers. Very much like them, do not want to blame them. : )
I have a very large organic garden and often need consistent cold storage for fall crops of asian pears, carrots, etc. I no longer have foods that often freeze without warning can last a long time. (most kept in the garage if cool enough)
Note that i just cleaned the fridge drain 'hat' for the first time in 5 years. I was putting some vinegar down the drain when i cleaned the drain port. Not actually knowing what the drain 'pan' looked like. Or the tube diameter. Or how much liquid it held. I now know so many things about very simple things that some may call for service unnecessarily.
When we bought the home 7yrs ago, and soon after decided on the leibherr, we put the ugly early 90's KitchenAid fridge in the basement for 'overflow' and beer. It works without a peep, but does often freeze some things if too far in the back. Fine for beer.
Not good for salad or tender greens like the Leibherr.
I like it more than any i have had.
@sleevendog Thanks for the info! Bio Fresh is perhaps a newer product with the Liebherr fridges. It's supposed to extend produce life with special cooling system or something. Similar to what SZ has. We buy (wish we could grow it!) only organic so prolonging the freshness is a pretty high priority for me.
About BioFresh keeping produce fresher longer.
I read somewhere a few months ago that it actually defeated the purpose. Fruits and veggies, especially organic ones, lose vitamins over time. You really don't want to keep them in the fridge for too long. So, that "freshness" as deceptive. They may not be spoiled but they are not as good for you as you may think, especially given the top $$ we pay for them. :-)
If i purchase an appliance that does not work properly, i don't give up. Especially under warranty. If your icemaker never worked, insist and keep at it. Mine worked without trouble for years.
So the up-date,
It is cracked. I pushed the on-off button and held it down until it flashed, (the cleaning mode) with the bin removed. It spun down and released the ice. With a flashlight in hand i could see the crack at the back edge. When it spun back and i could hear the fill for the next batch of ice, it leaked at that back edge. Problem solved but not fixed. I do not need a new icemaker, i need a cheap plastic tray...wonder what that will cost.
The repair kit is 90 + shipping. Not available at any other parts on-line that i could find. The plastic tray replacement is 3-10 dollars for other ice repairs that i saw listed.
I plan to pick up a food grade 2part epoxy for fridge and cup repairs. It is a stress crack and a clean break. At the same time i'll add a bit of reinforcement on its underside so it will be stronger that the bum one it is.
If you think your ice is melting or a frozen puddle is forming in the bin, sticking your cubes together, it most likely has a crack in the 5 dollar cube tray tray. I'll fix that cracked freezer lower bin at the same time.
It is the same icemaker for all models, never improved upon, (i talked to the service/parts dept)
That part should be made with a fiber reinforced backing. Or offered as a free replacement to have installed by service or DIY. (video on youtube exists)
No, i doubt i will ever purchase Liebherr again but i refuse to just sit back and kick myself or call for expensive service and be bitter. When it is functioning and the drains are clear it is a good cold fridge and a frozen freezer.
Just a heads up and a follow-up. I'm about to fix my ice tray. I am hopeful it will work.
BUT, just a reminder to read your manual, study carefully when assessing your fridge troubles...AND always unplug your fridge when attempting anything beyond just looking.
My freezer is turned off. All contents are in the downstairs KA freezer. In a while i will unplug the fridge and do my magic. Should take just 5-10 minutes when i go at it.
This thread of blabbing is really just to assist others to find the 'cause' if they have one of the few failures. If a service call is needed, you can avoid lengthy and possibly (lazy) money and time wasting but knowing the possible trouble and make sure the repair person has the right parts to fix the problem. Nothing worse than hearing "gotta get that part", order it and come back weeks later.


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Any suggestions on border plants for around the fence..perhaps ornamental grasses that are heat tolerant? I looked them up and finding them is another story it seems.
Links would help if anyone has any....I just want to spruce things up this year and get some more hardy but less invasive plants out there. I planted my first roses last year and they did well. We had the worst disaster in Ky history this past winter with the huge ice storm. Seems that the roses have managed to get through..not sure about my hostas however. For some reason they didn't come back well last year and they were before that..huge. Seems the vinca has filtered around them and I wouldn't have thought that it would smother them out..but don't know.
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I wouldn't take a chance. There is one that is for "in" ponds that is supposed to be safe to fish and wildlife is used carefully. It works well, and might be an answer for around the pond. A better answer is to wet the ground and turn the soil with a shovel for a wide border around the pond. It will make quick and easy work of shaking and raking the weeds out. Remaining weeds should die with the next couple of frosts/snows because their roots will be exposed. Then you can plant a nice border that will help keep weeds out. Reality is...you have to hand weed. Putting down a serious layer of newspapers and covering with a landscape fabric and bark is an option. But be prepared to peel the landscape fabric back every year and replace it. Dirt and weed seeds will just grow on top of it and root into it.


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Abdullah, Mohammad; Fuwa, Keiichiro; Haraguchi, Hiroki
Electrochemical preconcentration of trace metals on a graphite cup for multielement determination by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) is described, where controlled potential electrolysis of trace metals in an electrolyte solution similar to seawater has been examined by the use of a newly designed Teflon® cell to allow cathodic deposition. The characteristic of the present system is to make deposition of trace metals only inside a graphite cup, which is inserted into the plasma for the analysis by ICP-AES with the use of a computer-controlled graphite-cup direct-insertion technique. The electrolysis parameters and the solution circulation rates during electrolysis and washing of deposit have been optimized by a univariate search method. With the present experimental system, it is possible to preconcentrate trace metals by a factor of 30 to 300, and to separate them from the major matrix consituents, such as NaCl, KCl, and MgCl2, in artificial seawater. The detection limits for Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn at the pg/ mL level can be obtained with relative standard deviation of 2 to 11%.


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A number of high-profile hit-and-run incidents could easily give the mistaken
impression that this particularly heinous sort of crime is on the
rise.In August, Shushan Baraby, a convicted criminal, shocked the nation
when he raced through a crosswalk in Netanya at high speed while drunk and
plowed into Svetlana Yigudiyev, 56, her daughter Shoshana, 25, and Svetlana's
cousin Alexandra Rubinov, 67, killing all three. Not only did Baraby and another
man riding in the passenger seat abandon the mutilated bodies of the three
women, Baraby also attempted to force another man to take the blame for the
crime.In the same month, Yaniv Fierovskin, ran over 15-yearold Tigist
Bito and 19-year-old Radit Baltat with his all-terrain vehicle as the two were
training with their cross-country running team near Kibbutz Givat
Brenner.Baltat, who aspires to compete in the next Olympics, originally
feared her broken leg would end her running career.In a less publicized
incident that took place last week, 45-year-old Wandamanach Almayhu was run over
and abandoned while crossing Route 44 near Ramle. As is often the case in
hit-and-runs, Almayhu was hit by several cars after being run over by the
hit-and-run offender.Unless the first driver stops his or her car and
flags down traffic, the chances are good that additional cars will run over the
downed and, therefore less visible, pedestrian.Still, while each of
these cases cries out for justice, we should be encouraged by a few positive
developments.First, the number of fatalities caused by hit-and-runs has
fallen in recent years, according to data provided by the Israel Police. If in
the 1990s, between 15 and 20 people were killed on average annually in
hit-and-run incidents, in recent years that number has dropped to between 10 and
15.In addition, the total number of hit-and-runs that result in injuries
is down to less than a thousand from around 1,200.Part of the reason for
the decrease in hit-and-runs has to do with better police enforcement, which
translates into prevention. More pervasive technologies such as cameras,
cellphones and electronic tracking devices mean more hit-and-run perpetrators
get caught. Police have also devoted resources – including the establishment of
a special investigative unit – to nabbing perpetrators of hit-and-runs,
particularly those cases in which reckless drivers kill, handicap or severely
injure innocent pedestrians or bicyclists (most hit-and-runs do not involve
another car). As a result, over 90% of these criminals are eventually caught,
compared to just half in the 1990s. Making these figures better known to the
wider public will undoubtedly help bring down the number of hit-and-runs even
more. If a driver involved in an accident knows that the chances of getting
caught are very high, he or she might think twice about fleeing the
scene.In addition, the Knesset passed legislation, drafted by MKs Moshe
Matalon and Robert Elatov (Yisrael Beytenu) and Ze'ev Bielski (Kadima) that bans
outright plea bargains in hit-and-run cases and doubles the maximum sentence for
a deadly hit-and-run – not including other offenses such as driving under the
influence or obstructing justice – to 14 years. The media attention received by
this amendment to the law will probably further reduce the number of
hit-and-runs.Unfortunately, in the face of strong opposition from the
Justice Ministry, the MKs removed a clause that would have instituted a minimum
sentence for a deadly hit-and-run to three years. According to Bielski, justice
ministry officials argued against a high minimum punishment because they said it
would force judges to release those suspects whose guilt has not been
proven.However, this makes no sense since no suspect should be punished
unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.Therefore, minimum
punishment for hit-and-run offenders should be reconsidered so that judges are
forced to give hit-and-run offenders the punishment they
deserve.Hit-and-runs might be on the decline, but "just" 10 to 15 deaths
– some of which preventable had the driver remained on the scene – must not be
tolerated. If a minimum sentence deters even one driver from abandoning a downed
pedestrian and that pedestrian's life is saved as a result, it will have been
worth it.
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According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus for support of a non-standard device are described. According to one embodiment, a circuit comprises a first device that is not compliant with a standard, the first device containing data; a second device that is compliant with the standard, the second device being a temporary target for the data; and a memory to receive the data from the first device.
1. A circuit comprising:
a first device that is not compliant with a standard, the first device containing data;
a second device that is compliant with the standard, the second device to be a temporary target for the data from the first device; and
a memory to receive the data from the first device.
2. The circuit of
3. The circuit of
4. The circuit of
5. The circuit of
6. The circuit of
7. The circuit of
8. The circuit of
9. A method comprising:
identifying a standard peripheral device to act as a temporary target for a non-standard peripheral device, the non-standard peripheral device containing data;
assigning the standard peripheral device to the non-standard device; and
dispatching the data to memory.
10. The method of
11. The method of
12. The method of
13. The method of
14. The method of
15. The method of
16. A computer system comprising:
a processor;
a bus, the bus being in compliance with a standard;
a first device that is not compliant with a standard, the first device containing data;
a plurality of devices in compliance with the standard, the plurality of devices including a second device to be assigned as a temporary target for the data from the first device; and
a memory to receive the data from the first device.
17. The computer system of
18. The computer system of
19. The computer system of
20. The computer system of
21. The computer system of
22. The computer system of
23. The computer system of
24. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
identifying a standard peripheral device to act as a temporary target for a non-standard peripheral device, the non-standard peripheral device containing data;
assigning the standard peripheral device to the non-standard device; and
dispatching the data to memory.
25. The medium of
26. The medium of
27. The medium of
28. The medium of
29. The medium of
30. The medium of
An embodiment of the invention relates to computers in general, and more specifically to support for non-standard devices.
In a computer environment, including an embedded computer or other specialized computer system, one or more devices may be connected to a bus. The devices and the bus may operate in compliance with a standard or specification, which may include a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) standard.
However, a device in the environment that does not comply with the bus standard may also contain operational data. In addition, a standard device may operate as a non-standard device because the use of the device is non-complying. The data contained in the non-complying device may be the operating system (OS) for a system. In certain environments, the utilization of the data from the non-complying device or otherwise providing support for a non-standard device may cause complications in system operation, including a need for extensive modification to the BIOS (basic input output system) source code.
The invention may be best understood by referring to the following description and accompanying drawings that are used to illustrate embodiments of the invention. In the drawings:
A method and apparatus are described for provision of support for a non-standard device.
Under an embodiment of the invention, support is provided for a non-standard device that is operated in a standard computer environment. In one example, a system includes one or more standard devices coupled with a standard bus. The system further includes a non-standard device that contains certain data. The system identifies a standard device to associate with the data in order to allow utilization of the data in the system.
A standard that may be utilized in conjunction with an embodiment of the invention includes, but is not limited to, a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) specification. Such specifications include the �PCI Local Bus Specification Rev. 2.1� (�PCI 2.1�), published on Jun. 1, 1995, the �PCI Local Bus Specification Rev. 2.2� (�PCI 2.2�), published on Dec. 18, 1998 and the �PCI Local Bus Specification Rev. 2.3� (�PCI 2.3�), published on Mar. 29, 2002, by the PCI Special Interest Group. Such standards and related details are referred to herein as the PCI local bus specification or the PCI standard.
A non-standard device is a device that does not comply with a particular standard. A non-standard device includes a non-PCI device. A non-PCI device may be a device that is not configurable by configuration space decoding according to the PCI local bus specification. In addition, a standard device can be categorized as a non-standard device if the device is used in a non-standard way according to the applicable standard implementation. In one example, a flash memory may be a device that complies with an ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus standard. However, the use of a flash device as a bootable device recognized by the BIOS is non-standard, and thus the flash device is a non-standard device for this purpose.
In one embodiment of the invention, a non-PCI device contains data comprising an OS, with the OS including an OS boot loader. An option-ROM may be created as the OS boot loader, but the option-ROM does not belong to any PCI device. In the embodiment, the option-ROM is used to cause the non-PCI device to be recognized as a standard bootable device, and thus allow the OS to be booted. The term option-ROM (or option ROM or expansion ROM) refers to optional read-only memory, also referred to as expansion memory. PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.3, section 6.3, provides additional information regarding this subject. An option-ROM can contain instructions required to properly boot or enable a peripheral device. According to an embodiment of the invention, a PCI device is selected to be associated with the option-ROM data, acting as a temporary target for the option-ROM. The association of the PCI device with data is used to dispatch software or firmware support for the non-PCI device to system memory.
According to an embodiment of the invention, software or firmware support is enabled for a non-standard device, such as a non-PCI device that has PCI option-ROM. The process may allow software component re-use, simplify the BIOS source code, and allow system development without requiring a full understanding of non-standard option-ROM programming.
According to an embodiment of the invention, one or more PCI buses are scanned for all PCI devices to locate a temporary target for option-ROM that does not belong to a PCI device. A suitable PCI device is selected, and the selected PCI device's vendor ID and device ID are assigned to the option-ROM. The data may then be dispatched to memory in the same manner as data from a PCI device.
Each physical PCI device may include multiple functions (generally up to eight different functions) internally, with each function comprising a separate device. Each function may have the same or a different vendor ID and device ID as other functions included in the same physical device. For simplicity in this application, in addition to a physical device, �device� also refers to one of the functions for a physical device.
According to an embodiment of the invention, a device may act as a temporary target for an option-ROM if the device is a PCI compliant device without a physical ROM device. A suitable PCI device may have the following characteristics:
According to an embodiment of the invention, a unique combination of vendor ID and device ID is chosen for an option-ROM, and this combination will not be used by other devices to dispatch other PCI option-ROMs. Through this selection process, it can be ensured that the data associated with an option-ROM is dispatched to the system memory, even though the option-ROM does not belong to any PCI device.
The process for selecting a PCI device as a temporary target will vary according to the embodiment. According to one embodiment, a PCI device may be pre-selected before commencing operations as a temporary target for an option-ROM. According to another embodiment, a selection process may be programmed into a function that is added into a BIOS kernel so that the BIOS kernel can perform the selection automatically.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the support is provided for a non-PCI device that appears as bootable item. According to an embodiment of the invention, a process is used in a board feature. The feature includes, but is not limited to, booting an operating system (OS) in a non-PCI device. The non-PCI device may include, but is not limited to, a non-volatile memory device, such as a flash memory device. A flash memory device may store operating system data (which may be referred to as OSFLASH or FLASHOS) that may be booted according to an embodiment of the invention. According to an embodiment of the invention, a system BIOS will recognize OS data stored in flash memory as equivalent to OS data stored in hard disk memory, and thus enable the booting of the system utilizing the OS in flash.
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method is provided to dispatch an OSFLASH boot loader to provide software or firmware support for flash memory that comprises a non-PCI device. According to the embodiment, the OSFLASH boot loader is built as a PCI bootable option-ROM module. Not all PCI option-ROMs are bootable, with a special signature generally being required inside a PCI option-ROM in order for the option-ROM to be bootable. In an embodiment of the invention, a module header for an option-ROM contains a PCI device ID and vendor ID that can refer to one of the available PCI devices in the system. According to an embodiment, the BIOS kernel detects all available PCI devices and selects one of such devices to be the target of the OSFLASH boot loader. The selected PCI device then becomes a temporary target for the OSFLASH boot loader to be dispatched to system memory, with the real target of the OSFLASH boot loader being the non-PCI device flash memory.
In operation, system BIOS responsibility is to dispatch the each PCI option-ROM to system memory. The system BIOS reads each PCI device to identify the device ID and vendor ID, compares with all the option-ROM modules' device ID and vendor ID, and, if a match is found, the option-ROM is dispatched to system memory. According to an embodiment of the invention, an option-ROM of a non-PCI device is dispatched to memory in the same manner as other option-ROMs.
According to an embodiment of the invention, OSFLASH may be utilized without modifying an existing BIOS boot loader. Thus, existing BIOS logic is enabled for PCI option-ROM dispatching to dispatch the OSFLASH boot loader. OSFLASH may be utilized as a tool for embedded system end users to store customized OS in an onboard flash that shares storage with the system BIOS in the same device. The embedded OS may be supported with relatively low cost and with reduced software or firmware development effort to develop and maintain the code of a modified BIOS boot loader.
Techniques described here may be used in many different environments.
Under an embodiment of the invention, a computer 500 comprises a first bus 505 or other communication means for communicating information, and a processing means such as one or more processors 510 (shown as 511, 512 and continuing through 513) coupled with the first bus 505 for processing information. The first bus is a bus in compliance with a standard.
The computer 500 further comprises a random access memory (RAM) or other dynamic storage device as a main memory 515 for storing information and instructions to be executed by the processors 510. Main memory 515 also may be used for storing temporary variables or other intermediate information during execution of instructions by the processors 510. The computer 500 also may comprise a read only memory (ROM) 520 and/or other static storage device for storing static information and instructions for the processor 510.
A data storage device 525 may also be coupled to the first bus 505 of the computer 500 for storing information and instructions. The data storage device 525 may include a magnetic disk or optical disc and its corresponding drive, flash memory or other nonvolatile memory, or other memory device. Such elements may be combined together or may be separate components, and utilize parts of other elements of the computer 500.
According to an embodiment of the invention, a non-standard second bus 560 is included. A bus controller 555 controls bus operations. A non-standard device 565 is coupled to the second bus 560. The non-standard device 565 may include, but is not limited to, a non-volatile memory device, including a flash memory device. In one embodiment, an operating system for the computer 500 is stored on the non-standard device 565.
The computer 500 may also be coupled via the first bus 505 to a display device 530, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or other display technology, for displaying information to an end user. In some environments, the display device may be a touch-screen that is also utilized as at least a part of an input device. In some environments, display device 530 may be or may include an auditory device, such as a speaker for providing auditory information. An input device 540 may be coupled to the bus 505 for communicating information and/or command selections to the processor 510. In various implementations, input device 540 may be a keyboard, a keypad, a touch-screen and stylus, a voice-activated system, or other input device, or combinations of such devices. Another type of user input device that may be included is a cursor control device 545, such as a mouse, a trackball, or cursor direction keys for communicating direction information and command selections to processor 510 and for controlling cursor movement on display device 530.
A communication device 550 may also be coupled to the first bus 505. Depending upon the particular implementation, the communication device 550 may include a transceiver, a wireless modem, a network interface card, or other interface device. The computer 500 may be linked to a network or to other devices using the communication device 550, which may include links to the Internet, a local area network, or another environment.
In the description above, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form.
The present invention includes various steps. The steps of the present invention may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor or logic circuits programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, the steps may be performed by a combination of hardware and software.
Portions of the present invention may be provided as a computer program product, which may include a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic devices) to perform a process according to the present invention. The machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, floppy diskettes, optical disks, CD-ROMs, and magneto-optical disks, ROMs, RAMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, magnet or optical cards, flash memory, or other type of media/machine-readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions. Moreover, the present invention may also be downloaded as a computer program product, wherein the program may be transferred from a remote computer to a requesting computer by way of data signals embodied in a carrier wave or other propagation medium via a communication link (e.g., a modem or network connection).
Many of the methods are described in their most basic form, but steps can be added to or deleted from any of the methods and information can be added or subtracted from any of the described messages without departing from the basic scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many further modifications and adaptations can be made. The particular embodiments are not provided to limit the invention but to illustrate it. The scope of the present invention is not to be determined by the specific examples provided above but only by the claims below.
It should also be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to �one embodiment� or �an embodiment� means that a particular feature may be included in the practice of the invention. Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims are hereby expressly incorporated into this description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.
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