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If your character is connected with an otherworldly, alien civilization, entity, cosmic being or alike, write a paragraph or two about it here (and I'll put it in the OP). This is mostly for things that have been made up more than based on authentic history/mythology, but if sufficiently different from history/mythology, anything goes (however, note that there is another thread for history and mythology).
See also The Vine Universe.
Owner signifies the world's/concept's creator or present owner (gee, who would figure that out?).
Permissions is about whether people other than the owner is allowed to create characters connected to the listed concept.
A dictatorship composed by a number of planets, ruled by Apophis, a sentient/sapient dragon-like being from Xantro I. He first attempted to take Earth from Xantro, but failed due to Heliopolis's intervention, and took the world Trybos (later dubbed Arzac I) instead.
Two Heliopolitans (see Xantro entry below), Setekh and Aton, betrayed the Xantroan Empire by working for Apophis. Setekh conquered Heliopolis and Egypt once, but was defeated (by his nephew Horus) and sentenced to Duat. Aton later freed Setekh from Duat, leading Setekh to possess Lady Itharis (Mut/Hathor; turning her into the bloodthirsty Sekhmet) until Ahramoz (Amun Ra) and Thoth could work to stop them. Aton was also sentenced to Duat after this.
Aton later escaped from Duat as well, possessing the then-current Pharaoh Amenhotep IV and turning him into Ikhnaton (or Akhenaten) and managed to physically depower and imprison many Heliopolitans and sever all contact with Xantro, until the few remaining Heliopolitans fought back and Ichnaton was killed by Izaiah.
Recently, a few Arzacians on Earth once again released Setekh from Duat. (Rise of the Desert King.)
Owner: Izaiah.
Permissions: Ask first.
In the Xantroan Empire (see below), the Azurian religions tell the story of the primordial entity who created the universe, and also created beings to function as a living interface between nature and sentient/sapient beings: spirits that were intrinsically connected to natural forces, but could also develop personalities on their own, often reflecting how the sentients perceived those forces. These beings or entities became known as the Azurian Spirits, virtually countless in number but ruled by a council of 13: Zartaion (spirit of the sky and weather), Jenurias (spirit of mountains and planetary matter), Nethiryon (spirit of water and creation), Valacis (spirit of fire and destruction), Hezion (spirit of death and winters), Cerilloas (spirit of life and summers), Arezaiah (spirit of love), Meryssis (spirit of journeys and communication), Hekilion (spirit of technology and stability), Aberon (spirit of light and civilization), Deziryas (spirit of darkness and the wilderness), Attaron (spirit of war and bloodshed), Alarnos (spirit of wisdom and knowledge).
Owner: Izaiah.
Permissions: Ask first, but generally no.
Existing since the beginning of time, when man first fell asleep and let his mind drift off, is the Dreamworld. When a sleeper dreams, their mind drifts to this world, where it is able to be influenced in limitless ways. Never does there physical body travel there except for very rare cases (Cly's father, Raff). The landscape of the Dreamworld is ever changing, such that a gigantic waterfall could exist one minute in a certain area, and the next minute, in it's place, a barren desert. Through the influences of the people's minds with the imaginative environment of the Dreamworld, creatures are born. On occasion these creatures have escaped into the Human world, then brought back, creating the myths and legends we know today. Befriending the Untamed Beast, the Guardian of the Dreamworld, Raff was the first known human to survive and walk between both worlds. The Dreamworld is a constant battlefield as monsters of darkness constantly enter into the world, with the purpose of giving humans nightmares. Apparently very rare cases of humans entering are passed down by blood.
Owner: Cly.
Permissions: No permission required.
The Eternity Pit
The Eternity Pit is an anomaly in the deep reaches of space to be the source of all creation. For centuries, primitive factions waged war over the Eternity Pit, and when one reigned victorious, they forced their defeated enemies into the Pit as a sacrifice. However, one returned. One clawed his way out of the Pit, bestowed with is awesome might. One fell beyond reality, beyond time, and reemerged a god. Dathron. Now, he and his pantheon campaign across the Universe, offering an ultimatum to every world they encountered. If any mortal wished to join him, to forsake their mortal bonds and be bestowed with the Supreme Vision, they needed only ask. For those who were not worthy to become gods, they would be rounded up for dissection, research, and conversion into his soldiers, the Legion. And any who are so ignorant as to resist would be destroyed. Dathron wished to spread his wisdom, to enlighten the mortals and the heretics to the true nature of all things, and nothing would stand in his way.
Owner: Longshot.
Permissions: Ask first.
Sometimes known as the Pandora Wonderland, is an alternate dimenion located inside the Triforce, the 3 most beautiful and rarest stars in the milky way which have joined together. They are the Triforce, of Courage, Wisdom, and Power. Exfairya is a place best descirbed as a fantasy, a vast world which is said that only a child like imagination can create. Even though it is known as a world of myths and magic, only 10% it's inhabitants can successfuly use magic, though every one has a magical essence. Exfairya is filled with pirates, monsters, and any creature many other worlds will only find in the pages of fantasy books, and their is a reason for this. Legend says Exfairya was built from imagination, an innocent mind which all beings are born with, active and always creating, and it is said from that came Exfairya, it is quite simply the fantasy of eveything that will ever exist. Other beings most notably from the vineverse have come to Exfairya but only when they were found worthy by the Triforce and viceverca. The most notable being the wizard Merlin who fathered a child on his journey.
Permissions: Unknown.
As long as Humans have walked the face of the Earth, so too have the Fundamentalists. Both similar races, both evolved in almost exactly the same way, with one key difference. While humanity has its fair share of mutants and those with spectacular genetic abnormalities, all Fundamentalists are born with gifts. Innate powers that grant them mastery over anything and everything, the fundamental forces of nature. Back in the days when the Earth was young, Fundamentalists were pure and without emotion, mating with others out of desire to keep their race alive. But with their close resemblance to humans, it was inevitable that the two races would eventually cross. Human-Fundamentalist hybrids were born and, unlike their almost-holy predecessors, these creatures obtained the traits of the bad side of humanity. When people with the power to crack the galaxy in half have sinful emotions like anger, the world is certainly not a safe place.
So two elder Fundamentalists, a man and woman who had found the key to immortality, decided to intervene. They took away the powers from the rest of their kind, allowing the Fundamentalist race to vanish. However, within the last couple of centuries, the Fundamentalists have returned, albeit with a fraction of their former power. Based in Natura City, under the Grand Canyon, they lie dormant, waiting until the day they can seize the Earth as their own. The two great elders, still alive, are now known as Father Time and Mother Nature. Mother Nature keeps the Fundamentalists in check in their city, while Father Time journeys through time itself, seeking moments when his presence is needed. Recently, many Fundamentalist families have moved to live outside the city, including the Dodd and Rayne families. Some leave in order to enjoy the company of humans, in disgust of their own race. Others leave to exert their dominance over humanity, though the elders do not put up with too much of this.
Owner: Eclipse.
Hymesi is an immortal magical entity that is the prime universal force for Meridia's world, who represents life.
The birth of the entity is unknown, but is known to have been born since the world of Meridia first exist. This entity is female and is the opposite of Atrusic who is male and represents death. The entity first host of the force was Yuki Helena Rose, known the to the world as Moonglow, and named the entity the Raven, which reflected her. The being first notice her through her strong magic when the entity was at it's weakest point and near death which was the result of Atrusic's magic, it continue to try to contact her during her sleep at night. Hymesi bonded with Yuki, who felt vulnerable due to the darkness that linger in her soul, which she wanted help to control, Yuki agreed in return "The Raven" had succeeded in a vessel to heal. But humanity for the entity proved confusing and enraging the spirit who did not comprehend it well. Manipulated and fell to the corruption of dark magic, Yuki's life would forever be changed. The entity refuse to leave until she felt the world be destroy for the random emotions that drove her crazy and mad. In an attempt to do so, she caused the Titans to be lost in time, but this clingingness that entity felt made her want to seek more host's, she then bonded with Charmix, who was a native to this planet and that Yuki was her alternate analogue. But even Charmix could not contain the hungry beast, it rage rampant until it returned back to Yuki who wanted power, that the dark magic had gave her. But as the Titans return, Stella had ended Yuki's life to relinquish the entity back to Meridia, as it could not be help no more. Leaving the Earth plane. Recently Hymesi returned and used Tina Patrick as her new host, once again a person appearing as the new Moonglow.
Owner: Charmix.
Meridia is a dimension, which is known for it's great amount of magic, which explains the natives of the this world mystical connection to it and allowing them to harness and manipulate mana/magic. It is known that all magic in the universe comes from Meridia as it leaks to other dimensions. It is an inter-dimensional realm of magic and mana. Meridia is constantly ebbing and flowing with mana, beings who can use magic and mana have their powers and abilities vastly strengthens and increase to numerous power levels in this mystical world, with even a single spell from an unfamiliar traveler can cause a huge explosion. The landscape of this world differs and varies from each part region that a person enters, and is filled with multiple gates and port keys to entering other realm. The inhabitants of Meridia is different, with creatures who some consider from fables and fairy tails are regular in this world and humans, elves, dwarfs, and many more. Meridian is both a planet and a dimension for people to cross over too, but the planet is the sub-house to entering the main dimension for travelers, but it is quite hidden near a planet with complex and powerful spells. The planet is quite different from the dimension, as the planet is more mundane and sharing similarities to Earth with a Medieval taste. The humans of the planet Meridia refer themselves as Meridians.
Long ago in the lands of Meridia which was homed to humans and creatures, who all lived together peacefully until war erupted from each sides, each major nation declaring their own national independence, the humans, elves, dwarfs, and the demons. For centuries each opposing side fought one another until causing great devastation until the each side created a treaty to obey. Giving each separate lands, divided by their own colors and regions, they come to fight alongside one another, though the strain distance each of the nation viewed still place all of them at odds, dealing with allegiance, loyalty, and common fear. Contracts were made to ensure their agreements and laws were fortified into place and be respected
Owner: Charmix.
Permissions: Unknown.
Mutonica was a beautiful planet, but it was small, no larger then Mercury. It laid near the center of the universe where it spawned life. The first beings of the planet showed that they all were divine beings on top of each of them posessing a different power. Cor with the power to manipulate earth, Onrefni the fire conjurer, Seab the Changer, Ralos the sun god, and Ssenkrad ruler of the night. Their powers combined created hundreds of thousands of Mutonians, each with enhanced strength, agility, and intellects on top of a different power that one of the gods of Mutonica possessed. Clans would be created in order to worship who they thought was the most powerful of the gods. The Ralos clan would claim rule to Mutonica for 2 centuries, that's when a radical by the name of Krad Boken, of the clan that worshiped Ssenkrad, was fed up with the power the Ralos thought they had. He rallied an army of his Krad brethren and contacted the most powerful wizard in the universe, Drakath, He used his magic to give Krad Boken the strength to defeat the Ralos and ensure his rule for 1000 generations, by binding his soul to his sword and unknown to him the souls of his heirs. After defeating the Ralos empire the Krad clan took rule with Boken leading them. Krad Boken died eventually but his name lived on through his heirs. His son's name, Krad Darkhonest would live on as well, as the titles the rulers of Mutonica and owners of his blade had. Under Krad rule technology was unbelievable, they had anything imaginable and things humans couldn't possibly hope to understand in this current day and age. Ralos Akenhoten would lead a rebellion against the 999th Boken Krad Egroeg, upon his death the Boken blade made it to Krad Mot, He assumed the blade, crushed the insurrection and became the 1000th, and present day, Boken. Drakath was awaken from his slumber and arrived on Mutonica shortly after. After a heated battle Krad Mot killed Drakath, but at the cost of destroying his planet. Only about 100 Mutonians escaped the fate of their home world. Now they all scour the universe trying to create a new home world for their race. Earth has become the home to 6 Mutonians as of now. who knows how many are on their way.
Owner: Boken.
The Ontaja
The people of the depths, the Ontaja, is a remnant of a once great alien civilization that has long since been brought to near-extinction. The colony that now lives in Earth's seas, centered in the city of Aquareis, use advanced science as if it were magic, and are divided into a system of castes, the level of each Ontajin's developed powers is the key component of keeping them separate.
Permissions: Ask first, but generally yes.
The Oracle Force
Not much is known about this strange entity, only that it is very powerful, capable of ending entire existences. The Oracle Force is the brother entity to the Phoenix Force (for power reference). It is the creator of life through water, as the Phoenix is the bringer of hope through fire. Unlike the Phoenix Force, the Oracle Force has not chosen a determinate shape, it only surrounds it's vessels like flowing water. It's current vessel is Slight, but has been used by others: Andferne. More about this entity will be discovered in the near future, throught Water Wars RPG.
Owner: Sojourn.
Soul Hunters
The Circle of Eclipse started with a single choice, when a group of 12 soldiers on a mission entered into uncharted territory of England they encountered a being of immense power that had been born at the beginning of time. Not much is known who the creature was but when the 12 men left they had abilities. In the beginning many of the of history's great achievements the domination of the Roman Empire, the building of the Great Wall Of China they were part of it. Though like all groups the leader that they and chosen called Symon Elysian desired more power, tired of sitting on the side lines he presented to his eleven a way to become the top of the food chain. They thought him crazy and before anything more could be done he disappeared. Symon searched out the dark power that in the beginning had granted him these gifts: Natis. On the agreement that Symon would hand over his first daughter, the ex leader thinking little agreed.
Now with immortality and more power than ever possessed Symon turned on his friends murdering them off one by one and raising up 11 others . It was during the Norwegian crusade Sigurd I requested the aid of Symon in vanquishing the Muslims in exchange he would give Spain to them, to the 12 to the Circle of Eclipse. And as time progressed they prospered in Spain now a force to be reckoned with though only certain people knew of their existence and would have the bravery to call upon them.
Yet through time the new members realized they were aging, slowly but still aging due to the deal not being fulfilled for not even Symon sons, grandchildren or great grandchildren had even bore a daughter. Until finally out of the line of Elysian, the adopted daughter of Demarkus, ran away and fell in love with a man, Emile Chabot: Precise. Together they had a child born with the blood of Elysian flowing through her veins. Now the new generation of the Circle of Eclipse has been hunting the child to ensure immortality. Though through the girl's ability to remain invisible to them they have now resurfaced from the Shadows. Taking in action, participating in the world's events even interacting with villains, one in particular known as Gambler, in order to smoke out their prodigal daughter, Talon and bring her home.
Owner: Talon.
The Symaarian Imperium
Spanning across the length and breadth of the Southwestern quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy, the Symaarian Imperium encompasses thousands of worlds and bears the weight of a military sledgehammer trillions strong. It is a highly aggressive monarchy, centered around the vegetative, but incredibly powerful, psyker simply known as The Holy Navigator. Sitting upon a throne of black ebony, encased in golden armor, His Glory rests on Symaar Primus in the exact middle of His Imperium, guarded ceaselessly by elite warriors chosen and trained by the Chapter Master of the legendary Death Company. They have interacted but a few times with Earthlings, once with Kaligar Roxom's declaration of war upon the Earth and again when their Adeptus Mechanicus priests set up forges on Mars, thus directly interfering with any attempts by humans to colonize, or even visit, the world.
One of the most important worlds to the Symaarian Imperium is the fortress-world of Ferravius. Stationed on a frigid world converted into one enormous battle fortification, Ferravius is a marvel of both engineering and terra-forming on a colossal scale. The average temperature of the world is hardly ever above freezing and supplies outside of ammunition must be transported to the world on a daily basis in order to keep up with the immense demand from the billions of soldiers manning the behemoth structures and three entire farm worlds have been committed to this purpose. Ferravius lies in an important niche in the Symaarian Imperium, however, and any enemy hoping to contend with the Symaarians must first contend with Indomitable Ferravius. Only once has the world been breached, but not before grinding the combined efforts of a dozen Chaos warbands, an Ork WAAAGH! the likes of which the galaxy has never seen, a Necron incursion, and the entire Hive Fleet Gargantuan to a bloody pulp in the process. Ever since then, Ferravius has been resupplied with men and ammunition, its guns have undergone an extensive repair program, and the Chapter Master of the Death Company has overseen the reconstruction process personally.
Symaar Primus
Classification: hive world
Technology Level: exceedingly high
Size: roughly the size of Jupiter
Population: ~630,000,000,000 prior to the Great Reclamation/~890,000,000 afterwards
In time immemorial, Symaar Primus shook with the gentle touch of the cosmic entity known only as the Navigator. The draconian deity blessed the planet with life and gave birth to his people through its soil. These were the Symaarians and they prospered wholeheartedly. In this time of relative peace, the Navigator taught his children many things about the technology of the gods and how to harness the energy of stars to make guns and engines. He even trained and drilled them on a planetary scale to become a military hammer the likes of which were never seen before nor since. He only taught them such warlike tendencies to thrive in a harsh and unforgiving universe. Branching out, the Symaarians integrated the Ferravian Ring into their growing Imperium and under the Navigator's leadership embarked on a dynamic Great Crusade to dominate much of the known universe.
Almost one-thousand years after the Navigator began his stunning expansion into the unknown, the Dark Gods emerged from the Warp to stop the Navigator's campaign from reaching any further. Rather than comply with his fellow Elder Gods, the Navigator made war upon them. He succeeded in banishing them to the Warp, but at the cost of his flesh being torn and ripped asunder by each of their insidious devices. Forced into a comatose state, the Navigator was ferried by his beloved children back to the place of their ancestral birth. Where the first Symaarian rose out of the sand was where they built the monumental palace called the Eternity Gate. They hooked their lord and god into a stasis machine in a desperate bid to keep him alive. After ten-thousand years, he holds faint vital signs despite having crumbled almost to dust.
Owner: Warsman / Kaligar Roxom.
Permissions: Ask first.
See the Wonderland Tome.
Owner: Sojourn.
Permissions: Unknown.
Originating on the planet Xantro I, the Xantroan civilization was almost annihilated once, and went great lengths to avoid wars from that point onward. They're constantly working to expand their Empire to other planets (one of which is New Alarna in the Alpha Centauri system).
Some 12 000 years ago, the Xantroan Empire created a base on Earth (with the intent to ultimately take over or ally with us), called Niwtneteru (but let's call it Heliopolis for convenience's sake). Those who lived there were believed by the ancient Egyptians to be gods.
Some 6500 years ago, the Xantroan Empire went to war against Kronos, but after heavy losses on both sides, they made a truce. On Xantro, there's a ban on ever mentioning the war in any non-fictional context. There is however a predominantly Xantroan city on Kronos: Zartaia.
Some 2500 years ago, Heliopolis was abandoned as Egypt was taken over by the Persian Empire, then a few centuries later by Alexander the Great.
Over a year ago, Heliopolis was restored to its current status, a group of islands floating above the Atlantic Ocean outside Africa's northern west coast. All of human government and media's attempts to open communication with Heliopolis have been denied...so far.
Just like Earthlings call themselves 'humans', Xantroans refer to themselves as 'Nitari' (Nitara = feminine singular, Nitaro = singular masculine). They're humanoid to the point of being genetically compatible with humans, but have longer lifespans (their lifespan is reversely proportionate to the number of Xantroans present on the planet, as of their birth or last regeneration) and the ability to trigger a regeneration when near death (restoring their health and giving them a slightly different appearance, a la Doctor Who). Roughly 15% of all Xantroans are 'Illuminated', and have additional powers ('Hekai', singular 'Heka') that they gain in the Rite of Illumination (earliest at age 15).
Duat is a Phantom Zone-like plane of existence where the spirits of non-cooperative criminals are sent, and their bodies destroyed (the procedure is to clone the criminal's body once their sentence is served). It's impossible to escape Duat on their own, but if helped, a spirit from Duat can take possession of a living being once released.
Owner: Izaiah.
Permissions: Ask first, but generally yes.


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I am just going to be completely honest right now...
I am jealous. I am such a jealous person. I am jealous of my friends, family, people I don't even like or talk to anymore. I am jealous of their jobs because I dislike mine. I am jealous of their relationships because I am single. I am jealous of people who are perpetually on vacation because I never have time off and if I do I am too exhausted to enjoy it.
I could go on and on but I do not want this entry to turn into a rant. I simply want to be honest with my struggles of jealousy and my struggles of how to deal with it. Reading my verse of the day on my Bible app, I was immediately taken by my verse.
James 4: 2-3 "You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions."
Part of me is shamed by reading this verse... yes, I shouldn't be asking wrongly for things but the pouty, whiney person I have become thinks, well is it wrong to want a job that I am proud of? That I can make a living at so I can be a happy, productive member of society?!
Another part of me feels justified in my jealous nature... I have worked hard, gone to school, paid my dues, try to be a good person and friend. Why not me? Do I not deserve things in God's eyes?
Here's one thing that I have learned in my limited time here on this lovely earth: Don't argue with God. That's a fight you will never win.
Jealousy is something that I struggle with... what is something that you struggle with?

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Pune: Is the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) forcing unannounced water cuts on Puneites?
At least some residents of Aundh, Baner, Pashan, Bavdhan and Kothrud seem to be asking this, after struggling with water shortage for the past few weeks. PMC officials on the other hand, are claiming that they have not cut water supply for any of these areas.
But they do admit that some areas are facing water shortage.In the past two years, a drought-like situation had forced water cuts in Pune, but after the last monsoon saw a good amount of rain, water cuts had been withdrawn and the supply in Pune had been regularised.
However, with the beginning of summer, there seems to be a shortfall in water supply in some parts of Pune.Citizens particularly from Aundh, Baner, Pashan, Bavdhan and Kothrud area have been complaining to the civic body regarding water shortage. Subhojit Roy, one of the residents of Gulmohar Park area in Aundh said, "We have been staying in this area for the last 10 to 12 years, and we never faced any water shortage. However, of late we are facing issues and sometimes it is very acute. At times we do not get water at all, and we have to call for water tanker."
"We have been complaining to the PMC and every time they give some reasons but till date they have not able to address and fix our problems," Subhojit said.It is not just Aundh, but some areas of Bhusari colony in Kothrud and Bavdhan are also facing water shortage for the past few months.
Ganesh Chondhe, resident of Bhusari colony said, " here are no official announcement of water cut, but still we are facing issues for the last few weeks. When we contact PMC officials, the staff visits our area and they find no problem in the water supply. Then why are we getting less water?"
Nandkishor Jagtap, executive engineer of PMC's water supply department said, "We have not enforced any water cut in the city. The water supply is regular as per the quota. The problem regarding water supply in some areas might be local."


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Users Cling To Windows XP, Resist Vista
In an unconventional move, Dell Inc. announced this week that it would begin offering systems with the older Microsoft Windows XP operating system for an extra $150 beyond what it charges for machines running Windows Vista.
The change comes just five months after the computer maker ceased offering XP on its Inspiron PCs.
Microsoft has twice extended its deadline for Windows XP downgrades, which is now in effect until July 31, 2009. It's a solid indication that enough users wish to remain with the aging XP rather than switching to Vista.
Although XP's market share is down 10 percent this year as Vista makes slow inroads, XP still enjoys a 66 percent share according to Net Applications, a Web metrics firm.
Meanwhile, fees charged by Dell and others for XP downgrades will likely continue to annoy customers into 2009, and companies that wish to remain with XP will likely perform the downgrades themselves.
Industry analysts say Microsoft's downgrade fees are a small problem compared with the larger issue of so many users wanting to use an older, now discontinued operating system on hardware it wasn't designed to run on.
Analyst Rob Enderle, president of the technology consulting firm the Enderle Group, calls the XP downgrade fees potentially disastrous, and says they will ultimately be counter-productive for Microsoft since they exchange short-term revenue for long-term customer loyalty.
"The fix for this should be to focus like lasers on demand generation for Vista but instead Microsoft is focusing aggressively on financial penalties," Enderle told PC World.
"Forcing customers to go someplace they don't want to go by raising prices is a Christmas present for Apple and those that are positioning Linux on the desktop."
Businesses and consumers will likely keep a close eye on prices of laptop and desktop computers as the global economic crisis worsens next year. Indeed, some, such as IDC, predict prices dropping 10 percent in 2009.
According to Enderle, the XP downgrade charge and pressure to switch to Vista will shine a spotlight on Microsoft in the year ahead.
"Instead of charging a penalty for XP, Microsoft should provide incentives for Vista," he said in an interview with PC World.
"They are too focused on margins for one product and are forgetting the damage they are doing to their brand."
Perhaps worse than the financial costs to consumers is the disappointment in their loss of choice, according to Roger Kay, president of research firm Endpoint Technologies.
"People never like being 'forced' to do anything. They tend to resent it," he says.
Windows 7, Vista's successor, has been seen as a solution to the Vista dilemma. However, whether or not consumers choosing XP over Vista is enough to accelerate the availability of Windows 7 is not yet clear.
Enderle predicts the software giant will accelerate its estimated Windows 7 ship date of January 2010 and release it next year instead.
"Windows 7 is designed to fix this problem [the Vista stigma], but it will need stronger demand generation marketing than Microsoft has yet proven it can provide," he said.
However, Kay is not convinced.
"Sinofsky [Windows senior VP Steven Sinofsky] is pretty clear about how his process works. Windows 7 code won't ship until it's ready."
Charging users for Windows XP downgrades may be Microsoft's short-term plan to lure users to Vista and Windows 7, but what else should Microsoft do to encourage customers to make the shift?
Enderle said it all comes down to marketing.
"They have to step up to Apple-level demand generation marketing and work to remove the stigma from Vista more aggressively."
"They had an interesting start earlier this year with the Mojave project but it seems to have tailed off of late and Apple continues to out execute them sharply."
As Windows XP fees accumulate and the OS continues to get pulled from OEMs, its appeal to customers will wane next year, he said. However, that the desire is there at all should concern Microsoft.
"Were this Apple, you wouldn't have the option to use an old OS at all. Granted you probably wouldn't want to, which speaks to the problem here."
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Consul general to Japan axed over false data sheet entries
MANILA, Philippines—The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed from the government service Consul General to Japan Ma. Lourdes Ramiro-Lopez for making false entries in her 1971 and 2005 personal data sheets (PDS).
In an 11-page decision signed by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales on March 22, Lopez was held administratively liable for dishonesty, falsification of official documents, misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the interest of the service.
Aside from dismissal, Lopez also faces cancellation of her civil service eligibility, forfeiture of her retirement benefits and perpetual disqualification from public office.
In its complaint-affidavit, the Ombudsman's Field Investigation Office (FIO) accused Lopez of "falsely declaring in her 1971 and 2005 PDS that she had obtained a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication from Maryknoll College or the University of the Philippines, when in fact, she had not."
The FIO submitted a certification issued by the UP College of Mass Communication stating that student records indicated Lopez "is not a graduate of either the old Institute of Mass Communication (the original name of the college) or the College of Mass Communication of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City."
The FIO further pointed out that based on her True Copy of Grades (TCG) issued by the UP College of Mass Communication and her Official Transcript of Records (OTR) issued by the UP Registrar's Office, Lopez was not able to complete the 140 units required to obtain the degree at the university.
The decision also said that Lopez indicated in her 1971 PDS that she was single but in her 2005 PDS she said she was separated.
In her counteraffidavit, Lopez admitted that she got married during her sophomore year in college—way before she was hired by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in 1971.
The Ombudsman argued, however, that Lopez only disclosed her status in her 2005 PDS, despite her claim that she and her husband had been estranged before she moved to New York in 1970.
"Under civil service regulations, the accomplishment of the PDS is a requirement for employment in the government. The declarations made by every government personnel in their respective PDS are not empty statements. Rather, the PDS is an official public document," the decision said.
Lopez began her career with the DFA as a foreign service staff employee I at the Philippine consulate in New York City. She rose through the ranks and served as foreign service officer (FSO) IV, FSO III, FSO II, FSO I, counselor and chief of mission (CM) II, CM I, DFA assistant secretary and consul general in Osaka, Japan.
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I was looking forward to hitting with this string after my doubles match. It was very promising, especially since I've used regular KLIP Legend in the past and found it so-so. Even with my shoulder as tired as it was, I noticed an increase in power & spin right away. Serves popped off just they had in the doubles match. Ground strokes had more depth, spin and power. But the most significant change was the feel. It felt like I was hitting with gut again. Here's the tension after the 2nd hit:
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An award-winning technology platform makes it possible for DataChambers clients to review real-time monitoring results online "" 24 hours a day.
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Winston-Salem, NC (PRWEB) January 17, 2011 — The North Carolina technology firm DataChambers (http://www.datachambers.com) today announced an investment in new software that will enhance the remote monitoring and support services it delivers to clients in 28 states.
The company is using an award-winning N-central platform from N-able Technologies® to provide around-the-clock access to real-time monitoring results. Clients can log into a password-protected portal and see the same information DataChambers technicians use to monitor network systems and devices and to resolve problems before they impact operations.
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DataChambers has adopted a companion N-compass application to generate reports they can use to help clients make better-informed management and investment decisions. The software instantly inventories and assesses all the devices on a network and analyzes the availability and performance of individual components. DataChambers can produce audit reports for regulatory compliance and give its customers the information they need to manage assets and plan for upgrades.
DataChambers selected N-able Technologies based on its global leadership in remote monitoring and management software for managed service providers.
"With our N-central technology, DataChambers is able to provide a wider array of IT services and support than ever before," says Mike Cullen, vice president of sales, N-able Technologies. "Clients are looking for partners who can take over the day-to-day management of their information technology infrastructure and allow them to focus on customer service instead of IT fire drills. That's exactly what businesses are asking for and what DataChambers is able to deliver. "
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All The Guns: Tribes' Game Of The Year Update
Huh. Wow. I'll be honest: I'm a bit surprised. Hi-Rez has tied information about Tribes Ascend's single-purchase option to a searing ball of plasma and hurled it through our window, and it comes out to a measly $29.99/£20.99. For everything. VIPs, meanwhile, can instantly unlock all weapons, perks, and classes for $19.99/£13.99. That's� um. I mean, I still had a wonderful time for roughly the same amount Back In The Day, but I certainly wouldn't have minded an arsenal large enough to blot out the sun for the same price. Hm. Well, I suppose there's no better time than the present. But, believe it or not, that's far from all there is to this update. After a fairly worrisome dormant period, Tribes appears to be back with a vengeance. But not, er, Tribes Vengeance, because that wouldn't be very good news.
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There will be no sledding and no Nordic track at the Evergreen Golf Course this winter, after the Evergreen Park and Recreation District abandoned a plan to make the programs come to fruition.
EPRD had been in talks with course owner Denver Parks and Recreation to lease the golf course and pro shop for $500 for the winter season, said Brad Bednar, Evergreen Lake House supervisor.
An Olympics-sanctioned cross-country ski trail could be created this winter on Old Squaw Pass Road and other roads near Echo Mountain Resort.
Supporters want the trail to run from the privately owned Echo Mountain on Colorado 103 west to Echo Lake at the base of Mount Evans, according to Nora Pykkonen, owner of the ski area. Members of the U.S. Olympic Committee have looked at the proposed trail to see if it would be a suitable venue for a race, she said.
The first snow arrived during the night last Friday and stayed on the ground between the clumps of grasses. As winter approaches, I always receive a number of inquiries about how and what to feed birds.
The following are all-conferences selections in the 4A Jeffco League for the 2014 fall season in boys golf and softball:
Ted Pritchett, like all of us, has a calling. For the 73-year-old, it is pickleball, both playing it and teaching it. Pickleball is a combination of tennis, badminton and table tennis. Picture a shrunk-down tennis court with a wiffleball.
When pickleball came to Evergreen in 2011, there were just 17 programs in Colorado. Today, there are 96. The popularity is ever-growing. Pritchett first took up the sport in November 2008.
LAKEWOOD — The last time the Evergreen Cougars won a 3A state football playoff game, Bill Clinton was president of the United States, Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia didn't even exist, Peyton Manning was only in his second season in the NFL, and iPhones and iPads hadn't yet been released.
In other words, it had been a while. Fifteen years to be exact.
We have very little in the way of red fall colors in this area. However, we do have a native heuchera, closely related to the coral bells that are known to every gardener.
It bears a spike of greenish-white flowers in summer and grows in a dinner plate-size clump of leaves that turn a bright orange-red in fall.
Wild strawberries also produce a few red leaves in fall, and some of the many varieties of potentilla also have red leaves, but all of these are so well concealed among the grasses and other plants that they are often overlooked.
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THORNTON — Evergreen became this year's Murphy's Law poster child for high school gymnastics in Colorado.
"We just had a rough season," second-year coach Chancey Hines said after the Lady Cougars, who won the 2011 title in 4A, finished fifth out of six teams at the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 state meet at Thornton High School.
LAKEWOOD — After the regular season that the Evergreen Cougars just had, it would be easy to be content. But this team, this year, is not satisfied. In Evergreen's mind, the season is just starting. More importantly, it's a new season — playoff season. The past 10 weeks have been just a warm-up.
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Ralph Coppess Jr. of Little Rock, a car salesman for more than 30 years who brought the Volkswagen to Arkansas in the 1950s, died Monday, June 23. He was 88.
A native of Iowa who served in the U. S. Navy during World War II, Coppess and his partner Jim Tait bought a franchise in 1955 to sell Volkswagens and, later, Mazdas, their business first at 5th and Scott St. and later at 10th and Broadway Ave.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Jane (Peg) Fehleisen Coppess, and a sister, Dorothy Wageman of Cedar Rapids, Ia.
"Daddy was kind, caring, and generous, and was liked and respected by everyone who knew him," his daughter, Candy Coppess Roman, said. "He was a good person to work for because he treated all employees well."
Coppess, a quiet, mild-mannered man who had a wry sense of humor, liked people and believed in their goodness, was born April 29, 1926 in Olin, Ia., one of three children of Ralph and Tillie Zaruba Coppess. His father was a farmer.
He graduated from high school in Olin and, after the war, State University of Iowa in Iowa City, earning a bachelor's degree in journalism. He served in the Navy as an electrician's mate third class on the USS Hamlin, a primary seaplane tender that operated throughout the Pacific, including at Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. He also was a projectionist who showed movies to shipmates and said musicals were the most popular. He and other Arkansas veterans were honored when they were flown to Washington, D.C. May 3 to visit the World War II Memorial and formally thanked for their service and sacrifice.
He earlier worked for Collins Radio Company in Cedar Rapids, which made radio receivers and other electronic equipment, and where he met Tait, who shared his love of smaller cars. Volkswagen United States gave him a plaque in 1986 "in grateful recognition of 30 years of association." He later was often approached by those who told him they'd bought a car from him years before and had been happy with the experience and the car, his daughter said.
He was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, where he later attended Sunday evening services as long as he was able. He was a longtime member of the Little Rock Country Club, where he especially enjoyed playing tennis with his Sunday group.
Other survivors include a sister, Clarice Hinds of Marion, Ia.; a nephew and two nieces; and a son-in-law, Michael Roman of Little Rock.
There will be a memorial service 3 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mark's at 1000 North Mississippi Ave. conducted by Rev. Danny Schieffer and Rev. Lisa Fry.
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I haven't played with the PB's but I played DNX mps, and currently have a Becker Melbourne in my bag,and while they are nice sticks they are relatively flexible and low powered. The problem your mum will run into is going to be endurance, so if she can hit well with a low powered players racquet how long will she be able to play with it? and how will it effect shots when shes out of position etc. I've found from personal experience that as you age giving yourself a little edge with more power and lighter racquets really can improve your game the fun you have playing. Just one example would be reaction volleys, after a set or so you will be too slow with the heavier racquet but a lighter one you'll have a much better chance with.
mmm interesting thoughts thanks, i take your point perhaps even these middle weight rackets might be a but much for her?
as I am sure you can imagine she has well developed full strokes but very old school and her movement is not great, perhaps she does need a good tweener!?
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Some tracks give off good, bad vibes to drivers
LEXINGTON, Ohio Back when A.J. Foyt was compiling a resume that included 67 IndyCar wins including four Indianapolis 500s, it seemed as if he could win anywhere he drove.
But in the back of his mind, it was as if the tracks had personalities of their own. Some welcomed and helped him, others worked against him.
"I've had tracks like that. The ones that I didn't have luck at, I worked that much harder to try to win on them. Which, normally I did," Foyt said during the recent IndyCar stop at Mid-Ohio. "I had some that I always liked a little better. Like the Hoosier 100. That was the next biggest purse to Indy. It was like I couldn't be beat there."
Ask a driver at any level of racing his favorite track and he'll likely smile and rattle off at least a couple. Then their faces will cloud over and they'll address the ones that always seemed to be adversaries.
Regardless of how they felt about a venue, however, it sometimes has no bearing on how they did there.
"There's always that saying, `horses for courses,'" said three-time IndyCar champ Bobby Rahal said. "There were tracks I loved where I never really did that well and then there tracks that I always did really well on, like Toronto and Mid-Ohio. There was just something about it that you always ended up doing well there. Don't ask me why."
So, is there something about a layout that matches up with the skills of the driver? Or is it just a roll of the dice? Does past performance affect future success? Or is it all just coincidence, and winning doesn't beget more winning, and a bit of bad luck doesn't necessarily lead to more of it?
Count Scott Dixon among those who believe that there's something special at certain tracks. He was disappointed with qualifying last weekend at Mid-Ohio, then rebounded on Sunday to win there for the fourth time in six years.
"I wish I was this happy to come to all the tracks," he said with a grin. "When you see it coming up on the calendar I'm excited for it because I know we do well."
This much is certain: Winning requires a number of tumblers to fall in your favor. Being confident because you've done well before at a track certainly helps, but it's just one reason why a driver might find success at the same track repeatedly.
"I won four years in a row at Laguna Seca on the original course and when they changed to the new, longer course I never won there again. I can't tell you why," Rahal said. "It seems like everything clicks at those times. You went to every race thinking you were going to win it, or trying to win it. But, for sure, you look back and there were some tracks that everything seemed to click."
The reverse is also true, without question. Some drivers never seem to fare well on a given layout. Others can be haunted by a wreck or other bad experience.


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A transceiver is provided that can adapt itself to operate as an RF tag reader or as a bluetooth transceiver by changing its reception and transmission capabilities. The cost and area of an additional transceiver where both a bluetooth transceiver and an RF tag reader are required is avoided. The same radio part is used for both bluetooth and for RF tag reader operation. Since the operation band is the same, there is no need to change the center frequency of the resonance needed by the radio front-end. Software controlled adaptivity is included due to the different nature of these systems so that the mode of the radio hardware can be programmed easily and on the fly. This provides a software defined architecture tailored for bluetooth/RF tag operation. This invention integrates two different systems to one transceiver chip giving cost and space savings by reusing existing analog parts.
1. Transceiver that adapts itself to operate as an RF tag reader or as a bluetooth transceiver by changing its reception and transmission capabilities.
2. The transceiver of
3. The transceiver of
4. The transceiver of
5. Radio device having a radio receiver and a radio transmitter characterized by operability of said device in two modes, a bluetooth mode and an RF tag reader mode.
6. The radio device of
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8. The radio device of
9. The radio device of
10. Radio device having a radio receiver, a radio transmitter, and a signal processor (62), wherein the radio receiver is responsive to an incoming analog radio signal (72) for providing a down converted and modulated signal to said signal processor, wherein the radio transmitter is responsive to an output signal from said signal processor for transmission as an outgoing analog radio signal (70), characterized by control logic (66) for controlling said radio device in two modes, a first mode for operating as a bluetooth device and a second mode for operating as an RF tag reader.
[0001] This regular U.S. patent application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/392,732, filed Jun. 26, 2002.
[0002] 1. Technical Field
[0003] This invention is related to short range communication technology. Furthermore, the invention is related to a mobile terminal or a device using an additional radio for short-range communication.
[0004] 2. Discussion of Related Art
[0005] The bluetooth wireless technology revolutionizes the personal connectivity market by providing freedom from wired connections—enabling links between mobile computers, mobile phones, portable hand-held devices, and connectivity to the Internet. Bluetooth devices operate at 2.4 GHz in the globally available, license-free ISM (industrial, scientific and medical) band. In a bluetooth system, the operating band is spaced into one megahertz channels, each signalling data at one megasymbol per second so as to obtain a maximum available channel bandwidth. GFSK (Gaussian frequency shift keying) is chosen as the modulation scheme with a binary one giving rise to a positive frequency deviation from the nominal carrier frequency and a binary zero giving a negative frequency deviation. After each packet, the devices in communication with each other retune their radio to a different frequency, effectively hopping from radio channel to radio channel (frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS)). By means of the frequency hopping technique the entire band is utilized so that interference in one channel will not cause the entire communication to be prevented. Each time slot lasts 625 microseconds and devices will hop once per packet, which will be every slot, every three slots or every five slots. Due to the intended use for low-powered portable applications, the radio power must be minimized within one of three different classes with powers of 1 mW (10 dBm), 2.5 mW (4 dBm), and 100 mW (20 dBm), with respective operation ranges of 10, 20 and 100 meters.
[0006] Bluetooth radio system architectures can take various forms. Such would include for instance zero IF (intermediate frequency) or direct conversion, heterodyne or single bit modulation, multi-bit IQ sample modulation using look-up tables, and even direct transmit modulation on to a transmit synthesizer.
[0007] On the other hand, RFID (radio frequency identification) systems are simpler than bluetooth systems but can be used for a variety of different applications, for instance in the field of item management, identification, payment, electrical signature and so on. In the future, these RF tags can also be deployed everywhere. The need of reading and writing to such devices is increasing and means for doing these operations are needed. The RFID system operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM Band as well.
[0008] In the simplest RFID systems, the reader both powers and communicates with the tags that are within a certain range. During the powering phase the reader sends constant RF power to the tag, which loads a charging capacitor in the tag using a resonator operating as an antenna. When the charging capacitor is loaded, the tag can operate as a radio, receiving and transmitting data. During the time when a passive tag is communicating back to the reader, the reader transmits a steady radio power, and the tag modulates the impedance of its antenna. The reader receives the data as a variation of the reflected signal or as a variation of the antenna impedance. A passive backscatter RFID system uses this kind of radio interface. In its simplest form, the passive RFID system uses on-off keying (OOK) as the modulation technique, but also FSK, PSK and other modulation techniques may be used. RFID systems are operating at multiple frequency bands.
[0009] At the present time it is necessary, depending on whether the intended use is bluetooth or an RFID application, to use two different transceivers that have been designed for the given system, bluetooth or RFID. It would be advantageous to be able to use a single transceiver for either purpose. Moreover, a problem with RFID readers or interrogators is that the information is gathered locally but may be more useful in another location, such as a remote analysis center.
[0010] An object of the present invention is to provide a transceiver that can adapt itself to operate as an RF tag reader or as a bluetooth transceiver by changing its reception and transmission capabilities.
[0011] Another object of the invention is to make it possible to avoid the extra cost and area of an additional transceiver where both a bluetooth transceiver and an RF tag reader are required.
[0012] Yet another object of the invention is to make it possible to use a mobile device as both a bluetooth transceiver and an RF tag reader.
[0013] A further object is to make information gathered locally by an RFIC reader or interrogator or by a bluetooth device, or both, available at another location.
[0014] According to a first aspect of the present invention, a transceiver adapts itself to operate as an RF tag reader or as a bluetooth transceiver by changing its reception and transmission capabilities.
[0015] Further according to the first aspect of the invention, the bluetooth transceiver is useable as a transceiver for a 2.4 GHz ISM band RF tag reader system.
[0016] Still further according to the first aspect of the invention, a single antenna is useable for the transceiver as the RF tag reader or as the bluetooth transceiver.
[0017] Further still according to the first aspect of the invention, the transceiver is in a mobile terminal.
[0018] According to a second aspect of the invention, a radio device having a radio receiver and a radio transmitter operates in two modes, a bluetooth mode and an RF tag reader mode.
[0019] Further according to the second aspect of the invention, the operability of the radio device in either mode uses the radio receiver and said radio transmitter.
[0020] Further still according to the second aspect of the invention, the radio device is in an incorporating device having additional device functionality.
[0021] Yet further still according to the second aspect of the invention, the incorporating device comprises a mobile telephone.
[0022] Further still according to the second aspect of the invention, the radio device is installed in a mobile telephone.
[0023] According to a third aspect of the invention, a radio device having a radio receiver, a radio transmitter, and a signal processor, wherein the radio receiver is responsive to an incoming analog radio signal for providing a down converted and modulated signal to the signal processor, and wherein the radio transmitter is responsive to in-phase and quadrature digital components of an output signal from the signal processor for transmission as an outgoing analog radio signal, is characterized by control logic for controlling the radio device in two modes, a first mode for operating as a bluetooth device and a second mode for operating as an RF tag reader.
[0024] The basic idea behind the first aspect of the invention is the possibility to use the same radio part as used for bluetooth for an RF tag reader as well. Since the operation band is the same, there is no need to change the center frequency of the resonance needed by the radio front-end. But, some adaptivity has to be included to the radio because of the different nature of these systems. In this case, adaptivity means that some adaptive architectural solutions have to be utilized. The adaptivity should be controlled by software so that the mode of the radio hardware can be programmed easily and on the fly. This concept can be called a software defined architecture tailored for bluetooth/RF tag operation.
[0025] Typically, bluetooth and RF tag readers are not integrated to a single chip or even into a single device. This invention integrates two different systems to one transceiver chip giving cost and space savings by reusing existing RF, analog, digital and mixed signal parts. Also, if the modulation is FSK, some of the DSP can be reused as well. By integrating these systems into a mobile device, different applications are enabled. These applications can be as follows: reading an RFID tag and sending this information directly to a database or using the data for the user's purpose, downloading money, usage time, tickets or equivalent to the RF tag from an internet page, WAP page or from some other service provider using all possible means of connectivity that are and will be implemented to a mobile device. These are just some examples. Several other applications can be possible.
[0026] This invention enables the use of a bluetooth RF chip as a transceiver for a 2.4 GHz ISM band RF tag reader system. The reuse decreases the price of the RF tag reader dramatically because no separate chip for each system is needed. Also, the antenna and PCB (printed circuit board) can be the same giving more cost savings. The invention according to the first aspect of the invention may be adapted to a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, or to some other type of device. A mobile phone user could select whether he/she wants to communicate with an RF tag or utilize a bluetooth connection. This invention targets as efficient a reuse of existing bluetooth RF parts as possible.
[0027] This invention is disclosed in the context of RFID systems operating at the 2.4 GHz band. The invention is nonetheless applicable to other RFID systems and several such others are considered briefly to show the wide scope of the invention and not by way of limitation.
[0028] In this invention, the RF tag can be a passive, semi passive or an active device. A passive RF tag is powered by the reader RF power, a semi passive tag is awakened by the reader RF power, but the actual DC power is from a battery, and an active tag is completely powered by the tag's own power source.
[0029] According to a second aspect of the present invention, a mobile device such as a mobile telephone may be used as either a bluetooth transceiver or an RFID tag reader. This makes the mobile device more versatile and useful since it can perform functions in both the bluetooth context, the RFID tag reader context, or both. The use of a mobile device such as mobile telephone with both bluetooth and RF tag reader capabilities as well as normal mobile telephone capabilities according to known standards potentially makes the device exceedingly powerful for an increasingly wide variety of purposes including scientific, military, industrial, civilian governmental functions, etc. For instance, in an RF tag reader function, the mobile device can interrogate and read the response from an RFID tag and use its mobile telephone data communications capabilities to transmit the information read from the RFID tag to a remote location where the information may be utilized. Similarly, the mobile telephone data capabilities can be used to report to a remote data collection site the information collected by means of the bluetooth capabilities of the mobile device in communication with a multitude of nearby bluetooth capable devices.
[0030] These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent in light of the detailed description of a best mode embodiment thereof, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
[0031]FIG. 1 shows one possible bluetooth/RF tag reader transceiver topology. This topology is but one example and various other solutions are possible given the teachings hereof. This solution is based on a low-IF concept at the RX side and the TX side and it can fulfill specifications for both systems.
[0032]FIG. 2 shows a bluetooth/RF tag reader, such as that of FIG. 1 deployed in various devices.
[0033] Bluetooth is a short-range radio system that operates at 2.4 GHz ISM band (2403-2480 MHz). It is a fast frequency hopping spread spectrum system with a 1 Mbit/s data rate and a 1 MHz bandwidth for −20 dBc. It has 83 channels and the channel spacing is 1 MHz. The modulation is GFSK with a modulation index from 0.28 to 0.35. Output power in the power class 2 (20 m) can be between −6 and 4 dBm. Nominal output power is 0 dBm. Class 1 is designed for 100 meters and allows for 100 milliwatts (20 dBm) while Class 3 is only allowed 1 milliwatt (0 dBM) for a range of 10 meters.
[0034] This disclosure concentrates on combining a bluetooth transceiver with the simplest RF tag based on standards specifying operation in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. These systems are passive or semi-passive RF tag systems. One possible standard is, for example, ISO/IIEC 18000-4 model. But it should be realized that the invention is not restricted thereto or to the particular example shown. FIG. 1 shows a dual mode bluetooth/RF tag reader transceiver topology. This topology is one example, but it should be realized that various other solutions exist. Especially, it is common to use a fractional N synthesizer to directly modulate the VCO in a bluetooth transmitter. The transceiver architecture shown in this invention can fulfill radio specifications for both the bluetooth and RFID systems. The signal flow and the states of the building blocks are conventional when this transceiver is used in the bluetooth mode. By using this topology, the TX could operate in direct up-conversion or low-IF mode. Bluetooth is a TDD system and thus the RX part (shown in upper half) and TX part (in lower half) are not operating at the same time. Typically, a switch separates TX and RX in TDD systems, but also solutions exist where the LNA 14 and PA 16 are simply connected together. This is possible especially in systems like Bluetooth due to the small TX output power. The latter solution is used for this invention, as shown in FIG. 1. When this device is operating in the RFTAG reader mode the LNA 14 is operating as an attenuator attenuating the TX signal so that the receiver is able to receive the signal without compression. The gain and other receiver characteristics are controlled by the control logic 66 a, 66 b. The transmit amplifier 16 provides transmit power supply to the antenna 10 and the power level may also be controlled by the control logic 66. Additionally, a circulator or some other component can be utilized for separation of the forward and reflected signals. The amplitude modulation can be added to the TX signal in the analog or in the digital domain. The RX is here a low-IF receiver, but also other types such as direct conversion can be utilized, as mentioned previously. The difficulty when combining both bluetooth and RFID systems to one chip is that they use different modulation and that for an RF reader the TX signal is on during the reception, i.e., the TX signal is modulated in the reception by the RF tag. This means that TX and RX are on at the same time. This is not the case for bluetooth. Since the output power in the bluetooth radio is approximately 0 dBm, the modulated TX signal has to be attenuated in the reception phase in order not to compress the RX part totally. If the RF front-end is in deep saturation, the signal modulated by the RF tag is attenuated. This is why the LNA 14 has to be switched off so that the attenuation is adequate and so that the incoming signal can be demodulated. This can be done by the control logic 66 a, 66 b. The gain of the LNA can be reduced significantly also by the control logic or by other means. Any kind of signal attenuation technique can be used in this invention to prevent the compression. If some type of isolation is added, using for example a circulator, attenuation in the LNA is not needed and the receiver can be made more sensitive, resulting longer reading ranges.
[0035] As mentioned, in the simplest RFID systems the modulation can be OOK, which means simply switching the RF signal on and off. In the transmission the modulation can be done in the DSP 62, in analog baseband or in RF. In the reception phase, the signal, modulated by the RF tag, is attenuated, down converted, filtered and demodulated. One possible way of demodulation is the use of the RSSI block 64. The time constant of the RSSI block has to be small enough so that the RSSI can follow the signal. This means that the time constant has to be adaptive. If this type of AM demodulation is used, both analog-to-digital converters can be switched off by the control logic. One other way is to bypass some or all of the amplifiers in the limiter chain so that the signal is not limited. In that case, ADC can be used to digitize the signal and the DSP can handle the demodulation. The demodulator implemented in the DSP can be a typical AM demodulator or some other type of amplitude detecting block like RSSI. However, the required dynamic range for the ADC is large in this case. I and Q branches are not necessarily needed for demodulation, meaning that the other ADC and possibly both limiters can be switched off by the control logic. In the preferred mode of this embodiment the gain and bias current of the different RX blocks, like mixers, LNA and filters, can be tuned digitally or by analog means. This way, all the RX blocks can be used to define best possible dynamic range of the receiver in a similar manner than in a conventional gain control system but additionally effecting to the performance of each block as well. This adaptivity could be controlled by a control logic, as shown, which can handle the settings of the adaptive receiver. In the simplest case, the input to this control logic could be only one bit, which is selecting the mode.
[0036] The device 1 of FIG. 1 will now be described in detail, starting with the receive portion in the upper half of the diagram, the receive low noise amplifier 14 has already been described. It provides an output signal to an RF power divider in supplying the RF signal to an I-inphase down conversion mixer 22 and to a Q-quadrature down conversion mixer 26. Both of these mixers 22, 26 may (but not necessarily) be controlled by the control logic, e.g., for dynamic range purposes. In the bluetooth mode, the mixers are fed frequency hopping signals by a synthesized local oscillator quadrature phase shifter 30 creating I and Q local oscillator signals. These signals from the phase shifter 30 are used to drive the down converter mixers 22, 26. The synthesizer 68 is under the control of the control logic for purposes of providing the desired frequency hopping functionality. The received signals from the node 18 at the inputs of the mixers 22, 26 are mixed with the output signals from the quadrature phase shifter 30. The mixers provide output signals to respective I channel IF (intermediate frequency) amplifier 34 and receive Q channel IF amplifier 36. These IF amplifiers 34, 36 may be controlled by the control logic as well. It is noted that the control logic itself is controlled as to its mode by a mode select signal which determines whether the device 1 is operating in the bluetooth mode or the RF reader mode. The source of this signal may be from outside the circuitry of FIG. 1, for instance from within a device such as a mobile phone device within which the device of the figure is resident.
[0037] In any event, the outputs of the IF amplifiers 34, 36 are provided to respective I and Q receive I channel and Q channel IF filters 38, 42 which act as bandpass filters for removing unwanted mixer products. The bandpass filter outputs of the filters 38, 42 are provided to limiters 50, 52 which act as receive I channel IF limiter 50 and receive Q channel IF limiter 52. Although shown separately, the RSSI/AM detector 64 may in some cases be part of the limiters 50, 52. In any event, the limiters provide output signals to analog-to-digital converters 54, 56 for use (for instance in the bluetooth mode) for converting an analog I or Q received signal that has been phase modulated or frequency modulated to a digital signal for application to the I and Q inputs of the DSP 62.
[0038] In the case of an amplitude modulated signal such as would be received in an RF tag reader mode, the limiter functions 50, 52 would not be used and would be shorted out by switches 46, 48 under the control of the control logic. The incoming I and Q branches would be fed to the RSSI/AM detector 64 for purposes of AM detection. The output of the AM detector 64 is provided to the DSP as shown. Or, as previously discussed, the AM could be detected in the DSP via the ADCs 54, 56.
[0039] Focusing now on the lower half of FIG. 1, the transmission section will be described. The digital signal processor 62 provides I and Q output signals to digital-to-analog converters 58, 60 which in turn provide analog output signals to transmit I channel IF filter 44 and transmit Q channel IF filter 40. These filters 44, 40 provide output signals to respective I and Q channel IF to RF up converter mixers 28, 24. The mixers may also be under the control of the control logic for instance dynamic range purposes but this is not necessarily the case. In any event, the mixers are also responsive to input signals from a synthesized local oscillator quadrature phase shifters 32 that creates I and Q local oscillator signals to drive the up converter mixers 28, 24. These signals from the quadrature phase shifters 32 are mixed with the input signals to the mixers coming from the filters 44, 40 as shown. The synthesizer 68 provides an output signal under the control of the control logic to the synthesized local oscillator quadrature phase shifter 32 for the same reason as described above in connection with the receive section quadrature phase shifter 30.
[0040] The mixers 24, 28 provide output signals to a node 20 combining the I and Q transmit signals from the RF up converters 28, 24. The node 20 provides a combined output signal to the transmit amplifier 16 already discussed above which may be under the control of the control logic for purposes of controlling for instance its dynamic range. The output of the transmit amplifier 16 is provided to the node 12 which in turn provides a transmit output signal for transmission by the antenna 10 as an output radio signal 70 radiated from the antenna 10. Node 12 can be replaced with a circulator in order to increase the sensitivity of the reception.
[0041] The transceiver introduced in this disclosure is preferably implemented into a single IC chip, which is used in a bluetooth module.
[0042]FIG. 2 shows a bluetooth/RF tag reader such as that shown in FIG. 1 deployed as a stand-alone device or as part of other devices in a generalized network, which may include some or all of the devices shown. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the bluetooth/RF tag reader of FIG. 1 can be employed as a stand-alone device, such as shown by the devices 1 a, 1 b and 1 c of FIG. 2. These bluetooth RF tag readers are shown operating, for instance, in a bluetooth piconet made up of a bluetooth master 1 c and slaves 1 a, 1 b. Such a piconet may also include other bluetooth/RF tag readers deployed within larger devices. For instance, a mobile telephone 78 is shown having a bluetooth/RF tag reader 1 d that is also operating in the aforementioned bluetooth piconet as a slave to the master bluetooth device 1 c. But the mobile telephone 78 also has a cell phone transceiver 80 that permits it to communicate as a mobile telephone so that the user can communicate by means of a radio interface 82 with a radio access network 84. The mobile telephone 78 will have a signal processor 86 that is in control of both the bluetooth/RF tag reader 1 d and the cell phone transceiver 80, as well as a user interface 88.
[0043] Another device 90 is shown which may or may not be a mobile device. It also has a bluetooth RF tag reader 1 e similar to that shown in FIG. 1 and in addition has other device functionality 92, which is shown generically in the figure. The bluetooth/RF tag reader 1 e is shown operating as a slave to the master bluetooth device 1 c in the aforementioned bluetooth piconet.
[0044] Also shown in FIG. 2 is an RF tag 100 that is capable of being interrogated by any of the RF tag readers 1 a, 1 b, 1 c, 1 d, 1 e of FIG. 2. Thus, the bluetooth/RF tag reader 1 d may be switched into RF tag reader mode by the signal processor 86 in accordance with the principles described above (in connection with FIG. 1) and interrogate the RF tag 100 over a bidirectional radio interface 106 between an antenna 10 d of the RF tag reader 1 d and the antenna 102 of the RF tag 100. Likewise, any of the other bluetooth/RF tag readers 1 a, 1 b, 1 c, 1 e of FIG. 2 can switch to the RF tag reader mode and interrogate the RF tag 100 and receive a response back therefrom with data contained in the RF tag 100. In the case of the mobile telephone 78, this is particularly advantageous because the data from the RF tag can be retrieved by the RF tag reader Id and transferred to the signal processor 86. The signal processor 86 can then either present the retrieved information to the user via the user interface 88 or send it to a remote location using the cell phone transceiver 80 and an air interface 82 to a radio access network 84, or both. This makes a mobile telephone a very versatile device having both cell phone functionality, bluetooth functionality and RF tag reader functionality. It should be realized that, for purposes of this aspect of the invention, the bluetooth/RF tag reader 1 d could be separate devices, unlike the shared radio functionality shown in FIG. 1. In other words, a separate bluetooth transceiver and a separate RF tag reader transceiver would be used in combination with the cell phone transceiver, signal processor and user interface if convenient or necessary.
[0045] Although the invention has been shown and described with respect to a best mode embodiment thereof, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing and various other changes, omissions and additions in the form and detail thereof may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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