Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K97/00—Accessories for angling
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S15/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems
  • G01S15/88—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications
  • G01S15/96—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for locating fish

Definitions

• the present indention relates to fishing equipment and in particular to a remote controlled fish findings system
• the invention has been developed primarily for use in fishing and will be described hereinafter with reference to this application. However, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to this particular field of use.
• Fishermen require certain information so as to be able to fish effectively. For example, a fisherman might need to know the depth of water, fee temperature of water, a presence and all location fish so as to be able to fish effectively. Without this information, a fisherman may be simply wasting his or her time.
• fishing vessels may comprise fish finding devices comprising an echolocation ursits mounted to the nnderside of a fishing vessel to detect the presence and or location of fish about the vessel.
• the invention seeks to provide a system for finding fish in a remote environment which will overcome or substantially ameliorate at least some of the deficiencies of the prior art, or to at least provide an alternative.
• a. system for finding fish in a remote environment, fee system comprising a remotely controllable device; and a. control unit in communication with the remotely controllable device.
• the system is adapted for allowing a fisherman to ascertain remote fishing conditions such as the location of fish, water temperature and the hke for the purposes of adjusting his or her fishing technique.
• the remotely controllable device comprises sensing means for sensing fish.
• the fencing means is adapted to sense of the presence and or location of fish such that the control unit is able to display the presence and or location of the fish to the fishermen.
• the sensing means comprises echolocation means.
• the echolocation means is adapted to sense the location of fish in low visibility conditions.
• the sensing means comprises image capture means.
• the sensing means comprises video capture means.
• the image capture means and or video capture means are adapted to allow the fishermen to view the actual fish with the water.
• the remotely controllable device comprises depth sensing means.
• the remotely controllable device comprises temperature sensing means.
• the remotely controllable device comprises illumination means.
• the illumination means is adapted to provide illumination for the image or video capture means or for the purposes of increasing the visibility of the remotely controllable device.
• the remotely controllable device comprises cornmuni cation means for communicating with the control unit.
• the communication means comprises wired communication means.
• the wired communication means provides a robust and simple communication means for communicating between the control unit and the remotely controllable device. Furthermore, the wired communication means may be adapted to provide power to the remotely controllable device such that the remotely controllable device need not carry a power supply.
• the communication means comprises wneless communication means.
• the wireless communication means and provides communication between the control unit and the remotely controllable device without the requirement for a wired communication interface which may become tangled or interfere with the fishermen's line, for example.
• the wireless communication means comprises 802.11 communication means.
• the wireless communication means comprises Bluetooth communication means.
• control units may be implemented by an off-the-shelf computing device having inbuilt wireless communication means.
• remotely controllable device may simply interface with the existing communication means of the off-the-shelf computer device.
• the remotely controllable device comprises positioning means for controlling the position of the device in use.
• tbe positioning means may be controlled by the fishermen to control the position of the remote controllable device in accordance with the fishermen's preference.
• tbe positioning means composes at least one water propeller.
• the at least one propeller is a bi-directional water propeller.
• the positioning means further comprises a rudder.
• the at least one water propeller comprises four orthogonally orientated propellers.
• he at least one water propeller is operable to position tbe position of tbe remotely controllable device with the water.
• the positioning means comprises at least one air propeller.
• the at least one ever pallor is operable to transport the remotely controllable device through the air so as to, for example, transport to remotely controllable device across rough surf.
• the at least one air propeller is stowable.
• the control unit comprises a display device.
• the display device is a touch, sensitive display device.
• control unit is adapted to display the location of fish on the display device.
• the fishermen is able to see the position of tbe fish so as to be able to target the fish accordingly
• control unit is adapted to execute a downloadable software application.
• an off-the-shelf computer device may be employed, wherein the off-the-shelf computing device may be adapted to execute the executable application.
• control unit is adapted to receive positioning instructions from a user in use for controlling the position of the remotely controllable device.
• control unit is adapted to display fishing instructions.
• the remotely controllable device is adapted to sense one or more fishing conditions, such that all units may employ logic, artificial intelligence and the like for tbe purpose of providing fishing instructions to the fishermen.
• the fishing instructions are calculated in accordance with at least one fishing condition.
• tbe least one fishing condition is selected from the set of fishing conditions comprising fish location, water temperature, light level, water type, target fish type and bait type fishing conditions.
• the fishing instructions comprises fishing instructions selected from the set of fishing instructions comprising tackle type, bait type, casting direction and casting depth fishing instructions.
• Fig. 1 shows a control unit in accordance with an. embodiment of tbe present invention
• Fig. 2 shows a. remotely controllable device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
• Fig, 3 shows a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Description of Embodlmeate
• Fig, 1 shows a control unit 100 on which the various embodiments described herein may be implemented. As will be apparent from the disclosure herein the control unit 100 is used to control the remotely controllable device 200,
• control unit 100 may be implemented as computer program code instructions executable by the control unit 100,
• the computer program code instructions may be divided into one or more computer program code instruction libraries, such as dynamic link libraries (DLL), wherein each of the libraries performs a one or more steps of the method. Additionally, a subset of the one or more of the libraries may perform graphical user interface tasks relating to the steps of the method.
• DLL dynamic link libraries
• the control unit 100 comprises semiconductor memory 1 10 comprising volatile memory such as random access memory (RAM) or read only memory (ROM),
• RAM random access memory
• ROM read only memory
• the memory 100 may comprise either RAM or RDM or a combination of RAM and ROM.
• the control unit 100 composes a computer program code storage medium reader 130 for reading the computer program code instructions from computer program code storage media 120,
• the storage media 120 may be optical media such as CD-ROM: disks, magnetic media such as floppy disks and tape cassettes or flash media such as USB memory sticks.
• the device further comprises I/O interface 140 for communicating with one or more peripheral devices.
• the I/O interface 140 may offer both serial and parallel interface connectivity.
• the I/O interface 140 may comprise a Small Computer System 300 Interface (SCSI), Universal Serial Bus (USB) or similar I/O interface for interfacing with the storage medium reader 130.
• the I/O interface 140 may also communicate with one or more human input devices (HID) 160 such as keyboards, pointing devices, joysticks and the like.
• HID human input devices
• the I/O interface 140 may also comprise a computer to computer interface, such as a Recommended Standard 232 (R.S-232) interface, for interfacing the control unit 100 with one or more personal computer (PC) devices 190,
• the I/O interface 140 may also comprise an audio interface for communicate audio signals to one or more audio devices 1050, such as a speaker or a buzzer.
• i/interface 140 may be integral with the control unit 100.
• the keyboard and may be overlaid as a touch sensitive surface over the display device 1020.
• the control unit 100 also comprises a data interface 170 for communicating with the remotely controllable device 200.
• the network 180 may be a. wired interface, such as a wired analogue link, 4-20mA current loop, RS--232, EthernetTM and the like or a wireless interface, such as an infra red, AM or FM radio, BlueioothTM, !EEE 802,1 1 or the like interfaces.
• the control rait 100 comprises an arithmetic logic unit or processor 1000 for performing the computer program code instructions.
• the processor 1000 may be a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) or complex instruction set computer (CISC) processor or the like.
• the control unit 100 further comprises a storage device 1030, such as a magnetic disk hard drive or a solid state disk drive.
• Computer program code instructions may be loaded into the storage device 1030 from the storage media 120 using the storage medium reader 130 or from the network 180 using data interface 170.
• an operating system 300 and one or more software applications are loaded from the storage device 1030 into the memory 1 10.
• the processor 1000 fetches computer program code instructions from memory 1 10, decodes the instructions into machine code, executes the instructions and stores one or more intermediate results in memory 100. in tins manner, the instructions stored in the memory 1 10, when retrieved and executed by the processor 1000, may configure the control unit 100 as a special-purpose machine that may perform the functions described herein.
• the control urat 100 also comprises a video interface 1010 for conveying video signals to a display device 1020, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), cathode-ray tube (CRT) or similar display device 1020,
• a display device 1020 such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), cathode-ray tube (CRT) or similar display device 1020,
• the control unit 100 also comprises a communication bus subsystem 150 tor interconnecting the various devices described above.
• the bus subsystem 150 may offer parallel connectivity such as Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), conventional Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) and the like or serial connectivity such as PCI Express (PCIe), Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (Serial ATA) and the like.
• the control unit 100 is an off-the-shelf computing device, such as a tablet computing device, mobile computing device or the like.
• Such an off-the-shelf computing device may already comprise communication means 170, allowing the off-the-shelf computing device to execute a software application for the purposes of interfacing with the remotely controllable device 200.
• the off-the-shelf computing device may take the form of a smart phone, tablet PC and the like such as an Apple ' "' iPhone ' LV ', Apple' 1 " iPad”% Google i N1 Android device and the like.
• Remotely controllable device
• a remotely controllable device 200 As will become apparent from the disclosure herein, the remotely controllable device 200 is operable to be controlled by the control unit 100,
• the remotely controllable device 200 is adapted to float on the surface of water.
• the remotely controllable device 200 may be adapted for submerged operation.
• the remotely controllable device 200 may be provided in a. waterproof housing so as to prevent the egress of water.
• the remotely controllable device 200 may be furthermore provided with a power supply, such as a rechargeable battery.
• the remotely controllable device 200 may draw power from the control mnt 100 where a wired communication interface is used.
• the steps of the method of sensing fish or communicating with the control unit 100 may be implemented as computer program code instructions executable by the remotely controllable device 200.
• the computer program code instructions may be divided into one or more computer program code instruction libraries, such as dynamic link libraries (DLL), wherein each of the libraries performs a one or more steps of the method. Additionally, a subset of the one or more of the libraries may perform graphical user interface tasks relating to the steps of the method.
• DLL dynamic link libraries
• the remotely controllable device 200 may similarly comprise semiconductor memory 1 10 comprising volatile memory such as random access memory (RAM) or read only memory (ROM), Idle memory 100 may comprise either RAM or ROM or a combination of RAM and ROM,
• RAM random access memory
• ROM read only memory
• the remotely controllable device 200 may similarly composes a computer program code storage medium reader 130 for reading the computer program code instructions from computer program code storage media 120.
• the storage media 120 may be optical media such as CD-ROM disks, magnetic media such as floppy disks and tape cassettes or flash media such as USB memory sticks.
• the device may further comprise I/O interface 140 for communicating with one or more peripheral devices.
• the I/O inlerface 140 may offer both serial and parallel interface connectivity.
• the I/O interface 140 may comprise a Small Computer System 300 Interface (SCSI), Universal Serial Bus (USB) or similar I/O interface for interfacing with the storage medium reader 130,
• the I/O interface 140 may also communicate with one or more human input devices (HID) 160 such as keyboards, pointing devices, joysticks and the like.
• the I/O interface 140 may also comprise a computer to computer interface, such as a Recommended Standard 232 (RS-232) interface, for interfacing the remotely controllable device 200 with one or more personal computer (PC) devices 190.
• the I/O interface 140 may also comprise an audio interface for communicate audio signals to one or more audio devices 1050, such as a speaker or a buzzer.
• the remotely controllable device 200 also comprises a data interface 170 for communicating with the control unit 100.
• the network 180 may be a wired interface, such as a wired analogue link, 4-20niA current bop, RS-232, EthernetTM and the like or a wireless interlace, such as an infra red, AM or FM radio, BbetootbTM, IEEE 802.1 1 or the hke interfaces.
• the remotely controllable device 200 comprises an arithmetic logic unit or processor 1000 for performing the computer program code instructions.
• the processor 1000 may be a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) or complex instruction set computer (CISC) processor or the like.
• the remotely controllable device 200 further comprises a storage device 1030, such as a magnetic disk hard drive or a solid state disk drive.
• Computer program code instructions may be loaded into the storage device 1030 from the storage media 120 using the storage medium reader 130 or from rise network 180 using data interface 170.
• an operating system 300 and one or more software applications axe loaded from the storage device 1030 mto the memory 1 10, Dining the fetch- decode- execute cycle, the processor 1000 fetches computer program code instructions from memory 1 10, decodes the instructions mto machine code, executes the instructions and stores one or more intermediate results in memory 100,
• the instructions stored in the memory 1 10, when retrieved and executed by the processor 1000, may configure the remotely controllable device 200 as a special-purpose machine that may perform the functions described herein.
• the remotely controllable device 200 may also comprises a video interface 1010 for conveying video signals to a display device 1020, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), cathode-ray tube (CRT) or similar display device 1020.
• a display device 1020 such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), cathode-ray tube (CRT) or similar display device 1020.
• LCD liquid crystal display
• CRT cathode-ray tube
• the remotely controllable device 200 also comprises a communication bus subsystem 150 for mterconsecdng the various devices described above.
• the bus subsystem 150 may offer parallel connectivity such as Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), conventional Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) and the .1 ike or senal connectivity such as PCI Express (PCICL Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (Serial ATA) and the like.
• the remotely controllable device 200 further comprises sensing means 105 for sensing eertain environmental inputs.
• the sensing means 105 may be adapted for sensing fish.
• the sensing means 105 may comprise echolocation means for sensing fish using echolocation technique.
• the sensing means 105 may be adapted to sense fish by other means such as by using image capture or video capture means.
• the sensing means 105 may furthermore be adapted for sensing other variables in accordance with various embodiments such as, for example, whether sensing means 105 is adapted for sensing depth, temperature, illumination and the like.
• the remotely controllable device 200 need not comprise all of the above-mentioned components.
• the remotely controllable device 200 is not operable to store data, the remotely controllable device 200 did not require a storage device 1030, Furthermore, the remotely controllable units may not require the use of a display device 1020, nor the use of human input devices 160.
• the system 300 comprises the remotely controllable device 200 in communication with the control unit 100,
• the control unit 100 is operable by the fisherman, typically standing on shore.
• the remotely controllable device 200 is controlled by the fisherman to position at a location within the water for the purposes of finding fish.
• the remotely controllable device 200 comprises sensing means 105 for sensing various environmental inputs such as the presence and or location of fish, water temperature, water depth and the like.
• the remotely controllable device 200 furthermore comprises positioning means 1 1 5 for positioning the remotely controllable device 200 within the water.
• the system 300 further comprises communication means 170 for providing communication between the remotely controllable device 200 and control unrt 100.
• the communication means 170 may take the form of wired or wireless communication means 170.
• the control unit 100s furthermore comprises a display device 1020 for display information to the fisherman, such as the location of fish, environment variables, such as water depth, water temperature and the like and one or more fishing instructions depending on the application.
• a display device 1020 for display information to the fisherman, such as the location of fish, environment variables, such as water depth, water temperature and the like and one or more fishing instructions depending on the application.
• the display device 1020 may be further overlaid with a. touch sensitive device to receive input from the fisherman, such as for receiving positioning instructions for the remotely controllable device 200.
• a touch sensitive device to receive input from the fisherman, such as for receiving positioning instructions for the remotely controllable device 200.
• control unit 100 and the remotely controllable device 200 arc adapted for use by fishermen in ascertaining various fishing conditions, such as the presence of fish, so as to be able to adjust their fishing technique accordingly.
• the remotely controllable device 200 is operable to be controlled by the control nnit 100.
• the fishermen operates in the control unit 100 so as to control the operation of the remotely controllable device 200.
• the control unit 100 may be in communication with the remotely controllable device 200.
• the remotely controllable device 200 and full units coupled by a wired communication path such as a. rnu!ti core analogue wired communication path operable to control
• the remotely controllable device 200 by analogue means such as voltage level or 4--20mA current loop analogue means.
• the control ursit 100 or the remotely controllable device 200 may comprise a spool adapted to play out a length of wire as required.
• the remotely controllable device 200 and the control urnt 100 coupled by way of a wireless interface so as to substantially overcome the problem of a tangled Wired communication interlace.
• the wireless communication interface may be a line of sight communication interface such as an infrared or FM communication interface.
• control nnit 100 is an off-the-shelf computing device having inbuilt wireless communication such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
• the control unit 100 may be adapted to execute a software application for the purposes of performing the functions described herein.
• the preferred communication means 170 for controlling the remotely controllable device 200 is a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi communication means 170.
• Such wireless communication means 170 that typically provide the remotely controllable device 200 with the communication range of up to 100 m, for example.
• the remotely controllable device 200 comprises sensing means 105 for sensing certain environmental variables in the fishing environment.
• the sensing means 105 is adapted for sensing fish. In. tins manner, the presence or absence of fish they be conveyed to the fishermen by the control unh 100,
• the sensing means 105 for sensing fish comprises echo!ocaiion means.
• the sensing means 105 may also comprise other sensing means 105 for sensing fish, such as image capture means all video capture means.
• the presence of fish may be indicated to the fishermen by the control uint 100 by simple means, such as a light, however, in a preferred embodiment, the control nnit 100 is adapted to display a representation of the location of the fish on the display device 1020.
• the sensing means 105 is adapted to sense other variables. For example there sensing means 105 may be adapted to sense the depth of the water, the temperature of the water and the like.
• the remotely controllable device 200 may firrthermore comprise illumination means, to provide illumination for the image capture all video capture means.
• the remotely controllable device 200 may furthermore comprise illumination means for the purposes of the visibility of the remotely controllable " unit.
• the remote controllable device may furthermore comprise positioning means 115 for controlling the position of the remotely controllable device 200 in nse.
• positioning means 1 15 comprises a propeller adapted to propel the remotely controllable device 200 with in the water. In this manner, the fishermen may use the control unit 100 to position the position of the remotely controllable device 200 at a preferred position within the water.
• the remotely controllable device 200 comprises a. bidirectional water propeller for the purposes of moving the remotely controllable device 200 forwards ami backwards.
• the remotely controllable device 200 may furthermore comprise a writer for controlling the direction of the remotely controllable device 200,
• the remotely controllable device 200 comprises more than one water propeller offsets at 90° were in each propeller is operable to propel the remotely controllable device 200 in a certain direction.
• positioning means 1 15 may not be sufficient to position the remotely controllable device 200 beyond the server.
• the remotely controllable device 200 may comprise a propeller adapted to propel the remotely controllable device 200 through the air.
• the fishermen is adapted to use the air propeller to propel the remotely controllable device 200 beyond the surf wherein, once the remotely controllable device 200 has landed in the water, the fishermen then uses the at least one water propeller to position the position of the remotely controllable device 200 within the water.
• the air propeller is stowable when not in use. is this manner, that a propeller may comprise one or more blades that retract within the body of the remotely controllable device 200 when not in nse.
• control unit 100 is preferably an off-the-shelf computer device such as a mobile computing device tablet computing device and the like, in this manner the computing device may be adapted for the application described herein by the implementation of a software application.
• the control unit 100 is a ruggedised and waterproof device adapted for the fishing environment.
• the display device 1020 of the control unit 100 is preferably a touch sensitive display device 1020.
• the display device 1020 is preferably adapted to display the location of fish on the display device 1020 such that the fishermen can ascertain the position of fish in use.
• the control unit 100 is operable to receive positioning instructions from the fishermen for the purposes of positioning the remotely controllable unit.
• the touch sensitive display device 1020 comprises position indicia such as up, down, left and right positioning commands for the purposes of positioning the remotely controllable 3 ⁇ 4nit.
• control unit 100 is adapted to provide fishing instructions to the fisherman in accordance with current fishing conditions.
• the control unit 100s may be adapted to suggest to the fisherman that weighted tackle be used so as to reach the fish at the great depth.
• the fishing conditions used for the purposes of providing instructions may vary depending on the application that may comprise the current location of fish, the current water temperature, the current lights temperature, time of day, the water type (;.e. such as freshwater or saltwater), the type of fish the fisherman wishes to catch, and the bait type used by the fisherman.
• fishing instructions provided to the fisherman may vary depending on the application that may comprise instructions as to the type of tackle to use, the type of beats to use, the direction in which the fisherman should cost Ins or her line, casting deaths and the like fishing instructions.
• bus and its derivatives, while being described in a preferred embodiment as being a communication bus subsystem for interconnecting various devices including by way of parallel connectivity such as Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), conventional Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) and the like or serial connectivity such as PCI Express (PCIe), Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (Serial ATA) and the like, should be construed broadly herein as any system for communicating data.
• parallel connectivity such as Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), conventional Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) and the like or serial connectivity such as PCI Express (PCIe), Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (Serial ATA) and the like
• PCIe PCI Express
• Serial Advanced Technology Attachment Serial ATA
• 'a computet implemented method 5 should not necessarily be inferred as being performed by a single computing device such thai die steps of the method may be performed by more than one cooperating competing devices.
• objects as used herein such as 'web server'., 'server , 'client computing device 5 , 'computer readable medmm 5 and the like should not necessarily be construed as being a single object, and may be implemented as a two or more objects in cooperation, such as, tor example, a web server being construed as two or more web servers in a. server farm cooperating to achieve a. desired goal or a computer readable medium being distributed in a composite manner, such as program code being provided ou a. compact disk activaiable by a license key downloadable from a computer network.
• database 5 and its derivatives may be used to describe a single database, a set of databases, a system of databases or the like.
• the system of databases may comprise a set of databases wherein the set of databases may be stored on a single implementation or span across multiple implementations.
• database is also not limited to refer to a certam database format rather may refer to any database format. For example * database formats may include MySQL, MySQLi , XML or the like,
• the invention may be embodied using devices conforming to other network standards and for other applications, including, for example other WLAN standards and other wireless standards.
• Applications that can be accommodated include IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs and !mks, and wireless Ethernet.
• wireless and its derivatives may be used to describe circuits, devices, systems, methods, techniques, communications channels, etc., that may communicate data through the use of modulated electromagnetic radiation through a non-solid rnedrum.
• the term does not imply that the associated devices do not contain any wires, although in some embodiments they might not.
• the term "wired” and its derivatives may be used to describe circuits, devices, systems, methods, techniques, communications channels, etc., that may communicate data through the use of modulated electromagnetic radiation through a solid medium. The term does not imply that the associated devices are coupled by electrically conductive wires. Processes;
• processor may refer to any device or portion of a device that processes electronic data, e.g., from registers and/or memory to transform that electronic data into other electronic data that, e.g., may he stored in registers and/or memory
• a "computer” or a “computing device” or a “computing machine” or a “computing platform” may include one or more processors.
• the methodologies described herein are, in one embodiment, performab!e by one or more processors that accept computer-readable (also cal led machine-readable) code containing a set of instructions that when executed by one or more of the processors carry out at least one of the methods described herein.
• Any processor capable of executing a set of instructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify actions to be taken are included.
• a typical processing system that includes one or more processors.
• the processing system further may include a memory subsystem including main RAM and/or a static RAM, and/or RDM.
• a computer-readable carrier medium may form, or be included in a computer program product.
• a computer program product can be stored on a computer usable carrier medium, the computer program product comprising a computer readable program means for causing a processor to perform a method as described herein.
• the one or more processors operate as a standalone device or may be connected, e.g., networked to other processors), in a networked deployment the one or more processors may operate in the capacity of a server or a client machine in server-client network environment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer or distributed network environment
• the one or more processors may form a web appliance, a network router, switch or bridge, or any machine capable of executing a set of instructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine.
• each of the methods described herein is in the form of a computer- readable carrier medium carrying a set of instructions, e.g., a computer program that are for execution on one or more processors.
• embodiments of the present invention may be embodied as a method, an apparatus such as a special purpose apparatus, an apparatus such as a data processing system, or a computer-readable carrier medium.
• the computer-readable carrier medium carries computer readable code including a set of instructions that when executed on one or more processors cause a processor or processors to implement a method.
• aspects of the present invention may take tbe form of a method, an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects.
• the present invention may take the form of carrier medium (e.g., a computer program product on a. computer-readable storage medium) carrying computer-readable program code embodied in the medium.
• the software may further be transmitted or received over a network via a network interface device.
• the carrier medium is shown in an example embodiment to be a single medium, the term “earner medrum” should be taken to include a. single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/or associated caches and servers) that store the one or more sets of instructions.
• the term "carrier medium” shall also be taken to include any medium that is capable of storing, encoding or carrying a set of instructions for execution by one or more of the processors and feat cause the one or more processors to perform any one or more of the methodologies of the present invention,
• a carrier medium may take many forms, including but not limited to, non-volatile media, volatile media, and transmission media.
• tbe invention is not limited to any particular implementation or programming technique and that tbe invention may be implemented using any appropriate techniques tor implementing the fiuictionality described herein.
• the invention is not limited to any particular programming language or operating system.
• Furtbermore some of the embodiments are described herein as a method or combination of elements of a. method that can. be implemented by a. processor of a processor device, computer system, or by other means of carrying out tbe function.
• a processor with tbe necessary instructions for carrying out such a method or element of a method forms a means for carrying out the method or element of a method.
• an element described herein of an apparatus embodiment is an example of a means for carrying out the function performed by tbe element tor the purpose of carrying out fee invention.
• a device A connected to a device B should not be limited to devices or systems wherein an output of device A Is directly connected to an input of device B. ft. means that there exists a path between an output of A and an input of B which may be a path including other devices or means, "Connected' ' may mean that two or more elements are either in direct physical or electrical contact, or that two or more elements are not in direct contact with each other but yet still cooperate or interact with each other.

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