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Two different types of communications channels including first and second types are provided to support user connections in a communications system. A first type of channel supports a user connection. Thereafter, a current load or throughput on the first type of channel is detected. Based on the det

Two different types of communications channels including first and second types are provided to support user connections in a communications system. A first type of channel supports a user connection. Thereafter, a current load or throughput on the first type of channel is detected. Based on the detected load or throughput, a corresponding data amount threshold is provided. A current amount of data to be transmitted over the user connection is detected. A determination is made whether to switch the user connection from the first type of channel to the second type of channel based on the current amount of data to be transmitted over the user connection and on the data amount threshold. In the example embodiment, the user connection is switched to the second type of channel when the current amount of data to be transmitted is greater than the data amount threshold. Otherwise, the user connection is maintained on the first type of channel.

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Two different types of communications channels including first and second types are provided to support user connections in a communications system. A first type of channel supports a user connection. Thereafter, a current load or throughput on the first type of channel is detected. Based on the det

Two different types of communications channels including first and second types are provided to support user connections in a communications system. A first type of channel supports a user connection. Thereafter, a current load or throughput on the first type of channel is detected. Based on the detected load or throughput, a corresponding data amount threshold is provided. A current amount of data to be transmitted over the user connection is detected. A determination is made whether to switch the user connection from the first type of channel to the second type of channel based on the current amount of data to be transmitted over the user connection and on the data amount threshold. In the example embodiment, the user connection is switched to the second type of channel when the current amount of data to be transmitted is greater than the data amount threshold. Otherwise, the user connection is maintained on the first type of channel. hird toner; and, removing the at least one third calibration patch from the intermediate transfer device during the third revolution thereof. 3. The method of claim 2, and further comprising: adding a fourth toner to the output image on a fourth revolution of the intermediate transfer device; producing at least one fourth calibration patch within the inter-page gap on the intermediate transfer device during the fourth revolution thereof, wherein the at least on fourth calibration patch comprises the fourth toner; and, removing the at least one fourth calibration patch from the intermediate transfer device during the fourth revolution thereof. 4. The method of claim 3, and wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth toners comprises one each of the colors black, yellow, cyan, and magenta. 5. An image producing apparatus, comprising: an intermediate transfer device; an image-producing portion which is configured to produce at least one calibration patch on the intermediate transfer device; a calibration algorithm configured to cause the image-producing portion to produce at least one calibration patch within an inter-page gap; and, a cleaning station which is configured to selectively remove at least one calibration patch from within the inter-page gap during a given revolution of the intermediate transfer device, to the exclusion of the removal of any toner residing outside the interpage gap on the intermediate transfer device during the given revolution. still pictures with common attributes; and in each of the VOBIs, creating navigation information to be shared among the VOBs associated with the corresponding VOBI without additionally creating separate navigation information for each of the VOBs associated with the corresponding VOBI. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the examining comprises: detecting attributes of a still picture to be recorded on the rewritable storage media; comparing the detected attributes with the attributes of a group of at least one still pictures recorded previously on the rewritable storage media; and determining whether the still picture to be recorded belongs to the group of still pictures previously recorded based on the comparison result. 3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said determining includes creating a new group of still pictures to be recorded when the examined attributes of the recorded still pictures remain unchanged and a number of recorded still pictures in a current group reaches a preset maximum number. 4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the navigation information contained in each of the VOBIs includes attribute information for the still pictures assigned to the corresponding VOBI. 5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the navigation information contained in each of the VOBIs includes information regarding a start address of a corresponding group of still pictures assigned to the corresponding VOBI, and information regarding sizes of the still pictures assigned to the corresponding VOBI. 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the information regarding sizes of still pictures is recorded sequentially based on a recording order of the still pictures assigned to the corresponding VOBI. 7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the grouping includes: comparing attributes of a currently input still picture with attributes of previous still pictures assigned to a particular VOBI; and closing the particular VOBI without adding thereto the currently input still picture, and creating a CI (Cell Information) corresponding to the closed VOBI, if the attributes of the currently input still picture differ from the attributes of the previous still pictures. 8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the grouping further includes: creating a new VOBI and assigning the currently input still picture to the new VOBI; comparing attributes of a next input still picture with the attributes of the still picture assigned to the new VOBI; and closing the new VOBI without adding thereto the next still picture, and creating a new CI (Cell Information) corresponding to the closed new VOBI, if the attributes of the next still picture differ from the attributes of the still pictures assigned to the new VOBI. 9. A method for creating still picture management data associated with a rewritable storage media, comprising: examining attributes of still pictures and audio signals corresponding thereto; grouping management data for the still pictures and audio signals into a plurality of VOBIs (Video Object Informations) based on the examined attributes, each VOBI pertaining to multiple VOBs corresponding to still picture and audio signals with common attributes; and in each of the VOBIs, creating navigation information to be shared among the VOBs associated with the corresponding VOBI without additionally creating separate navigation information for each of the VOBs associated with the corresponding VOBI. 10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the examining comprises: detecting attributes of still picture and corresponding audio signal to be recorded; comparing the detected attributes with attributes of a group of at least one of the still pictures and corresponding audio signals recorded previously; and determining whether the still picture and corresponding audio signal to be recorded belongs to the group of previously recorded still pictures and corresponding audio signals based on the compariso