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A method of providing an electronic business card (EBC) access and organization service on the Web. The cardholder database is accessible and searchable from any browser connected to the Internet or the EBC service may be installed behind a conventional firewall and thus accessible only to internet

A method of providing an electronic business card (EBC) access and organization service on the Web. The cardholder database is accessible and searchable from any browser connected to the Internet or the EBC service may be installed behind a conventional firewall and thus accessible only to internet users. The service thus provides easy access to cardholder contact information with privacy assured by use of integrated access restrictions. Access to and delivery of contact information by the service is not limited to a Web browser interface as commonly known today. The service provides multi-mode access and/or data delivery interfaces. The service also provides an export feature that formats search results into a pre-defined file structure readable by conventional contact management programs. Custom export file formats may also be defined to provide even wider connectivity and cross-platform utility. Access to individual records is controlled at both the record level and the field level, with multiple privacy levels for each field, in addition to the well-known "public" and "private" levels. Users having certain permissions are permitted to read a defined group of records, though not necessarily all fields in each record. A location tracking feature is also provided to allow the cardholder to rapidly designate a pre-defined contact location. Alternately, the cardholder may define a temporary contact location not normally stored in the database system. Electronic mail sent by the cardholder is automatically formatted to contain a signature hypertext link directing recipients of the email to the EBC service. This hyperlink enables the recipient of the email to rapidly access the EBC system to locate the cardholder and/or obtain additional information.

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A method of providing an electronic business card (EBC) access and organization service on the Web. The cardholder database is accessible and searchable from any browser connected to the Internet or the EBC service may be installed behind a conventional firewall and thus accessible only to internet

A method of providing an electronic business card (EBC) access and organization service on the Web. The cardholder database is accessible and searchable from any browser connected to the Internet or the EBC service may be installed behind a conventional firewall and thus accessible only to internet users. The service thus provides easy access to cardholder contact information with privacy assured by use of integrated access restrictions. Access to and delivery of contact information by the service is not limited to a Web browser interface as commonly known today. The service provides multi-mode access and/or data delivery interfaces. The service also provides an export feature that formats search results into a pre-defined file structure readable by conventional contact management programs. Custom export file formats may also be defined to provide even wider connectivity and cross-platform utility. Access to individual records is controlled at both the record level and the field level, with multiple privacy levels for each field, in addition to the well-known "public" and "private" levels. Users having certain permissions are permitted to read a defined group of records, though not necessarily all fields in each record. A location tracking feature is also provided to allow the cardholder to rapidly designate a pre-defined contact location. Alternately, the cardholder may define a temporary contact location not normally stored in the database system. Electronic mail sent by the cardholder is automatically formatted to contain a signature hypertext link directing recipients of the email to the EBC service. This hyperlink enables the recipient of the email to rapidly access the EBC system to locate the cardholder and/or obtain additional information. ests to a bridge device, where inter-device access requests are between at least two devices, wherein the at least two devices include the first graphics device, the second graphics device and the processing device, and the first graphics device includes a first local memory and the second graphics device includes a second local memory; for the first graphics device: accessing graphics data of a first type from the first local memory controlled by the first graphics device accessing the memory; accessing graphics data of the first type from the second local memory across the bridge device; and accessing graphics data of a second type from the bridge device. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the graphics data of the first type is texture data. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the graphics data of the second type includes Z data. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein the graphics data of the second type includes destination data. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the graphics data of the second type includes Z data. 16. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of accessing graphics data of a second type from the bridge device includes accessing the graphics data from a bridge memory controlled by a graphics controller integrated into the bridge device. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the bridge memory is integrated into the bridge device. 18. The method of claim 16, wherein the bridge memory is external the bridge device. 00 Interval Inflow and Injection Control TH 1681 60/186,394 Focused Through-Casing Mar. 2, 2000 Resistivity Measurement TH 1704 60/186,531 Downhole Rotary Hydraulic Mar. 2, 2000 Pressure for Valve Actuation TH 1705 60/186,377 Wireless Downhole Mar. 2, 2000 Measurement and Control For Optimizing Gas Lift Well and Field Performance TH 1722 60/186,381 Controlled Downhole Mar. 2, 2000 Chemical Injection TH 1723 60/186,378 Wireless Power and Mar. 2, 2000 Communications Cross-Bar Switch The current application shares some specification and figures with the following commonly owned and concurrently filed applications in the following table, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference: [TABLE] ures with the following commonly owned and concurrently filed applications in the following table, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference: COMMONLY OWNED AND CONCURRENTLY FILED U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS T&K # Ser. No. Title Filing Date TH 1599US 09/769,047 Choke Inductor for Wire- Jan. 24, 2001 less Communications and Control TH 1600US 09/769,048 Induction Choke for Power Jan. 24, 2001 Disribution