Company executives declined to estimate the total value of the ruling in Japan but acknowledged that it should lead to "a significant, ongoing stream" of future income.

But they said late today that prospects were for "a significant, ongoing stream" of royalty income.

"Most of the horizontal applications, like spreadsheets, are really free because they're being sold at cost in order to get the vendor an ongoing stream of upgrade revenues," she said.

And if once you start to think this way nostalgia will choke the ongoing stream of your life, like kudzu in a Southern waterway.

During usual continuous operation, the feeding and product removal are ongoing streams of moving material, which together with the process itself, all take place simultaneously and continuously.

Pregnancy takes your mind and body through an ongoing stream of changes.

"We expect a significant ongoing stream of royalty income," he said.

Mr. Junkins said, however, "We expect to earn a significant ongoing stream of royalty revenue."