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Generalized Entity Network Translation provides new state of the art methodology for extending RKI techniques into a truly generalized framework capable of operating at exceptional levels of authenticity without the need for roots, certificate authorities, or other static points in an infrastructure. More astounding is its ability to create trusted authentic entity relationships that require no externally stored state outside of the shared context between discrete peers. The present invention provides, among other things, novel improvements to blockchain-derived systems and provides strong proof of ownership, renewal, roll-backs, and localized state and many blockchain systems more palatable choices for system integration.

An information management system for restricting access to personal data in compliance with law or regulation includes a database having restricted records stored therein, at least one of the records including an identification of a client or group of clients about whom said record concerns. A computer system under the control of a trusted information broker is configured to receive via a communication medium a request initiated by a requester for access to at least one of the restricted records in the database, the request including an identification of the requester. The computer system is further configured to transmit a request for consent to the client and receive an indication from the client that the client consents or does not consent to access to the restricted record by the requestor. The computer system grants or denies access to the restricted records based upon the indication from the client.

This invention concerns multimodal computer navigation, that is operation of a computer using traditional modes such as keyboard together with less conventional modes such as speech and gestures. The invention has particular application for navigation of information presentations, such as webpages and database user interfaces, and is presented as a method, a browser, software and a computer system. The information navigated is not described in a multimodal way. Two or more unimodal navigation signals are received from a user and interpreted. These interpretations are fused to automatically determining the user's intended navigation selection.

An active (laser-illuminated) imaging system is described that is suitable for use in backscatter absorption gas imaging (BAGI). A BAGI imager operates by imaging a scene as it is illuminated with radiation that is absorbed by the gas to be detected. Gases become "visible" in the image when they attenuate the illumination creating a shadow in the image. This disclosure describes a BAGI imager that operates in a linescanned manner using a high repetition rate pulsed laser as its illumination source. The format of this system allows differential imaging, in which the scene is illuminated with light at least 2 wavelengths-one or more absorbed by the gas and one or more not absorbed. The system is designed to accomplish imaging in a manner that is insensitive to motion of the camera, so that it can be held in the hand of an operator or operated from a moving vehicle.

An information management system for restricting access to personal data in compliance with law or regulation includes a database having restricted records stored therein, at least one of the records including an identification of a client or group of clients about whom said record concerns. A computer system under the control of a trusted information broker is configured to receive via a communication medium a request initiated by a requester for access to at least one of the restricted records in the database, the request including an identification of the requester. The computer system is further configured to transmit a request for consent to the client and receive an indication from the client that the client consents or does not consent to access to the restricted record by the requestor. The computer system grants or denies access to the restricted records based upon the indication from the client.

An active (laser-illuminated) imaging system is described that is suitable for use in backscatter absorption gas imaging (BAGI). A BAGI imager operates by imaging a scene as it is illuminated with radiation that is absorbed by the gas to be detected. Gases become "visible" in the image when they attenuate the illumination creating a shadow in the image. This disclosure describes a BAGI imager that operates in a linescanned manner using a high repetition rate pulsed laser as its illumination source. The format of this system allows differential imaging, in which the scene is illuminated with light at least 2 wavelengths-one or more absorbed by the gas and one or more not absorbed. The system is designed to accomplish imaging in a manner that is insensitive to motion of the camera, so that it can be held in the hand of an operator or operated from a moving vehicle.

The present invention provides business process, method and computer based techniques for reward program operators to offer reward point advance to their members. Both multi-partner and proprietary reward applications can utilize the present invention to attract new customers, retain existing customers and increase sales volume. A preferred embodiment of the present invention involves a credit account established by a financial institution, especially a credit card issuer. A coalition reward program can take full advantage of the present invention by leveraging value propositions of financial institutions, retailers, merchants, service providers, manufacturers, etc. A credit card issuer owning a reward platform can be at the best position to implement the present invention with minimal incremental investments.

A method and system for blending and dispensing fuels that makes it easier for a retail filling station (10) to provide blended fuels to its customers and that more effectively encourages customers to purchase the blended fuels. Gasoline and additives such as ethanol are received and stored in separate tanks (12-18) at the filling station. Customers of the filling station are then allowed to select the amount of additive, if any, to add to their gasoline. Once a selection has been made, a proportioner (40) blends the selected amount of additive with gasoline at the time of purchase and then dispenses the blended fuel to the customer.

In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for driving demand for services. An appointment platform operating on a server may identify, based on an appointment inventory of a service provider, an open appointment to be filled. The appointment platform may rank a plurality of users to which the open appointment may be offered. The appointment platform may rank a user of the plurality of users based on a current membership score of the user. The appointment platform may determine, based on the ranking, to offer the user the open appointment. The appointment platform may identify, based on the current membership score of the user, a type of incentive from a plurality of types of incentives, to offer to the user for filling the open appointment.

A method of forming an array of selectively shaped optical elements on a substrate, the method including the steps of providing the substrate, the substrate having an optical layer placed thereon; placing a layer of particles on the optical layer; performing an etching cycle. The cycle includes the steps of: etching the layer of particles, using a first etching process so as to reduce the size of the particles within the layer, then; simultaneously etching the optical layer and the layer of particles, using a second etching process, the further reducing particles forming a mask over areas of the optical layer to create discrete optical elements from the optical layer.

A garment for the lower torso of the body, and in particular a sport skirt that hangs from the hips or waist of the user which comprises a skirt assembly including at least two slits to eight inches above or below the user's hip joint allowing for unrestricted leg movement while providing coverage of the buttocks and crotch area in various sport related positions.

A drill out bi-center bit and a method for using the same are provided that offer the ability to drill out cement and casing shoes, and increased stability. The bi-center bit includes a bit body having a first end operable to be coupled with a drill string, a second end including a pilot section, and an eccentric reamer section intermediate the first and second ends. A first plurality of cutter assemblies is disposed upon the exterior surface of the pilot section, while a second plurality of cutter assemblies is disposed upon the reamer section. A plurality of recessed cutter assemblies is also disposed upon the pilot section, such that the recessed cutter assemblies are located within a radius beginning at a central axis of the pilot section and terminating at a central axis of the reamer section and are recessed with respect to a lower surface of the pilot.

A method for sending (700) information enabling a contacting of a user of a mobile device (MS) to at least one location service client (CL1,CL2) is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selection (200) of a type of location service clients on the mobile device (MS), transmission (300) of a type identifier from the mobile device (MS) to a server (NS) in a telecommunication system, the type identifier identifying the selected type of location service clients, analysis (400) of the type identifier for a determination (500) of one or more location service clients (CL1,CL2) associated (100) with the selected type of location service clients, determination (600) of at least one address of the one or more determined location service clients (CL1,CL2) according to a result of the analysis (400), and sending (700) information enabling the contacting of the user to the one or more location service clients (CL1,CL2) whose addresses are determined.

A calling method using a communication integration system, which has a CIS server configuring a cell bound in connection of plural communication means and plural communication networks and a relay server connected to at least two CIS servers, includes the steps of: (a) transmitting a fittest communication route calculation request signal from the CIS server to the relay server; (b) the relay server calculating a fittest communication route between users based on a predetermined weight according to the request signal and then providing the fittest communication route to the CIS server; and (c) the CIS server connecting a call between communication terminals of the users.

The present invention relates to a preparation method of ionic liquids, particularly to a one-step reaction method used for synthesizing quaternary ammonium compounds or quaternary phosphonium compounds. In the method, a nitrogenous or phosphorous compound, a proton compound, and a carbonate ester are added into a reactor simultaneously to synthesize corresponding the quaternary ammonium ionic liquid or the quaternary phosphonium ionic liquid through said one-step reaction, i.e., ‘one-pot method’ reaction, during which three reactants are involved. The present invention also provides a lithium ion secondary battery comprising the ionic liquid prepared by above-mentioned preparation method. The ionic liquid preparation method of the present invention can widen the choice range of raw materials needed when preparing ionic liquids, and further widen the synthesized ionic liquid species.

This invention discloses a multi-function breadmaker comprising: a housing, a base plate, an oven chamber, an electric heater, pan assemblies, a control assembly, an electric motor, a transmission assembly and multiple driving shafts; said base plate is installed at the bottom within the housing, said oven chamber and electric motor are both installed on the base plate, said transmission assembly is installed below the base plate; said multiple driving shafts, passing through the base plate, are installed at the bottom of the oven chamber, and driven simultaneously by the electric motor; characterized in that, there are at least two sets of pan assemblies, each set includes pans of different number and different size; each pan assembly includes a pan, a pan base and at least one kneading bar; each set of pan assemblies is interchangeable with another set, and can be installed on the bottom of said oven chamber, the kneading bar of each pan assembly engaging with corresponding driving shaft can be driven by said driving shaft; said control assembly includes software, whereby said breadmaker can work in different modes with corresponding set of pan assemblies loaded.

Embodiments of a plug-and-play control module for a LED lighting device are described. In one aspect, a plug-and-play control module for a LED lighting device includes a main body and a control module socket. The control module socket includes an AC socket and a DC socket. The main body includes a housing, a control unit, an input port and an output port. The control unit resides inside the housing. A portion of the input port and a portion of the output port protrude outside the housing and connect to the control module socket. The control unit controls an output current flowing through the output socket and thus the on / off of the LED lighting device.

The invention discloses an intelligent auxiliary monitoring system and method for a substation. The system comprises an adaptive communication module, an intelligent electronic device (IED) model automatic configuration module, a version automatic matching module and an XML based interface configuration module. The adaptive communication module is used for achieving adaptive communication between a comprehensive monitoring host and various sub-monitoring systems. The IED model automatic configuration module is used for generating IED performance description files rapidly after the system configuration is changed. The version automatic matching module is used for achieving automatic matching of an integrated power supply system and the comprehensive monitoring host software version. The XML based interface configuration module is used for enabling XML files to perform description modeling on the whole character lattice LCD human-computer interface to generate an interface according to the model files. By the aid of the system and the method, high multi-system fusion is performed on technologies of IED model automatic configuration, version automatic matching, adaptive communication, interface configuration and the like, and a uniform novel intelligent auxiliary monitoring system platform which is intelligent and efficient and adaptive to substation development requirements is built.

A system, method and computer program product for allowing users to set-up a separate stored value account on their transaction instrument to fund expenses. The stored value account, referred to herein as a Universal Rollover Account (URA) system, can be funded by check, an Automated Clearing House (ACH), or by charging another card or transaction instrument. Users and / or card-members will be given access to a web portal to manage their Universal Rollover Accounts, including changing their funding method, adding or withdrawing funds, and changing their configuration such that the URA bucket can come before or after other funding accounts in a payment hierarchy.

A pair of eyeglasses includes a rim, two temples, and a light emitting device; the rim has a groove thereon while each of the temple has a groove thereon; the light emitting device has several light emitting elements positioned in the grooves of the rim and the temples, and it has a power supplying unit electrically connected to the light emitting elements for supplying power to make the light emitting elements shine; thus, the eyeglasses have light emitting function.

Generalized Entity Network Translation provides new state of the art methodology for extending RKI techniques into a truly generalized framework capable of operating at exceptional levels of authenticity without the need for roots, certificate authorities, or other static points in an infrastructure. More astounding is its ability to create trusted authentic entity relationships that require no externally stored state outside of the shared context between discrete peers. The present invention provides, among other things, novel improvements to blockchain-derived systems and provides strong proof of ownership, renewal, roll-backs, and localized state and many blockchain systems more palatable choices for system integration.

An image forming apparatus comprises an image former that prints target data on a sheet, a first judger that judges a supply unit that is replaceably loaded thereon and has a memory storing identification information uniquely given to the supply unit and information about a plurality of vendors providing the supply unit, is whether or not a reproduced product, an accessor that accesses a server owned by a vendor supplying the supply unit according to the information about the vendors providing the supply unit, which is stored in the memory of the supply unit, if the first judger judges that the supply unit is a reproduced product, a second judger that judges whether or not the identification information stored in the memory of the supply unit is registered in the server owned by the vendor supplying the supply unit, which is accessed by the accessor. Print operations performed by the image former are limited if the second judger judges that the identification information is not registered in the server, meanwhile, print operations performed by the image former are permitted if the second judger judges that the identification information is registered in the server.

A manufacturing method of electrode of solar cell panel of the present invention comprises steps of providing a semiconductor substrate with an antireflection layer / a dielectric layer and a first metal layer in sequence, forming a first metal layer on the antireflection layer, projecting a pattern on the first metal layer by a laser beam to form a metal silicide on the semiconductor substrate in accordance with the outline of the pattern, removing the first metal layer by a chosen solution, forming a first electrode connecting to the metal silicide and exposed to a surface of the antireflection layer; and forming a second electrode on a surface of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the antireflection layer.

A gaming system and a gaming machine, in which a player of a first game can participate in a second game having different game contents without moving between gaming machines. In the gaming system and the gaming machine, a first gaming machine is provided with a second display different from for the first game and connected communicatively with a second gaming machine, and has functions: to transmit / receive information on the second game controlled by the second gaming machine; and to allow the player to perform the second game in the second display on the basis of the information of the second game.

A gaming system and a gaming machine, in which a player of a first game can participate in a second game having different game contents without moving between gaming machines. In the gaming system and the gaming machine, a first gaming machine is provided with a second display different from for the first game and connected communicatively with a second gaming machine, and has functions: to transmit / receive information on the second game controlled by the second gaming machine; and to allow the player to perform the second game in the second display on the basis of the information of the second game.

Provided are silica nanoparticles doped with dyes having a negative charge by using cationic polyelectrolyte as templet and preparing method thereof. The nanoparticles have a core-shell structure, inner core comprises cationic polyelectrolyte aggregates, in which fluorescent dye having a negative charge and SiO2 are doped, and optional additive having a negative charge, the shell is consisted of SiO2, wherein the sum of negative charge carried by the additives and the fluorescent dye is less than that of positive charge carried by the polyelectrolyte aggregates. The preparing method comprises the following steps: preparing complex solution of polyelectrolyte and fluorescent dye; prehydrolysis of organosilicon source; coating with organosilicon source. The method can be applied to dope silica with various fluorescent dyes having a negative charge. Various dyes can be doped at the same time, the doping amount, and particle diameter and shape of the product can be controlled by the method. The nanoparticles are spherical, the particle diameter thereof is uniform, and colloid formed therefrom is stable.

The invention discloses a method and system for utilizing distance sensing to reduce mobile phone radiation. The method includes the steps of S1, answering a mobile phone; S2, utilizing a distance sensor to detect the distance between a tested target and the mobile phone; S3, judging whether or not the distance between the target and the mobile phone satisfies a preset condition and obtaining a judgement result; S4, according to the judgement result, conducting corresponding adjustment on the radio frequency power of the mobile phone. The system includes a signal detection module, a comparisonmodule connected with the signal detection module and an adjustment module connected with the comparison module; the signal detection module detects the distance between the mobile phone and the cheek of a user; the comparison module compares the distance detected between the mobile phone and the cheek of the user by the signal detection module with a set distance to determine whether or not thedistance between the mobile phone and the cheek of the user is in accordance with the set distance, and obtains a judgement result; the adjustment module carries out corresponding adjustment on the radio frequency power of the mobile phone according to the judgement result. The method and system can be used for reducing the radio frequency power when it is detected that the cheek of the user approaches the mobile phone, the mobile phone radiation is decreased without adding SAR sensors and increasing the cost of hardware, and the practicability is high.

Disclosed is an air handling system, comprising: a top cover (1), a base (5) and at least one air handling device (2, 3, 4) arranged between the top cover (1) and the base (5). An air outlet (102) is arranged on the top surface of the top cover (1), and at least one air inlet (191) is arranged on the bottom surface of the top cover (1); an air inlet is arranged on the bottom surface of the base (5), and at least one air outlet is arranged on the top surface of the base (5); and at least one air inlet (431) is arranged on the bottom surface of the air handling device (2, 3, 4), and at least one air outlet (432) is arranged on the top surface of the air handling device (2, 3, 4).