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A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. A database stores accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains contact and billing information for a network information provider. In addition, each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after authenticated login. A search term relevant to the content of the web site or other information source to be listed is first selected. A search listing includes the search term and a description. A bidding process occurs when the network information provider enters a new bid amount for a search listing. The system and method then compares the bid amount with all other bid amounts for the same search term, and generates a rank value for all search listings having that search term. The rank value determines where the listing will appear on the search results list page that is generated in response to a query of the search term by a searcher.

A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. A database stores accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains contact and billing information for a network information provider. In addition, each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after authenticated login. A search term relevant to the content of the web site or other information source to be listed is first selected. A search listing includes the search term and a description. A bidding process occurs when the network information provider enters a new bid amount for a search listing. The system and method then compares the bid amount with all other bid amounts for the same search term, and generates a rank value for all search listings having that search term. The rank value determines where the listing will appear on the search results list page that is generated in response to a query of the search term by a searcher.

In a system and method for enabling information providers to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list, a database stores accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains contact and billing information for a network information provider. In addition, each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after authenticated login. A bidding process occurs when the network information provider enters a new bid amount for a search listing. The system and method then compares the bid amount with all other bid amounts for the same search term, and generates a rank value for all search listings having that search term to determine where the listing will appear on the search results list page.

In some embodiments, a comprehensive computer system and method (See FIGS. 1, 1a, 2) for automating and facilitating the performing and processing of tasks, information transfer, and information storage associated with the home sale (See FIG. 3a), mortgage origination (See FIG. 3b), and settlement process (See FIG. 3c), and the home mortgage refinancing origination and settlement process (See FIGS. 1b, 1c, 2a) (or performing other business processes), over a distributed computing network are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is a greatly simplified process for a home buyer to search for a home and simultaneously receive accurate and competitive bids for mortgages and services from multiple lenders and service providers. The process includes an automated underwriting process which generates complete, accurate information on the costs of buying and owning a home at very beginning of the home buying process. Another aspect of the invention is greatly automating the entire sale, loan and settlement process.

A financial market replicator, simulator, and trainer / annotator (FMRS) intermixes and records data streams of real time financial market data from a variety of sources. The FMRS replays such recorded data to simulate the real time financial market(s) in a manner that represents substantially the entirety of information relating to the financial market(s) such that an observer would have difficulty differentiating between the simulator playback of the data and real time data. A user may employ the playback of the recorded market data stream as a research and training tool for developing and executing trading strategies. For example, a user may input simulated trades of securities to test a trading strategy. The simulator would apply those trades to the recorded data to generate simulated trades and simulated profit and loss results. A user may then determine if the trading strategy would have been successful. In addition, a user may alter the recording and playback parameters to provide various opportunities for studying market activity and / or altering the level of challenge of the simulation. A user may also freeze the simulator playback in order to explore the interactive and collective behaviors of the market's participants and the securities they trade.

A windshield wiper includes a connecting seat, two elastic plates, a wiper, two rubber protective hoods, two side covers, a shelter, and a connecting block. Thus, each of the elastic plates is snapped into the respective snapping plate of the connecting seat so that each of the elastic plates is mounted in the connecting seat in a snapping manner without needing the riveting process. In addition, each of the side covers has two locking posts each locked in the locking hole of each of the elastic plates so that each of the side covers is mounted on the elastic plates closely without needing an adhesive.

In some embodiments, a comprehensive computer system and method (See FIGS. 1, 1a, 2) for automating and facilitating the performing and processing of tasks, information transfer, and information storage associated with the home sale (See FIG. 3a), mortgage origination (See FIG. 3b), and settlement process (See FIG. 3c), and the home mortgage refinancing origination and settlement process (See FIGS. 1b, 1c, 2a) (or performing other business processes), over a distributed computing network are disclosed.

A method and apparatus for automatically updating information on favorite places upon change of home address. The method includes the steps of: checking data received by the navigation system to detect whether the old home address of a user has been changed to the new home address; searching for favorite places around the new home address equivalent to that around the old home address; determining whether the updating of the favorite places should be conducted automatically or upon instruction by the user; updating the favorite places by replacing the favorite places for the old home address with the equivalent favorite places for the new home address; and repeating the above steps every time when there is a change in the home address.

The present invention provides an irrigation system with cheap humidity sensors and cheap automatic faucets preferably by using at the end nodes of the system low water pressure, so that much less force is needed to open and close the local waterway and then either using simple electrical valves that do not require engines, or using for example mechanical sensors based on a bi-material of two or more materials which expand differently when they become wet, thus converting the difference of the expansion into convenient movement. Another possible variation, instead of mechanical sensors and valves, is to use for example a preferably synthetic material that tends to behave like a normal root preferably at the edge of each side channel, so that the “root” counter-balances the water supply and reaches equilibrium with it when the soil becomes wet enough, based preferably on asymmetric capillary materials.

The embodiment of the invention provides an intelligent vehicle cruise control method and device based on a real-time road condition to solve the problem that in the prior art, an oil saving effect is not ideal when a vehicle cruises under a slope road condition. The method includes the steps that for the vehicle in a cruise mode, position information of the vehicle and road condition information are obtained, wherein the road condition information comprises slope information; a travel mode of the vehicle is confirmed according to the obtained position information and road condition information, wherein the travel mode is a before-uphill mode or a before-downhill mode; and when it is confirmed that the vehicle is in the before-uphill mode or the before-downhill mode, the target cruise speed of the vehicle is correspondingly increased or decreased.

A secondary battery module includes a plurality of unit cells, and a connector electrically connecting the unit cells to each other. The connector has a surface contact portion, and the shape of the surface contact portion corresponds to the shape of terminals of the unit cell. The connector is fastened to a terminal of the unit cell by insertion.

An air conditioning system is arranged to use a power line for communication. The air conditioning system includes one or more indoor units, one or more outdoor units, and a system controller for controlling the indoor units or outdoor units and executes communications between the indoor units and the outdoor units as overlapping a signal on the power line for supplying electric power. The outdoor units are connected with the system controller through a leased communication line. The indoor unit provides a power line communication device being connected with the power line. The outdoor unit provides a leased communication device being connected with the leased communication line. A bridge is also provided for connecting the leased communication line and the power line. The control information is exchanged mutually between the indoor units, the outdoor units and the system controller through the power line.

A rapid exchange stent delivery catheter which includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member slidably disposed thereon. The inner tubular member and the outer tubular member have rapid exchange type guide wire openings. The guide wire opening of the outer tubular member is preferably shorter in length than the guide wire opening of the inner tubular member to protect the inner workings of the catheter. The outer tubular member may include a guide wire access sleeve having a guide wire ramp extending into the guide wire lumen of the inner tubular member. The guide wire sleeve may be a separate component from the remainder of the outer tubular member to facilitate efficient manufacture.

A method of installing a safety railing in a building under construction by providing post supports comprising open-topped post sockets on socket supports, mounting the post sockets on a concrete floor formwork with the post sockets spaced above the concrete floor formwork by the socket supports and casting concrete to form a concrete floor on the concrete floor formwork and thereby embedding the post supports in the concrete floor with the concrete extending beneath the post sockets. The lower ends of posts are then inserted into the post sockets to support the posts above the concrete floor and rails are supported on the posts.

A disposable underwear is formed by laying a front body and a back body one on top of the other, providing a bonded portion on at least one of the left and right side edges, and providing leg openings and a waist opening. The disposable underwear includes a tightening member in the vicinity of the waist opening. The front and back bodies further comprise a non-bonded portion formed at the portion between the tightening member and the bonded portion.

An air conditioning system is arranged to use a power line for communication. The air conditioning system includes one or more indoor units, one or more outdoor units, and a system controller for controlling the indoor units or outdoor units and executes communications between the indoor units and the outdoor units as overlapping a signal on the power line for supplying electric power. The outdoor units are connected with the system controller through a leased communication line. The indoor unit provides a power line communication device being connected with the power line. The outdoor unit provides a leased communication device being connected with the leased communication line. A bridge is also provided for connecting the leased communication line and the power line. The control information is exchanged mutually between the indoor units, the outdoor units and the system controller through the power line.

An evaporative type medium condenser without the using of conventional cooling fins comprises: characteristically a plurality of streamline cross sectional bare metal tubes disposed in parallel for medium coils to instead the conventional round sectional tubes thereof; a recycling water supply system having a plurality of water spray nozzles for spraying fine water particles onto the surface of coil tubes formed a water film continuously held thereon; a fan system to provide a wind flow blowing over the streamline tubes in a direction from a large head front portion of the streamline cross section to a gradual reduced rear portion thereof and to provide a low pressure area thereat so as to speedy the evaporation of the water film on the surface of the coils tubes for improving a high cooling efficiency to reach a high E.E.R. therefore.

The invention relates to a vehicle gear box temperature regulator, which comprises a valve body with a cavity and a thermodynamic element which is arranged in the cavity in a matching way, wherein the valve body also comprises two through holes, namely a first hole and a second hole, which are communicated with the cavity respectively; first ends of the second hole and the first hole are communicated with an inlet and an outlet of an external fluid cooling device respectively; second ends of the second hole and the first hole are a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet respectively; one end of the cavity is communicated with the second hole; the thermodynamic element is fixedly arranged in the cavity; an elastic component is sleeved on the thermodynamic element; one end of the elastic component is tightly pressed against the thermodynamic element, and the other end of the elastic component is tightly pressed against the inner side wall of an open part of the cavity, which is communicated with the second hole. Through the vehicle gear box temperature regulator, the working temperature of lubricating oil is controlled within an effective range, and the lubricating performance of the lubricating oil is kept in the best state.

A measuring device includes a square ruler body provided with a plurality of scales, a plurality of marking lines, and a plurality of counting numbers. Each of the counting numbers has a corresponding numeral which is located under the respective the counting number for measurement of different directions. Thus, the measuring device is used to measure the size of the workpiece at any direction and any start point, thereby greatly saving the measuring time and the manual work. In addition, the counting numbers have a two-dimensional corresponding manner so that the measuring device can obtain the size of the workpiece instantaneously from left to right or from right to left without having to rotate or change the direction of the ruler body.

The invention relates to a resource configuration method and system, being characterized by: carrying out the systematic sorting of complex resource configuration related elements through employing various technologies, carrying out the analysis of different dimensions, and setting a resource configuration system architecture model which can be referenced by an application-level service; assistingorganizations or individuals through innovation and reform; establishing a resource configuration system on the basis of an existing resource exchange system or no resource exchange system, so as topromote organizations and individuals, and individuals and individuals to establish a new cooperation mode under the condition of ensuring the legitimate identity and the data validity of networking,and ensuring the authenticity, the consistency and the non-tampering property of the data in different system transmission processes, thus realizing efficient utilization of data; and the data serviceand the intelligent service are combined with economy, resources and users to better research and distribute through communication with the server; and values are mined from big data such as geographic space, time, resources, users, reputations and demands, and data matching of resource demands and supply is established, and the association relationship between a regular mode and geographic lawsis acquired, and a sustainable and long-term-development complete business mode is created.

The present invention 10 discloses a portable, self-draining utility bucket 12. The motorized drainage system of the present invention 10 comprises a bucket 12 on wheels 14, a draining pump assembly 16 which incorporates an electrical motor 18 and a retractable cord assembly 20. The wastewater from the bucket 12 is pumped through the drain hose 22 and dispensed into a sink 24. This eliminates any need to lift the bucket 12 in order to drain it, which saves pain and hard work, and eliminates possible injury at work. An on / off switch 26, a ground fault interrupter circuit breaker (GFI) 28, a clip-on fill hose 30, and a conventional mop strainer 32 are also provided. The present invention has three designs for domestic, commercial and hospital applications.

The invention relates to a vehicle gear box temperature regulator, which comprises a valve body with a cavity and a thermodynamic element which is arranged in the cavity in a matching way, wherein the valve body also comprises two through holes, namely a first hole and a second hole, which are communicated with the cavity respectively; first ends of the second hole and the first hole are communicated with an inlet and an outlet of an external fluid cooling device respectively; second ends of the second hole and the first hole are a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet respectively; the internal diameter of the cavity is greater than the internal diameter of the second hole, and the cavity is communicated with the second hole; the end, close to the second hole, of the cavity is partially overlapped with the second hole; an elastic component is sleeved on the periphery of the thermodynamic element; one end of the elastic component is tightly pressed against the thermodynamic element, and the other end of the elastic component is tightly pressed against the bottom of the cavity and a shoulder part which is formed by the second hole. Through the vehicle gear box temperature regulator, the working temperature of lubricating oil is controlled within an effective range, and the lubricating performance of the lubricating oil is kept in the best state.

A secondary battery module includes a plurality of unit cells, and a connector electrically connecting the unit cells to each other. The connector has a surface contact portion, and the shape of the surface contact portion corresponds to the shape of terminals of the unit cell. The connector is fastened to a terminal of the unit cell by insertion.

A pair of gardening shears include a first handle, a first cutting member, a second cutting member, and a second handle. Thus, when the second cutting member is movable toward the first cutting member to perform the cutting action, the linking rod of the second cutting member pushes the first cutting member to drive the first cutting member to pivot about the drive arm of the mounting seat to push the first blade of the first cutting member downward, so that the first blade of the first cutting member is further movable toward the second blade of the second cutting member so as to enhance the cutting force of the first cutting member and the second cutting member thereby enhancing the working efficiency of the gardening shears.

In a vehicle-mounted control apparatus, a control unit 2 displays guidance on an operation of the vehicle-mounted control apparatus by voice input on a display device 6, and makes the user get training so that the user can master the techniques for operating the vehicle-mounted control apparatus (in step ST4). At this time, by using a voice which the user tries to input in order to master the techniques for operating the vehicle-mounted control apparatus, the voice recognition unit 5 learns the features of the user's voice in the background, and computes recognition parameters. Thereby, the user can know how to operate the vehicle-mounted control apparatus and can also register the features of the voice in the vehicle-mounted control apparatus.

An electronic seal includes a main body, an insertion bolt, and an identification circuit. Thus, the electronic seal has a determined identification code so that the identification host can rapidly identify the article (or storage space) sealed by the electronic seal, and the sealed article is identified and managed easily and conveniently by provision of the electronic seal, thereby saving the manual work.