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In a service-oriented architecture, service requests and responses are processed in such a manner as to minimize the latency problems of existing protocols. Accumulated client service requests are packaged together with workflow information specifying the order of execution of the requests into a single message which is transmitted to the server side of the network connection. On the server side of the network connection, the individual requests are extracted from the message together with the workflow information and routed to the intended service providers, where they are executed in the order specified by the workflow information. Responses to the service requests are similarly packaged into a return message which is transmitted back to the client side, where the responses are extracted from the message and routed to the originating clients. In a preferred embodiment, individual requests and responses are conveyed as attachments to a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message.

A computer implemented method and system provides an asset management application (AMP) for monitoring and managing assets, and interactable interface elements on a graphical user interface (GUI) for enabling configuration and access of asset information and computations on the GUI. The AMP receives inputs associated with an asset, for example, an adjustable or a fixed rate loan on the asset. The AMP determines one or more financial components of expenditure and financial outcomes of a sale of an asset over a configurable duration of time based on the received inputs and/or the user's and/or the asset's geographical location. The AMP dynamically renders one or more interactive graphical models of the financial components of expenditure and the financial outcomes that are configurably accessible and modifiable on the GUI using the interactable interface elements. The AMP facilitates communication of the interactive graphical models and updates thereof between users and financial entities.

A method and system are provided for providing a real-time access to mobile commerce payment evidence. The method includes receiving and storing evidence that a mobile handset user has confirmed his intention of making a purchase to be billed to his mobile operator account. The method further includes authenticating the confirmation received, and storing evidence of that authentication. Further, the method includes providing at least some of that evidence to at least one of the subscriber, the utility provider, and a provider of the product purchased.

A solid cosmetic comprising components (A), (B), (C), and (D) below: (A) a polyamide resin; (B) diisostearyl malate; (C) a polyglyceryl isostearate; and (D) a liquid oil; and not containing a wax when the component (A) comprises only an ester-terminated polyamide resin.

A system and method provides flow control that can be implemented for any LAN/WAN technology combination. A Local Area Network Service Unit comprises a first device having a Local Area Network interface and a second interface, the first device operable to perform MAC level operation, statistics gathering, and bridging functions, and a second device having a Wide Area Network interface and a second interface to the second interface of the first device, the device operable to perform Wide Area Network data encapsulation and decapsulation and transmit and receive buffering.

An organic electroluminescent device of a composite material that includes at least two emissive polymers confined into a layered inorganic host matrix, which effectively isolates the polymer chains from their neighbors, and a method for manufacturing same. The isolation of the emitting chains inhibits energy transfer and exciton diffusion between polymer chains, such that the electrically generated excitons recombine radiatively before their energy could be funneled to the emissive moiety with the lowest band gap. The emission color of such a composite is a combination of the emission of the confined polymers, and can be either white light, or can be tuned by selection of the ratio of the mixtures to output light of any desired color. The different polymers can either be mixed and then intercalated into the host matrix, or they can each be intercalated separately into the host matrix and the resulting composites mixed.

A controller is configured to generate and propagate instructions to an execution agent which, in turn, is configured to collect and deposit collected artifacts into a repository. Write access to a location in the repository for collected artifacts that are to be deposited into a specified location is granted to the execution agent. Once the execution agent deposits the collected artifacts in the specified location in the repository, a summary of collected artifacts is propagated to the controller. The controller manages appropriate levels of access to the collected artifacts, while the repository enforces the level of access. The controller can grant read only access to the collected artifacts or it can allow for controlled changes to be made to the metadata associated with the collected artifact. An agent processes the data and generates additional metadata that can be associated with the collected artifacts and then saved in the repository. A system can have more than one repository, where the controller allocates storage in an appropriate repository and issues instructions to the execution agent with the location in an appropriate repository. The summary of the actual collections is then propagated to the controller from the repositories.

Disclosed is a high-strength conductive film having excellent conductivity which can be applied in electronic devices, and which further reduces unevenness in conduction. The conductive film comprises modified fine cellulose having at least a carboxyl group and one type or two or more types of conductive substance. Further, the conductive film is formed by a process involving a step for oxidizing cellulose to prepare modified cellulose, a step for making finer the modified cellulose by dispersing the same in a dispersion medium to prepare modified fine cellulose, a step for mixing the modified fine cellulose and the conductive substance to prepare a dispersion liquid, and a step for drying the dispersion liquid to form a conductive film.

A system and method that enables a business owner to receive leads such as phone calls or emails to their business at a prescribed cost-per-lead and a volume determined by the budget the owner is willing to allocate to the purchase. The method manages an internet based advertisement campaign, which includes performing the step of creating an internet based advertisement campaign that includes a budget parameter, a campaign duration parameter, advertisement content with a lead reference, and an ad listing with a URL that links to said advertisement content. Another embodiment of the method can include managing the bidding process for a multi-item keyword auction.

The present invention is a system and method for providing improved functionality for management of credit futures products. The improved system includes functionality implementing trading capabilities for trading credit default swaps, including providing a user with relevant market information for assessing and placing offers for credit default swaps, as well as for managing offers already placed.

New and improved methods and systems for modeling the performance of selected company metrics. Multiple, non-traditional sets of objective data along with mathematical analytical techniques are used to provide transparency and visibility into company performance relating to the particular metrics. Company inflection points and changes in strategy may be identified. The performance of a company and/or the performance of a selected industry or industry sector may be analyzed.

Determining a risk/reward model for a service provided by a service provider to a serviced entity where a service provider value function for the service is dependent on at least one service provider value parameter. It further comprises provision of a serviced entity value function for the service being dependent on at least one serviced entity value parameter. It further comprises provision of weighting values for the serviced entity value function and the service provider value function. It further comprises provision of a serviced entity base case being characteristic for at least one serviced entity value parameter without provision of a service by the service provider and provision of a set of projects and their interdependencies being eligible for providing the service, each project having a given impact on a subset of one or both of the at least one serviced entity value parameter and at least one service provider value parameter. The risk/reward model is determined by way of performing a selection of the sets of projects resulting in a selection set. The selection takes into consideration the serviced entity value function, the weighting value for the serviced entity value function, the service provider value function, the weighting value for the service provider value function and the serviced entity base case. The risk/reward model provides a risk/reward line for the service to be provided relative to at least one serviced entity value parameter. The risk/reward line is characteristic for whether a reward or a penalty is accredited to the service provider depending on achieved results relative to the risk/reward line.

A display has an array of light emitting display pixels occupying pixel areas, and a polarizing light transmissive area between the pixel areas. This polarization can be used to improve the contrast ratio of a transparent 2D display. However, it can also be used to enable a transparent 3D display to be formed without distortion of the see-through transparent display function. For this purpose, the light emitting display pixels can emit polarized light orthogonal to the polarization provided by the light transmissive area.

The present invention relates to performing chromatic dispersion estimation in a receiver of an optical communication system. Here, the signal received by the receiver includes frames, each comprising a training portion and a data portion. The training portion comprises a plurality of identical pattern sequences. Different settings are applied to an equalizer to generate a plurality of equalized signals from at least one of the received frames. Then, at least one correlation value is calculated between a first pattern sequence and a second pattern sequence of the equalized signals and a final correlation value is derived from the respective correlation values. The setting of the equalizer corresponding to the equalized signal providing the highest final correlation value is selected to provide the chromatic dispersion estimation.

A system and method to provide identification of the Tune Away in DSDS device, wherein identification of such Tune Away in DSDS device and mitigation of such Tune Away is done by Aperiodic CQI, Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) and Pro-Active scheduling based on periodicity and duration of Tune Away to minimize HSI degradation in DSDS devices. This disclosure provides improved throughput for network subscriptions in multi-SIM, multi-RATs wireless devices by preventing downlink scheduling in Tune Away periods and minimize radio resource wastage occurring due to DSDS UEs as well as improving HSI performance in such UEs by preventing lower layer retransmissions and conserve radio resources that are wasted in carrying those retransmissions earlier. The disclosure increases throughput performance for the data session in a DSDS device ecosystem and prevent substantial decline in average throughput experienced at DSDS UE.