9074 results about "Operating cost" patented technology

A virtual pooled account is used in operating a system having multiple financial partners. In a specific implementation, the system is a mobile banking system. Instead of maintaining separate general ledgers for each financial institution, the system will keep one general virtual pooled account. This will reduce the settlement and operational costs of the system. The owner of the virtual pooled account will receive the float on the virtual pooled account, and this float will be distributed to the multiple financial partners according to a formula.

A system and method is disclosed for increasing the efficiency of a cellular communication network, reduce ongoing operating costs and increase revenue. According to one aspect, a method is disclosed for increasing the efficiency of a cellular communication network whereby network capacity in the radio access network (RAN) and baseband processing for wireless connections are dynamically adjusted to automatically provision sufficient bandwidth and baseband processing capacity in response to changes in the network. The method is further extended by implementing policy management which allows wireless carriers to develop and implement network based policies to automatically increase or decrease the amount of processing resources and network bandwidth required from any cell site, hub or mobile switching office. According to another aspect, network efficiency is enhanced by utilizing a novel cellular network infrastructure. RF signals from cell site antennas of various technology types are demodulated, digital bit information is extracted from the RF signals, processed, and groomed into Gigabit Ethernet/Resilient Packet Ring (GigE/RPR) or Ethernet over copper traffic flows using specific Quality of Service (QoS) priorities. The GigE/RPR traffic flows are routed to hub sites or mobile switching offices, at which point the packetized information is extracted and converted to RF signals that are equivalent to the signals that were received at the antenna. The RF signals are sent over coaxial cable to a network hub including a pool of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) (or Node Bs). The hub is coupled to one or more mobile switching offices via a second fiber optic ring.

Semiconductor processing equipment that has increased efficiency, throughput, and stability, as well as reduced operating cost, footprint, and faceprint is provided. Other than during deposition, the atmosphere of both the reaction chamber and the transfer chamber are evacuated using the transfer chamber exhaust port, which is located below the surface of the semiconductor wafer. This configuration prevents particles generated during wafer transfer or during deposition from adhering to the surface of the semiconductor wafer. Additionally, by introducing a purge gas into the transfer chamber during deposition, and by using an insulation separating plate 34, the atmospheres of the transfer and reaction chambers can be effectively isolated from each other, thereby preventing deposition on the walls and components of the transfer chamber. Finally, the configuration described herein permits a wafer buffer mechanism to be used with the semiconductor processing equipment, thereby further increasing throughput and efficiency.

An ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio access system for cellular communications systems using time division duplex as a way of maximizing the bits/hz/km2 for cellular systems. The network architecture of the ad-hoc system allows the radio access to be integrated with the fixed components of a conventional cellular system, PSTN or ISP. The objective is to make the system of the invention transparent to the features and services provided by the external network. The advantages of such a system to a cellular operator are that significantly less infrastructure is required, and that the RF spectrum is more efficiently utilized resulting in much lower building and operating costs. The system architecture is comprised of remote terminals, routers, gateways, and at least one gateway controller that interfaces the ad-hoc system to a cellular network system. The ad-hoc system of the invention allows for both voice and data transmissions and receptions.

A predictive cruise control system utilizes information about the current vehicle position, and upcoming terrain to save fuel and increase driving comfort. A vehicle operating cost function is defined, based on a plurality of environmental parameters, vehicle parameters, vehicle operating parameters and route parameters. As the vehicle travels over a particular route for which route parameters, such as road gradient and curvature, are stored in a road map, sensors aboard the vehicle detect environmental and vehicle operating parameters, including at least vehicle speed and its position relative to the road map. As the vehicle proceeds, an onboard computer iteratively calculates and stores in a memory vehicle control parameters that optimize the vehicle operating cost function for a predetermined prediction horizon along the route ahead of the vehicle. The optimal vehicle control parameters for the Prediction Horizon are then stored, updated and used to control the vehicle.

The invention provides a bank voice service method and the system thereof. The voice service method comprises steps that a voice tree customization request sent by a client side is received; the voice tree of a subscriber is generated according to the voice tree customization request; the voice service is provided for the subscriber according to a voice calling request sent by the client side. The technical proposal of the invention overcomes the disadvantages that the voice tree flow is technically fixed in the prior voice calling system, and the subscriber service is uniform, therefore more time and expense can be saved, the most convenient service can be obtained, and simultaneously the operating cost of the bank can be reduced.

The invention discloses a power transmission line polling system. The system comprises a personal computer (PC) side control terminal, a server and a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA), wherein the PC side control terminal, namely a PC side management system, performs polling task management, polling condition management, defect management, defect standard management and geographic information system (GIS) geographic information management; the server receives and transmits information and stores data in real time, comprises an enterprise database and a Socket detectaphone which is used for detecting wireless data in real time, and is called a server Socket data receiving and transmitting system for short; and the handheld PDA performs field polling, is a mobile terminal which feeds back polling information through general packet radio service (GPRS), and is called a PDA mobile terminal polling system for short. The advanced technologies of a global positioning system (GPS) and a palm computer are fused in the system, and power transmission line polling is realized by using a component GIS technology and introducing the concept of embedded GIS; the system performs relatively precise positioning and complete defect data acquisition, can be used for a line polling step in a power system which is used for power transmission, power distribution and the like, and also can be widely applied to the management of the outdoor entities of telecommunication, coal gas, natural gas and the like which are related to the polling; and the operating cost is effectively lowered, and the economic benefit is effectively improved.

This invention is directed to methods for recovery of C3-C6 alcohols from dilute aqueous solutions, such as fermentation broths. Such methods provide improved volumetric productivity for the fermentation and allows recovery of the alcohol. Such methods also allow for reduced energy use in the production and drying of spent fermentation broth due to increased effective concentration of the alcohol product by the simultaneous fermentation and recovery process which increases the quantity of alcohol produced and recovered per quantity of fermentation broth dried. Thus, the invention allows for production and recovery of C3-C6 alcohols at low capital and reduced operating costs.

The disclosed I-CBTC mobile closed train operation control system applies wireless communication way to transmit information between ground control center and train, and comprises an ATS or CTC system, a DSU system, a CI system, a ZC or RBC system, a VOBC system, a dual-ring redundant backbone network COM_network system, a ground-train redundant wireless network DCS system, and interfaces among nodes. This invention normalizes and standardizes former function, performance index and interfaces, and reduces cost greatly.

The part load method controls delivery of diluent fluid, fuel fluid, and oxidant fluid in thermodynamic cycles using diluent, to increase the Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT) and thermal efficiency in part load operation above that obtained by relevant art part load operation of Brayton cycles, fogged Brayton cycles, or cycles operating with some steam delivery, or with maximum steam delivery. The part load method may control the TIT at the design level by controlling one or both of liquid and/or gaseous fluid water over a range from full load to less than 45% load. This extends operation to lower operating loads while providing higher efficiencies and lower operating costs using water, steam and/or CO2 as diluents, than in simple cycle operation.

The invention provides a cloud computing network virtualization method and system based on an SDN, wherein the cloud computing network virtualization method and system are applied to the technical field of cloud computing. The method includes the following steps of processing information from a controller Controller and information from an Openflow interchanger through a controller proxy FlowVisor according to a preset strategy, wherein the Openflow interchanger is in communication with the controller proxy and the controller through Openflow protocols. According to the scheme, virtual network segments are dynamically configured for cloud service, and therefore a user network is as flexible as other cloud computing infrastructures, the data center automation degree and service flexibility are remarkably improved, VM density is increased, capital consumption and operating cost are reduced, limits of a traditional physical or regional isolation mechanism are eliminated, and the optimal VM density and the optimal economic benefits can be achieved through data center managers.

The invention discloses a disaster recovery cloud storage system construction method based on a block chain technology. The block chain technology is introduced in a cloud storage system construction process. The characteristics of decentration and de-trust of the block chain technology are used to realize the distribution autonomy of storage nodes in a cloud storage system and data exchange and data sharing between the storage nodes based on a consensus algorithm. Compared with the current mainstream centralized cloud service system, the method has the advantages that network nodes can establish many-to-many rather than one-to-many contact relationship, which can greatly improve the transmission efficiency of data; and in the processes of data storage, exchange, upload and download, data block packaging and anonymous exchange and an asymmetric encryption algorithm are used, which greatly guarantees the safety and reliability of the entire ecological chain of data cloud storage. Compared with the current mainstream centralized cloud service system, the method provided by the invention has the advantages that on the basis of improved data safety, the operation efficiency of the system is greatly improved, and the operating cost of a cloud storage service is reduced.

The present invention relates to a building block of ecological slope protection vegetation, a fabrication method and a construction technique. The building block is composed of a growing bed body, a lath crib, planting troughs, a vegetation layer and a plant, the lath crib wraps the circumference of the growing bed body, the upper plane of the growing bed body is lower than the upper plane of the lath crib and concave, the vegetation layer is formed on the growing bed body, which matches the inner walls of the sectional area of the lath crib to form an integral building block, and more than one planting troughs are arranged on and run through the growing bed body. The design of the present invention is scientific, the structure is reasonable, the restoration of water ecology can reduce the operating cost, environment is improved, ecology is reinstated, harmonious natural beauty is enhanced, and the present invention is suitable for the nidification of small living creatures and the habitation and the survival of aquatic fishes, so that the cutting-off continuity of water and land regions is restored. The present invention is widely applied to channel slope protection, levee slopes, roadsides, airports, parks, public lands, household lawns, sports grounds, etc. The present invention is suitable for cold regions, damp regions, warm and damp intermediate zone, etc.

Receiving a connection establishment request message sent by a user equipment; establishing a signaling connection with the user equipment according to the connection establishment request message; and transmitting a user plane IP data packet through the signaling connection. After a signaling connection is established between a UE in an idle state and a mobility management device, an uplink user plane IP data packet or a downlink user plane IP data packet, is directly transmitted between the UE and the network side through the signaling connection, with no need to specifically establish (recover) an RAB between the UE and an S-GW, which can save the signaling overhead, thus reducing the network load and lowering the operating cost of an operator.

The invention relates to a nuclear power plant working robot and a control system thereof, which belong to the fields of robots and automation equipment. The nuclear power plant working robot is a crawler-type mobile manipulator and is composed of a mobile platform driven by double crawlers and a four freedom degree manipulator carried on the mobile platform. The nuclear power plant working robot can move inside a nuclear power plant, has two control modes of manual remote control and autonomous control, and is remotely controlled by a wireless or wired mode. The control system of the nuclear power plant working robot includes a host monitoring and planning control system and a robot control system which are matched to control the operation of the robot. The robot operates autonomously, is safe and reliable, can complete certain dangerous tasks in high radioactivity environment; the robot has small size, stable performance, great maneuverability and low operation cost; a crawler-type chassis has strong gripping force as well as certain climbing and obstacle clearing ability, and is suitable to walking over complex terrains; and the robot has high intelligence degree and can realize autonomous control and manual remote control.

A system for renting vehicles is disclosed. The system can comprise a vehicle access communicator (“VAC”) capable of interfacing with one or more functions of a rental vehicle and a user provided portable electronic device. The VAC can control various functions of the vehicle including, but not limited to, the door locks and/or enabling/disabling the vehicle. The VAC can also monitor various functions of the vehicle including, but not limited to, the fuel level and/or the odometer readings. The VAC can connect to the portable electronic device using a suitable connection method to access additional functionality such as, for example and not limitation, locations services, cellular, and/or internet access. The VAC and the portable electronic device can be used to provide a rental system with reduced infrastructure and operating costs. The system can enable the use of “Green Zones” to provide permanent or temporary vehicle rental areas.

A computer based system automatically gathers, analyzes, and delivers information relating to the procurement and utilization of a plurality of such assets, such as a fleet of industrial equipment, so as to maximize productivity and to reduce operating costs and administrative burdens. Each of the assets is preferably provided with a data acquisition device for sensing and storing one or more operating characteristics associated therewith. That information can be transmitted through space to a receiver connected to a local controller for storing such information and for transmitting such information to a remote analysis system. The remote analysis system automatically updates individual records associated with each of the assets with the information received. In response to such information, the remote analysis system automatically analyzes the newly provided information and schedules maintenance as required. Information associated with the maintenance is also recorded electronically to maximize efficiency, provide historical trends, automate billing, and control inventory levels.

The invention discloses an identity based efficient anonymous batch authentication method in an IOV (Internet of Vehicles) environment. The identity based efficient anonymous batch authentication method in the IOV environment comprises an initial handshake module, a message signature module, a batch authentication module, an identity tracing module, a group key generation module and a group message signature and authentication module. According to the identity based efficient anonymous batch authentication method in the IOV environment, authentication between vehicles and infrastructures and authentication between vehicles can be realized, no tamper-proofing device is depended, privacy protection is realized by utilizing a pseudonymous name, conditional privacy protection is realized as a TA (Trusted Authority) can trace the real identity of each vehicle if necessary, the efficiency is improved as batch authentication is adopted, and the authentication process is simple and efficient. The message signature process and the group message signature process are same, the operating cost is low, and a replay attack can be borne as a time stamp is added.

An object of the present invention is to provide a water purification cartridge in which the decreased function of the hollow fiber membranes is restored by cleaning and of which the operating cost of a purification treatment of raw water decreases. The present invention provides a water purification cartridge comprising a hollow fiber membrane element comprising a plurality of hollow fiber membranes bent in a U-shape and a potting material for binding both ends of the hollow fiber membranes so as to maintain the open states of the hollow fiber membranes and a cylindrical hollow fiber membrane case for covering the hollow fiber membranes, wherein the hollow fiber membrane element is detachably installed in the hollow fiber membrane case so that a fluid-tight state is maintained between the primary side and the secondary side of the hollow fiber membranes.

An energy-saving method for the base station includes: determining a base station redundancy device; stopping allocating new service to the base station redundancy device; performing the discharging or dormancy process to the base station redundancy device when it does not carry any service any more. And, accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention also disclose an energy-saving apparatus for the base station. The Energy-saving method and apparatus for the base station provided by the invention launch on from the root of energy consumption for the base station, reduce the power energy waste of the base station by performing the discharging or dormancy process to the base station redundancy device without increasing the cost of the base station manufacture, achieve the aim of saving energy for the base station, and save on the operation cost. The invention also provides an energy-saving apparatus for the base station.