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The instant disclosure is a continuation in part of this inventor's previously disclosed US and PCT patent applications that claim operating systems, apparatuses and mobile phone devices for live event and common carrier electronic ticketing, event interaction and the end-to-end production, editing, authenticated distribution and management of event-associated Recordings. It now adds placement of at least one of a logo, message, icon, ad or public service announcement on an electronic ticket, entry pass, admission / placed bet or other receipt and on event-related Recordings as a technological production solution for global brands and program sponsors that is independent of placing ads on search engine Websites and their links.

Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain using no more than routine experimentation, numerous equivalents to the specific procedures described herein. Such equivalents were considered to be within the scope of this invention and are covered by the following claims. The contents of all references, issued patents, and published patent applications cited throughout this application are hereby incorporated by reference.

This patent application discloses method and apparatus to cut an extended slot connecting a well to a substantial cross section of a desired producing formation whereby material can flow freely between the formation and the wellbore and at least partially overcome the flow limitations of low permeability formations without the environmental issues associated with hydraulic fracturing. It is further disclosed that the connection between said slot and the formation may be further enhanced by explosive or combustive processes that rapidly generate gas pressure within the large surface area of the slot, thereby changing its characteristics and forcing open additional fractures into the cross section of formation exposed to the slot. The method may significantly increase the recoverable percentage of natural gas from low permeability deposits such as shale and coal.

The system described is an integrated parking management system which makes use of patented vehicle detectors to collect and transmit data, essentially in near real time, as to all events happening as to single or multiple parking spaces (e.g. current and historic use, length of time of occupancy of current occupant) to a central clearing device for which patent application has been made which serves as a logic core and repository, making use of proprietary software, analyzing, displaying and distributing the data so developed as to a parking plant and all of its components to allow all parties (including prospective users) who are concerned with the various aspects of a parking plant and its components (e.g. determination as to availability of spaces, maintenance and repair of meters, collection of revenues and enforcement of parking regulations) not only to access and make passive use of the information developed, in near real time, to permit them to identify what's happening to the plant and its components as to their own particular interest in such plant and so maximize the efficient use both of the resources of the plant and their own resources directed to the particular aspect of their interface with the plant and its components but also to access and make active use of such information for whatever purpose and in whatever fashion using whatever means of access they may wish. While others have made claim to certain of the individual functions described, e.g. vehicle detection, nobody has identified or patented.

The invention describes Thinking Search Engines, a novel search technology that uses the data representation, problem solving and learning from experience techniques of Thinking Machines of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 204,346 by the author. Thinking Search Engines process documents and obtain their subjects in terms of the entities, templates, problems, concerns, solutions, and protocols that they describe whether or not these subjects are explicitly mentioned. They provide an initial ranking of search results by estimating the relative amount of information that each document contains for each of its subjects. During a search session, the machine records various data such as the address of the client machine, the files requested for each search query, the sequence, the elapsed time prior to each request, and the type of action that follows a request in the Session Information Table. Whenever a search session expires, its data is processed to populate the Experience Table of the Thinking Database. In turn, the experience data is used to tune the ranking of resulting files. The Thinking Search Engine also generates sponsoring links that are useful to users without competing with the products and services of the hosting site. Matching topics for sponsoring links are obtained by selecting from the Protocol Table of the Thinking Database all protocols and templates that use those of the hosting sites. Then the protocols and templates of the hosting site are eliminated to avoid competition. The remaining ones are the matching criteria for generating sponsoring links.

The present invention discloses a method of separating, identifying and characterizing cracks in 3D space, which processes as follows to a volumetric image, so as to perform the separation, identification and the characterization of the cracks in the 3D space: 1) preprocessing digital image; 2) statistically analyzing basic information of the digital image: the basic information of the image includes porosity, connectivity of each pore, statistics of pore size, and position, size, orientation and anisotropy of each pore-structure; 3) filtration: removing non-crack structure in the image; 4) smoothening: smoothening and mending the image; 5) thinning: thinning the void structure into a thickness d (d can be any value, but more appropriate to be 2 to 3 voxels generally) in a direction with shortest extension in the 3D space; 6) separation: separating intersected cracks in a crack network by breaking the connections; 7) combination: combining those elongated cracks that are disconnected in the last step, merging tiny structures that are formed during the separation to a nearby large cluster, and restoring cracks to the thickness before thinning, and eventually giving out the characterization of the cracks. In the following expression, the wording “void” is used more, emphasizing the “empty” gap in the image rather than the rock solid. In this patent application, it is mainly for the case where the void appears in a state of crack, not excluding the case where the void appears in a state of small pore.

The invention relates to a method for monitoring at least one wind turbine and to a device and a system for monitoring at least one wind turbine. The aim of the invention is to provide a method for detecting damage to rotor blades which can be realized in a hardware device which is simple, cost-effective and less susceptible to faults. A further objective is to provide another method for detecting damage to rotor blades. Said objective is achieved by a method comprising the method steps according to claim 1 of the patent application and by a device and a system for monitoring wind turbines according to the claims 12 and 14. According to the present invention, the method for detecting damage to rotor blades comprises analysis steps performed exclusively in the time range.

The present disclosure provides various novel means for performing prior art searches for patent applications. The disclosure describes various automated means for performing and refining prior art searches with decreasing examiner input and generating office actions based on such searches.

The invention discloses a video playing method. According to the video playing method, on the basis of existing 3D video data decoding, real-time preprocessing is conducted on video frame data which are decoded according to preset parameters, and rendering and display are conducted on the processed video frames. The invention further discloses a corresponding video player, a mobile terminal comprising the video player and a stereo film watching system comprising the video player. By means of the video playing method and the video playing device, the existing 3D format video data can be applied to a specific 3D film watching device without offline processing, the specific 3D film watching device can be a film watching device involved in the previous patent applications of CN201320838252.2, CN201410103983.1, CN201420126592.7 and CN201420126807.5 of the applicant of the invention, a user only needs to download an existing 3D film source when using a film watching device similar to the specific video playing structure, and the use convenience is improved for the user.

The result of eight find_min_16 of lookup-min_16, find_max_l6x, lookup_max_16 instructions may be stored in memory storage units of operand storage 24, using SIMD at addressing techniques detailed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 929,992, filed Aug. 30, 2004 and entitled SIMD PROCESSOR AND ADDRESSING METHOD.

An method for automatically renewing patent case examination progress comprises the following steps: when the information of patent cases needs to be renewed, an application server obtains application addresses and application numbers of the patent cases ready for renewing from a data library connected thereof; a renew-needed patent case list is generated according to the obtained application addresses and application numbers of the patent cases ready for renewing; the official patent network server corresponding to the application address of the renew-needed patent case list is logined; the information about the patent case ready for renewing is inquired in the official patent network server corresponding to the application number of the renew-needed patent case list; and when the inquired information of the patent case ready for renewing is the latest, the latest information is renewed in the data library. In addition, the invention further provides a system for automatically renewing patent case examination progress.

The present patent application describes a cantilever for atomic force microscopy (AFM), which includes a cantilever body having a fixed end and a free end, the free end having a surface region being chemically modified by a dendron in which a plurality of termini of the branched region of the dendron are bound to the surface, and a terminus of the linear region of the dendron is functionalized.

The present disclosure provides various novel means for outsourcing patent applications for examination. The disclosure describes various automated and non-automated means for selecting a qualified agency and examiner to perform the examination. The disclosure further discloses means for review of a patent at the request of holders of patents, licensees or other third parties who may be interested in acquiring a patent or application.