292 results about "Service line" patented technology

The invention relates to a meter box for housing a utility meter and configured for associating a customer service line to a utility service line. The meter box may be configured to fit within an existing meter box and may be configured with side sections in a telescopic arrangement. Flow control components at an input of the meter box prevent backflow.The meter box comprises an electronic module that includes a variety of selectable features including datalogging, AMR, environmental monitoring, and resource monitoring. A remote monitor is provided for allowing a customer to view selected data including consumption data, pressure, pH, temperature, warnings, remote turnoff, and provide secured bill paying services. Imaging / audio components provide visual and audio data which may include an image of an analog readout for a meter register, images of the metering environment, and sound data for metering environment.

The invention relates to a meter box for housing a utility meter and configured for associating a customer service line to a utility service line. The meter box may be configured to fit within an existing meter box and may be configured with side sections in a telescopic arrangement. Flow control components at an input of the meter box prevent backflow.The meter box comprises an electronic module that includes a variety of selectable features including data logging, AMR, environmental monitoring, and resource monitoring. A remote monitor is provided for allowing a customer to view selected data including consumption data, pressure, pH, temperature, warnings, remote turnoff, and provide secured bill paying services. Imaging / audio components provide visual and audio data which may include an image of an analog readout for a meter register, images of the metering environment, and sound data for metering environment.

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a live broadcasting room dynamic configuration method, device, system and a server which solve the technical problems at present that when different types of live broadcasting rooms need to change the UI templates, the on-line configuration and dynamic switching can not realized, so that the dynamic repair can not be realized when problems occur, but the continuous iterative development is needed; moreover, users are required to upgrade the versions and install the applications again, and the personnel of multiple service lines develop in a same engineering, so that the coordinated development and positioning problems are difficult, and accordingly, the efficiency of updating the configuration is low. The live broadcasting room dynamic configuration method of the embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of obtaining the live broadcasting room service assembly templates issued according to the service demands corresponding to the live broadcasting room service functions; and carrying out the corresponding interface rendering according to the live broadcasting room service assembly templates and the preset assembly layout.

The invention provides an international technology transfer public service system. The international technology transfer public service system comprises an international technology transfer and entrepreneurship incubation service subsystem and an international technical skill / service digit trading port subsystem; the international technology transfer and entrepreneurship incubation service subsystem comprises an innovation e station, an innovation demand library, a technology retrieval, a service hotline and an expert group; the international technical skill / service digit trading port subsystem comprises a high and new technology interactive exhibition system, a technical digital content manufacturing system, an industry technology mobile portal management system, an enterprise technology demand monitoring and intelligent docking system, a scientific technological incubation service purchasing system and a technology appraisement and technology appraiser training system. A digital exhibition room with multiple interactive modes on the basis of electronic data interchange (EDI) exchange terminals and the like can be established through an operating mode of combining a mobile internet and an offline innovation service platform, online offline combined technical skill (service) interactive exhibition, vertical searching, accurate pushing, expert cooperative consulting, scientific assessment and the like can be achieved, and difficulties and bottleneck problems such as difficult obtainment of technology supply-demand information, difficult value quantization and difficult transfer can be solved.

A method for managing hydrates in a subsea production system is provided. The production system includes a host production facility, a control umbilical, at least one subsea production well, and a single production line. The method generally comprises producing hydrocarbon fluids from the at least one subsea production well and through the production line, and then shutting in the production line. In addition, the method includes the steps of depressurizing the production line to substantially reduce a solution gas concentration in the produced hydrocarbon fluids, and then repressurizing the production line to urge any remaining gas in the free gas phase within the production line back into solution. The method also includes displacing production fluids within the production line by moving displacement fluids from a service line within the umbilical line and into the production line. The displacement fluids preferably comprise a hydrocarbon-based fluid having a low dosage hydrate inhibitor (LDHI).

A single-service package coupling and valve includes a fitment having a spout and a sliding tubular valve member mounted therein for receiving a cooperating dispensing connector of a liquid distributing and dispensing system, and an external adapter ring designed to cooperate with the mounting mechanisms of a plurality of conventional commercially available dispensing connectors. An internal adapter sleeve is mounted with in the sliding tubular valve member to provide a tight seal with any of the conventional dispensing connectors. The external adapter ring is provided with a pair of radially extending flanges adapted to accept and position different dispensing connectors. At least one of the radially extending flanges is provided with at lest two wings to engage a threaded mounting collar of a service line connector.

A modular furniture system includes a framework assembly comprising vertical and horizontal frame members that can be shared by back-to-back workstations. The vertical and horizontal frame members are configured to facilitate routing of various utility service lines through the framework assembly to locations near the workstations. In another embodiment, a horizontal frame member facilitates routing of electric service wires to outlets near the workstations, while concealing fasteners and other structure of the outlets.

The service phase of the electrical connection to a customer endpoint device located within a power distribution system is determined by various techniques. At the feeder level, the system may be programmed to induce momentary power interruptions, thereby causing missed zero crossings at the customer endpoint devices. The pattern of these interruptions is a controlled one, designed specifically to avoid causing noticeable disruption even to sensitive devices, but to be unusual enough that it is statistically unlikely to be naturally occurring. The monitoring of the zero crossing information is used to determine the phase of the service line to the customer endpoint devices.

An adjustably positionable sneeze guard includes a transparent panel having an upper surface and a lower surface, and at least two continuously flexible legs having a proximal end and a distal end. Preferably, the distal end of each support leg is attached to the lower surface of the transparent panel by means of a thumb screw, and the proximal end of each support leg is secured to a stationary base by means of a c-shaped clamp mechanism. The transparent panel is adjustably positioned on the stationary base in front of and above food, beverage or other items, to provide a barrier which protects said items from contaminants expelled from the mouth or nose of a person on the opposite side of the transparent panel. The adjustable positioning makes the sneeze guard suitable for self service, attended service, and temporary buffet service lines.

The embodiment of the invention provides a message push method and device. The method comprises the following steps: establishing a user portrait, wherein the user portrait comprises user attribute characteristics, service line characteristics and distribution channel characteristics; when a to-be-pushed message for a target user is received, determining a target user portrait corresponding to thetarget user, wherein the target user is mapped with a plurality of distribution channels; inputting the to-be-pushed message and the target user portrait into a pre-established channel prediction model, and obtaining a target distribution channel corresponding to the to-be-pushed message; and pushing the to-be-pushed message to the target user by adopting the target distribution channel. According to the embodiment of the invention, an optimal distribution channel is selected based on the user portrait, and the message is pushed to the user by adopting the optimal distribution channel, therefore the recall rate of the user is improved.

The invention provides a method and a system for storing synchronous data in distributive network equipment. The storing method comprises the following steps of: (1) respectively building distributive databases of unified storage engine interfaces on a primary main control card, a standby main control card and a service line card; (2) storing the synchronous data by the distributive database of the main control card through invoking the unified storage engine interfaces after the unified storage interfaces provided for an application program module receive the synchronous data; (3) sending the synchronous data to the standby main control bard and the service line card after the distributive database of the primary main control card completes the storage of the synchronous data; and (4) storing the synchronous data through invoking the unified storage engine interfaces after the distributive database of the standby main control card or the service line card receives the synchronous data of the primary main control card. In the method provided by the invention, the invoking of the unified storage engine interfaces by the distributive databases on the main control cards and the line card in the distributive network equipment is realized, the unified storage of heterogeneous data is realized, the implementation details are shielded, the code redundancy is reduced, and the transportability of the codes is improved.

A mobile furniture system includes a work surface and a framework assembly, which includes a pair of vertical frame members to support the work surface. The frame members extend above the work surface. At least one utility service line is routed through the framework assembly. A rotatable support may be operatively coupled to each frame member. The rotatable support includes a housing and a rotatable wheel. At least a portion of each of the rotatable supports is in vertical alignment with one frame member. A pair of leg members is operatively coupled to the work surface and is spaced from the pair of frame members. Another rotatable support is coupled to each leg member. A movable foot may be coupled to each of the frame members and to each of the leg members to support the system in a stationary configuration upon a lowering movement of the movable foot.

A system for cooling a generator mounted in the tail-cone of an engine. The system comprises a fairing, which receives through an inlet thereof air from a bypass duct and directs the bypass air towards a cavity of the tail-cone for cooling the generator. The bypass air is then expelled through an outlet of a support strut positioned in fluid communication with the tail-cone cavity. The fairing inlet and the strut outlet are both positioned in a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal plane of the engine. In this manner, circulation of the bypass air through the fairing, the tail-cone cavity, and the strut may be achieved. The bypass air directed through the fairing further enables cooling of service lines accommodated in the fairing. A lobe mixer is further used to direct the fairing and shield the latter from core exhaust.

Described herein are a number of steps, methods and / or solutions that can be applied to greatly improve attenuation control of RF signals in cable plant. The present disclosure is directed to a cable modem auto-attenuation system or any other signal transferring system. The system may be capable of taking a high-power signal from the cable plant's service line, dropping the power value down to a usable level and transmitting the signal to a cable modem while eliminating the need for rigorous manual adjustments that a normal cable modem often requires. In certain embodiments, the system may be integrated into a separate device connected between the modem and the cable company service line and configured to handle upstream and downstream attenuation separately or jointly.

A system for cooling a generator mounted in the tail-cone of an engine. The system comprises a fairing, which receives through an inlet thereof air from a bypass duct and directs the bypass air towards a cavity of the tail-cone for cooling the generator. The bypass air is then expelled through an outlet of a support strut positioned in fluid communication with the tail-cone cavity. The fairing inlet and the strut outlet are both positioned in a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal plane of the engine. In this manner, circulation of the bypass air through the fairing, the tail-cone cavity, and the strut may be achieved. The bypass air directed through the fairing further enables cooling of service lines accommodated in the fairing. A lobe mixer is further used to direct the fairing and shield the latter from core exhaust.

A top operating telescoping adjustable valve box and valve stem assembly that incorporates a telescoping valve stem actuating system which, when coupled to a service valve, allows for the operation from ground level without the removal of a plug or lid. The system has a large range of vertical adjustability. The upper and lower sections of the assembly are in frictional connection with each other, which allows no transmittal of force to the lower section when any upward force to the upper section is applied, thus reducing damage to the buried valve and pipeline. The assembly provides a tracing block terminal, located on the top base, to allow for the connection of tracing wire from the valve top to the service pipe for service line location. The assembly also incorporates the placement of a tamper proof cap for the prevention of unauthorized operation of valve stem system.

Systems, methods and computer program products for providing a user with a real-time ancillary offer(s) that maximize profits for merchants by increasing the likelihood of ancillary sales. Ancillary revenue sales include revenue generated from goods or services that differ from or enhance the main product or service lines of a company. An embodiment includes a ancillary revenue maximization engine and a recommendation engine. The user is provided with an ancillary offer generated by the ancillary revenue maximization engine, immediately before a merchant processes a sale with a user. In another exemplary embodiment, the user is provided with an ancillary offer generated by the ancillary revenue maximization engine after a merchant processes a sale with a user. An ancillary offer refers to an offer made to a customer by a merchant to sell an ancillary product or service. The ancillary revenue maximization engine may generate such an ancillary offer based on input received from a recommendation engine. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine uses rule selection, conversion segmentation and product selection to recommend one or more products that may enhance the value of a product or service purchased by a user and may maximize profit to the merchant processing the sale.

The present invention provides a line wakeup control method, including the following steps: the tread wakes up and runs to check whether there are armed tasks or not. If there are, the armed tasks are implemented and the line dormancy time is reset as Delta t of the preset minimal unit time interval. Otherwise, the sum Delta at of the latest two dormancy time intervals is computed and set as line dormancy time interval . The present invention achieves a short service line dormancy interval when there are a plurality of armed tasks and a long interval when armed tasks are few, avoid wasting the system resources and reasonably solving the contradiction between task processing efficiency and system resource waste.

The invention discloses a method for realizing reliable data plane communication. The data plane supports higig protocol, the CPU control unit of a network board and the CPU control unit of a service line card mutually send a detection message by a higig port in certain period, and the connectivity of all the higig ports is detected; if finding any abnormal port, the data flow of the higig port is switched to the other higig ports in normal operation, and when the higig port is detected to be in normal again, data flow is redistributed to the port again. By applying the invention, data is avoided to be forwarded to an abnormal higig channel, thus ensuring the reliability of data plane communication.

A tennis training simulation system is disclosed that improves both reaction time and ground stroke techniques within a limited physical training environment. This training system combines simulated service of a tennis ball from a service line over a virtual net, and delivery of real tennis ball to an awaiting tennis student. In the system of this invention, the tennis ball delivery system includes an automatic tennis ball machine equipped with an array of lights or LED's that simulate the service of a tennis ball from a service line, a simulated trajectory of the tennis ball over a virtual net, and a simulated first bounce of a tennis ball coupled immediately thereafter with real in-flight delivery of an actual tennis ball to an awaiting tennis student.

Methods of detecting atypical patterns of usage of electricity, determined by monitoring consumption at the primary line, permit detection of grow-ops and unusual line losses due to defective service lines. A meter having a high resolution is connected to the primary line and the data collected is compared to known consumption patterns thus identifying a potential theft or a loss. Once an atypical pattern has been found, the heat signatures of transformers fed by the primary line are measured. An unusual heat signature alerts the utility to load test the secondary lines of each residence fed from the transformer and thus locate suspect residences which may be grow-ops or to locate a line loss due to defective service lines.

A device and method for rehabilitating pipe connections is disclosed that simplifies the reliable transportation and positioning of a pipe lining relative to a junction region of a building service line to be lined. The device and method provides for rehabilitating the junction of a building connection from a main pipeline into the building service line. With a positioning mechanism, a curable pipe lining may be positioned at the junction of the building service line from the main line and, with a transport mechanism, the positioning mechanism and the pipe lining may be transported to the junction. An alignment body may be arranged so that it may move the transport mechanism and which can be moved into the junction of the building service line. A drive may move the alignment body into the junction of the building service line.

The present invention relates to a positioning system for service lines. Generally, the invention relates to a mechanism for the deployment, retraction, and transportation of fixed-length service lines such as electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and communication resources necessary to the operation of a drilling rig used for subterranean exploration. More particularly, the invention provides an extendable cable positioning system for use with drilling rigs where pad drilling will require relatively short distance movements of the drilling rig, and it is desirable to leave the energy resource systems stationary.

A decision engine decides whether to assign a service line to be active or in standby mode with a very simple decision logic that is based on a comparison between two numbers that are created through the setting of bits in two registers. The logic of the decision engine is embedded in a combination of a filter that either accepts or rejected applied stimuli, and a table that acts on accepted stimuli by the setting and resetting of bits in the two registers in accordance with a unique specification.

Natural gas pipe repair fittings and methods for using same allow safely welding a pipe repair fitting over a leaking natural gas service line “T” fitting. A bottom half and a top half are welded together to form a hollow cylinder having hemispherical ends with semicircular pipe notches in them. A hollow vertical pipe has one end welded over a pipe hole in the middle of the top half of the cylinder. A hemispherical cap is affixed to the opposing end of the vertical pipe. The cap has a cap hole in its top. A method for installing the natural gas pipe repair fitting by enclosing a leaking natural gas service line “T” fitting with the natural gas pipe repair fitting and welding the natural gas pipe repair fitting to the gas main line is also disclosed.

A service line distribution base (10) comprises a ground anchor (18) having an upstanding cruciform portion adapted to extend into the ground. A cabinet (20) suited to support a utility pole (14) extends upwardly from the ground anchor (18). The cabinet (20) defines and internal space for receiving buried wire conduits (28) incorporated to the cruciform ground anchor (18). The cruciform shape of the ground anchor (18) advantageously permits to incorporate a greater number of wire conduits (28) into the base of a utility pole as compared to conventional concrete bases.