40 results about "Set-aside" patented technology

Systems and methods for providing electronic management of transactional accounts. A computer device is used to provide financial resource allocation and accountability among various groups of accounts, including source accounts and transactional accounts. When a user employs a transactional account to make a purchase, the amount of the purchase is electronically set aside, frozen or otherwise held from a source account and preserved until a payment is required for the transactional account at the close of a billing period. Accordingly, when a payment for the transactional account is required, funds are available for full payment of all purchases made during the billing cycle, thereby affording financial discipline to the user.

A system and method for providing message-based leasing of resources in a distributed computing environment. Services may issue leases to clients and provide operations on those leases. The lease functionality of a service may be defined in an XML message schema. Gates may be used to perform lease operations. Leases may be granted for a period that may be negotiated. Leasing messages for performing leasing operations may be defined. An automatic lease renewal mechanism may be implemented to relieve the client of the responsibility of handling lease renewal messages. In one embodiment, of an automatic lease renewal mechanism, each gate may receive renewal messages and automatically respond to them without help from the client process. In another embodiment, a client gate may monitor elapsed time and send a lease renewal message prior to the expiration of a current lease period. In one embodiment, the renewal request may claim the lease at a current access level or at a different access level. In one embodiment, a message gate may contain a single, set-aside renewal response message that is automatically sent to the service when the gate receives the renewal message. In one embodiment using time-based leasing, a lease renewal request from a client to a service may specify a requested lease period, and the service leasing the resource to the client may grant a lease period equal to or less than the specified period.

A computer-based system and method calculates and facilitates periodic revenue accrual for making larger, less frequent payments of estimated taxes by electronic messaging. A service host enables a plurality of payers to make set-asides at various levels as needed, on an individual or batch basis. Payer preferences are applied to satisfy variable payment intervals, amounts, and available resources. The obligation, required payments, and set-aside schedules are recalculated as needed, under payer and/or system control. Excess accruals are minimized; set-aside schedules are configurable. Automatic data links move information and command fund transfers from the payer's bank, to accrue funds and make payments to other accounts. The service host provides individual or batch taxpayer enrollment with the taxing authority for tax payment by electronic messages, and makes the tax payments by transmission of individual payment messages or by batch file transmission to the taxing authority.

An automated relative maturity system for measuring the relative maturity of a large number of plots of diverse varieties of plants growing in a field or fields. A field to be evaluated is laid out in multiple plots with a specific variety assigned to a preselected plot or plots and with areas set aside throughout the field for planting of check varieties of known relative maturity. High-precision GPS is used with a planter to record the location of each plot within the field on a map. When leaf senescence is under way throughout the field, a radiometric crop sensor mounted on a vehicle also equipped with high-precision GPS is used to scan the plants in the plots to record readings of the plants synchronized to the GPS map locations, including the check plants of known relative maturity. Software is used to calculate the relative maturity of each variety.

A method and apparatus for effectuating the shipment and appointment making process between buyers, sellers and third party service providers in a supply community. Any shipping location may create and maintain an appointment calendar within which one or more other participants may seek and select open time slots and request shipping reservations for unreserved slots. Operating hours, peak and off-peak hours, the duration of each dock time slot, any set aside time slots (left unreserved for exception events), and the appointment making lead-time window in the appointment calendar are specified by the shipping location. The shipping location can assign participants specific appointment making privileges and manually review and accept or reject appointment requests for requestors that have not been granted self-appointing privileges. The apparatus includes an internet-based program tool by which any participant can query and view only appointment information relevant to them, but including the entirety of a multi-participant multi-segment tour, such as a continuous move or a multi-stop pick-up and/or delivery shipments to facilitate participant collaboration in the planning of the multi-participant shipment.

The invention relates to a cuttage propagation method of Virginia oak, which belongs to the technical field of plant cultivation. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, a sterilizing seedbed is built in a big-arch shelter, an arch shed is built on the seedbed, a hole pan provided with cuttage substrate is arranged in the seedbed, and the cuttage substrate is treated and sets aside; secondly, branches derived from close roots of the Virginia oaks grown for 2-4 years are selected to prune ears in February to March every year when sprouts do not and are about to burgeon, and the ear strips are pruned into branches; thirdly, the branches are treated by root stimulating agent, and the cuttage is done immediately, for the branches which then enter into the management after the cuttage; fourthly, after more than 70 percent of branches root and sprout, the hole pan is moved to forcibly exercise the plantlets outside the big-arch shelter, and the plants are transplanted into ground after being exercised for 30-35 days at the last third of the December or the last third of the February of the next year and enter the management after transplanting. The cuttage propagation adopting the method has high survival ratio and fast propagation speed. The invention is suitable for the climatic environments in most parts of Yangtze River Delta in China and has the survival ratio up to 80-90 percent, and the obtained nursery plantlets of the Virginia oaks have sound quality.

Wireless devices in a wireless network may use multiple communication modes to perform device-to-device (D2D) communication in a mesh wide area network (WAN). For instance, one communication mode may be contention-based, while the other communication mode may be scheduled (e.g., by a relay). To facilitate co-existence between these communication modes, a wireless device may identify a set of resources set aside for D2D communications and may select and reserve a transmission time interval (e.g., a slot) of the D2D resources. Other wireless devices may determine the transmission time interval is reserved and refrain from transmitting during that transmission time interval. In another example, a base station may assign a D2D communication mode to certain sets of D2D resources.

The method and system manages supply chain purchases of goods and services (G-S) using a distributed computer system coordinating interested customers with vendors who offer G-S. The system uses a database or accesses a vendor's database having default offer records which include G-S descriptions, price, payment terms, delivery data, and set-aside parameters. A sophisticated system includes customer specific offer records for approved customers with specific price, payment, delivery and set-aside parameters. Customers search the database, and if previously registered and accepted by the vendor, the customer can reserve a defined quantity of G-S in accordance with set-aside parameters, request a quote, and/or purchase G-S from the vendor. Further, the system rates the vendor and the customer based upon timely performance of, for the customer reservation followed by purchase of G-S within the defined quantity, and for the vendor, timely delivery of G-S and timely notice of customer acceptance.

The invention relates to a method for preparing plant pathomycete zymotic fluid produced by lactobacillus, which comprises the following steps: (1), the preparation of seed zymotic fluid: bacterial strain of lactobacillus is activated for 1-2 times by MRS fluid nutrient medium, inoculated in a triangular flask, and set aside in the constant temperature of 35-40 DEGC for anaerobic cultivation of 24-48 hours so as to turn into the seed zymotic fluid; (2) the preparation of leavening: the seed zymotic fluid is put into a fermentation cylinder filled with fermentation medium and neutralizing agent according to 10% of volume ratio to be fermented, and the culture mode is fed-batch fermentation culture, the mixture is set aside for anaerobic cultivation of 40-60 hours in the temperature of 35-39 DEG C, the Ph value is controlled to be 6.4-6.7, after the fermentation is over, the leavening is obtained; (3) the preparation of zymotic fluid finished products: the leavening is filtered so as to wipe off cells, thus obtaining the zymotic fluid of the lactobacillus. The method can stably obtain the leavening of the lactobacillus which has higher biomass and plant resistant pathomycete activity, can be used for preparing disinfectant curing fungal diseases of plants and provides a new resource for the development of natural biological pesticide.

Prevented planting (PP), where wet conditions during the planting season prevent access to farmed fields, costs the United States an average of many hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses each year. Crop insurance indemnifies most of the losses of PP on farmed land in the US. This system, method, and product uses Earth observation satellite data and geographic information system technology to provide automated PP crop-loss adjusting performed digitally to enhance crop loss adjusting efficiency, reduce loss-adjusting costs, assess crop losses across large geographic regions to forecast financial set asides to meet claim payouts, and parse data to all interested parties.

This invention relates to a method for utilizing nm ceramic pellets in purifying distilled spirit, which adds 100 portions of nm ceramic pellets in 20-2000 portions of distilled spirit to be set aside for 20-240 hours under 30-50deg.C then filters the nm ceramic pellets to get pure distilled spirit, in which, the smell and taste are changed a lot, the sweet taste is increased obviously while the hard, acid and acerbity are reduced.

The invention provides a method for extracting flavonoid glycoside substance, comprising the following steps of: taking orange pericarp removed with impurities and dry powder of persimmon leaf as rawmaterials, and extracting with 20-80% alcohol; setting aside, precipitating, taking supernatant, adding diatomite that is 1-5% of supernatant in terms of mass, fully stirring, pressing and filtering by a plate filter, membrane-filtering the filtrate B with PES membrane material, and taking the micro-molecular solution passing through the membrane; putting the obtained micro-molecular solution intoa film evaporator to remove impurities by molecular distillation, collecting the required distillate, performing spray drying, and making into powder to obtain the flavonoid glycoside substance. Themethod for extracting flavonoid glycoside substance has quite simple and convenient operation and low cost, and can save a large amount of solvent, reduce the requirements on the device, also reduce pollution on the environment and well guarantee the natural quality of the flavonoid glycoside substance; the content of flavonoid glycoside component in the produced flavonoid extract is high with a total content of more than 70%, and the transfer rate of general flavone can reach more than 95% with less residual pigment.

The present invention relates to road traffic, especially to road traffic patterns. A large number of on-the-spot survey data show that the existing traditional road traffic patterns lag behind the rapid economic development and the rapid improvement of people's material and cultural living standards. This is causing road traffic congestion, inconvenience and The root cause of the relative increase in traffic accidents. In order to solve this problem, a set of "Road Traffic Modes" is now disclosed, namely: road traffic pedestrian street mode, road traffic industry street mode, road traffic parking lot mode, road traffic vehicle computer management mode, There are six types of road traffic harbor-style bus stop modes and comprehensive road traffic modes. In practical applications, each mode can be activated one by one, or several modes can be combined to reserve development ground, and gradually reach the level of comprehensive mode development. The invention is applicable to all cities and rural areas: to transform the existing traditional road traffic mode and to build a new urban area and new countryside integrating urban and rural areas, so as to promote the long-term development of road traffic and national economy.

The invention discloses a novel medicine flavor health care pillow and a manufacture method thereof. The medicine flavor health care pillow mainly consists of a pillow sleeve and a pillow core, wherein the pillow core is in a cylindrical shape, in addition, rice and wheat straw sections and cassia seeds with the weight part ratio of 1/4 are filled inside the pillow core, and wormwood, sandal and camphor wood are also contained inside the pillow core. The rice and wheat straw sections in the invention are soft, the cassia seeds are hard particles, the rice and wheat straw sections and the cassia seeds are mixed to obtain materials with proper hardness. At the same time, the cassia seeds have the functions of calming the nerves to concentrate the attention, calming the liver to improve the eyesight and the like, have the certain relief function on patients with light insomnia, psychentonia and the like, can promote the sleeping, and has the effect of improving the sleeping quality. The sandal in the invention has the sterilization and disinfection effect, and has the functions of calming the nerves to preserve the health, assisting the deep thought and refreshing the mind to set aside all worries. The novel medicine flavor health care pillow of the invention is designed into the cylindrical shape, and can effectively reduce the occurrence rate of stiff neck.

A system and method for coupon redemption and automated proceed investment is disclosed. The system includes a management server that provides access to a merchant's transaction processing system and to individual member portals for registered customers. An input device is provided that is in operable communication with the management server, with the input device including a display with a user interface configured to display customer log-in and coupon redemption options to the customer and to receive log-in information and coupon redemption selections. A processor in the device is programmed to identify data relating to a customer designated account based on the log-in information provided by the registered customer, cause the user interface to display an electronic investment prompt for selecting a coupon redemption option, set aside an investment amount associated with the selected coupon redemption option, and finalize and transfer the investment amount into the customer designated account.

A method to increase savings by individuals based upon a percentage or portion of transactions made. In its most basic form, the method allows the participant to elect to have a small amount added to the charge for each non-cash transaction. The method of the present invention incorporates the calculation of a small, savings amount based upon the amount of a qualified transaction. The savings amount is added to the transaction amount to give a total amount for the participant's accounting and statement purposes, but it is not incorporated into the transaction payment. Instead, it is split off and transferred to a designated account that the participant chooses. Additionally, the financial institution, retailer, or other business entities involved in the transaction may elect to make some form of matching contribution to the participant's account as a form of promotion. The present invention benefits the participant by transferring small amounts from a highly used account to an account that the participant intends to use for saving purposes. Such an account may be any account chosen by the participant, but will generally be a savings type account, retirement account, an account that the participant has set aside to build up funds for a particular purpose, or an altruistic type account, such as a college fund for a child.

The invention provides a microbe starter culture for producing conjugated linoleic acid and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps that: 1) lactobacillus plantarum CICC 23138 as an original strain is activated through 0.9% of normal saline and is set aside for later use; 2) linoleic acid is added into a lactobacillus plantarum basic medium and the original strain activated in the step 1 is inoculated into the lactobacillus plantarum basic medium, wherein the volume of the added linoleic acid accounts for 0.1% of the volume of the lactobacillus plantarum basic medium and the volume of the added original strain accounts for 5% of the volume of the lactobacillus plantarum basic medium; the inoculated original strain is putted into an anaerobic incubator to be cultured statically for 30 hours at a temperature of 37 DEG C to form cultured bacterial strain as a grade 1 acclimated bacterial strain; linoleic acid is added into a lactobacillus plantarum basic medium and the grade 1 acclimated bacterial strain is inoculated into the lactobacillus plantarum basic medium, wherein the volume of the added linoleic acid accounts for 0.2% of the volume of the lactobacillus plantarum basic medium and the volume of the added grade 1 acclimated bacterial strain accounts for 5% of the volume of the lactobacillus plantarum basic medium; the inoculated grade 1 acclimated bacterial strain is putted into an anaerobic incubator to be cultured statically for 30 hours at a temperature of 37 DEG C to form cultured bacterial strain as a grade 2 acclimated bacterial strain; in the same way, acclimating processes are carried out grade by grade and a grade 7 acclimated bacterial strain is obtained after a grade 7 acclimating process is finished, wherein a low grade acclimated bacterial strain is utilized as an original strain of a higher grade acclimating process and an additive volume of linoleic acid is increased by 0.1% of the volume of a lactobacillus plantarum basic medium; 3) the grade 7 acclimated bacterial strain is cultured in defatted milk and a mature fermented strain is obtained when the defatted milk contains equal to or greater than 1010 living bacteria per milliliter; and 4) the mature fermented strain is treated through the processes of freezing and drying to form culture starter powder.

The Global Education Savings Fund (GESF) addresses the need for reliable and comprehensive funding for educational expenses. The GESF provides access to capital on a non-recourse basis, provides targeted capital at terms to fund education, provides a tactical allocation that increases probability of success, and provides capital guarantees that protect household/enterprise set-aside funds.

The invention relates to the technical field of plant cultivation and specifically relates to an orientation control method for peony blooming period. The method is characterized in that the processed plant is set aside in an environment of 0 to 5 DEG C for more than 14 days; the room temperature is gradually increased to 17 to 20 DEG C; at the same time, gibberellins with concentration of 0.08 to 0.1g/kg is applied on buds, relative air humidity is controlled between 65% and 85%, and daily illumination time is controlled for 10 to 12 hours; fertilization, ventilation, and inset prevention are regularly performed and back bud flower removal is timely performed. According to the method, the characteristic of peony dormancy is utilized for orientation control of peony blooming period so that the economic value and social benefit of peony are greatly increased.