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20090126925 | HELICAL BACKUP ELEMENT - A helical backup element includes a tubular body of material and a helical opening in the tubular body. | 05-21-2009 |
20090236102 | WATER SENSITIVE VARIABLE COUNTERWEIGHT DEVICE DRIVEN BY OSMOSIS - A method for producing fluid from a subterranean formation includes configuring a body to at least partially fill with a selected fluid; and actuating a flow restriction element using the body. The selected fluid may be water. An apparatus for controlling flow of a fluid into a wellbore tubular may include a selectively buoyant body, and a flow restriction element responsive to a movement of the selectively buoyant body. The selectively buoyant body includes a membrane configured to block a flow of hydrocarbons into the selectively buoyant body. The flow restriction element may include a flapper, a sliding sleeve, and a poppet valve. The body may be at least partially filled with a permeable material, which includes, but is not limited to, open-cell foam, reticulated metal foam, shaped sintered powder and capillary tubes. | 09-24-2009 |
20120080373 | ANISOTROPIC FILTRATION MEDIA AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of making an anisotropic filtration media includes, foaming a media, straining the media in a selected direction, and relieving strain of the media in the selected direction | 04-05-2012 |
20120168977 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CONFORMABLE MATERIALS FOR DOWNHOLE SCREENS - A process of making a foamed conformable material by reaction injection molding comprises providing a first component from a first feed tank at a first flow rate, via a first conduit, to a mixing device; providing a second component from a second feed tank at a second flow rate, via a second conduit, to the mixing device, the second component reactive with the first component in the presence of a foaming agent; mixing the first component and the second component in the mixing device to form a reaction mixture; introducing the reaction mixture into an injection molding device; molding the reaction mixture to form a foamed conformable material; wherein the mixing of the reaction mixture is adjusted to achieve a desired average cell size of the foamed conformable material. The process can produce wellbore-conforming materials that can function to filter out sand or other undesirable fines from a formation. | 07-05-2012 |
20120211223 | SAND SCREEN, EXPANDABLE SCREEN AND METHOD OF MAKING - An expandable screen includes, a body constructed of one or more strands of a shape memory material randomly distributed in a mat structure, the body is stable at a first volume and expandable to a second volume upon a change in environment. | 08-23-2012 |
20120211226 | SCREEN, METHOD OF EXPANDING A SCREEN AND METHOD OF CONFORMING A SCREEN TO A BOREHOLE - A screen includes, a body having a permeable material with energy stored therein configured to change the body from a first volume to a second volume, and a binder in operable communication with the body configured to retain the body in the first volume until the binder is weakened sufficiently for the energy stored within the body to overcome the binder and allow the body to change from the first volume toward the second volume. | 08-23-2012 |
20120211413 | CONFORMABLE SCREEN, SHAPE MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A shape memory structure includes, an elastic material, and a viscoelastic material commingled with the elastic material. The shape memory structure is reformable from a first shape to a second shape upon exposure to a change in environment that softens the viscoelastic material thereby allowing the shape memory structure to creep under stress stored in the elastic material. | 08-23-2012 |
20120213979 | POLYMERIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of making a polymeric component includes, extruding one or more strands of a polymer, halting curing of the one or more strands, forming a mat with the extruded one or more strands, bonding the one or more strands to one another at points of contact therebetween, and curing the one or more strands. | 08-23-2012 |
20120319317 | METHOD OF MAKING AN ANISOTROPIC FILTRATION MEDIA - A method of making an anisotropic filtration media includes foaming a media, straining the media in a selected direction, and relieving strain of the media in the selected direction | 12-20-2012 |
20130000498 | PERMEABLE MATERIAL COMPACTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A permeable material compacting method includes feeding permeable material between at least one set of rollers, and decreasing a cross sectional area of the permeable material as it passes between the at least one set of rollers. | 01-03-2013 |
20130022832 | INTERMETALLIC METALLIC COMPOSITE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an article comprising a plurality of domains fused together; wherein the domains comprise a core comprising a first metal; and a first layer disposed upon the core; the first layer comprising a second metal; the first metal being chemically different the second metal. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising rolling a sheet in a roll mill; the sheet comprising a first metal and having disposed upon each opposing face of the sheet a first layer that comprises a second metal; the second metal being chemically different from the first metal; cutting the sheet into a plurality of sheets; stacking the plurality of sheets; and rolling the stacked sheets in the roll mill to form a blank. | 01-24-2013 |
20130032276 | PERMEABLE MATERIAL COMPACTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A permeable material compacting method includes, feeding permeable material between at least one set of rollers, decreasing a thickness of the permeable material, and wrapping the permeable material around a mandrel in a helical fashion. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032343 | PERMEABLE MATERIAL COMPACTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A permeable material compacting method includes, positioning a portion of at least one elongated member within the interior of a tubular, moving a portion of the at least one elongated member through the interior of the tubular, moving a permeable material through the interior of the tubular with the portion of the at least one elongated member, and radially compacting the permeable material as the permeable material passes through the interior of the tubular. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032969 | PERMEABLE MATERIAL COMPACTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A permeable material compacting method includes positioning permeable material around a mandrel, rotating the permeable material about an axis of the mandrel, longitudinally moving at least one tapered surface against the permeable material and reducing a radial thickness of the permeable material between a surface of the mandrel and the at least one tapered surface. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032974 | PERMEABLE MATERIAL COMPACTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A permeable material compacting method includes, forming a cavity between a membrane and a structure, porting fluid to or from the cavity, positioning permeable material adjacent the membrane, generating a differential pressure across the membrane, deforming the membrane, and decreasing volume of the permeable material | 02-07-2013 |
20130062067 | METHOD OF DEPLOYING NANOENHANCED DOWNHOLE ARTICLE - A method of deploying a downhole article comprising a shape memory material, the shape memory material comprising a nanoparticle having greater thermal conductivity than an identical shape memory material but without the nanoparticle; the method comprising heating the article while in a compacted state to change the article to a non-compacted state. A method of deploying the downhole article where the article is a packer element is also disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130081755 | PERMEABLE MATERIAL COMPACTING METHOD - A permeable material compacting method includes, feeding permeable material between at least one set of rollers, decreasing a thickness of the permeable material, and wrapping the permeable material around a mandrel in a helical fashion. | 04-04-2013 |
20130168257 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE CORROSION RATE OF ALLOY PARTICLES, ALLOY PARTICLE WITH CONTROLLED CORROSION RATE, AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE PARTICLE - A composite particle comprises a core, a shielding layer deposited on the core, and further comprising an interlayer region formed at an interface of the shielding layer and the core, the interlayer region having a reactivity less than that of the core, and the shielding layer having a reactivity less than that of the interlayer region, a metallic layer not identical to the shielding layer and deposited on the shielding layer, the metallic layer having a reactivity less than that of the core, and optionally, an adhesion metal layer deposited on the metallic layer. | 07-04-2013 |
20130206273 | Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Nanocomposite Downhole Member - A downhole composite component is disclosed. The downhole composite component includes a tubular member, the tubular member comprising a fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite. The fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite includes a polymer matrix, the polymer matrix having an unfilled matrix compressive modulus of elasticity. The polymer matrix also includes a nanoparticle filler comprising a plurality of nanoparticles dispersed within the polymer matrix, the polymer matrix and dispersed nanoparticle filler having a filled matrix compressive modulus of elasticity, the filled matrix compressive modulus of elasticity being greater than the unfilled matrix compressive modulus of elasticity. The fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite also includes a plurality of reinforcing fibers, the plurality of reinforcing fibers embedded within the polymer matrix, the polymer matrix and plurality of reinforcing fibers having the form of the tubular member, the tubular member configured to receive a compressive stress. | 08-15-2013 |
20140124981 | METHOD OF MAKING A SHAPE MEMORY STRUCTURE - A method of making a shape memory structure includes, commingling elastic material with viscoelastic material, and forming a structure with the commingled materials. Altering a shape of the structure, altering an environment the structure is exposed to, to lock in the altered shape of the structure via hardening of the viscoelastic material until the structure is exposed to another environment that softens the viscoelastic material. | 05-08-2014 |
20140360613 | INSTRUMENTATION LINE PROTECTION AND SECUREMENT SYSTEM - A screen assembly including a tubular screen member, an instrumentation line disposed at an outer radial surface of the tubular screen member and a shape-change element disposed radially outwardly of the instrumentation line. The shape-change element is configured to change in radial dimension in response to exposure to a corresponding stimulus in order to increasingly clamp the instrumentation line against the outer radial surface of the tubular screen member when transitioning from a first shape to a second shape. The shape-change element protects the instrumentation line radially between the tubular screen component and the shape-change element along an entire axial length of the shape-change element. A method of monitoring a borehole completion is also included. | 12-11-2014 |
20150093589 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE CORROSION RATE OF ALLOY PARTICLES, ALLOY PARTICLE WITH CONTROLLED CORROSION RATE, AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE PARTICLE - A composite particle comprises a core, a shielding layer deposited on the core, and further comprises an interlayer region formed at an interface of the shielding layer and the core, the interlayer region having a reactivity less than that of the core, and the shielding layer having a reactivity less than that of the interlayer region, a metallic layer not identical to the shielding layer and deposited on the shielding layer, the metallic layer having a reactivity less than that of the core, and optionally, an adhesion metal layer deposited on the metallic layer, wherein the composite particles have a corrosion rate of about 0.1 to about 450 mg/cm | 04-02-2015 |
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20110218958 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING ONE OR MORE ACTIONS UTILIZING A UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing one or more actions utilizing a uniform resource locator. These mechanisms and methods for performing one or more actions utilizing a uniform resource locator can enable improved overall URL usage, more efficient search engine URL results, improved URL comprehension by users, etc. | 09-08-2011 |
20110225206 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CREATING A PLURALITY OF CNAMES FOR A WEBSITE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating a plurality of cnames for a website. These mechanisms and methods for creating a plurality of cnames for a website can provide multiple DNS entries for a single website. The ability to provide multiple DNS entries for a single website can enable websites to be accessible from multiple locations. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225263 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SERVING AN APPLICATION FROM A CUSTOM SUBDOMAIN - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for serving an application from a custom subdomain. These mechanisms and methods for serving an application from a custom subdomain can enable improved data security, enhanced system performance, optimized resource utilization, etc. | 09-15-2011 |
20110295728 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTION OF PERFORMANCE DATA IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT - A method of collecting data from multiple sources in a multi-tenant system is provided. The method includes obtaining data corresponding to a first tenant in the multi-tenant system and a second tenant in the multi-tenant system from a first source, obtaining data corresponding to the first tenant in the multi-tenant system and the second tenant in the multi-tenant system from a second source, and aggregating the data obtained from the first and second sources into a single database and associating each entry of the obtained data with at least one of the tenants of the multi-tenant system. | 12-01-2011 |
20120042218 | DEBUGGING SITE ERRORS BY AN ADMIN AS A GUEST USER IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - An approach for debugging site errors in a multi-tenant database system is disclosed. An example method can include receiving a request from a site administrator to access an enhanced error message and determining if the site administrator is approved for viewing the enhanced error message by evaluating exceptions associated with the enhanced error message, the request, and the site administrator. The example method further includes modifying a detailed error message related to the request for generating the enhanced error message, and providing the enhanced error message to the site administrator based on the approval determination. | 02-16-2012 |
20120144023 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING CONFIGURATION DATA IN A MULTI-TENANT ENVIRONMENT - Validation systems and methods are described to validate domain name services (DNS) or other configuration data for multiple network services provided by a common multi-tenant application server. A validation system suitably receives configuration data from the multi-tenant application server for each of the services provided. The validation system also performs a validation query to a domain name services or other public service on the network to obtain public data about each service. The publicly-available information is compared to the data received from the multi-tenant application server, and any anomalies are reported and/or repaired as appropriate. | 06-07-2012 |
20130297801 | MANAGING MULTIPLE PROXY SERVERS IN A MULTI-TENANT APPLICATION SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for managing a plurality of proxy servers in a multi-tenant database system is provided. The method, for example, may include, but is not limited to, receiving, by a processor, a first command, generating, by the processor, a second command for each of the plurality of proxy servers based upon the first command, and transmitting each of the generated second commands to the respective proxy server. | 11-07-2013 |
20140032632 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING ONE OR MORE ACTIONS UTILIZING A UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing one or more actions utilizing a uniform resource locator. These mechanisms and methods for performing one or more actions utilizing a uniform resource locator can enable improved overall URL usage, more efficient search engine URL results, improved URL comprehension by users, etc. | 01-30-2014 |
20140156794 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SERVING AN APPLICATION FROM A CUSTOM SUBDOMAIN - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for serving an application from a custom subdomain. These mechanisms and methods for serving an application from a custom subdomain can enable improved data security, enhanced system performance, optimized resource utilization, etc. | 06-05-2014 |
20150301992 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING ONE OR MORE ACTIONS UTILIZING A UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing one or more actions utilizing a uniform resource locator. These mechanisms and methods for performing one or more actions utilizing a uniform resource locator can enable improved overall URL usage, more efficient search engine URL results, improved URL comprehension by users, etc. | 10-22-2015 |
20160036651 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SERVING AN APPLICATION FROM A CUSTOM SUBDOMAIN - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for serving an application from a custom subdomain. These mechanisms and methods for serving an application from a custom subdomain can enable improved data security, enhanced system performance, optimized resource utilization, etc. | 02-04-2016 |
20160102879 | USING A DATABASE SYSTEM TO CAUSE AUTOMATED SYSTEM EVENTS TO BE PERFORMED IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING - Examples of database systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are disclosed for causing automated system events to be performed in response to environmental sensing. In some implementations, a database system can receive environmental data and location data from a computing device capable of reading environmental data using an environmental sensor. The sensor is situated at a geographic location identified by the location data. An occurrence of an environmental condition can be determined using the environmental data. A database record in a database can be created or updated to identify the environmental data and/or the environmental condition. A system event to perform can then be determined based on the creating or updating of the database record. | 04-14-2016 |
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20140113726 | ONLINE GAME SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Certain embodiments herein are directed to an online game system, computer-readable medium, and a method comprising: providing a network system comprising a central device and a plurality of remote devices, each said remote device being connected to the central device; providing a plurality of data objects in the network system; and, for running an online game session in the network system, implementing a mode of operation, comprising: assigning each of said data objects to at least one of the remote devices, thereby, giving the at least one remote device control over the assigned data object, and excluding the central device from control over each of said data objects; and, for the plurality of remote devices, limiting data object related game data exchange to a direct data exchange with the central device only. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113727 | ONLINE GAME SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Certain embodiments herein are directed to an online game system, computer-readable medium, and a method comprising: providing a network system comprising a central device and a plurality of remote devices, each said remote device being connected to the central device; providing a plurality of data objects in the network system; and, for running an online game session in the network system, implementing a mode of operation, comprising: assigning each of said data objects to at least one of the remote devices, thereby, giving the at least one remote device control over the assigned data object, and excluding the central device from control over each of said data objects; and, for the plurality of remote devices, limiting data object related game data exchange to a direct data exchange with the central device only. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115144 | ONLINE GAME SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Certain embodiments herein are directed to an online game system, computer-readable medium, and a method comprising: providing a network system comprising a central device and a plurality of remote devices, each said remote device being connected to the central device; providing a plurality of data objects in the network system; and, for running an online game session in the network system, implementing a mode of operation, comprising: assigning each of said data objects to at least one of the remote devices, thereby, giving the at least one remote device control over the assigned data object, and excluding the central device from control over each of said data objects; and, for the plurality of remote devices, limiting data object related game data exchange to a direct data exchange with the central device only. | 04-24-2014 |