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20090142207 | BOTTOM HOLE HOLLOW CORE ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMPING SYSTEM - An electric submersible pumping system includes a motor comprising an inner hollow core rotor and an outer stator, a gearbox comprising a hollow core input shaft connected to the motor rotor, and a hollow core output shaft, and a pump driven by the gearbox output shaft, the pump having an intake, and wherein the pump output is directed through the hollow core output shaft and into the hollow core motor rotor. The motor section is disposed above the gearbox and pump. | 06-04-2009 |
20090242210 | DOWNHOLE FLUID RECIRCULATION VALVE - A downhole valve for insertion in a production tubing string permits recirculation of fluid pumped into the casing annulus. The valve includes a cylindrical housing defining an opening, an internal mandrel disposed within the housing, defining a central bore and defining an opening, a valve between the housing and the mandrel, wherein said valve opens to allow fluid communication from the mandrel central bore to the annulus space in response to a pressure differential between the mandrel central bore and the annular space, and biasing means for biasing the valve in a closed position. The valve may be set within a completion string by wireline techniques | 10-01-2009 |
20090272522 | MASTER BALL VALVE WITH INTEGRATED HANGER - A master ball valve with an integrated main hanger below the valve which may be used to hang jointed tubing, coil tubing, or electrified coil tubing for connection with an electric submersible pump. | 11-05-2009 |
20120080196 | PLUNGER LIFT AND SAFETY VALVE SYSTEM - A plunger lift production system uses a production string including a bottom hole assembly, a production tubing having an inside diameter and including a safety valve having an inside diameter, and a plunger with an outside diameter which closely matches the inside diameter of the safety valve, and an expandable lug and pad assembly, which when expanded closely matches the inside diameter of the production tubing, and when not expanded closely matches the inside diameter of the safety valve. | 04-05-2012 |
20130140040 | DOWNHOLE FLUID RECIRCULATION VALVE - A downhole valve for insertion in a production tubing string permits recirculation of fluid pumped into the casing annulus. The valve includes a cylindrical housing defining an opening, an internal mandrel disposed within the housing, defining a central bore and defining an opening, a valve between the housing and the mandrel, wherein said valve opens to allow fluid communication from the mandrel central bore to the annulus space in response to a pressure differential between the mandrel central bore and the annular space, and biasing means for biasing the valve in a closed position. The valve may be set within a completion string by wireline techniques | 06-06-2013 |
20130264066 | HYBRID FLUID LIFT VALVE FOR COMMINGLING GAS PRODUCTION - A method and apparatus for commingling sweet gas and sour gas production in a gas well having an upper sweet zone and a lower sour zone. The apparatus comprises a commingling valve which prevents cross flow of sour fluids into the sweet zone or casing annulus. | 10-10-2013 |
20140341755 | HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL WELL FLUID PUMPING SYSTEM - A pump system for producing fluids from a reservoir using a wellbore having a vertical section with a casing defining an annulus, a transitional section and a horizontal section, and a production tubing having a vertical section and a horizontal section, wherein the system includes a completion with an isolation device in the annulus near the bottom of the vertical section, a gas/liquid separator for receiving produced fluids from the horizontal section, and a vertical lift pump; a continuous flow path from the terminus of the production tubing to the vertical section; a plurality of horizontal pumps in the horizontal section, each having an intake exposed to the reservoir and an outlet in the continuous flow path. The horizontal length of the production tubing is closed to the reservoir except through the horizontal pumps. A method of producing fluids includes isolating a vertical section of a wellbore from a horizontal section; isolating the production tubing from the reservoir; pumping fluid from the reservoir adjacent a toe segment into a production tubing toe segment and towards the heel segment; and pumping fluid from the reservoir adjacent a heel segment into the production tubing heel segment and towards the vertical section, and pumping fluid up the vertical section to the surface. Also disclosed is a diaphragm pump. | 11-20-2014 |
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20120278343 | PROVIDING SYNDICATED CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH A LINK IN RECEIVED DATA - Data is received by a first device from a first source, where the data contains a link to a particular web page. Responsive to the data, a repository of syndicated content items associated with web pages is accessed. If a particular syndicated content item associated with the particular web page is in the repository, the particular syndicated content item is retrieved and provided to a second device for display at the second device. | 11-01-2012 |
20120311436 | DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF CONTENT USING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A device, system and method are provided for processing and displaying content received in a content feed. Dimensions of a page layout area available to display a articles are determined, and a page layout is generated with a first layout region whose size is based at least in part on the content of a first article, and a second layout region occupying a subdivision of the remaining area of the page layout area. The second layout region position and size is thus determined by the page layout area dimensions and size of the first layout region. A further layout region may be defined in the remaining area of the page layout area after the second layout region is defined, again based on the page layout area dimensions and the size of the second layout region. Articles are then laid out in a corresponding one of the layout regions for display. | 12-06-2012 |
20130151993 | System and Method for Sharing Electronic News Items - A system and method are provided for sending a first message to a recipient using a messaging channel, the message including information identifying an electronic news article provided by a data channel; receiving a second message from the recipient over the messaging channel, the second message having been composed in a news application; and displaying the second message in association with the electronic news article in the news application. A system and method are also provided for receiving a first message from a sender over a messaging channel, the message including information identifying an electronic news article provided by a data channel; obtaining the electronic news article using the data channel; enabling a second message to be composed in a news application displaying the electronic news article; and sending the second message to the sender using the messaging channel. | 06-13-2013 |
20130254413 | PEER-TO-PEER TIME LIMITED DATA SHARING - System and methods for performing time limited data sharing over peer-to-peer data connections. A sharing data communications device sends a data sharing invitation with an end time specification to another device. Upon accepting the invitation, a data sharing relationship is established that will terminate at the specified end time. The invitation specifies a data set that can be shared over the data sharing relationship. The sharing data communications device is able to send the specified data set to the other device until the end time or until the data sharing relationship is terminated by either device. In one example, the establishment and maintenance of the data sharing relationship and shared data exchange is performed by the two end user devices over a peer-to-peer data protocol without an intermediate data sharing server. | 09-26-2013 |
20130303085 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION TAG DATA MANAGEMENT - Systems, devices, methods, and programming products for enabling read/write operations between near field communication (NFC) devices at multiple levels of access authorization. | 11-14-2013 |
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20090013275 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUICK VIEW OF APPLICATION DATA ON A HOME SCREEN INTERFACE TRIGGERED BY A SCROLL/FOCUS ACTION - A home screen user interface permits a user to select an application icon to trigger a quick preview of event data maintained by the associated application. The home screen presents a background and a predetermined number of application icons arranged on the home screen to enable viewing of a majority of the background. At least some of the application icons are operable to invoke respective user interfaces for event applications that manage respective data communication, voice communication and calendar events. Upon a user selecting an application icon corresponding to the respective event application, event data is displayed, preferably after a time delay, on a portion of the home screen. | 01-08-2009 |
20100279620 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING WIRELESS MODE INDICATORS - Embodiments relate to a mobile device comprising: a processor; a display responsive to the processor; a plurality of wireless communication subsystems responsive to the processor; and a memory. The memory is accessible to the processor and stores program code executable by the processor for executing a user interface application. The user interface application is configured to determine a first connection status of the mobile device with respect to a cellular network and a second connection status with respect to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The user interface application, when executed by the processor, is further configured to cause the display to display a selected combination of icons in three display fields in a banner area of the display. The combination of icons is selected from a plurality of icon combinations based on the determined first connection status and the second connection status. | 11-04-2010 |
20110045871 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A novel method and apparatus for controlling a display of an electronic device is provided. In an embodiment, the device is a portable electronic device with the combined features of wireless email and telephony. The portable electronic device also includes a camera. The device includes a trackball which can be used to control the image shown in the viewfinder when the device is being used as a camera. | 02-24-2011 |
20110256903 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING WIRELESS MODE INDICATORS - Embodiments relate to a mobile device comprising: a processor; a display responsive to the processor; a plurality of wireless communication subsystems responsive to the processor; and a memory. The memory is accessible to the processor and stores program code executable by the processor for executing a user interface application. The user interface application is configured to determine a first connection status of the mobile device with respect to a cellular network and a second connection status with respect to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The user interface application, when executed by the processor, is further configured to cause the display to display a selected combination of icons in three display fields in a banner area of the display. The combination of icons is selected from a plurality of icon combinations based on the determined first connection status and the second connection status. | 10-20-2011 |
20120178427 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING WIRELESS MODE INDICATORS - Embodiments relate to a mobile device comprising: a processor; a display responsive to the processor; a plurality of wireless communication subsystems responsive to the processor; and a memory. The memory is accessible to the processor and stores program code executable by the processor for executing a user interface application. The user interface application is configured to determine a first connection status of the mobile device with respect to a cellular network and a second connection status with respect to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The user interface application, when executed by the processor, is further configured to cause the display to display a selected combination of icons in three display fields in a banner area of the display. The combination of icons is selected from a plurality of icon combinations based on the determined first connection status and the second connection status. | 07-12-2012 |
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20110264726 | METERING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES - A configurator is provided that connects with various disparate elements in a telecommunication system. The configurator is adapted to receive a traffic plan that has a plurality of different aspects that are implemented across the disparate elements. The configurator is adapted to generate processing schemas and/or databases that can be used by the disparate elements in order to implement the traffic plan. | 10-27-2011 |
20110264803 | CONFIGURATOR - A configurator is provided that connects with various disparate elements in a telecommunication system. The configurator is adapted to receive a traffic plan that has a plurality of different aspects that are implemented across the disparate elements. The configurator is adapted to generate processing schemas and/or databases that can be used by the disparate elements in order to implement the traffic plan. | 10-27-2011 |
20110269421 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC PROVISIONING - A system and method for dynamic provisioning is provided. In an embodiment, a provisioning engine receives data representing a device profile, a device state and a network state, and to the extent that the device profile, device state and network state are not consistent, the engine can dynamically re-provision the device to achieve an alternative provisioning. | 11-03-2011 |
20120036559 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURITY MANAGEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system, method and apparatus for security management of an electronic device or subscriber are provided. In one aspect, the system includes a profile server and an inspection point server that are both connectable to a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device is configured to send contextual data such as location data or information pertaining to the identity of the subscriber from the device and into a network attached to the mobile electronic device. The profile server is configured to authorize (or deny authorization) the release of contextual data such as location data or information pertaining to the identity of the subscriber. The inspection point server is configured to intercept the contextual data such as location data or information pertaining to the identity of the subscriber being sent from the device and query the profile server to determine if the request was authorized. | 02-09-2012 |
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20110000757 | FRICTION CLUTCH AND METHOD TO REDUCE DRAG LOSS IN FRICTION CLUTCH - A wet clutch includes a rotatable hub and a rotatable drum having an aperture extending therethrough. A plurality of outer clutch plates are fixed for rotation with the drum. A plurality of inner clutch plates are fixed for rotation with the hub and interleaved with the outer clutch plates. A piston is moveable to apply a force to the inner and outer clutch plates to transfer torque between the hub and the drum. A cover is moveable relative to the drum between first and second positions. The cover selectively restricts a flow of fluid through the aperture in the drum when in the first position. | 01-06-2011 |
20110162933 | SEALED ONE WAY ROLLER CLUTCH - A one-way clutch assembly includes an inner race adapted to be fixed for rotation with a first rotatable member, an outer race having circumferentially spaced apart cam surfaces and being adapted to be fixed for rotation with a second rotatable member as well as a plurality of roller elements positioned therebetween. A plurality of circumferentially extending springs cooperate with the cage to align each roller element with the cam surfaces. The springs and cage urge the roller elements away from the inner race. A retaining mechanism captures lubricant in contact with the roller elements. | 07-07-2011 |
20110168118 | TORQUE TRANSFER UNIT WITH SEALED ONE WAY CLUTCH FOR AN ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM - A starting system for an internal combustion engine includes a pinion gear selectively driven by a starter motor, a drive plate having a set of teeth in constant meshed engagement with the pinion gear and a one-way clutch adapted to interconnect the drive plate and an engine crankshaft. The clutch assembly includes an inner race adapted to be fixed for rotation with the crankshaft. An outer race is fixed for rotation with the drive plate and has circumferentially spaced apart cam surfaces. The clutch also includes a cage for positioning rollers in circumferentially spaced apart alignment with the cam surfaces. A pair of seal plates are coupled to one of the inner race and the outer race. Each seal plate is positioned proximate to and spaced apart from the other of the inner race and the outer race. | 07-14-2011 |
20110168119 | SEALED HIGH CAPACITY OVERRUNNING ROLLER CLUTCH - A clutch assembly includes an inner race, an outer race and a plurality of roller elements positioned radially therebetween. The clutch assembly also includes a cage assembly, a seal and a retaining ring. The cage assembly includes a skeleton coupled to a spring ring having a plurality of radially extending guides arranged to circumferentially space apart each roller element in alignment with cam surfaces formed on the outer race. The guides are resiliently deformable to allow concurrent engagement of each roller element with both the inner and outer races. The seal engages an inner surface of the outer race and an outer surface of the inner race, and is positioned axially outboard of the roller elements. The retaining ring is positioned within ring grooves formed on each of the inner and outer races to restrict movement of the cage. | 07-14-2011 |
20120227540 | ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM WITH ONE-WAY CLUTCH - A hybrid vehicle starting system includes a pinion gear driven by a starter motor, and a drive plate having a set of teeth in constant meshed engagement with the pinion gear. A one-way clutch drivingly interconnects the drive plate and an engine crankshaft and includes an inner race fixed for rotation with the crankshaft, an outer race fixed for rotation with the drive plate, and a plurality of rollers positioned radially therebetween. A cage positions the rollers in circumferentially spaced apart alignment with outer cam surfaces. A split ring is positioned within grooves on each of the inner race and the outer race. The split ring is fitted within one of the grooves at a first clearance and fitted within the other of the grooves at a predetermined second clearance at least ten times the first clearance to isolate the outer race from vibrations of the inner race. | 09-13-2012 |
20120227541 | ONE-WAY CLUTCH AND OFF-AXIS COUPLING FOR AN ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM - A starting system for a hybrid vehicle includes a pinion gear driven by a starter motor and a drive plate having a set of teeth in constant meshed engagement with the pinion gear. A one-way clutch assembly drivingly interconnects the drive plate and an engine crankshaft and includes an inner race fixed for rotation with the crankshaft, an outer race coupled for rotation with the drive plate and a plurality of rollers positioned radially therebetween. The outer race includes a first set of teeth drivingly engaging a second set of teeth on the drive plate and arranged to allow the outer race to rotate about an axis misaligned with an axis of rotation of the drive plate. A spring engages the drive plate and the outer race to urge the first and second sets of teeth into alignment with one another. | 09-13-2012 |
20120234281 | ONE WAY CLUTCH WITH VIBRATION DAMPER FOR AN ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM - A starting system for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft rotatably supported within an engine block. The starting system includes a pinion gear driven by a starter motor, a drive plate having a set of teeth in constant meshed engagement with the pinion gear, and a one-way clutch. The one-way clutch is adapted to selectively drivingly interconnect the drive plate and the crankshaft. The clutch includes an inner race adapted to be fixed for rotation with the crankshaft, an outer race coupled for rotation with the drive plate, and a plurality of roller elements positioned radially therebetween. A fastener couples the drive plate to the outer race and compresses an elastomeric damper between the drive plate and the outer race. | 09-20-2012 |
20130256081 | FRICTION CLUTCH AND METHOD TO REDUCE DRAG LOSS IN FRICTION CLUTCH - A wet clutch includes a rotatable hub and a rotatable drum having an aperture extending therethrough. A plurality of outer clutch plates are fixed for rotation with the drum. A plurality of inner clutch plates are fixed for rotation with the hub and interleaved with the outer clutch plates. A piston is moveable to apply a force to the inner and outer clutch plates to transfer torque between the hub and the drum. A cover is moveable relative to the drum between first and second positions. The cover selectively restricts a flow of fluid through the aperture in the drum when in the first position. | 10-03-2013 |
20140305396 | TORQUE TRANSFER UNIT FOR AN ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM - A starting system for a vehicle including an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft includes a pinion gear driven by a starter motor. A drive plate includes a set of teeth in constant meshed engagement with the pinion gear. A one-way clutch assembly is adapted to drivingly interconnect the drive plate and the crankshaft. The clutch assembly includes an inner race adapted to be fixed for rotation with the crankshaft, an outer race fixed for rotation with the drive plate, and a plurality of rollers positioned radially therebetween. One of the inner and outer races includes circumferentially spaced apart cam surfaces. The clutch assembly also includes a cage for positioning the rollers in a circumferentially spaced apart alignment with the cam surfaces and a roller bearing assembly positioned axially offset from the one-way clutch rollers to rotatably support the outer race on the inner race. | 10-16-2014 |