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20110235085 | PRINTER WITH ANONYMOUS PRINTER REGISTRATION IN A CLOUD-BASED PRINT SERVICE - A printer may include a registration requester configured to receive an initiation request from a user to initiate a registration of the printer, and further configured to send a registration request to a cloud print service over a network. The printer may include a claim facilitator configured to receive a registration response from the cloud print service over the network, the registration response including a claim code, and further configured to provide, using printer functionality, the claim code to the user. The printer also may include an authentication manager configured to request an authentication credential issued by the cloud print service in response to a matching of the printer with a user account of the user within the cloud print service, the matching based on a receipt of the claim code from the user at the cloud print service, and further configured to receive and store the authentication credential at the printer. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246651 | Recording and Serializing Events - Event information with respect to events that occur at a client is recorded. A current client real time clock (RTC) timestamp at the occurrence of each event is also recorded. Each event is assigned a unique sequence identification. Event data including the event information and the associated RTC timestamp and sequence identification information are transmitted to a server. The server reconstructs at least one of: a chronological order of the events on the client and the time when each event occurred at the client. | 10-06-2011 |
20110299110 | CLOUD-BASED PRINT SERVICE - A print server may include an application manager configured to receive a print request over a network from an application executing on a device, and configured to provide, over the network, a print dialog to a user of the application, the print dialog configured to provide for a selection of at least one printer associated with a user account of the user and thereafter receive a selected printer from the selection. A format converter may be configured to receive a print job designating the selected printer, the print job including print data and print characteristics expressed in a first format, and configured to convert the print job from the first format into a printer-specific format associated with the selected printer. A print job router may be configured to route the print job over the network from the print server to a print client associated with the selected printer, for printing by the selected printer, using the printer-specific format. | 12-08-2011 |
20120057193 | ANONYMOUS PRINTER REGISTRATION IN A CLOUD-BASED PRINT SERVICE - A print server may include an anonymous printer registration module configured to receive, at a cloud print service, a registration request from a printer over a network and return a registration response to the printer over the network. The anonymous printer registration module may include a claim code provider configured to provide a claim code included within the registration response to the printer over the network, wherein the printer is configured to provide the claim code to a user of the printer, and a printer matcher configured to receive the claim code from the user over the network and match a user account of the user within the cloud print service with the printer, in response to the receipt of the claim code from the user. | 03-08-2012 |
20140002845 | SECURE PRINTING IN A CLOUD-BASED PRINT SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140036287 | SEMANTIC PRINTING OPTIONS - The embodiments provide a print server including a cloud print service. The print server includes an application manager configured to receive a print request for content to be printed, over a network, from a user of an application associated with a device, and provide, over the network, a print dialog to the user. The print dialog is configured to identify at least one available printer associated with the cloud print service. The print server also includes an options translator configured to determine at least one printing option associated with the at least one available printer, and translate a native printer display format of the at least one printing option to a common protocol display format associated with the cloud print service. The options translator is configured to provide the common protocol display format for inclusion in the print dialog. | 02-06-2014 |
20140368859 | VIRTUAL PRINT QUEUE FOR ROVING PRINTING IN A CLOUD-BASED PRINT SERVICE - An application manager may receive, from an application utilized at a device at a first location, a print job, the print job identifying a virtual print queue and application content to be printed, the application manager being further configured to store the print job in association with the virtual print queue. A print job router may receive, after the storing, a print initiation identifying a printer at a second location, the print initiation identifying the print job, including print properties thereof, and originating from the second location. A format converter may generate, from the application content and using the print properties, a printable file in a format printable by the identified printer, for sending to the identified printer by the print job router. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368865 | ROVING PRINTING IN A CLOUD-BASED PRINT SERVICE USING A MOBILE DEVICE - An application manager may receive, from an application utilized at a device at a first location, a print job, the print job identifying a virtual print queue and application content to be printed, the application manager being further configured to store the print job in association with the virtual print queue. A print job router may receive, after the storing and from a mobile device at a second location, a print initiation identifying a printer at the second location and the print job, the print job router being further configured to send the application content to the identified printer, based on the print initiation. | 12-18-2014 |
20150199161 | REMOTE PRINTING MANAGEMENT FOR CLOUD PRINTING - A print server may include an application manager configured to receive a print job from a user and associate the print job with a printer. The print server may include a presence manager configured to provide a presence code for the print job and the printer, and to receive the presence code from the user in conjunction with a physical presence of the user at the printer, and a print job router configured to release the print job for printing by the printer, based on the receipt of the presence code. | 07-16-2015 |
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20140087654 | LOCATION AWARE FILE SHARING BETWEEN NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION ENABLED DEVICES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for connecting, selecting, and/or transferring data files among near field communication (NFC) enabled devices. An initial communication link may be established. A subsequent communication link may be established through an exchange of data communicated over the initial communication link. A data file may be provided facilitating a retrieval and rendering of a first device icon and a second device icon. The first device icon and the second device icon are utilized to transfer one or more selected files over the subsequent communication link. | 03-27-2014 |
20140298155 | HTML TAG FOR IMPROVING PAGE NAVIGATION USER EXPERIENCE - Various systems and methods for navigating paginated items results are described herein. A web browser receives, from a server, a markup language document including a subset of a plurality of item listings. The web browser detects a paging tag in the markup language document tags that identifies attributes identifying a current page number of the plurality of item listings, a total page count of the plurality of item listings, and a number of item listings on the current page. Pagination navigation information is updated in accordance with the attributes in the paging tag. The page markup language document with the subset of the plurality of item listings may be displayed. | 10-02-2014 |
20150091450 | ILLUMINATED SOCKET - In one embodiment an electronic device comprises a housing, a socket in the housing to receive a connector, and an illumination source proximate the socket to illuminate the socket. Other embodiments may be described. | 04-02-2015 |
20150120192 | NAVIGATION GUIDANCE INCLUDING PROVISION OF STOPS - Methods, apparatuses and storage medium associated with providing navigation guidance that may include stops, are disclosed. An apparatus, in one embodiment, may include one or more processors; and a navigation application to be operated by the one or more processors to provide navigation guidance to a destination. The navigation application may be configured to provide the navigation guidance including a stop at a location while en route to the destination, in response to receipt of a request for the stop, without specification of where the stop is to take place. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150279264 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH IMPROVED POWER MANAGEMENT AND USER EXPERIENCE - Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer, laptop, or tablet that includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which may include any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular example implementation of an electronic device may include a display portion partitioned into a plurality of display regions, and a plurality of sensors. Each of the plurality of sensors is associated with a particular display region of the plurality of display regions and is configured to determine whether a portion of an electronic device cover is within proximity to the sensor. The electronic device further includes logic to determine a display state of the particular display region associated with the sensor based upon whether the portion of the electronic device cover is determined to be within proximity of the sensor. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090089451 | System and Apparatus for Pre-Routing Network Events - A pre-routing software system for treating incoming network events according to event importance prior to agent-level routing in a communication center network is disclosed. The system includes at least one network interface for receiving incoming events, a parsing engine for parsing electronic messages and documents, at least one communication interface for enabling communication with connected routing, queuing, and automated response systems, and a determination module for determining pre-treatment of received events. In preferred application, incoming network events are parsed according to a rules set and determination of pre-treatment is made for each event according to the rules set. In some embodiments, the system is used in conjunction with one or more virtual, priority-based queuing systems. | 04-02-2009 |
20100158239 | Method and System for Integrating an Interaction Management System with a Business Rules Management System - In a contact center, a system for processing communication events has an interaction server for managing events waiting to be routed, a routing server for routing the events, a rules engine, and a gateway server executing rules invocation logic and interacting with the rules engine. The interaction server tracks incoming events, initiates and sends a routing request to the routing server, including a special routing object, for each event that requires conformance to business rules, the routing server, executing the routing object, sends an execution request to the gateway server, which upon receipt of the request prepares a business object model (BOM), being a set of facts upon which the rules engine executes rules appropriate to the facts, resulting in routing direction for the routing server to route the event. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161540 | Method for Monitoring and Ranking Web Visitors and Soliciting Higher Ranked Visitors to Engage in Live Assistance - A ranking system ranks visitors to a Web site using one or more instances of machine-readable code executable from a digital medium accessible to a Web server. The code tracks visitor behavior while browsing the web site, and a visitor ranking module resident on the digital medium accepts information documented by the one or more instances of machine readable code and assigns rank values to one or more of the visitors. The ranking module ranks visitors at the Web-site based on logic and rules for interpreting visitor behavior and for applies a value to the visitor in real time based on that interpretation, and values applied at or above a preprogrammed level trigger solicitation of the visitor so ranked to engage in interaction including live assistance. | 06-24-2010 |
20100317376 | System and Methods for Integrating Short Message Service Messaging with Contact Center Applications - A system for routing short message service (SMS) messages to endpoints in a contact center includes a first node for receiving SMS message streams from multiple sources operating variant protocols and for multiplexing the multiple streams into a single message stream following a universal protocol, a media gateway server connected to the first node for receiving the single message stream and for forwarding individual ones of the messages therein to individual ones of a plurality of connected servers, and a router connected to at least one of the connected servers for routing individual messages represented therein to individual ones of a plurality of network-supported endpoint devices. | 12-16-2010 |
20110286444 | Method and Apparatus for Optimizing Response Time to Events in Queue - A system for optimizing response time to events or representations thereof waiting in a queue has a first server having access to the queue; a software application running on the first server; and a second server accessible from the first server, the second server containing rules governing the optimization. In a preferred embodiment, the software application at least periodically accesses the queue and parses certain ones of events or tokens in the queue and compares the parsed results against rules accessed from the second server in order to determine a measure of disposal time for each parsed event wherein if the determined measure is sufficiently low for one or more of the parsed events, those one or more events are modified to a reflect a higher priority state than originally assigned enabling faster treatment of those events resulting in relief from those events to the queue system load. | 11-24-2011 |
20120270580 | System and Methods for Integrating Short Message Service Messaging with Contact Center Applications - A system for routing short message service (SMS) messages to endpoints in a contact center includes a first node for receiving SMS message streams from multiple sources operating variant protocols and for multiplexing the multiple streams into a single message stream following a universal protocol, a media gateway server connected to the first node for receiving the single message stream and for forwarding individual ones of the messages therein to individual ones of a plurality of connected servers, and a router connected to at least one of the connected servers for routing individual messages represented therein to individual ones of a plurality of network-supported endpoint devices. | 10-25-2012 |
20130145019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING RESPONSE TIME TO EVENTS IN QUEUE - A system for optimizing response time to events or representations thereof waiting in a queue has a first server having access to the queue; a software application running on the first server; and a second server accessible from the first server, the second server containing rules governing the optimization. In a preferred embodiment, the software application at least periodically accesses the queue and parses certain ones of events or tokens in the queue and compares the parsed results against rules accessed from the second server in order to determine a measure of disposal time for each parsed event wherein if the determined measure is sufficiently low for one or more of the parsed events, those one or more events are modified to a reflect a higher priority state than originally assigned enabling faster treatment of those events resulting in relief from those events to the queue system load. | 06-06-2013 |
20130329865 | Customer-Centric Network-Based Conferencing - A communication system has a network-connected server comprising a processor and a coupled data repository and software executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium. The software provides a first function establishing a communication session between an initiator and an agent of an enterprise hosting the system, a second function gathering information about persons other than the initiator and the agent as potential conference participants, a third function generating and sending invitations to a conference to include the initiator and the agent to individual ones of the potential conference participants, and a fourth function connecting those accepting invitations to the conference. | 12-12-2013 |
20140119535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING AN INTERACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH A BUSINESS RULES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In a contact center, a system for processing communication events has an interaction server for managing events waiting to be routed, a routing server for routing the events, a rules engine, and a gateway server executing rules invocation logic and interacting with the rules engine. The interaction server tracks incoming events, initiates and sends a routing request to the routing server, including a special routing object, for each event that requires conformance to business rules, the routing server, executing the routing object, sends an execution request to the gateway server, which upon receipt of the request prepares a business object model (BOM), being a set of facts upon which the rules engine executes rules appropriate to the facts, resulting in routing direction for the routing server to route the event. | 05-01-2014 |
20140164502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION BASED ON INFLUENCE - A method for prioritizing processing of interactions at a contact center, the method including: identifying an interaction to be prioritized for processing; identifying a person associated with the interaction; identifying an influence level of the person associated with the interaction; and prioritizing the interaction for processing based on the influence level of the person associated with the interaction. | 06-12-2014 |
20140372755 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIFESPAN OF INTERACTION REQUESTS - An apparatus for controlling lifespan of interaction requests includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to detect when an interaction request is being initiated for send from a communications appliance, server, or system, activate an interface on the appliance, server, or system for configuring a time to live (TTL) for the interaction request, cause, via the configuration, the interaction request to expire if not answered within the TTL life span, and cause, via the configuration, the TTL constraint applied to the interaction request to be lifted if the interaction is answered within the TTL life span. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING RESPONSE TIME TO EVENTS IN QUEUE - A system for optimizing response time to events or representations thereof waiting in a queue has a first server having access to the queue; a software application running on the first server; and a second server accessible from the first server, the second server containing rules governing the optimization. In a preferred embodiment, the software application at least periodically accesses the queue and parses certain ones of events or tokens in the queue and compares the parsed results against rules accessed from the second server in order to determine a measure of disposal time for each parsed event wherein if the determined measure is sufficiently low for one or more of the parsed events, those one or more events are modified to a reflect a higher priority state than originally assigned enabling faster treatment of those events resulting in relief from those events to the queue system load. | 12-25-2014 |
20150018022 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE MESSAGING WITH CONTACT CENTER APPLICATIONS - A system for routing short message service (SMS) messages to endpoints in a contact center includes a first node for receiving SMS message streams from multiple sources operating variant protocols and for multiplexing the multiple streams into a single message stream following a universal protocol, a media gateway server connected to the first node for receiving the single message stream and for forwarding individual ones of the messages therein to individual ones of a plurality of connected servers, and a router connected to at least one of the connected servers for routing individual messages represented therein to individual ones of a plurality of network-supported endpoint devices. | 01-15-2015 |
20150049869 | INTERACTION REQUEST PROCESSING ACCORDING TO CLIENT PRE-CONFIGURED SCHEDULE - An apparatus is provided and includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that when executed from a non-transitory physical medium by the processor cause the processor to detect when a request for interaction that is configured for a scheduled processing is received or otherwise registered at a service access point associated with a contact center, identify schedule data from the request and add the schedule data along with a request identification and a location identifier to a scheduling and reporting application, consult a contact center interaction routing system in response to determining that the scheduled interaction request is to be processed, and route or cause processing of the interaction request based on the schedule data. According to one embodiment, the schedule data includes a scheduled time and date for processing the request. | 02-19-2015 |
20150092616 | CUSTOMER-CENTRIC NETWORK-BASED CONFERENCING - A communication system has a network-connected server comprising a processor and a coupled data repository and software executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium. The software provides a first function establishing a communication session between an initiator and an agent of an enterprise hosting the system, a second function gathering information about persons other than the initiator and the agent as potential conference participants, a third function generating and sending invitations to a conference to include the initiator and the agent to individual ones of the potential conference participants, and a fourth function connecting those accepting invitations to the conference. | 04-02-2015 |
20150312415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING AN INTERACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH A BUSINESS RULES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In a contact center, a system for processing communication events has an interaction server for managing events waiting to be routed, a routing server for routing the events, a rules engine, and a gateway server executing rules invocation logic and interacting with the rules engine. The interaction server tracks incoming events, initiates and sends a routing request to the routing server, including a special routing object, for each event that requires conformance to business rules, the routing server, executing the routing object, sends an execution request to the gateway server, which upon receipt of the request prepares a business object model (BOM), being a set of facts upon which the rules engine executes rules appropriate to the facts, resulting in routing direction for the routing server to route the event. | 10-29-2015 |
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20100068043 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR OUTER SURFACE OF A GAS TURBINE CASE - A gas turbine case is provided including an outer case surface, and a channel portion formed as a recessed area extending radially inwardly into the outer case surface. The channel portion extends about a circumference of the case. An outer flow jacket is attached to the outer case surface and extends over the channel portion to define an enclosed cooling passage along the outer case surface. At least one inlet passage and at least one outlet passage are provided in fluid communication with the enclosed cooling passage to convey air to and from the cooling passage. | 03-18-2010 |
20100275605 | Gas-Turbine Burner - A gas-turbine burner having a plurality of main swirl generators, each having an inlet flow opening formed by the main swirl generator edge, is provided. In order to achieve a uniform flow of combustion air through the main swirl generator, the gas-turbine burner has an inlet-flow guide means with a flow guide surface which runs from one of the inlet-flow openings to an adjacent inlet-flow opening, to which the main swirl generator edges which form the inlet-flow openings are connected, and the flow guide surface widens from there radially upwards. The main swirl generators are central-symmetrically arranged around a pilot burner and the flow guide surface runs radially outside the main swirl generators. | 11-04-2010 |
20120020770 | ENERGY ABSORBING APPARATUS IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine includes a casing, a first diaphragm assembly, a second diaphragm assembly, and first energy absorbing apparatus. The casing has a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface including an annular slot extending circumferentially therein. The first diaphragm assembly includes a first inner structure, a first outer structure and a plurality of airfoils extending between the first inner and outer structures. The second diaphragm assembly includes a second inner structure, a second outer structure and a plurality of airfoils extending between the second inner and outer structures. The first energy absorbing apparatus engages a first end portion of the first outer structure so as to absorb at least portions of unsteady aerodynamic loads and steady rotational loads generated by the first diaphragm assembly. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023968 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD FLANGE CONNECTION - A flange connection for an exhaust section of a gas turbine engine. The flange connection includes a stub flange attached to an exhaust manifold. The stub flange has a first axial face for engagement with the axial face of a cylinder flange extending radially from an exhaust cylinder. A plate structure attached to the cylinder flange is configured to provide axial retention of the stub flange to the axial face of the cylinder flange. The plate structure includes a resilient beam portion extending radially inwardly and engaging a second axial face of the stub flange. The stub flange is retained between the cylinder flange and the beam portion of the plate structure in an interference fit to provide three degrees of freedom of the stub flange relative to the exhaust cylinder. | 02-02-2012 |
20130149107 | GAS TURBINE OUTER CASE ACTIVE AMBIENT COOLING INCLUDING AIR EXHAUST INTO A SUB-AMBIENT REGION OF EXHAUST FLOW - A gas turbine engine including an outer case extending circumferentially around the central longitudinal axis. A cooling channel is associated with the outer surface of the outer case, the cooling channel having a channel inlet and a channel outlet. An air duct is provided including an inlet end in fluid communication with the channel outlet and an outlet end in fluid communication with an exhaust gas flow from a turbine section of the gas turbine engine. An exit structure is located at the air duct outlet end, and the exit structure provides a sub-ambient pressure at the air duct outlet end to induce a flow from the air duct inlet end to the air duct outlet end. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149120 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH OUTER CASE AMBIENT EXTERNAL COOLING SYSTEM - A thermal barrier/cooling system for controlling a temperature of an outer case of a gas turbine engine. The thermal barrier/cooling system includes an internal insulating layer supported on an inner case surface, the internal insulating layer extending circumferentially along the inner case surface and providing a thermal resistance to radiated energy from structure located radially inwardly from the outer case. The thermal barrier/cooling system further includes a convective cooling channel defined by a panel structure located in radially spaced relation to an outer case surface of the outer case and extending around the circumference of the outer case surface. The convective cooling channel forms a flow path for an ambient air flow cooling the outer case surface. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149121 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH MULTIPLE COMPONENT EXHAUST DIFFUSER OPERATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN OUTER CASE AMBIENT EXTERNAL COOLING SYSTEM - An attachment system for attaching at least one exhaust diffuser downstream from a turbine assembly in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The attachment system may include at least one attachment flange extending from a downstream edge and attached to a spring plate diffuser support structure and at least one attachment flange extending from side edges of the exhaust diffuser to couple sections of the exhaust diffuser together. The diffuser may also include a thermal barrier/cooling system for controlling a temperature of an outer case of the gas turbine engine. The thermal barrier/cooling system may form a flow path for an ambient air flow cooling. | 06-13-2013 |
20130269352 | GAS-TURBINE BURNER - A gas-turbine burner having a plurality of main swirl generators which each have an inlet flow opening formed by the main swirl generator edge is provided. In order to achieve a uniform flow of combustion air through the main swirl generator, the gas-turbine burner has an inlet-flow guide means with a flow guide surface which runs from one of the inlet-flow openings to an adjacent inlet-flow opening, to which the main swirl generator edges which form the inlet-flow openings are connected, and the flow guide surface widens from there radially upwards. The main swirl generators are central-symmetrically arranged around a pilot burner and the flow guide surface runs radially outside the main swirl generators. | 10-17-2013 |
20140286763 | GAS TURBINE OUTER CASE ACTIVE AMBIENT COOLING INCLUDING AIR EXHAUST INTO SUB-AMBIENT CAVITY - A gas turbine engine including an outer case and an exhaust gas passage defined within the outer case for conducting an exhaust gas flow from a turbine section of the gas turbine engine. A cooling channel is associated with an outer surface of the outer case, the cooling channel having a channel inlet and a channel outlet. An air duct structure is provided and includes an inlet end in fluid communication with the channel outlet and includes an outlet end in fluid communication with an area of reduced pressure relative to the air duct structure inlet end. An exit cavity is located at the air duct structure outlet end, wherein the exit cavity effects a reduced pressure at the outlet end to draw air from the cooling channel into the air duct. | 09-25-2014 |
20150040393 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR EXHAUST DIFFUSER SHELL WITH STRUT SHIELD COLLAR AND JOINT FLANGE - Manufacture of a gas turbine exhaust diffuser shell ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150044039 | EXHAUST DIFFUSER SHELL WITH FLANGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - Manufacture of an arcuate diffuser shell ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150044046 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR STRUT SHIELD COLLAR OF GAS TURBINE EXHAUST DIFFUSER - A method for casting a collar ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150128609 | TRANSITION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION TRANSITION DUCTS FOR TURBINE ENGINES - An adjustable transition duct support system for a transition duct that channels hot gases from a combustor exit to a gas turbine inlet of a turbine engine. The adjustable transition duct support system includes an adjustable forward transition flexible support assembly in contact with a transition duct body, whereby the forward transition flexible support assembly may be formed from a base extending toward the transition duct body and first and second side support arms extending from the base to the transition duct body. The first and second side support arms may be formed from a plurality of flex plates spaced from each other with spacers that provide rigidity in circumferential and radial directions and flexibility in an axial direction. The number of flex plates used may be varied to accommodate different turbine engines. The adjustable transition duct support system may have natural frequencies for circumferential and radial modes above two engine orders. | 05-14-2015 |
20150143810 | INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINE EXHAUST SYSTEM DIFFUSER INLET LIP - An integrated single-piece exhaust system (SPEX) with modular construction that facilitates design changes for enhanced aerodynamics, structural integrity or serviceability. The SPEX defines splined or curved exhaust path surfaces, such as a series of cylindrical and frusto-conical sections that mimic curves. The constructed sections may include: (i) a tail cone assembly fabricated from conical sections that taper downstream to a reduced diameter; or (ii) an area-ruled cross section axially aligned with one or more rows of turbine struts; or both features. Modular inner and outer diameter inlet lips enhance transitional flow between the last row blades and the SPEX, as well as enhance structural integrity. Modular strut collars have large radius profiles between the SPEX annular inner diameter and outer diameter flow surfaces, for enhanced airflow and constant thickness walls for uniform heat transfer and thermal expansion. Scalloped mounting flanges enhance structural integrity and longevity. | 05-28-2015 |
20150143813 | INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINE EXHAUST SYSTEM WITH SPLINED PROFILE TAIL CONE - An integrated single-piece exhaust system (SPEX) with modular construction that facilitates design changes for enhanced aerodynamics, structural integrity or serviceability. The SPEX defines splined or curved exhaust path surfaces, such as a series of cylindrical and frusto-conical sections that mimic curves. The constructed sections may include: (i) a tail cone assembly fabricated from conical sections that taper downstream to a reduced diameter; or (ii) an area-ruled cross section axially aligned with one or more rows of turbine struts; or both features. Modular inner and outer diameter inlet lips enhance transitional flow between the last row blades and the SPEX, as well as enhance structural integrity. Modular strut collars have large radius profiles between the SPEX annular inner diameter and outer diameter flow surfaces, for enhanced airflow and constant thickness walls for uniform heat transfer and thermal expansion. Scalloped mounting flanges enhance structural integrity and longevity. | 05-28-2015 |
20150143815 | INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINE EXHAUST SYSTEM WITH MODULAR STRUTS AND COLLARS - An integrated single-piece exhaust system (SPEX) with modular construction that facilitates design changes for enhanced aerodynamics, structural integrity or serviceability. The SPEX defines splined or curved exhaust path surfaces, such as a series of cylindrical and frusto-conical sections that mimic curves. The constructed sections may include: (i) a tail cone assembly fabricated from conical sections that taper downstream to a reduced diameter; or (ii) an area-ruled cross section axially aligned with one or more rows of turbine struts; or both features. Modular inner and outer diameter inlet lips enhance transitional flow between the last row blades and the SPEX, as well as enhance structural integrity. Modular strut collars have large radius profiles between the SPEX annular inner diameter and outer diameter flow surfaces, for enhanced airflow and constant thickness walls for uniform heat transfer and thermal expansion. Scalloped mounting flanges enhance structural integrity and longevity. | 05-28-2015 |
20150143816 | MODULAR INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINE EXHAUST SYSTEM - An integrated single-piece exhaust system (SPEX) with modular construction that facilitates design changes for enhanced aerodynamics, structural integrity or serviceability. The SPEX defines splined or curved exhaust path surfaces, such as a series of cylindrical and frusto-conical sections that mimic curves. The constructed sections may include: (i) a tail cone assembly fabricated from conical sections that taper downstream to a reduced diameter; or (ii) an area-ruled cross section axially aligned with one or more rows of turbine struts; or both features. Modular inner and outer diameter inlet lips enhance transitional flow between the last row blades and the SPEX, as well as enhance structural integrity. Modular strut collars have large radius profiles between the SPEX annular inner diameter and outer diameter flow surfaces, for enhanced airflow and constant thickness walls for uniform heat transfer and thermal expansion. Scalloped mounting flanges enhance structural integrity and longevity. | 05-28-2015 |
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20090257759 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ORDERING OF PRINTING SUPPLIES BASED ON A SERVICE CONTRACT - A system and method for managing customer orders associated with at least one printer device for consumable supplies under a contract. The method includes receiving printer usage data from at least one printer indicative of consumption of at least one consumable supply and calculating for each printer device based on the received print usage data associated with the printer device an allowed amount of at least one consumable supply that can be ordered for the printer device by a customer based on a contract. The method further includes receiving a customer order request for ordering an amount of a consumable supply for a printer device under the contract; determining whether the requested amount exceeds the allowed amount calculated for the consumable supply for the printer device, and limiting the amount of the requested consumable supply which can be ordered when the determination is positive. | 10-15-2009 |
20100238462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE QUALITY ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSTICS - A system and method for diagnosing image quality of a printer device's output is provided. The method includes receiving by a processor, via a network from a remote node of the network, a service incident report. The incident report includes an indication of a type of the printer device the printer device being disposed along the network at a location remote from the processor. The method further includes accessing by the processor a storage device storing a collection of test patterns, selecting by the processor a test pattern from the collection of test patterns based on the type of the printer device, wherein the test pattern is configured as input that the printer device can receive and output corresponding printed output, and transmitting by the processor the selected test pattern for the selected test pattern to be provided as input to the printer device. | 09-23-2010 |
20110131504 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING AND DISTRIBUTING SOCIAL AND BUSINESS CONTACT INFORMATION ONLINE - An information management and distribution method and system for updating contact information over a network. A plug-in associated with a cloud-based back-end unit interacts with a Web application. A virtual card comprising a set of pluggable user interface components associated with the plug-in can be displayed in a user interface associated with the Web application. The contact information with respect to a user can be updated and automatically distributed to other users associated with the Web application that is configured with the virtual card plug-in module. The back-end unit can be employed to keep track of the contact information in a database and provide management functions associated with the data via a Web services application programming interface. A hard copy version of the virtual card can also be rendered utilizing a variable data composition engine and a rendering technology. | 06-02-2011 |
20110137855 | MUSIC RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON SOCIALIZED MUSIC SERVER - A music recognition method and system for retrieving metadata based on content associated with a media file. The system includes a music recognition plug-in module associated with a music management unit that communicates with a centralized music repository. The unknown media file may be scanned for collecting a snippet and sent to the music repository in response to a user request for identifying metadata associated with the unknown media file. The music management unit responds to the user with a matching set of standardized metadata, one or more potentially matching sets of data, or an indication that no match is made. The unidentified media file can be made available to the user via a Web interface associated with a socialized music server in order to populate the repository with the standardized metadata. A rating indicative of the user response to identify the metadata associated with the unknown media file can be provided in order to attract the user to contribute for the unknown media file identification. | 06-09-2011 |
20110154180 | USER-SPECIFIC DIGITAL DOCUMENT ANNOTATIONS FOR COLLABORATIVE REVIEW PROCESS - A reviewer opens or imports a document into a document viewer. The reviewer can then create various annotations to the document. The reviewer then has the option of assigning each annotation to a specific recipient or group of recipients. The document viewer can be implemented as a centralized application where recipients to whom annotations have been assigned are notified that a document is available for viewing. Upon receipt of this notification, recipients can log on to the document viewer to view the document containing the annotations specific to each recipient. Alternatively, the document viewer can be implemented as a stand-alone application where recipients to whom annotations have been assigned are sent the document showing only those annotations intended for each specific recipient. | 06-23-2011 |
20120300249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING WEB-BASED CONTENT VIA CLOUD PRINT SERVICE - A method for printing web-based content via a cloud print service includes: a) receiving a print request at an interface server of a print interface service, the print request associated an interface record adapted to store a print URL linked to an original URL with web-based content desired to be printed via a cloud print service; b) obtaining the web-based content associated with the original URL from a host server; and c) sending a job request and the obtained web-based content to the cloud print service for printing the desired web-based content. The interface server may include a controller, a consumer user communication module, a storage device, a print content communication module, and a cloud print communication module. The method may include receiving a record request requesting assignment of the print URL and identifying the original URL, assigning the print URL, and storing the print URL, original URL, and link. | 11-29-2012 |
20130163027 | SECURE FEDERATION OF CLOUD PRINT SERVICES - A method and system are disclosed for federation among cloud print services. Based upon identification data and location data received from a user device, a primary cloud print service determines the best document processing device for output of a document. The primary cloud print service uses trusted relationships with other cloud print services, established via secure sharing of information, to allow for transparent printing across clouds to any device registered by the user or available and proximate to the user's location. | 06-27-2013 |