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20140137957 | PRESSURE BALANCED SPRING LOADED OVERTRAVEL SEALING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a cage and a main plug disposed in the cage. The main plug is movable between a main plug closed position and a main plug open position. A seal assembly disposed on the main plug, the seal assembly having a seal that is configured to contact the cage when the main plug is in the main plug closed position, and configured to reduce contact with the cage when a pressure differential across the seal is reduced. The apparatus includes a pressure balancing assembly movable between a closed position, an overtravel position and an open position. The pressure balancing assembly is configured to balance the pressure differential across the seal when in the overtravel and open position. | 05-22-2014 |
20150130142 | ROTARY MACHINE SECONDARY SEALING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A seal ring assembly for use with a rotary machine that includes an axis of rotation includes a seal housing comprising a secondary sealing surface and a secondary seal assembly coupled to the seal housing. The secondary seal assembly includes a seal ring coupled to the seal housing, wherein the seal ring is configured to form a secondary seal with the secondary sealing surface. The secondary seal assembly also includes at least one protection ring positioned upstream from the seal ring. The secondary seal assembly is configured to be biased along the axis such that biasing the at least one protection ring facilitates removing debris from at least a portion of the secondary sealing surface over which the seal ring travels during biasing. | 05-14-2015 |
20150132116 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEALING A ROTARY MACHINE USING A SEGMENTED SEAL RING - A hydrodynamic face seal ring for use in a rotary machine includes a support ring having at least two support ring segments and a radially-extending, first face. The support ring is configured to releasably couple to an inner surface of an outer casing of the rotary machine. The face seal ring also includes a sealing ring substantially concentric with the support ring. The sealing ring includes at least two sealing ring segments and a radially-extending, second face. The sealing ring is releasably coupled to the support ring such that the first face is mated against the second face. | 05-14-2015 |
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20080208806 | Techniques for a web services data access layer - Techniques for a web services data access layer are described. An apparatus may comprise a client device having an application program, a data access layer, and a client data store. The data access layer may comprise a cache manager component and a queue manager component. The application program may request an operation for an office business entity, with the cache manager component to perform the operation using data stored by the client data store. The queue manager component may store the operation in an operational queue. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 08-28-2008 |
20080208919 | Techniques to cross-synchronize data - Techniques to cross-synchronize data are described. An apparatus may comprise a cross-synchronization component to synchronize multiple data items for different application programs between multiple client devices synchronized using multiple synchronization circuits. The cross-synchronization component may determine whether changes to the multiple data items made at a first client device are propagated to a second client device using consistency information maintained by a consistency group item for a consistency group including the data items. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 08-28-2008 |
20080222654 | Techniques to manage event notifications - Techniques to manage event notifications are described. An apparatus may comprise a server having an event notification component. The event notification component may have an event agent component to receive a message indicating a change event for line of business (LOB) data, and convert the change event to a defined LOB entity event. The event notification component may have a notification service component to generate a LOB event message for the entity event. The event notification component may have an event database to store the event message in a user event queue. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-11-2008 |
20120130945 | TECHNIQUES TO CROSS-SYNCHRONIZE DATA - Techniques to cross-synchronize data are described. An apparatus may comprise a cross-synchronization component to synchronize multiple data items for different application programs between multiple client devices synchronized using multiple synchronization circuits. The cross-synchronization component may determine whether changes to the multiple data items made at a first client device are propagated to a second client device using consistency information maintained by a consistency group item for a consistency group including the data items. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-24-2012 |
20140330916 | TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE EVENT NOTIFICATIONS - Techniques to manage event notifications are described. An apparatus may comprise a server having an event notification component. The event notification component may have an event agent component to receive a message indicating a change event for line of business (LOB) data, and convert the change event to a defined LOB entity event. The event notification component may have a notification service component to generate a LOB event message for the entity event. The event notification component may have an event database to store the event message in a user event queue. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-06-2014 |
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20080201354 | Host context framework - Techniques for host context framework are described. An apparatus may comprise a client device having a host application program with multiple host item objects, and a host context manager to manage multiple host contexts corresponding to the host item objects. The host context manager may create a host context for each host item object, and perform operations for each host item object in accordance with the corresponding host context. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 08-21-2008 |
20080222079 | Enterprise data as office content - Techniques for enterprise data as office content are described. An apparatus may comprise a client device having an application program, an insertion component and an update component. The insertion component may be arranged to insert source data elements from a data source into a document for the application program. The update component may be arranged to update the inserted data elements as the source data elements are modified. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-11-2008 |
20100306000 | UNIFIED MODEL FOR AUTHORING AND EXECUTING FLOW-BASED AND CONSTRAINT-BASED WORKFLOWS - Designing and executing a workflow having flow-based and constraint-based regions. A user selects one or more activities to be part of a constraint-based region. Each constraint-based region has a constraint associated therewith. The workflow is executed by executing the flow-based region and the constraint-based region. The flow-based region executes sequentially. The constraint is evaluated, and the constraint-based region executes responsive to the evaluated constraint. | 12-02-2010 |
20110219425 | ACCESS CONTROL USING ROLES AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINTS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media of access control using roles and multi-dimensional constraints are disclosed are disclosed. A particular method includes assigning a user a particular role of a plurality of roles and associating the user with one or more multi-dimensional constraints. A request from the user to perform an operation permitted by the particular role may be received. The method includes determining whether any of the multi-dimensional constraints allows the user to perform the operation. The request is granted when at least one of the multi-dimensional constraints allows the user to perform the operation. The request is denied when none of the multi-dimensional constraints allows the user to perform the operation. | 09-08-2011 |
20120078677 | UNIFIED MODEL FOR AUTHORING AND EXECUTING FLOW-BASED AND CONSTRAINT-BASED WORKFLOWS - Designing and executing a workflow having flow-based and constraint-based regions. A user selects one or more activities to be part of a constraint-based region. Each constraint-based region has a constraint associated therewith. The workflow is executed by executing the flow-based region and the constraint-based region. The flow-based region executes sequentially. The constraint is evaluated, and the constraint-based region executes responsive to the evaluated constraint. | 03-29-2012 |
20120260162 | ENTERPRISE DATA AS OFFICE CONTENT - Techniques for enterprise data as office content are described. An apparatus may comprise a client device having an application program, an insertion component and an update component. The insertion component may be arranged to insert source data elements from a data source into a document for the application program. The update component may be arranged to update the inserted data elements as the source data elements are modified. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-11-2012 |