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| 20090277646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF HYDRAULIC CONTROL LINE CONNECTION - A method of coupling a first control line to a second control line is provided comprising the steps of prepping the first and second control lines to respectively produce a first end and a second end. Prepping may comprise inserting a plug assembly into at least one of the first or second ends prior to facing the end containing the plug assembly. The method may further include butt-welding the first end to the second end to form a splice and providing a protective assembly to cover the splice. The plug assembly may comprise a plug member, a seal, and an end piece to couple the seal to the plug member, in some embodiments. In other embodiments, the plug assembly may comprise a plug member and a seal coupled to the plug member. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100206579 | FAIL AS IS MECHANISM AND METHOD - A technique enables failsafe control over actuators used to actuate downhole tools. The technique may utilize a well system having a tool with an adjustable member. An actuation mechanism serves as a fail-as-is mechanism and works in cooperation with the adjustable member. The actuation member is shiftable upon receiving a predetermined input; however the actuation member does not move the adjustable member upon each shift. Once the actuation member has been shifted the requisite number of times to move the adjustable member to another position, at least one subsequent shift of the actuation member is not able to cause movement of the adjustable member. The result is a fail-as-is technique for ensuring the tool is not inadvertently actuated to another operational position. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100212882 | LINEARLY ACTUATED HYDRAULIC SWITCH - A switching apparatus, system, and method configured to operate at least a dual line downhole tool via a single pressure source are provided. The switching apparatus may comprise a housing configured to contain a switching piston actuated by a fluid pressure source. The apparatus may further contain a switching valve comprising a first and second coupling passageway coupled to a switching valve housing comprising four ports. The switching piston may actuate the switching valve, alternating the coupling between a first configuration in which the four ports are communicatively coupled into two sets of ports and a second configuration in which the four ports are communicatively coupled into an alternate two sets of ports. The first configuration may configure the fluid pressure source to actuate the downhole tool in a first manner and the second configuration may configure the fluid pressure source to actuate the downhole tool in a second manner. | 08-26-2010 |
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| 20090043646 | System and Method for the Automated Capture and Clustering of User Activities - An electronic chronicling system and method that allows user actions performed by individuals, groups, or organizations to be automatically captured and grouped into chronicles based on activities, sub-activities and super-activities. The captured activities can then be filtered, viewed and navigated by a visualization and navigation mechanism to determine the relationships between activities and the time and resources spent on the various activities at fine levels of granularity and over various periods of time. The system allows users to gain greater insight into the relationship and resources spent on various activities in order to improve activity and process management efficiencies. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090177690 | Determining an Optimal Solution Set Based on Human Selection - An exemplary method of determining a set of optimal solutions for a problem includes the steps of determining a set of probable solutions for the problem; presenting the set of probable solutions to at least one human expert; receiving at least one selection by the at least one human expert of at least one solution from the set of probable solutions; and determining a set of optimal solutions from the set of probable solutions based at least in part on the at least one selection by the at least one human expert. The method may also include steps of presenting at least one of the set of probable solutions and the set of optimal solutions to at least another human expert; permitting the at least another human expert to select at least one solution from at least one of the set of probable solutions and the set of optimal solutions; and determining a set of optimal solutions from the set of probable solutions based at least in part on the at least one selection by the at least one human expert and the at least one selection by the at least another human expert. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090285483 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTEMPORANEOUS PRODUCT INFORMATION WITH ANIMATED VIRTUAL REPRESENTATIONS - A system and method for providing contemporaneous product information with animated virtual representations includes identifying a product by detecting a marker with a user device. Based upon the product, an animated virtual representation is generated in a display of the user device. Information about the product is conveyed to the user by virtual interaction with the animated virtual representation. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090287534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTEMPORANEOUS PRODUCT INFORMATION AND SALES SUPPORT FOR RETAIL CUSTOMERS - A system and method for providing contemporaneous product information includes identifying a product by collecting information with a user device, and determining a customer location using information collected by the user device. Based upon the product and the customer location, a sales person qualified to respond to customer questions is identified. A link is established between the customer and the sales person to permit live chat between a sales person and the customer. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100042867 | CUSTOMIZATION AND REUSE OF LOGGED AGENT ACTIVITY DURING REMOTE TAKE OVER HELP SESSION - An apparatus and a method is provided for verifying the setup of a current computer in need of repair, parsing and updating a previously created activity log file to provide usable steps that refer to the appropriate configuration settings for the computer being repaired. The method includes obtaining an indication of a problem on a remote computer, reviewing stored log files to determine if an old log file associated with the problem exists and if the old log file does not exist, creating a new log file to store steps associated with repair operations. The method also includes if the old log file exists, retrieving the old log file and obtaining the remote computer configurations, parsing the old log file to identify references to configuration settings and comparing the configuration settings in the old log file with the remote computer configuration. The method further includes updating at least one configuration setting of the old log file to reflect the remote computer configuration, if the at least one configuration setting in the old log file is different from the remote computer configuration and executing steps in the old log file to solve the problem on the remote computer. | 02-18-2010 |
