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Andrew Neil Hepburn, Surrey GB

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20090232025NETWORK DISCOVERY TOOL - A method for discovering network devices having special IP addresses may include collecting a plurality of IP addresses, where each IP address corresponds to a network device. One or more IP addresses may be identified as a predetermined IP address and/or a predetermined address type. Each of the IP addresses may then be classified according to various IP address types. A network address topology may be built based on the IP addresses, the network devices, and the IP address types. Finally, a special network topology may be built that includes network devices having IP addresses identified as the predetermined IP address and/or the predetermined IP address type.09-17-2009

Andrew Neil Cameron Hepburn, Surrey GB

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20090259740MANAGING OVERLAPPING ADDRESS SPACES - A network management method and system. The method includes identifying by a computing system, overlapping address spaces between networks. The computing system generates virtual servers associated with the overlapping address spaces. The computing system determines and configures a routing technique for routing the virtual servers to the overlapping address spaces. The computing system installs a copy of management software on each of the virtual servers. The computing system performs a network management installation process. The network management process prepares the virtual servers for managing the overlapping address spaces. The computing system generates and stores a log report associated with the network management installation process.10-15-2009

Maureen B. Hepburn, Aberdeenshire GB

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20110011141METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF OIL AND/OR GAS FIELD WASTE AND BY PRODUCT MATERIALS - A method for the treatment of oil and/or gas field waste and by product materials, the method comprising composting the waste materials. The present invention is typically suited to the treatment of waste and by-product materials from oil and gas wells that are contaminated by organic compounds, such as hydrocarbon residues, either from oil based drilling muds, or from hydrocarbons produced from the well. The composting is typically accomplished by an endogenous microbial population on the composted mixture, and optionally a feeder material to provide N and C sources for the microbes. The composting operation is typically carried out in a composting chamber, and typically an auger or some other tilling device is used to mix the material within the composting chamber.01-20-2011

Neil Hepburn, Sola NO

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20090199419Casing or Work String Orientation Indicating Apparatus and Methods - Casing or work string orientation indicating apparatus and methods. A system for indicating orientation of a structure in a wellbore includes an orientation indicating device responsive to fluid flow through the device, whereby fluid flow through the device at a selected flow rate produces a reduced pressure differential across the device when the device is at a preselected azimuthal orientation, compared to an increased pressure differential across the device produced by fluid flow through the device at the selected flow rate when the device is not at the azimuthal orientation. A method of detecting orientation of a structure in a wellbore includes the steps of: flowing fluid at a selected flow rate through an orientation indicating device interconnected to the structure; and observing a substantially constant pressure differential across the device during the flowing step, thereby indicating that the structure is at a predetermined azimuthal orientation.08-13-2009

Neil Hepburn, Ponteland GB

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20120024544APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPTH REFERENCING DOWNHOLE TUBULAR STRINGS - An apparatus (02-02-2012

Neil Hepburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne GB

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20110226467WELL ASSEMBLY WITH A COMPOSITE FIBER SLEEVE FOR AN OPENING - Assemblies that can be disposed in a subterranean bore are described. An assembly can include a body with an opening in a wall of the body. A sleeve can be disposed exterior to the body at the opening. The sleeve can be made from material such as carbon fiber that can withstand at least some pressures and forces present in the subterranean environment and reduce a diameter of the body and sleeve. The assembly may also include an inner sleeve and/or an inner string that can isolate the sleeve from certain pressures and forces.09-22-2011

Neil C. Hepburn, Toronto CA

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20090049031Method And System For Database Searching - A method of searching a second database comprising A) receiving a summary document generated by the first database, the summary document comprising a list of returned first database subject keys, representing the returned first database subjects, the list further including at least one identifier associated with the returned first database subjects; B) reading the summary document and generating one or more second database query options for searching for second database subjects that have relationships to the returned first database subjects corresponding to the at least one identifier; C) receiving a second database query in accordance with said one or more second database query options; D) receiving said returned first database subjects; E) using said returned first database subjects, searching said second database in accordance with said second database query options.02-19-2009