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20140278642 | Tracking and Processing Requests From Hospitality Customers - Method, system, and computer program product embodiments process requests using a request management system. Defining steps include defining a set of users, each user associated with one or more groups, and defining a list of request types, each request type assigned to at least one group. Each request type defines one or more requests receivable from a customer's mobile device. A further step is receiving a request from a customer's mobile device. The customer's mobile device is configured to connect to the request management system to submit one or more requests defined by the set of request types. Finally, an assigning step assigns the request received from the customer to one or more groups assigned to fulfill the request type that includes the received request. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279199 | Generating Recommendations Based On Hospitality Customer Feedback - Method, system, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for generating recommendations to hospitality customers. Defining steps include enabling a customer to select a particular business from among one or more businesses at a mobile device utilized by the customer, configuring the customer's mobile device to receive a recommendation from the customer, and providing the recommendation to a user at the particular business for review, wherein the recommendation is selectable for public review by potential customers requesting information about the particular business. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279244 | Receiving and Queuing Requests From Hospitality Customers - System, method, and computer program product embodiments for receiving customer requests use a request management system. An embodiment operates by establishing a connection with a customer's mobile device, obtaining information about the location of the customer's mobile device, providing to the customer's mobile device a set of data describing goods or services currently offered by one or more business locations, receiving from the customer's mobile device a request for a good or service offered by a particular business location, and adding the request to a queue associated with one or more groups assigned to fulfill the request based on the request type. | 09-18-2014 |
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20150019374 | PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CUSTOMERS - Method, system, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for providing recommendations to customers. Defining steps include establishing a connection with a customer's mobile device, obtaining information about the location of the customer's mobile device, determining recommended goods or services currently offered by one or more business locations, and outputting for display on the customer's mobile device a listing of the recommended goods or services navigable by category or subcategory. | 01-15-2015 |
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20100281767 | BIOMASS PELLETIZING PROCESS - A process is provided using non-food or limited-feed agricultural residue and energy crops for energy production, such as ethanol or electricity generation. The agricultural plant material is harvested and baled. The bales are transported to the processing site for storage or immediate processing. The bale strings are first removed, and then the broken bales are shredded. The shredded plant material is then ground to a small size. The ground material is then pelletized to produce densified pellets of the agricultural plant material. The pellets are cooled and then stored or transported to an end user. | 11-11-2010 |
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20120107472 | PROCESS USING AGRICULTURE RESIDUE BIOMASS FOR PRODUCING FEED PELLETS - A process is provided for creating feed pellets from agricultural residue material having substantially no food value, such as corn stover. The agricultural residue material is harvested and baled for transport to a storage and processing site. The baled agricultural residue material is then shredded and ground, and one or more chemical agents are added to depolymerize the fiber (lignin-carbohydrate) matrix of the agricultural residue material. Agricultural processing byproducts such as distiller's solubles and dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) are added to the agricultural residue material, either before or after the chemical agents are added, to form a combined material. The combined material is then pelletized into feed pellets, which may be transported and stored for later consumption by animals. The process produces a nutritionally enhanced material which is more easily digested than existing feed rations. | 05-03-2012 |
20140014748 | SYSTEM FOR SHREDDING AND GRINDING BIOMASS - A method and system for processing biomass material from harvest to pelletizing includes a continuous shredding stage and grinding stage to reduce the size of the material. A fan pulls air through the shredder and the grinder to assist the movement of the biomass material through the shredder and the grinder. Due to the light weight of the biomass material, the material is transported between the shredding and grinding stages mechanically and pneumatically by a combination auger with air assist. The biomass material may include agricultural residues, such as corn stover. The process and equipment eliminates or minimizes damage to the carbohydrates in the biomass so as to maintain pre-grinding cellulose and hemi-cellulose levels. | 01-16-2014 |
20150017313 | BIOMASS PELLETIZING PROCESS AND PELLETIZED PRODUCTS - A pelletizing process and pelletized product is provided using non-food or limited-feed agricultural residue, such as corn stover and soybean stubble, and for various uses, including energy production, such as ethanol or electricity generation, fuel and feed. The agricultural plant material is harvested and baled. The bales are transported to the processing site for storage or immediate processing. The bale strings are first removed, and then the broken bales are shredded. The shredded plant material is then ground to a small size. The ground material is then pelletized without the use of binding additives, to produce densified pellets of the agricultural plant material. The pellets are cooled and then stored or transported to an end user. Chemical agents may be added to depolymerize lignin in the residue material. Nutritional supplements may be added to the material before pelletizing. | 01-15-2015 |
20160102264 | SOLID FUEL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING LIGNOCELLULOSIC SYRUP AND COAL FINES - A pelletized fuel composition is made from a mixture of coal fines, and cellulosic by-product from ethanol production. The coal fines range from about 50%-90% by weight and the cellulosic by-product ranges from about 10%-50% by weight of the composition. The cellulosic by-product is a syrup or a cake. The syrup binds the coal fines. The coal fine and syrup mixture is pelletized to produce a solid fuel product that is easily handled and transported. | 04-14-2016 |