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20130060536 | ENGINEERED METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF ULTRA-DEEP HIGH PRESSURE HIGH TEMPERATURE OIL AND GAS WELL CONTROL EQUIPMENT - A process for the verification and validation testing of equipment and components for drilling, completion, production and general well construction (typically such as subsurface safety valves, wellhead trees, blowout preventers and wireline pressure control equipment) to determine the suitability of such equipment for use in oil and gas wells in high pressure high temperature environments. In particular, the process of the present invention comprises, among other steps, the steps of analyzing such components using an elastic-plastic finite element model with respect to certain preset load conditions and establishing stable model convergence, conducting a ratcheting assessment by running analysis on such model on all components that exhibit local plasticity, and examining all components to determine fatigue sensitive locations and subjecting such components to a fatigue analysis. The process may further comprise a process for qualifying the materials to be used in the manufacture of the equipment components with respect to their ability to withstand high pressure and high temperature environmental conditions. | 03-07-2013 |
20140156239 | ENGINEERED METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF ULTRA-DEEP HIGH PRESSURE HIGH TEMPERATURE OIL AND GAS WELL CONTROL EQUIPMENT - A process for the verification and validation testing of equipment and components for drilling, completion, production and general well construction (typically such as subsurface safety valves, wellhead trees, blowout preventers and wireline pressure control equipment) to determine the suitability of such equipment for use in oil and gas wells in high pressure high temperature environments. In particular, the process of the present invention comprises, among other steps, the steps of analyzing such components using an elastic-plastic finite element model with respect to certain preset load conditions and establishing stable model convergence, conducting a ratcheting assessment by running analysis on such model on all components that exhibit local plasticity, and examining all components to determine fatigue sensitive locations and subjecting such components to a fatigue analysis. The process may further comprise a process for qualifying the materials to be used in the manufacture of the equipment components with respect to their ability to withstand high pressure and high temperature environmental conditions. | 06-05-2014 |
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20110203802 | PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE WITH REMOTE ORIENTATION RELATIVE TO A RIG - A method of maintaining a substantially fixed orientation of a pressure control device relative to a movable rig can include rotating a body of the pressure control device while the rig rotates. A method of remotely controlling an orientation of a pressure control device relative to a movable rig can include rotating a body of the pressure control device, and controlling the rotation of the body from a location on the rig remote from the body. A pressure control device for use in conjunction with a rig can include a body, a flange, an orientation device which changes a rotational orientation of the body relative to the flange, and an orientation control system which remotely controls the orientation device. | 08-25-2011 |
20110232970 | COILED TUBING PERCUSSION DRILLING - A method of drilling a subterranean wellbore can include extending coiled tubing into the wellbore, and actuating an impact tool interconnected to the coiled tubing, thereby delivering impacts to a drill bit. A coiled tubing drilling system for drilling a subterranean wellbore can include coiled tubing, a drill bit, and an impact tool which delivers impacts to the drill bit. | 09-29-2011 |
20120125598 | REMOTE OPERATION OF A ROTATING CONTROL DEVICE BEARING CLAMP - A rotating control device can include a housing assembly, a body and a clamp device which releasably secures the housing assembly to the body. The clamp device can include a piston which radially displaces a clamp section. A well system can include a rotating control device which includes at least one seal which seals off an annulus between a body of the rotating control device and a tubular string which extends longitudinally through the rotating control device. The rotating control device can also include a piston which displaces longitudinally and selectively clamps and unclamps a housing assembly to the body. | 05-24-2012 |
20120125636 | REMOTE OPERATION OF A ROTATING CONTROL DEVICE BEARING CLAMP - An RCD can include a housing assembly containing a bearing assembly and a rotating seal which seals an annulus between a tubular string and a body of the RCD, and a remotely operable clamp device which selectively permits and prevents displacement of the housing assembly relative to the body. A method of remotely operating a clamp device can include rotating a threaded member which is secured relative to an RCD body, and displacing a clamp section in response to the threaded member rotation, thereby selectively securing and releasing a bearing assembly and an annular seal relative to the body. Another RCD can include a rotating seal which seals an annulus between a tubular string and a body of the RCD, and a remotely operable clamp device which selectively permits and prevents access to an interior of the body, the clamp device including a motor which rotates a threaded member. | 05-24-2012 |
20120165997 | WELL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A well control method can include removing from a wellbore an undesired influx from a formation into the wellbore, determining a desired pressure profile in real time with a hydraulics model, and automatically operating a flow choking device while removing the undesired influx from the wellbore, thereby influencing an actual pressure profile toward the desired pressure profile. Another well control method can include removing out of a wellbore an undesired influx from a formation into the wellbore, determining a desired wellbore pressure with a hydraulics model, the desired wellbore pressure preventing further influx into the wellbore while removing the undesired influx from the wellbore, and automatically operating a flow choking device while removing the undesired influx from the wellbore, thereby influencing an actual wellbore pressure toward the desired wellbore pressure. | 06-28-2012 |
20120186873 | WELL DRILLING METHOD UTILIZING REAL TIME RESPONSE TO AHEAD OF BIT MEASUREMENTS - A well drilling method utilizing real time response to ahead of bit measurements. A well drilling method includes measuring a property of a portion of the earth prior to drilling a wellbore into the earth portion; and varying a drilling parameter in real time while drilling the wellbore, in response to measuring the property. | 07-26-2012 |
20120292108 | MOBILE PRESSURE OPTIMIZATION UNIT FOR DRILLING OPERATIONS - A well drilling method can include transporting a pressure optimization unit to a rig site, the pressure optimization unit including a choke manifold, a control system which automatically controls operation of the choke manifold, and a flowmeter which measures flow of drilling fluid through the choke manifold, and then interconnecting the pressure optimization unit to rig drilling equipment. A pressure optimization unit for use with a well drilling system can include a choke manifold, a control system which automatically controls operation of the choke manifold, and a flowmeter which measures flow of drilling fluid through the choke manifold. The choke manifold, control system and flowmeter may be incorporated into a same conveyance which transports the pressure optimization unit to a rig site. | 11-22-2012 |
20120292109 | MOBILE PRESSURE OPTIMIZATION UNIT FOR DRILLING OPERATIONS - A well drilling method can include transporting a pressure optimization unit to a rig site, the pressure optimization unit including a choke manifold, a control system which automatically controls operation of the choke manifold, and a flowmeter which measures flow of drilling fluid through the choke manifold, and then interconnecting the pressure optimization unit to rig drilling equipment. A pressure optimization unit for use with a well drilling system can include a choke manifold, a control system which automatically controls operation of the choke manifold, and a flowmeter which measures flow of drilling fluid through the choke manifold. The choke manifold, control system and flowmeter may be incorporated into a same conveyance which transports the pressure optimization unit to a rig site. | 11-22-2012 |
20130062122 | HIGH TEMPERATURE DRILLING WITH LOWER TEMPERATURE RATED TOOLS - A method of maintaining a desired temperature at a location in a well can include adjusting fluid circulation parameters, thereby reducing a difference between an actual temperature at the location and the desired temperature. A well system can include at least one sensor, an output of the sensor being used for determining a temperature at a location in a well, and a hydraulics model which determines a desired change in fluid circulation through the well, in response to the temperature at the location being different from a desired temperature at the location. Another method of maintaining a desired temperature at a location in a well can include adjusting a density, solids content and/or flow rate of a fluid circulated through the well, thereby urging a temperature at the location toward the desired temperature. | 03-14-2013 |
20130220600 | WELL DRILLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PUMP DRAWING FLUID FROM ANNULUS - A well pressure control method can include regulating pressure in a wellbore by operating a suction pump which draws fluid from an annulus formed between a drill string and the wellbore, the fluid entering the suction pump proximate the earth's surface. Another well pressure control method can include regulating pressure in a wellbore by operating a suction pump which applies suction pressure to an annulus formed between a drill string and the wellbore. A well drilling system can include a suction pump positioned proximate the earth's surface. The suction pump can receive fluid which exits an annulus formed between a drill string and a wellbore. | 08-29-2013 |
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20100200742 | POST-IONIZATION OF NEUTRALS FOR ION MOBILITY OTOFMS IDENTIFICATION OF MOLECULES AND ELEMENTS DESORBED FROM SURFACES - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for ionizing a neutral MALDI desorption plume, and in particular, for efficiently measuring the ionized MALDI desorption plume when post-ionization techniques are combined with a medium pressure MALDI-IM-oTOFMS instrument. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a method and apparatus that simultaneously separates tissue-sample MALDI ions by IM-oTOFMS according to their chemical family. After separation, the MALDI ions are directly compared to the ions created by post-ionizing the co-desorbed neutral molecules with a second laser wherein the second laser is delayed by a few hundred microseconds. The present disclosure further provides novel approaches that enhance the analysis of ions, including the use of giant fullerene internal standards to enhance mass accuracy, and ultraviolet (UV) declustering lasers to generate intact peptides and proteins, either of which may be followed by VUV post-ionization which generates identifiable structural fragments. | 08-12-2010 |
20120018630 | Nonoparticulate Assisted Nanoscale Molecular Imaging by Mass Spectrometery - Methods and devices for mass spectrometry are described, specifically the use of nanoparticulate implantation as a matrix for secondary ion and more generally secondary particles. A photon beam source or a nanoparticulate beam source can be used a desorption source or a primary ion/primary particle source. | 01-26-2012 |
20130134305 | POST-IONIZATION OF NEUTRALS FOR ION MOBILITY oTOFMS IDENTIFICATION OF MOLECULES AND ELEMENTS DESORBED FROM SURFACES - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for ionizing a neutral MALDI desorption plume, and in particular, for efficiently measuring the ionized MALDI desorption plume when post-ionization techniques are combined with a medium pressure MALDI-IM-oTOFMS instrument. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a method and apparatus that simultaneously separates tissue-sample MALDI ions by IM-oTOFMS according to their chemical family. After separation, the MALDI ions are directly compared to the ions created by post-ionizing the co-desorbed neutral molecules with a second laser wherein the second laser is delayed by a few hundred microseconds. The present disclosure further provides novel approaches that enhance the analysis of ions, including the use of giant fullerene internal standards to enhance mass accuracy, and ultraviolet (UV) declustering lasers to generate intact peptides and proteins, either of which may be followed by VUV post-ionization which generates identifiable structural fragments. | 05-30-2013 |
20140084153 | Nanoparticulate Assisted Nanoscale Molecular Imaging by Mass Spectrometery - Methods and devices for mass spectrometry are described, specifically the use of nanoparticulate implantation as a matrix for secondary ion and more generally secondary particles. A photon beam source or a nanoparticulate beam source can be used a desorption source or a primary ion/primary particle source. | 03-27-2014 |
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20120017581 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY POWERED HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR HAVING WIRE GUIDES - A system, in certain embodiments, includes an accumulator having a first plate with a first wire guide and a second plate with a second wire guide. The second plate is positioned at an offset from the first plate, and the second plate is moveable relative to the first plate to adjust a fluid pressure. The accumulator also includes a plurality of shape memory alloy wires extending between the first and second plates, wherein the plurality of shape memory alloy wires extend along the first and second wire guides. | 01-26-2012 |
20120017582 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY POWERED HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR HAVING WIRE CLAMPS - A system, in certain embodiments, includes an accumulator having a first plate, a second plate positioned at an offset from the first plate, and a shape memory alloy wire extending between the first and second plates from a first wire portion to a second wire portion. The shape memory alloy wire is configured to move the first or second plate to adjust a fluid pressure in response to an electrical current through the shape memory alloy wire. The accumulator also includes a wire clamp assembly coupled to the first wire portion and/or the second wire portion of the shape memory alloy wire. | 01-26-2012 |
20120017583 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY POWERED HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR HAVING ACTUATION PLATES - A system, in certain embodiments, includes an accumulator having a first plate with a first plurality of holes and a second plate with a second plurality of holes. The second plate is positioned at an offset from the first plate, and the second plate is moveable relative to the first plate to adjust a fluid pressure. The accumulator also includes a plurality of shape memory alloy wires extending between the first and second plates, wherein the plurality of shape memory alloy wires extend through the first and second plurality of holes. | 01-26-2012 |
20120019216 | ACTUATION OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY MATERIALS USING ULTRACAPACITORS - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a power supply. The power supply includes an ultracapacitor configured to be charged by a DC source. The power supply also includes a first switch that enables charging of the ultracapacitor by the DC source when in a closed position and disables charging of the ultracapacitor when in an open position. The power supply further includes a second switch configured to enable discharging of the ultracapacitor when in a closed position and to disable discharging of the ultracapacitor when in an open position. As the ultracapacitor is discharged, a current is supplied to actuate a shape memory alloy element. | 01-26-2012 |
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20100039377 | System and Method for Controlling a Virtual Reality Environment by an Actor in the Virtual Reality Environment - A motion capture environment includes at least one sensor-tracker for tracking a location of a tracked object within the motion capture environment and one or more computers collectively operable to generate a virtual reality environment including a virtual control panel having a virtual control that, when actuated, effects a predetermined result in the virtual reality environment; determine a virtual location of the tracked object within the virtual reality environment; and determine when the virtual location of the tracked object coincides with the location of the virtual control to actuate the virtual control. The motion capture environment further includes a display device for displaying the virtual reality environment to an actor within the motion capture environment. | 02-18-2010 |
20100050094 | System and Method for Performing Multiple, Simultaneous, Independent Simulations in a Motion Capture Environment - A motion capture environment includes a plurality of sensor-trackers for tracking physical locations of a plurality of tracked objects relating to a first simulation within the motion capture environment and for tracking physical locations of a plurality of tracked objects relating to a second simulation, which is different from the first simulation, within the motion capture environment and one or more computers collectively operable to generate a first virtual reality environment corresponding to the first simulation and a second virtual reality environment corresponding to the second simulation. | 02-25-2010 |
20100053152 | System and Method for the Interactive Display of Data in a Motion Capture Environment - A system includes an analysis system for performing an analysis and a motion capture environment interfaced with the analysis system. The motion capture system includes at least one sensor-tracker for tracking a location of a tracked object within the motion capture environment and one or more computers collectively operable to generate a virtual reality environment corresponding to the analysis. | 03-04-2010 |
20110035684 | Collaborative Virtual Reality System Using Multiple Motion Capture Systems and Multiple Interactive Clients - A collaborative virtual reality system includes a first motion capture system and a second motion capture system. The first motion capture system and the second motion capture system configured to interact over a network to produce a single virtual reality environment. | 02-10-2011 |
20110149067 | System for Optical Recognition, Interpretation, and Digitization of Human Readable Instruments, Annunciators, and Controls - A system for optically recognizing, interpreting, and digitizing human readable instruments, annunciators, and controls includes an image acquisition sensor operable to capture images of at least one of the instruments, annunciators, and controls; and a logic processing unit operable to decode the images captured by the image acquisition sensor and interpret the decoded images to determine a state of the at least one of the instruments, annunciators, and controls. | 06-23-2011 |
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20080209163 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH BACKPLANE AND PROCESSOR BOOKS CONFIGURABLE TO SUPPPRT BOTH TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL WORKLOADS - A processor book designed to support both commercial workloads and technical workloads based on a dynamic or static mechanism of reconfiguring the external wiring interconnect. The processor book is configured as a building block for commercial workload processing systems with external connector buses (ECBs). The processor book is also provided with routing logic to enable to ECBs to be utilized for either book-to-book routing or routing within the same processor book. A table specific wiring scheme is provided for coupling the ECBs running off the chips of one MCM to the chips of the second MCM on the processor book so that the chips of the first MCM are connected directly to the chips of a second MCM that is logically furthest away and vice versa. Once the wiring of the ECBs are completed according to the wiring scheme, the operational and functional characteristics reflect those of a processor book configured for technical workloads. | 08-28-2008 |
20080270955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING EXISTING CIRCUIT DESIGN - The illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method and apparatus for modifying an existing circuit design. For a modification in a design of a circuit, the circuit design tool receives a code describing the modification, and a design of the circuit. The design of the circuit includes a first design, which includes a design for a number of metallic layers in the circuit. The design of the circuit further includes a second design, which includes and a design for a number of non-metallic layers in the circuit. The circuit design tool identifies a set of hooks, a set of disconnected components, and a set of filler cells in the design of the circuit. The circuit design tool produces a modification design, which is implemented in a revision of the first design, using the code, and one or more of the hooks, the disconnected components, and the filler cells. | 10-30-2008 |
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20080273505 | Providing Handover/Handoff for Dual Mode (Wifi/GSM) Mobile Terminals in a GSM Network Using A Three-Way Calling Mechanism - Current WiFi and WiMAX access points are designed to provide enterprise grade services to consumers. With the proliferation of IP based services, specifically Voice over IP (VoIP), problems emerge with the reliability of the access points providing telecom services. Specifically, 911 services and maintenance are perceived to be significantly inferior in the VoIP environment. | 11-06-2008 |
20130287029 | PREVENTING ILLICIT COMMUNICATIONS - The present invention inspects packets to identify session initiation messages associated with select applications. A session initiation message may be any message used to initiate a communication session with another communication client. Once a session initiation message from a select application is identified, the intended communication session may be identified, monitored, prevented, or otherwise processed in a predefined manner. These select applications may be illicit applications from which communication sessions are actually or potentially unlawful or otherwise improper. The illicit communication sessions that the present invention seeks to control may be used for voice communications as well as for transferring data and facilitating application collaboration, such as is used in video conferencing or file sharing. The session initiation messages need not be received directly from the originating communication client for inspection. Packet inspections may take place at any location, such as aggregation points throughout the packet networks. | 10-31-2013 |
20140108651 | IDENTIFYING AND CONTROLLING NETWORK SESSIONS VIA AN ACCESS CONCENTRATION POINT - The present invention facilitates identification and control of peer-to-peer sessions via an access concentration point (ACP). The ACP will monitor packets routed therethrough and detect access messages intended for known peer-to-peer access services. The access messages sent from a communication client to the peer-to-peer access service, which will respond by sending an access reply message back to the communication client. The ACP will monitor the packets being routed to identify the access reply message, which will include routing addresses that may be associated with potential remote communication clients. With these addresses, the ACP can monitor packets to identify when an attempt to initiate a peer-to-peer communication session is being made to or through an entity associated with one or more of these addresses. Upon detecting a session initiation message to or through an identified address, the ACP may take any number of actions, depending on how the ACP is configured. | 04-17-2014 |
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20110051707 | CALL FLOW SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN A LEGACY TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of operating a network server, such as a mobile application gateway, connect devices on a cellular or carrier network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network, such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise. | 03-03-2011 |
20110075609 | CALL FLOW SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN A VOIP TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of establishing a communication link between a mobile terminal of a wireless network and a subscriber of a network, such as an enterprise network, and/or a residential network. | 03-31-2011 |
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20110312300 | MOBILE APPLICATION GATEWAY FOR CONNECTING DEVICES ON A CELLULAR NETWORK WITH INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE AND DATA NETWORKS - A mobile application gateway for connecting devices on a cellular network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks and/or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise. The invention may consist of a primarily of core network and services components based on the IMS network architecture, and is backward compatible to support legacy systems in place in current telecom and data networks. | 12-22-2011 |
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20130344856 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF A VEHICLE DRIVER BASED ON DRIVING BEHAVIOR - A method and apparatus are disclosed that identify a motor vehicle operation and whether a driver is operating a mobile device. One example of operation may include a method that includes receiving vehicle data based on active operation of a vehicle and compiling a candidate driver identification profile (DIP) based on the received vehicle data. The method may also include comparing the candidate DIP to a pre-stored DIP and determining a match between the candidate DIP and the pre-stored DIP. The method may also include applying a restriction to a mobile station operated by a driver of the vehicle responsive to the match determination. | 12-26-2013 |
20140106732 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF A VEHICLE DRIVER BASED ON DRIVING BEHAVIOR - A method and apparatus are disclosed that identify a motor vehicle operation and whether a driver is operating a mobile device. One example of operation may include a method that includes receiving vehicle data based on active operation of a vehicle and compiling a candidate driver identification profile (DIP) based on the received vehicle data. The method may also include comparing the candidate DIP to a pre-stored DIP and determining a match between the candidate DIP and the pre-stored DIP. The method may also include applying a restriction to a mobile station operated by a driver of the vehicle responsive to the match determination. | 04-17-2014 |
20150031331 | MOBILE APPLICATION GATEWAY FOR CONNECTING DEVICES ON A CELLULAR NETWORK WITH INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE AND DATA NETWORKS - A mobile application gateway for connecting devices on a cellular network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks and/or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise. The invention may consist of a primarily of core network and services components based on the IMS network architecture, and is backward compatible to support legacy systems in place in current telecom and data networks. | 01-29-2015 |
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20090046845 | System, Method, and Computer-Readable Medium for By-Passing the Public Switched Telephone Network When Interconnecting an Enterprise Network and a Carrier Network - A system, method and computer-readable medium by-passing the public switched telephone network when routing a call from a carrier network to an enterprise network are provided. A carrier gateway server is communicatively coupled with an enterprise gateway server. The enterprise gateway server is adapted to publish direct inward dial numbers assigned to enterprise extensions to the carrier gateway server. Once published, call setups originated in the carrier network may be routed directly to an enterprise network having a terminal assigned the dialed number of the call setup. Advantageously, the carrier network operator does not incur any inter-connect fee from any public switched network operator. | 02-19-2009 |
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20110292840 | System, Method, and Computer-Readable Medium for Implementing Intelligent Network Service Functionality in a Network - A system, method and computer-readable medium for simulating intelligent network triggers in a network system are provided. A mobile terminal is configured with an intelligent network Simulator adapted to detect call events and originate simulated intelligent network triggers in response to the call events. Call progressions implemented according to the simulated intelligent network triggers may be managed or coordinated by at least one of a carrier-gateway server and an Enterprise-gateway server. Call progressions implemented by simulated intelligent network triggers may be specified according to Enterprise member policies or general Enterprise behaviors. Advantageously, if a carrier network does not support a trigger infrastructure that has capabilities of originating triggers and terminating triggers, or if a roaming agreement is not in place that allows transfer of triggers between carriers, the use of an intelligent network Simulator provides an alternative mechanism for providing IN service functionality without network support for intelligent network triggers. | 12-01-2011 |
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20150071131 | System, Method, and Computer-Readable Medium for Implementing Intelligent Network Service Functionality in a Network - A system, method and computer-readable medium for simulating intelligent network triggers in a network system are provided. A mobile terminal is configured with an intelligent network Simulator adapted to detect call events and originate simulated intelligent network triggers in response to the call events. Call progressions implemented according to the simulated intelligent network triggers may be managed or coordinated by at least one of a carrier-gateway server and an Enterprise-gateway server. Call progressions implemented by simulated intelligent network triggers may be specified according to Enterprise member policies or general Enterprise behaviors. Advantageously, if a carrier network does not support a trigger infrastructure that has capabilities of originating triggers and terminating triggers, or if a roaming agreement is not in place that allows transfer of triggers between carriers, the use of an intelligent network Simulator provides an alternative mechanism for providing IN service functionality without network support for intelligent network triggers. | 03-12-2015 |
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20080231464 | Targeted switching of electrical appliances and method - A system and method for targeted, remote switching of electrical appliances. The system includes a transmitter for selectively producing a directional output signal and a receiver for detecting the directional output signal from the transmitter. The receiver produces an output signal when the directional output signal from the transmitter is detected that is received by a microcontroller that is incorporated into a switch controller. The microcontroller produces an output that switches the electrical appliance to which the switch controller is connected on and/or off. Although not limited to this use, the system and method of the present invention are particularly adapted for controlling individual light fixtures, even though several fixtures are wired into a single circuit, allowing the individual fixtures to be switched on and/or off as needed and, in the case of light fixtures with multiple bulbs, the dimming of the fixture by switching individual bulbs in the fixture off. | 09-25-2008 |
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20110043035 | Apparatus and methods for controlling light fixtures and electrical appliances - Apparatus and methods for monitoring and controlling the energy usage of an installation including lighting fixtures, motors, compressors, and other electrical appliances by monitoring the operating status of the electrical appliances, switching the electrical appliances on and/or off as mandated by operating conditions, intended use(s) of the installation, ambient conditions, energy consumption limits, and other factors, reporting the operating status of the electrical appliances to a system coordinator, storing information as to the operating status of each electrical appliance in the installation to the memory of the system coordinator in a look-up table for subsequent retrieval as needed for operation of the installation, and transmitting a signal from the system coordinator that is operative to switch the electrical appliances on and/or off in accordance with the information stored in the look-up table. | 02-24-2011 |
20130063049 | Ballast module for light fixtures - A light fixture having a construction enabling on/off operation with a wall-mounted switch in a circuit by itself or with other fixtures and to be upgraded in “plug and play” fashion to operate independently of other fixtures in the circuit or for stepped dimming. Modular construction provides safety and ease of maintenance in that ballasts are replaced without exposure to internal wiring and provides temperature management by isolating temperature-sensitive components from high temperatures while placing the lamps in an enclosure in which temperature is contained to operate efficiently. If passive thermal management is not enough to maximize operating efficiency and/or service life, the fixture is upgradeable in plug and play fashion to active thermal management. Ballast modules can be equipped with a microcontroller for collecting operational data that is harvested and used to optimize switching to evenly age lamps and electronics or determine energy consumption. | 03-14-2013 |
20140148923 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT FIXTURES AND ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - Apparatus and methods for monitoring and controlling the energy usage of an installation including lighting fixtures, motors, compressors, and other electrical appliances by monitoring the operating status of the electrical appliances, switching the electrical appliances on and/or off as mandated by operating conditions, intended use(s) of the installation, ambient conditions, energy consumption limits, and other factors, reporting the operating status of the electrical appliances to a system coordinator, storing information as to the operating status of each electrical appliance in the network to the memory of the system coordinator in a look-up table for subsequent retrieval as needed for operation of the installation, and transmitting a signal from the system coordinator that is operative to switch the electrical appliances on and/or off in accordance with the information stored in the look-up table. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090112335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT CONTROL AND MONITORING IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A controller includes a control module to control operation of a process in response to control data, a plug-in module coupled to the control module as a non-layered, integrated extension thereof, and a model identification engine. The plug-in detects a change in the control data, and a collects the control data and data in connection with a condition of the process in response to the detected change. The model identification engine executes a plurality of model parameter identification cycles. Each cycle includes simulations of the process each having different simulation parameter values and each using the control data as an input, an estimation error calculation for each simulation based on an output of the simulation and based on the operating condition data, and a calculation of a model parameter value based on the estimation errors and simulation parameter values used in the simulation corresponding to each of the estimation errors. | 04-30-2009 |
20100228363 | ANALYTICAL SERVER INTEGRATED IN A PROCESS CONTROL NETWORK - A process control system integrates the collection and analysis of process control data used to perform certain computationally expensive process control functions, like adaptive model generation and tuning parameter generation, in the same control device in which one or more of the process control routines are implemented, to thereby provide for faster and more efficient support of the process control routines. This system replaces a layered approach using multiple processing devices by integrating an analytical server which performs computationally expensive analyses used by one or more control routines directly into the real-time control device in which the one or more control routines are located. This integration provides the ability to analyze large quantities of data for multiple process loops controlled by a particular device in a fast and efficient manner. | 09-09-2010 |
20100247082 | Digital Video Recording and Playback of User Displays in a Process Control System - A process control system user display provides a display image containing control system information. The system may include a digital recording module including an image capture module for making a real-time digital recording of at least a portion of the display image, the image capture module buffering a terminal portion of the real-time digital recording. A storage module may store at least a portion of the real-time digital recording. A real-time digital recording may contain at least a portion of the display image, wherein, at any particular time, the real-time digital recording includes information from the control system for a predetermined duration proximate the particular time, and at least a portion of the real-time digital recording may be stored. A desired portion of the digital recording may be played back, optionally with process control system event and/or continuous history. | 09-30-2010 |
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20120090325 | ETHANOL PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY - A process for enhancing the energy output of an ethanol production facility has the steps of producing ethanol and stillage from a feedstock, anaerobically digesting said stillage so as to produce carbon dioxide and methane, compressing the methane, compressing the carbon dioxide, and, passing the compressed carbon dioxide to an oil-bearing formation. The compressed carbon dioxide is injected under pressure into the oil-bearing formation so as to produce live crude and natural gas. The compressed methane is delivered to a combustion turbine so as to produced power and an exhaust. The exhaust of the combustion turbine is passed to a steam turbine so as to produce steam and power. | 04-19-2012 |
20130036748 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE FOR USE IN HYDROCARBON RECOVERY - A method for producing carbon dioxide for use in hydrocarbon recovery has the steps of producing an exhaust stream from a combustion turbine, passing the exhaust stream through a heat recovery steam generator so as to produce a carbon dioxide-laden stream and a steam, absorbing the carbon dioxide from the carbon-dioxide laden stream into a solution, pumping the solution to a stripper so as to produce carbon dioxide gas, compressing the carbon dioxide gas from the stripper, and injecting the compressed carbon dioxide gas into a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The combustion turbine and the heat recovery steam generator are portable. | 02-14-2013 |
20130341924 | PROCESS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY USING CAPTURE OF CARBON DIOXIDE - A process for enhanced oil recovery includes the steps of producing steam in at least a first pressure range and a second pressure range, passing the steam of the first pressure range to a steam turbine so as to produce power therefrom, passing the steam of the second pressure range to an amine capture system such that carbon dioxide is delivered therefrom, and injecting the carbon dioxide from the amine capture system into a well for enhanced oil recovery. Steam of a third pressure range can be passed to an absorption chiller so as to cool a liquid therein. The first pressure range is greater than the second pressure range. | 12-26-2013 |
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20090006559 | Application Message Subscription Tracking In A High Speed, Low Latency Data Communications Environment - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for application message subscription tracking in a high speed, low latency data communications environment that includes: receiving, by a stream administration server from a subscribing client device, a subscription initiation request, the subscription initiation request specifying a message topic, the message topic specifying application messages for transmission to the subscribing client device from a message transmitting device; brokering, by the stream administration server, establishment of a message stream that provides the application messages for the specified message topic from the message transmitting device to the subscribing client device; and updating, by the stream administration server, a client subscription repository for monitoring application message subscriptions in dependence upon the subscription initiation request. | 01-01-2009 |
20090006560 | Terminating An Application Message Subscription - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for terminating an application message subscription that include: receiving, by messaging middleware of a subscribing client device, application messages having one or more message topics on one or more message streams from one or more message transmitting devices; receiving, by the messaging middleware from a stream administration server, a subscription termination message specifying a particular message topic for application messages that the subscription client device is no longer authorized to receive; and ceasing, by the messaging middleware, to provide the received application messages having the particular message topic to an application on the subscribing client device, including providing the received application messages having other message topics to the application. | 01-01-2009 |
20090063539 | XCAP and SIP Filter Chain State Transforms Via Dynamic Helper Functions for Internet Multimedia Subsystems - The present invention extends a servlet filter chain model to include the ability to dynamically define helper functions. These dynamic helper functions modify the state of an XCAP or SIP request or response as it transitions through the filter chain. The dynamic helper functions are defined via descriptor files that are based on the document type. Each filter in the filter chain has the ability to reference and invoke the helper functions to modify the state of the request and/or response. | 03-05-2009 |
20130024502 | COMPUTER DATA COMMUNICATIONS IN A HIGH SPEED, LOW LATENCY DATA COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT - A method includes issuing a request, from an application of a contributing client device to a stream administration server, to contribute messages from the application to a feed adapter within a data communication environment via a message stream which bypasses the stream administration server. The feed adapter is coupled to a feed source via a feed adapter input stream and to at least one subscribing device via a feed adapter output stream. The feed source is separate from the contributing client device. The feed adapter input stream is separate from the message stream. The method includes receiving, in response to the request and an authentication of the contributing client device. A set of constraints on messages is to be transmitted from the contributing client device to the feed adapter. | 01-24-2013 |
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20110146994 | Methods of Fracturing An Openhole Well Using Venturi Section - Methods of fracturing a well can include the steps of: (A) obtaining a fracturing job design having at least one treatment interval; (B) running a tubular string into the treatment interval; (C) before or after the step of running, forming one or more tubular string openings in the tubular string, wherein after the step of running, the one or more tubular string openings are positioned in the treatment interval; (D) except for the axial passageway of the tubular string, blocking at least 86% of the nominal cross-sectional area of the treatment interval that is between one of the ends of the treatment interval and the axially closest of the one or more tubular string openings, and, except for the axial passageway of the tubular string, leaving unblocked at least 4% of the nominal cross-sectional area of the treatment interval; and (E) pumping a fracturing fluid through the one or more tubular string openings at a rate and pressure sufficient to initiate at least one fracture in the subterranean formation surrounding the treatment interval. | 06-23-2011 |
20110146995 | METHODS OF FRACTURING A WELL USING VENTURI SECTION - Methods of fracturing a well can include the steps of: (A) obtaining a fracturing job design having at least one treatment interval; (B) running a tubular string into the treatment interval; (C) before or after the step of running, forming one or more tubular string openings in the tubular string, wherein after the step of running, the one or more tubular string openings are positioned in the treatment interval; (D) except for the axial passageway of the tubular string, blocking at least 86% of the nominal cross-sectional area of the treatment interval that is between one of the ends of the treatment interval and the axially closest of the one or more tubular string openings, and, except for the axial passageway of the tubular string, leaving unblocked at least 4% of the nominal cross-sectional area of the treatment interval; and (E) pumping a fracturing fluid through the one or more tubular string openings at a rate and pressure sufficient to initiate at least one fracture in the subterranean formation surrounding the treatment interval. | 06-23-2011 |
20140096965 | Methods of Fracturing a Well Using Venturi Section - Methods of fracturing a well can include the steps of: (A) obtaining a fracturing job design having at least one treatment interval; (B) running a tubular string into the treatment interval; (C) before or after the step of running, forming one or more tubular string openings in the tubular string, wherein after the step of running, the one or more tubular string openings are positioned in the treatment interval; (D) except for the axial passageway of the tubular string, blocking at least 86% of the nominal cross-sectional area of the treatment interval that is between one of the ends of the treatment interval and the axially closest of the one or more tubular string openings, and, except for the axial passageway of the tubular string, leaving unblocked at least 4% of the nominal cross-sectional area of the treatment interval; and (E) pumping a fracturing fluid through the one or more tubular string openings at a rate and pressure sufficient to initiate at least one fracture in the subterranean formation surrounding the treatment interval. | 04-10-2014 |
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20100206542 | COMBINED MULTI-STREAM HEAT EXCHANGER AND CONDITIONER/CONTROL UNIT - Methods and apparatus for heating and cooling portions of a fluid are provided. The method may include flowing a stream of a fluid through a first coil of a heat exchanger, separating a liquid component from the stream of the fluid, flowing the liquid component through a second coil of the heat exchanger, and flowing the stream of the fluid leaving the first coil over the first coil and the second coil, thereby cooling the stream of fluid flowing through the first coil and heating the liquid component flowing through the second coil. The apparatus may include a housing, a heat exchanger disposed within the housing, a separation chamber disposed within the housing and operable to separate a liquid component of the fluid, and a control system in fluid communication with the separation chamber and the heat exchanger, wherein the control system is operable to direct the liquid component from the separation chamber to the heat exchanger. | 08-19-2010 |
20100251764 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for the recovery of ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream in a compact processing assembly. The gas stream is cooled and divided into first and second streams. The first stream is further cooled to condense substantially all of it and is thereafter expanded to lower pressure and supplied as a feed between first and second absorbing means inside the processing assembly. The second stream is expanded to lower pressure and supplied as the bottom feed to the second absorbing means. A distillation vapor stream is collected from the upper region of the first absorbing means and directed into one or more heat exchange means inside the processing assembly to heat it while cooling the gas stream and the first stream. The heated distillation vapor stream is compressed to higher pressure and divided into a volatile residue gas fraction and a compressed recycle stream. The compressed recycle stream is cooled to condense substantially all of it by the distillation vapor stream in the one or more heat exchange means inside the processing assembly, and is thereafter expanded to lower pressure and supplied as top feed to the first absorbing means. A distillation liquid stream is collected from the lower region of the second absorbing means and directed into a heat and mass transfer means inside the processing assembly to heat it and strip out its volatile components while cooling the gas stream. The quantities and temperatures of the feeds to the first and second absorbing means are effective to maintain the temperature of the upper region of the first absorbing means at a temperature whereby the major portions of the desired components are recovered in the stripped distillation liquid stream. | 10-07-2010 |
20100275647 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to recover propane, propylene, and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream. The gas stream is cooled, expanded to lower pressure, and fed to an absorbing means. A first distillation liquid stream from the absorbing means is fed to a mass transfer means. A first distillation vapor stream from the mass transfer means is cooled to partially condense it, forming a residual vapor stream and a condensed stream. The condensed stream is supplied as the top feed to the absorbing means. A second distillation vapor stream from the absorbing means is heated by cooling the first distillation vapor stream, combined with the residual vapor stream, and heated by cooling the gas stream. A second distillation liquid stream from the mass transfer means is heated in a heat and mass transfer means to strip out its volatile components. | 11-04-2010 |
20100287983 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to recover ethane, ethylene, and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream. The gas stream is cooled and divided into first and second streams. The first stream is further cooled, expanded to lower pressure, heated, and its liquid fraction is supplied as a first top feed to an absorbing means. The second stream is expanded to lower pressure and supplied as a bottom feed to the absorbing means. A distillation vapor stream from the absorbing means is combined with the vapor fraction of the first stream, then cooled by the expanded first stream to form a condensed stream that is supplied as a second top feed to the absorbing means. A distillation liquid stream from the bottom of the absorbing means is heated in a heat and mass transfer means to strip out its volatile components. | 11-18-2010 |
20100287984 | HYDROCARBON GAS PROCESSING - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to recover ethane, ethylene, and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream. The gas stream is cooled and divided into first and second streams. The first stream is further cooled, expanded to lower pressure, and supplied as a feed between two absorbing means. The second stream is expanded to lower pressure and supplied as a bottom feed to the lower absorbing means. A distillation liquid stream from the bottom of the lower absorbing means is heated in a heat and mass transfer means to strip out its volatile components. A distillation vapor stream from the top of the heat and mass transfer means is cooled by a distillation vapor stream from the top of the upper absorbing means, thereby forming a condensed stream that is supplied as a top feed to the upper absorbing means. | 11-18-2010 |
20100326134 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to remove carbon dioxide from a hydrocarbon gas stream. The gas stream is cooled, expanded to intermediate pressure, and fed to the top of a mass transfer means. A distillation liquid stream from the mass transfer means is heated in a first heat and mass transfer means to strip out its volatile components and form a bottom liquid product. A distillation vapor stream from the mass transfer means is combined with any vapor in the expanded cooled gas stream, and the combined vapor stream is cooled in a second heat and mass transfer means to partially condense it, forming a condensed stream that is fed to the top of the mass transfer means. A portion of the bottom liquid product is subcooled, expanded to lower pressure, and used to cool the combined vapor stream. | 12-30-2010 |
20110226011 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to recover C | 09-22-2011 |
20110226012 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to recover C | 09-22-2011 |
20110226013 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to recover C | 09-22-2011 |
20110226014 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to recover C | 09-22-2011 |
20110232328 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to recover propane, propylene, and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream. The gas stream is cooled, expanded to lower pressure, and fed to an absorbing means. A first distillation liquid stream from the absorbing means is fed to a mass transfer means. A first distillation vapor stream from the mass transfer means is cooled to partially condense it, forming a residual vapor stream and a condensed stream. The condensed stream is supplied as the top feed to the absorbing means. A second distillation vapor stream from the absorbing means is heated by cooling the first distillation vapor stream, combined with the residual vapor stream, and heated by cooling the gas stream. A second distillation liquid stream from the mass transfer means is heated in a heat and mass transfer means to strip out its volatile components. | 09-29-2011 |
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