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20080270602 | Electronic Device Client and Server System and Method - An electronic device security and tracking system. A system includes one or more clients, wherein the clients are electronic devices; and a server computer system connected to each of the clients, wherein the server computer system is capable of tracking and locating each of the clients. In one aspect, the server computer system includes one or more web servers coupled to each of the clients, wherein the web servers include a website for the electronic device security and tracking system; one or more file transfer protocol servers coupled to each of the web servers; and one or more database servers connected to each of the web servers. | 10-30-2008 |
20080276326 | Electronic Device Disabling System and Method - A method for tracking, locating and disabling an electronic device. A method includes checking if an application component operated correctly during last power-up of the device; and placing the device under control of power on self test to proceed with powering-up the device if the application component operated correctly during last device power-up. | 11-06-2008 |
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20100299749 | Secure Booting System And Method - In a method for securing and disabling an electronic device, the electronic device automatically executes a basic input/output system (BIOS) component of a security and tracking service during boot up. The BIOS component automatically determines whether an application component of the security and tracking service has requested disabling of the electronic device. In response to a determination that the application component has requested disabling of the electronic device, the BIOS component automatically displays system information and unlock key. The BIOS component also automatically prompts a user of the electronic device to enter an activation password to re-enable the electronic device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-25-2010 |
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20120026494 | COMPACT RAMAN ANALYZER FOR RECORDING DISSOLVED GASES IN LIQUIDS WITH HIGH SENSITIVITY AND SPECTRAL RESOLUTION - A Raman head is provided capable of operating at high surrounding pressures. The Raman head has housing having a first, sealed chamber filled with an incompressible liquid and a second chamber that is open to the surrounding environment. At least one bellows can be used to equalize pressure between the first sealed chamber and the surrounding environment. A planar side of a pair of plano-concave lens is positioned within the first chamber and the concave side of each plano-concave lens is positioned within the second chamber of the Raman head. Light emitted as a result of a laser beam in communication with the pair of plano-concave lens can be analyzed by a Raman analyzer. | 02-02-2012 |
20130003055 | RAMAN SPECTROMETER FOR MONITORING TRACES OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SUBSTANCES - A compact, ultra-sensitive, inexpensive NIR spontaneous Raman spectrometer is presented. High sensitivity is achieved by the use of a multi-pass cell configuration combined with the electromotive properties of silicon crystal surface. A thin layer of silicon oxide chemisorbs molecules, which stick to its surface without altering their spectroscopic signatures. This new Raman spectrometer may be used to detect less than 40 ng (≈0.5 n mol) of ammonium nitrate deposited on the silicon surface with the signal-to-noise ratio better than 50 during 0.1 s recording time and for an illuminated area of 2×10 | 01-03-2013 |
20130162988 | SUPERIOR ANALYZER FOR RAMAN SPECTRA WITH HIGH ACCEPTANCE CONE, RESOLUTION, TRANSMISSION, QUANTUM EFFICIENCY, AND STRONG BACKGROUND REDUCTION - A Raman analyzer for analyzing light emitted from a Raman cell is provided that has a beam splitter configured to split the light emitted from the Raman cell into a first beam and a second beam. An atomic vapor filter can be used to filter a Raman scattered line from the first beam and a chopper system can periodically interrupt the first and second beams that are directed towards a photo detector, which can convert light from the first and second beams into an electrical signal. The signal output from the photo detector can optionally be amplified, digitized, Fourier filtered, and/or subjected to Fourier analysis. | 06-27-2013 |
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20120103597 | Overpull Indicator - An outer wellhead member has a bore with a first profile portion and an annular recess. A tubular inner wellhead member with a centralizer/overpull ring is lowered into the outer wellhead member. The centralizer/overpull ring is biased to expand outward to engage the bore of the outer wellhead member to center the inner wellhead member within the bore as the inner wellhead member is lowered through the bore. The recess of the outer wellhead member is adapted to receive the centralizer/overpull ring and oppose axial movement of the centralizer/overpull ring to enable an upward test pull of the inner wellhead member. | 05-03-2012 |
20120312542 | EXPANDABLE SOLID LOAD RING FOR CASING HANGER - A subsea wellhead assembly includes a housing with a bore. A hanger is lowered into the housing, the hanger having at least one downward facing load shoulder. An expandable load ring is carried on the hanger. When casing weight is applied to the hanger, the weight energizes the load ring, causing it to expand and thereby increase the contact area between a load shoulder on the load ring and a load shoulder on the housing. The shoulders create a path for the load to be transferred to the housing. The increase in contact area increases the load carrying capacity of the hanger. The load ring expansion is limited to elastic expansion to allow it to return to a retracted position when the casing weight is removed. | 12-13-2012 |
20130264117 | DROP AWAY FUNNEL FOR MODULAR DRILLING TEMPLATES - A template for use in positioning subsea wellbores that has a drop away funnel that extends laterally from the template. The drop away funnel is used to locate a piling adjacent the wellbores and is selectively detached from the template after installing the piling. A tang and clevis type assembly mounts the drop away funnel to the template, where the tang and clevis are coupled together with a main stud. The main stud is oriented substantially parallel with an axis of the drop away funnel; so that when the stud is removed, the drop away funnel can decouple from the template and slide axially downward along the piling. | 10-10-2013 |
20130284444 | Systems, Spacer Devices and Methods For Aligning Multi-Well Modular Templates and Associated Wells - Systems, devices, and methods for providing proper spacing and alignment of multi-well modular drilling templates and associated wells are provided. An example embodiment of a system includes a primary well upon which a multi-well modular drilling template is landed, and a second well upon which a specially configured spacer device is landed. The spacer device includes an alignment frame which engages guide arms of the template to force the spacer device into proper axial alignment. The spacer device includes an elongated arm and a guide funnel which provide the proper spacing and proper location for inserting a third well. The third well can be used as the central well for a second multi-well modular drilling template. | 10-31-2013 |
20140203512 | Backup Bullet Seal with Actuation Delay Feature - A sealing system features a primary and secondary bullet seals where the secondary seal is preferably bidirectional and is activated to spread fins with a t-shaped ring that is driven with differential pressure to advance after temperature exposure softens a stop material on the extending portion of the t-shaped ring. Opposed t-shaped rings are disposed at ends of the backup ring that have fins at both ends. Advancement of the t-shaped ring spreads the fins and retains them in the spread condition for enhanced sealing. Optionally the primary seal can also be actuated with a similar t-shaped ring with a temperature sensitive delay feature. | 07-24-2014 |
20140346739 | Bullet Seal - A bullet seal tail section is reconfigured from a groove flanked by tapered surfaces that engage an o-ring seal to an end design on the bullet seal that has tapered surfaces that meet at a first angle and a pin with an end taper that has counterpart surfaces that slope more with respect to an axis of the seal. The o-ring is on an opposite side of the pin from the tail of the bullet seal. Large differentials evenly push out the bullet seal tail and uniformly compress the o-ring for a larger contact area at greater contact force than previously known. The o-ring is reformed into a generally quadrilateral shape from round due to the applied loading. | 11-27-2014 |
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