Abstract: A SD Card including, in one implementation, a memory array, a controller coupled to the memory array, and a bus for transferring data between the memory array and a host device in communication with the SD Card. The controller is configured to perform background maintenance operations on the memory array during execution of a read command received from the host device.

Abstract: A SD Card including, in one implementation, a memory array, a controller coupled to the memory array, and a bus for transferring data between the memory array and a host device in communication with the SD Card. The controller is configured to perform background maintenance operations on the memory array during execution of a read command received from the host device.

Abstract: A storage system and method for crash analysis are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system comprises a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to store a crash log in a buffer in the controller; determine whether the storage system has crashed; and in response to determining that the storage system has crashed, send the crash log from the buffer in the controller to a host in communication with the storage system. Other embodiments are provided.

Abstract: A storage system and method for crash analysis are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system comprises a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to store a crash log in a buffer in the controller; determine whether the storage system has crashed; and in response to determining that the storage system has crashed, send the crash log from the buffer in the controller to a host in communication with the storage system. Other embodiments are provided.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving collaboration among participants in a collaboration system. In one embodiment of the present invention, a system, referred to herein as the “integration system,” connected to a collaboration system monitors for comments or updates pertaining to a work item involving a customer problem to be resolved by different participants of the collaboration system. These comments or updates for completing the work item are analyzed. After analyzing the comments or updates, strategies are derived for completing the work item based on the analysis of the comments or updates as well as based on stored data of previously resolved work items. The derived strategies are then presented to the appropriate participant(s) to resolve the work item, such as based on the roles of the participant(s) that would most effectively and efficiently perform the strategy.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving collaboration among participants in a collaboration system. In one embodiment of the present invention, a system, referred to herein as the “integration system,” connected to a collaboration system monitors for comments or updates pertaining to a work item involving a customer problem to be resolved by different participants of the collaboration system. These comments or updates for completing the work item are analyzed. After analyzing the comments or updates, strategies are derived for completing the work item based on the analysis of the comments or updates as well as based on stored data of previously resolved work items. The derived strategies are then presented to the appropriate participant(s) to resolve the work item, such as based on the roles of the participant(s) that would most effectively and efficiently perform the strategy.

Abstract: An all-in-one cleaning device, e.g., such as may be used in cleaning the inside of a shower. The device may provide the ability to dispense the composition carried within the device itself, and scrub the composition into or against the surfaces to be cleaned (e.g., shower walls, floors, corners, etc.). Activation of the dispensing mechanism of the cleaning device may dispense a metered dose of composition, in a generally horizontal direction, onto and/or into a nonwoven or other substrate. The dispensing mechanism may not rely on gravity for dispensing, and may be sealed to prevent unwanted backflow of shower water or other material, preventing contamination.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving collaboration among participants in a collaboration system. In one embodiment of the present invention, a system, referred to herein as the “integration system,” connected to a collaboration system monitors for comments or updates pertaining to a work item involving a customer problem to be resolved by different participants of the collaboration system. These comments or updates for completing the work item are analyzed. After analyzing the comments or updates, strategies are derived for completing the work item based on the analysis of the comments or updates as well as based on stored data of previously resolved work items. The derived strategies are then presented to the appropriate participant(s) to resolve the work item, such as based on the roles of the participant(s) that would most effectively and efficiently perform the strategy.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving collaboration among participants in a collaboration system. In one embodiment of the present invention, a system, referred to herein as the “integration system,” connected to a collaboration system monitors for comments or updates pertaining to a work item involving a customer problem to be resolved by different participants of the collaboration system. These comments or updates for completing the work item are analyzed. After analyzing the comments or updates, strategies are derived for completing the work item based on the analysis of the comments or updates as well as based on stored data of previously resolved work items. The derived strategies are then presented to the appropriate participant(s) to resolve the work item, such as based on the roles of the participant(s) that would most effectively and efficiently perform the strategy.

Abstract: An all-in-one cleaning device, e.g., such as may be used in cleaning the inside of a shower. The device may provide the ability to dispense the composition carried within the device itself, and scrub the composition into or against the surfaces to be cleaned (e.g., shower walls, floors, corners, etc.). Activation of the dispensing mechanism of the cleaning device may dispense a metered dose of composition, in a generally horizontal direction, onto and/or into a nonwoven or other substrate. The dispensing mechanism may not rely on gravity for dispensing, and may be sealed to prevent unwanted backflow of shower water or other material, preventing contamination.

Abstract: An all-in-one cleaning device, e.g., such as may be used in cleaning the inside of a shower. The device may provide the ability to dispense the composition carried within the device itself, and scrub the composition into or against the surfaces to be cleaned (e.g., shower walls, floors, corners, etc.). Activation of the dispensing mechanism of the cleaning device may dispense a metered dose of composition, in a generally horizontal direction, onto and/or into a nonwoven or other substrate. The dispensing mechanism may not rely on gravity for dispensing, and may be sealed to prevent unwanted backflow of shower water or other material, preventing contamination.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is the use of coatings on charcoal heating materials, such as charcoal briquets, to enhance burn properties. It has been discovered that if one half of a pile of charcoal briquets is dosed with lighter fluid and the other half remains undosed, the entire pile of briquets will light and burn. Thus, the amount of lighter fluid necessary to light a pile of charcoal briquets can be reduced by fifty percent. However, over time (2 to 3 months), the lighter fluid migrates from the dosed briquets to the undosed briquets. Therefore, it has been found that by coating the undosed briquets with a material that prevents the lighter fluid from migrating onto them, solvent migration is reduced and/or eliminated. The coated briquets light a little later than the uncoated briquets resulting in an extension of the cooking phase.

Abstract: An all-in-one cleaning device, e.g., such as may be used in cleaning the inside of a shower. The device may provide the ability to dispense the composition carried within the device itself, and scrub the composition into or against the surfaces to be cleaned (e.g., shower walls, floors, corners, etc.). Activation of the dispensing mechanism of the cleaning device may dispense a metered dose of composition, in a generally horizontal direction, onto and/or into a nonwoven or other substrate. The dispensing mechanism may not rely on gravity for dispensing, and may be sealed to prevent unwanted backflow of shower water or other material, preventing contamination.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is the use of coatings on charcoal heating materials, such as charcoal briquets, to enhance burn properties. It has been discovered that if one half of a pile of charcoal briquets is dosed with lighter fluid and the other half remains undosed, the entire pile of briquets will light and burn. Thus, the amount of lighter fluid necessary to light a pile of charcoal briquets can be reduced by fifty percent. However, over time (2 to 3 months), the lighter fluid migrates from the dosed briquets to the undosed briquets. Therefore, it has been found that by coating the undosed briquets with a material that prevents the lighter fluid from migrating onto them, solvent migration is reduced and/or eliminated. The coated briquets light a little later than the uncoated briquets resulting in an extension of the cooking phase.