Abstract: Steeping loose leaf tea necessitates that one utilize some sort of filtration device. All current devices that seek to fulfill this requirement are either manual, such as empty tea bags and stainless steel mesh filters, or very expensive electronic automatic steepers. In addition to a filtration device one must use a timer to determine how long to steep the tea leaves. Ordinarily, when the timer goes off, one must remove the tea leaves and filter from the water; otherwise, the tea will over-steep and become bitter or over-caffeinated. Current timers do not stop the tea from steeping, but only signal that it is done, leaving the removal of the tea leaves up to the individual.

Abstract: A distributed system of CEP Services hosted by a CEP Cloud where the CEP Cloud is composed of a network of CEP Engines connected by an IPC Protocol is provided. CEP Services interact with each other via a series of Event Streams transported by an IPC protocol between one or multiple CEP Services. CEP Services have no theoretical limit to the number of CEP Engines that compose said services.

Abstract: A means to establish a CEP Cloud with processing capabilities to scale as required by the business application or applications leveraging the CEP Cloud. Included is a method of establishing a network of CEP Engines that work in concert with each other so to provide CEP Services to deliver the Service Level Agreements (SLA) of function, latency, and throughput as required by the application. CEP Services interact with each other via a series of Event Streams transported by an IPC protocol between one or multiple CEP Services. CEP Services have no theoretical limit to the number of CEP Engines that compose said services. The result is a distributed system of CEP Services hosted by a CEP Cloud where the CEP Cloud is composed of a network of CEP Engines connected by an IPC Protocol. This unique combination forms is a CEP Cloud without bound to its processing limit.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods to wirelessly charge batteries within a radius of a power source. A power transmitter generates a power signal of specific configuration which is received by the power charger. The power charger harvests the received power signal and stores the energy contained within for the purpose of charging target battery or batteries. The typical uses of this invention are but not limited to the home, car, office, and work place. Anywhere where rechargeable batteries are used in a device where they need to be placed or physically removed from the device for recharge by conventional wired chargers, this invention provides method to prolong battery life in such a way to extend the time between a physical wired recharge or eliminate such events all together.