Abstract: Flexible catheters adapted to be inserted into a body to deliver high-voltage, fast (e.g., microsecond, sub-microsecond, nanosecond, picosecond, etc.) electrical energy to target tissue may include a plurality of conductive layers, that may be coaxial. These catheters and method of using them to treat tissue are configured to reduce or avoid arcing.

Abstract: Flexible catheters adapted to be inserted into a body to deliver high-voltage, fast (e.g., microsecond, sub-microsecond, nanosecond, picosecond, etc.) electrical energy to target tissue may include a plurality of conductive layers, that may be coaxial. These catheters and method of using them to treat tissue are configured to reduce or avoid arcing.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems and methods for establishing an auditable and tamperproof record of warranty activities among parties to an associated digital warranty file. A blockchain or other distributed ledger may be used to encrypt, seal, and authenticate data associated with a warranty and stored with a warranty management system. Milestones and decisions associated with the digital warranty file may be encrypted and sealed on the blockchain to provide a fully auditable and non-repudiable record of the warranty process, thereby creating a trustworthy validation of warranty file activity as it moves through a warranty claim process. The blockchain based seals allow all participating parties to confidently rely on the information shared. Blockchain based seals of a warranty file or other data may assure the information cannot be tampered with, while reducing costs for researching and verifying each transaction.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for controlling axial, lateral and/or vertical movements of subsea pipelines which reduce the need for expensive pipeline anchoring or other mitigation solutions. The pipeline is connected to a stabilizing structure generally adjacent to the pipeline using a plurality of load-bearing members attached to the pipeline and the stabilizing structure at a plurality of predetermined locations. Also described are systems and methods for monitoring operating parameters of the pipeline over time.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for stabilizing a subsea pipeline such that movements of the pipeline in the axial, lateral and/or vertical directions are restrained. The pipeline is connected to a stabilizing structure generally adjacent to the pipeline using one or more load-bearing members attached to the pipeline and the stabilizing structure at one or more predetermined locations. Also disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring operating parameters of the pipeline over time.

Abstract: A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via the Internet. The text mining system has various components, including a data acquisition process that extracts textual data from Internet web sites, including their logs, content, processes, and transactions. The system compares log data to content and process data, and relates the results of the comparison to transaction data. This permits the system to provide aggregate cluster data representing statistics useful for customer lead generation.

Abstract: A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via the Internet. The text mining system has various components, including a data acquisition process that extracts textual data from various Internet sources, a database for storing the extracted data, a text mining server that executes query-based searches of the database, and an output repository. A web server provides client access to the repository, and to the mining server.

Abstract: A web-based customer lead generator system. The system is based on an application service model, with the programming for the system being accessible to users of the system via web browsers and the Internet. The users are typically business enterprises that maintain e-commerce web sites. The pre-emptive profiling process searches the Internet to obtain email addresses of potential web site buyers. It performs a reverse look-up process to obtain demographic data about each potential buyer. This data is used to provide a purchasing profile of the buyer, which is then forwarded to the e-commerce business enterprise.

Abstract: A system and method for providing profile data representing profiles of potential customers of a business enterprise. The system is based on an application service provider architecture, where the business enterprise accesses the profile data via the Internet using a web browser. The system is capable of using internal data of the business enterprise generated by a variety of accounting, sales, and enterprise planning tools.

Abstract: A web-based customer lead harvesting system. The system is based on an application service model, with the programming for the system being accessible to users of the system via web browsers and the Internet. The users, who are typically business enterprises, may access the system to search unstructured Internet data to obtain leads for prospective customers. The system accepts criteria from the user that describes a type or types of potential customers, as well as addresses of Internet sites of interest. A crawler process retrieves the web site data, and stores the data in a web archive. A harvester process then searches the Internet data according to the client-provided criteria. The system returns the names or the identifying information about the prospect together with a link to the document that verifies the prospect's match to the criteria.

Abstract: A text indexing system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via the Internet. The text indexing system has various components, including a data acquisition process that extracts textual data from various Internet sources, a database for storing the extracted data, a text indexing server that executes keyword searches of the database, and an output repository. A web server provides client access to the repository, and to the indexing server.

Abstract: A web-based customer lead generator system. The system is based on an application service model, with the programming for the system being accessible to users of the system via web browsers and the Internet. The users are typically business enterprises that maintain e-commerce web sites. The pre-emptive profiling process searches the Internet to obtain email addresses of potential web site buyers. It performs a reverse look-up process to obtain demographic data about each potential buyer. This data is used to provide a purchasing profile of the buyer, which is then forwarded to the e-commerce business enterprise.

Abstract: A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via the Internet. The text mining system has various components, including a data acquisition process that extracts textual data from various Internet sources, a database for storing the extracted data, a text mining server that executes query-based searches of the database, and an output repository. A web server provides client access to the repository, and to the mining server.

Abstract: A method for the design and production of a vacuum vortex tube's based beverage cooling/heating system to be installed on a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, with a vacuum vortex tube's feed appearing as an outcome of the vehicle performance. The system according to the invention comprises a vacuum vortex tube with its inlet connected with the atmosphere, with a vortex cold/hot fraction outlet connected through cut out cocks to provide cooling, heating or cooling and heating mode of operation with beverage can holder inlet; and with beverage can holder outlet connected with the suction section of the combustion engine.

Abstract: A snow making machine uses a vortex tube to mix the water with the chilled air to make snow. The vortex tube is equipped with fins on is external surface in order to create an extra chilled air jet to be mixed outside of the vortex tube with a water jet.

Abstract: Portable heating/cooling systems for effecting a temperature change of beverages to be installed on vehicles with an abundance of compressed air and/or with an internal combustion engine, which include connecting a vortex tube inlet tube through an inlet cut out cock with a vehicle's compressed air receiver which is connected to the compressor, connecting the vortex tube cold fraction discharge line through the cold fraction cut out cock with the beverage can holder and further with atmosphere, while maintaining the cold fraction cut out relieve cock closed, and connecting the vortex tube hot fraction discharge line through the hot fraction cut out relieve cock with the atmosphere, while maintaining a hot fraction cut out cock closed.

Abstract: A method of natural gas pressure reduction at a City Gate station providing an elimination of the station's energy consumption for gas flow heating together with the creation of a cooling duty for further utilization which comprises connecting a vortex tube inlet with a gas flow line for applying the whole gas flow entering the City Gate, connecting a cold fraction gas flow outlet from the vortex tube with a heat exchanger for warming the cold fraction gas, and outletting the warmed cold fraction gas, connecting a vortex tube's hot fraction outlet with the warmed cold fraction outlet from the heat exchanger, to combine the hot fraction outlet with the warmed cold fraction outlet; and connecting the combined hot fraction and warmed cold fraction to the pipeline leaving the station, the method of the invention is also useful in connection with natural gas pressure reduction at a City Gate station equipped with a heater and a JT valve providing a reduction of energy consumption for gas flow heating, together wit

Abstract: A connector is provided, for making electrical connections to a replaceable circuit card. A shielded connection is provided by the connector, maintaining high signal integrity without degradation of S/N ratio by loss of signal or introduction of external noise as a result of connection characteristics without noise across the connection. The circuit card includes only features which are inexpensive to produce, resulting in a low circuit card replacement cost.

Abstract: A data transmission of the videotex type in which coded information can be transmitted from a central information store to a plurality of terminals. The coded information includes groups of bits representing characters and groups of bits representing control codes. In the transmission technique used in the system a character attribute can be represented by a display control code which is transmitted in association with a cursor backspace code. By using this technique characters of different attributes can be displayed without a space being required between the characters on the display.

Abstract: A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via the Internet. The text mining system has various components, including a data acquisition process that extracts textual data from Internet web sites, including their logs, content, processes, and transactions. The system compares log data to content and process data, and relates the results of the comparison to transaction data. This permits the system to provide aggregate cluster data representing statistics useful for customer lead generation.