Abstract: Methods for diverting treatment fluids to less permeable zones of subterranean formations using a water swellable agent that can degrade at high temperatures are provided. In one embodiment, the method may comprise introducing a water swellable agent into or adjacent to a permeable zone of a subterranean formation; introducing an aqueous solution into the subterranean formation to contact the water swellable agent; allowing the water swellable agent to swell when contacted by the aqueous solution; introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the water swellable agent diverts the treatment fluid away from the permeable zone; and allowing the water swellable agent to thermally degrade.

Abstract: A latching assembly has a tubular housing having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an inner bore. Latch members are carried by the housing that have a latch position that extends out from the outer surface and a release position that is retracted from the latch position. A plurality of gripping members are pivotally attached to the housing. The gripping members are pivotally attached to the tubular housing and move between a gripping position wherein the gripping members extend into the inner bore and a retracted position. An actuator engages the latch members and the gripping members and moves between a first position and a second position. The actuator moves the latch members from the latch position to the release position and the gripping members from the retracted position to the gripping position as the actuator moves from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A drill bit using track-set depth of cut control elements to provide improved stability is disclosed. A drill bit for drilling a wellbore includes a bit body with a rotational axis extending therethrough. The drill bit further includes a plurality of blades disposed on exterior portions of the bit body. The drill bit includes a first group of track set depth of cut controllers (DOCCs) disposed on exterior portions of a first set of the plurality of blades. The first group of track set DOCCs configured to be placed within a first radial swath of a bit face of the drill bit and configured to provide a first critical depth of cut (CDOC).

Abstract: Method and system to include a TETRA member (subscriber) in an ongoing PS-LTE group call using SS-LE, by mapping a plurality of specific SS-LE messages is disclosed. The embodiments herein enable TETRA SS-LE service to interwork with PS LTE GCS. The process involves the steps of queuing the TETRA call leg at the PS LTE GCS AS, informing the TETRA SwMI to activate SS-LE for a TETRA member, embedding a SS-LE PDU as a payload in the SIP messaging module, defining and interrogating a SS-LE service on a GCS AS via the authorized user on the TETRA SwMI or on the PS-LTE network. The TETRA member is connected to the ongoing group call through a gateway. The TETRA SwMI works as the TETRA core and the LTE to TETRA Gateway facilitates the process of message mapping and protocol conversion.

Abstract: An artificial lift system for use with a subterranean well can include a cylinder having a piston reciprocably disposed therein, the piston having opposing sides, one side being selectively communicable with a hydraulic pressure source and a hydraulic reservoir, and the other side being selectively communicable with the hydraulic pressure source and at least one accumulator, and the accumulator being selectively communicable with an input side of a pump of the hydraulic pressure source. A method of controlling an artificial lift system can include connecting a cylinder to a hydraulic pressure source including a hydraulic pump, the pump being connected between the cylinder and at least one accumulator, the accumulator being connected to a gas pressure source, and operating a gas compressor of the gas pressure source, thereby increasing hydraulic pressure applied to the pump from the accumulator.

Abstract: A method of routing a customer to a desired representative of a call center includes, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, receiving a communication from the customer. The method also includes identifying, within a database saved to a server, a customer account associated with the customer, and identifying data indicative of one or more life event entries saved to the customer account and corresponding with one or more life events of the customer. The method also includes applying the identified data indicative of the one or more life event entries to a history-based statistical models, where each history-based statistical model represents a corresponding call routing channel. The method also includes assigning a probability score for each history-based statistical model, where each probability score represents a likelihood that the corresponding call routing channel represented by the history-based statistical model is desired by the customer.

Abstract: An assembly for restricting fluid flow into a completion string of a well and restricting fluids based on one or more fluid characteristics is presented. The assembly includes an adjustable inflow control device. The adjustable inflow control device is for restricting flow of production fluids into the completion string. The assembly also includes a first autonomous inflow control device fluidly coupled to the inflow control device for restricting fluids based on one or more fluid characteristics. Others systems and methods are presented.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining surface wetting of metallic materials at downhole wellbore condition with fixed or changing well fluids are disclosed. In general, the methods according to the disclosure include carrying out an electrical impedance spectroscopy (“EIS”) for a system simulating downhole conditions for the wetting of a surface by simultaneously dynamically moving electrodes exposed to the well fluid while measuring the changes in electrical characteristics between the electrodes.

Abstract: A method for routing customer service requests to call centers includes collecting data associated with customer service experience between a customer and a call center regarding a completed customer call. The collected data is analyzed to determine a quality of customer service for one or more completed calls between the customer and the call center. A nature of an incoming customer call is determined. The incoming customer call is routed to a call center based upon making reference to the analyzed collected data such that the nature of the customer call matches with corresponding one or more favorable attributes of the call center.

Abstract: A drilling fluid telemetry pulser comprises a housing disposed in a drill string in a wellbore, wherein the drill string has a drilling fluid flowing therein. At least one vent valve is disposed in the housing wherein the at least one vent valve is actuatable to vent a portion of the drilling fluid from an interior of the drill string to an exterior of the drill string to generate a negative pressure pulse in the drilling fluid in the drill string. A hydraulic system provides hydraulic power to actuate the at least one vent valve. A downhole controller comprises a processor and a memory in data communication with the processor wherein the memory contains programmed instructions to control the actuation of the at least one vent valve.

Abstract: An electrically powered artificial lift system includes a tubular for conveying a wellbore fluid upward and a downhole pump that urges the wellbore fluid into the tubular. A power cable conveys a three-phase power signal to the pump motor on three conductors. One of the three conductors is coupled to an internal node of a high-to-low voltage (HLV) source coupler via a low frequency blocking filter that shields the internal node from the motor power signal while conveying a sensor power signal from the internal node to the selected conductor and conveying a telemetry signal from the selected conductor and to the internal node. A similar downhole coupler couples a wye point of the motor to a downhole sensor assembly to supply the sensor power signal and to receive the telemetry signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed subject matter are directed to methods and a system that allows the optimization of processes operating on a multi-platform system (such as a mainframe) by migrating certain processes operating on one platform to another platform in the system. In one embodiment, optimization is performed by evaluating the processes executing in a partition operating under a proprietary operating system, determining a collection of processes from the processes to be migrated, calculating a cost of migration for migrating the collection of processes, prioritizing the collection of processes in an order of migration and incrementally migrating the processes according to the order of migration to another partition in the mainframe executing a lower cost (e.g., open-source) operating system.

Abstract: A blank for forming a tray for shipping and displaying at least one product is provided. The blank includes a bottom panel, a pair of opposed side panels connected to the bottom panel, and at least one divider panel assembly connected to the bottom panel and one of the side panels. The at least one divider panel assembly includes a plurality of support slots configured to receive a portion of at least one of the containers to secure the container to the tray, to display the containers within the tray, and to enable individual access to each of the containers within the tray.

Abstract: Systems, devices, apparatuses, and methods for providing tokenization as a service are provided. Embodiments of the invention involve decoupling a “tokenization service” from other services offered by a merchant service provider, and offering the tokenization service as a stand-alone service. In accordance with an embodiment, a merchant service provider can receive payment data associated with a transaction between a consumer and a first entity. The merchant service provider can generate a payment token that represents the payment data and transmit a copy of the payment token to the first entity. The first entity can then transmit the payment token and order information to a second entity specified in the transaction. The merchant service provider can subsequently receive a request to complete the transaction from the second entity. The request can include the copy of the payment token from the second entity.

Abstract: Systems and methods of associating beds and/or rooms and/or patients are provided. One system and method involves using a signature of emitted light to determine a location of a patient bed in a healthcare facility. Another system and method involves reading a bar code from an array of redundant bar codes. Still another system and method involves manually entering location information on a graphical user interface of a patient bed for subsequent transmission. A further system and method involves sending bed ID and location ID along parallel paths from two independent circuits on a patient bed for receipt by two different transceivers and ultimately by two different remote computers that cooperate to associate the bed ID with the location ID. Still a further system and method involves using circuitry on a bed to mutate a received location ID and a bed ID into a single unique mutated ID such as by adding the location ID and bed ID and then performing a hashing operation.

Abstract: A computing device implemented method, in one embodiment, can include a cloud transformation module transforming content for a compute platform. Additionally, the method can include a cloud control module receiving the content from the cloud transformation module. The method can also include the cloud control module provisioning a virtual machine appliance to form the compute platform. Furthermore, the method can include a cloud instantiation module executing the provisioning of the cloud control module. In addition, the method can include a cloud appliance module adding middleware to a virtual machine to create the virtual machine appliance. Moreover, the method can include a cloud virtualization module producing a virtualized representation of the compute platform.

Abstract: An ice bagging assembly and related method with a horizontal ice bag cassette, a pair of opposing ice bag ply graspers configured to move an empty ice bag from the horizontal ice bag cassette to a vertical position to receive cubed ice before it is sealed shut and dropped to an ice bag merchandiser. The opposing graspers may be configured as rotating wheels and may have a grasping sensor. The ice bag cassette may be slidably and tiltably supported for easy replacement of horizontal bags. A load sensor, optical or mechanical, may be associated with the ice hopper to sense how much ice has been put in each bag. A pair of angled guides may guide a hopper into a support frame for the system.