Abstract: Social planning automation integrates planning, invitee, event, contact and other data into a single system. The creation of a plan for an event immediately anchors a communications thread to a plan object such that the communications and the planning information may be switched between during the planning process. Techniques to present events and/or plans of interest to a user are disclosed including presenting participation of contacts in their respective plans may be presented, and presenting events of interest based on plan data or data entered during the planning process. User interfaces and user interface elements to facilitate social planning techniques are described. Integration of social network data, and data mining are also disclosed.

Abstract: A data protection system having a host, a solid-state drive (“SSD”) array comprising at least three non-volatile memory express (“NVMe”) drives, each NVMe drive comprising a buffer, and a peripheral component interconnect express (“PCIe”) data bus interfacing the host and the NVMe drives. The NVMe drives are implemented with commands for implementing a RAID volume in the SSD array, wherein the commands are operable to perform RAID operations at the NVMe drives using the buffers of the NVMe drives.

Abstract: A first fluid is moved using a second fluid. The first fluid may be moved using a ferrofluid attracted by an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field may be generated by an electromagnetic source connected to a conduit, and the first fluid may move through the conduit. In an embodiment, the first fluid may absorb heat from a heat source and transfer the heat to a heat sink. For example, the heat source may be a component of a tool located in a wellbore, and the heat sink may be the wellbore. In an embodiment, the electromagnetic source may be one or more three-phase coils.

Abstract: A hydraulic elevator system includes a power unit and elevator controller where the elevator car is controlled within the hoistway when a portion of the hoistway might be flooded. The power unit includes a water tight tank having a ventilation tube or snorkel. A moisture sensor is connected with the elevator controller, and positioned within the pit of the hoistway. The moisture sensor detects the existence of a flooded pit condition and communicates such a condition to the elevator controller. The elevator controller initiates a safety sequence when the presence of a flooded pit condition is detected to prevent the elevator car from entering a flooded area of the hoistway.

Abstract: A hydraulic elevator system includes a tank and power unit configured with noise and/or vibration abatement features. In one aspect the tank may include an insulated and sealed lid. In another aspect tank-to-floor dampening pads may be used. In another aspect the tank may have an increased thickness and/or stiffening trays or panels may be installed on the tank. Still in yet other aspects the noise and/or vibration abatement features may be associated with the power unit. For instance, in one aspect of the present disclosure the power unit may mount to the tank using a plurality of isolators. In another aspect, silencers and/or an expansion tank may be used to alter the hydraulic fluid flow properties within the system. Still yet, in another aspect certain noise generating components of the power unit may be wrapped in a noise blanket having an air barrier within.

Abstract: A pumping unit for use with a hydraulic elevator system includes a reservoir storing fluid, a first pump, and a second pump. The first pump is coupled with the reservoir and the elevator system to communicate fluid between the reservoir and the elevator system to actuate the elevator system. The second pump is also coupled with the reservoir and the elevator system to communicate fluid between the reservoir and the elevator system to actuate the elevator system. The second pump is selectively actuatable when the first pump is inactivated.

Abstract: An apparatus that is usable with a well includes a first equipment section that includes a first inductive coupler and a second equipment section that includes a second inductive coupler. The second equipment section is adapted to be run downhole into the well after the first equipment section is run downhole into the well to engage the first equipment section. A mechanism of the apparatus indicates when the first inductive coupler is substantially aligned with the second inductive coupler.

Abstract: A stent delivery catheter comprising at least one catheter shaft, the catheter shaft having an inner surface and an outer surface and a distal end and a proximal end, the catheter shaft defining a guidewire lumen, the guidewire lumen comprising a diameter defined by the inner surface of the catheter shaft, a stent disposed within the distal end of the catheter shaft and in contact with the inner surface of the catheter shaft, and a stylet disposed within the distal end of the catheter shaft, the stylet comprising a wave geometry.

Abstract: A dummy for simulating human physical behaviour during a test, comprising artificial human body elements that are mutually connected, the body elements having deformation properties, wherein a deformation property of a body element is actuatably variable. The dummy comprises an actuator for varying a deformation property. The actuator may comprise a fluidic driver.

Abstract: Compounds that are useful in the synthesis of 2-amino-4,6-dimethoxybenzamide derivatives and other benzamide compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ARS (active roll stabilization) assembly (1) for vehicles, as well as to a suspension system equipped with such ARS assembly. The assembly comprises a torsion bar (3) and an actuator (10) for adjusting a torsion angle of said torsion bar. The ARS assembly furthermore comprises an additional torsion bar (5). This additional torsion bar is arranged such that its torsion axis extends substantially parallel to the torsion axis of the first, adjustable torsion bar, or coincides therewith.

Abstract: A magnetic particle filter for a hydraulic control line is disclosed. A filter array is positioned to surround a portion of the hydraulic control line and includes alternating magnets and spacers having different interior diameters forming a ribbed interior surface. The corners between the spacers and magnets trap particles, magnetic and non-magnetic, thus removing them from the hydraulic control line.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which include gathering trip information from one or more friends of a user, generating a geographic map including displaying friend representations on the geographic map, each friend representation corresponding to each of the respective future locations where one or more friends are going to be physically present, displaying the geographic map on a user interface, receiving a first selection of a first friend representation, and in response to receiving the first selection, displaying, relative to the map, a first list of one or more friends associated with a future location corresponding to the first friend representation selected.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which include gathering interest data associated with the user, receiving from a user, a future date range, determining that one or more opportunities that match the interest data of the user are associated with the future date range, generating a geographic map including a display of a representation corresponding to each of one or more future locations that are associated with the one or more opportunities that match the interest data of the user, receiving, from the user, a selection one of the representations displayed on the geographic map, and providing for display on the computing device in response to receiving the selection of one of the friend representations, relative to the geographic map, a display of one or more opportunities associated with the respective future location associated with the selected representation.

Abstract: A method of operating a communication system comprises registering a plurality of communication devices with a peer-to-peer network as a plurality of enterprise nodes using a plurality of network handles that identify positions in an enterprise hierarchy. The method further comprises receiving a request to establish a session with a participant node and an enterprise node of the plurality of enterprise nodes using a first network handle of the plurality of network handles that identifies a first position in the enterprise hierarchy. In response to the request, the method provides identifying a routing identifier associated with the enterprise node and exchanging user communications for the session with a communication device of the plurality of communication devices registered as the enterprise node using the routing identifier.

Abstract: Compounds that are useful in the synthesis of 2-amino-4,6-dimethoxybenzamide derivatives and other benzamide compounds.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed which include receiving an indication of a first future date from a user, determining that one or more friends of the user in a social network are associated with one or more future locations including a second future date that matches the first future date, displaying a geographic map including a friend representation corresponding to each of the one or more future locations where the one or more friend of the user are going to be physically present, the friend representation including a number of friends of the user that are physically present at the respective future location on the first future date, receiving, from the user, an indication at one of the friend representations, and displaying a list including at least one of one or more friends associated with the future location and one or more events associated with the future location.

Abstract: A system and methods for generating dynamic market pricing that is fair for both publishers and advertisers and the use of the pricing in real-time auctions. When a user views content over the internet, an online publisher provides content to the user with executable instructions, which notify an advertisement source that there is an impression for filling by an advertiser. The impression is submitted to a real-time bidding market for competing advertisers to bid to fill the impression with an advertisement. The system and methods generate dynamic pricing for the individual competing advertisers and use the dynamic pricing to compare advertiser bids to determine a highest or winning bid and a clearing price associated with the highest or winning bid.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which include receiving, from a user operating a user interface on a computing device, an indication of a first future date; identifying one or more friends of the user, for each of the one or more friends, gathering future trip information from the social network, determining based on the gathered trip information, whether each of the one or more friends are going to be physically present at the future locations on one of the second future dates that matches the first future date, displaying a geographic map on the user interface including displaying a friend representation corresponding to each of the respective future locations where one or more friends are going to be physically present on the first future date, and dynamically updating the friend representations respectively on the geographic map based on a third future date received.

Abstract: A first fluid is moved using a second fluid. The first fluid may be moved using a ferrofluid attracted by an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field may be generated by an electromagnetic source connected to a conduit, and the first fluid may move through the conduit. In an embodiment, the first fluid may absorb heat from a heat source and transfer the heat to a heat sink. For example, the heat source may be a component of a tool located in a wellbore, and the heat sink may be the wellbore. In an embodiment, the electromagnetic source may be one or more three-phase coils.