Abstract: A method for providing transitory, communication-specific access to records to determine record modifications when processing electronic communications through an automated clearing house (“ACH”) over computer networks. After receiving an ACH communication, the method may receive, via the source record, communication data from a communication provider indicating an attempted communication using an ACH communication format provided by the source record, wherein the communication data includes a communication processing load offset, data identifying the destination record, and data identifying a communication type.

Abstract: Method for processing a transaction, the method comprising automatically requesting a transfer from a source account to a destination account via a communication link, receiving the transfer, adjusting destination account data associated with the destination account by increasing a balance of the destination account by an amount of the transfer, receiving transaction data from a merchant indicating an attempted transaction, the transaction data including a transaction amount and data identifying the destination account, and processing the attempted transaction.

Abstract: Method for processing a transaction, the method comprising automatically requesting a transfer from a source account to a destination account via a communication link, receiving the transfer, adjusting destination account data associated with the destination account by increasing a balance of the destination account by an amount of the transfer, receiving transaction data from a merchant indicating an attempted transaction, the transaction data including a transaction amount and data identifying the destination account, and processing the attempted transaction.

Abstract: Apparatus and method train a batter to maintain the batter's eyes directed toward a prescribed point of contact where a ball is to be contacted by a bat wielded by the batter during a swing of the bat. A batting tee holds the ball, and a plurality of visually distinct signals on the tee are located such that the signals are blocked from view by the batter when the ball is in place on the tee, and are visible by the batter when the ball is struck from the tee and the batter's eyes are directed toward the point of contact as the ball leaves the tee.

Abstract: Method for processing a transaction, the method comprising automatically requesting a transfer from a source account to a destination account via a communication link, receiving the transfer, adjusting destination account data associated with the destination account by increasing a balance of the destination account by an amount of the transfer, receiving transaction data from a merchant indicating an attempted transaction, the transaction data including a transaction amount and data identifying the destination account, and processing the attempted transaction.

Abstract: Method for processing a transaction, the method comprising automatically requesting a transfer from a source account to a destination account via a communication link, receiving the transfer, adjusting destination account data associated with the destination account by increasing a balance of the destination account by an amount of the transfer, receiving transaction data from a merchant indicating an attempted transaction, the transaction data including a transaction amount and data identifying the destination account, and processing the attempted transaction.

Abstract: A poker game based on an Aces and 8's legend pays a high multiple of the amount bet for the highest winning hand containing two pair of aces and 8's, and pays a lower multiple of the amount bet for the second highest winning hand containing two pair other than aces and 8's. A hand of less than a pair and neither an ace nor an 8 wins the amount bet, and all other hands lose. Dealing and betting rules can vary, and the game is adaptable to machine play.

Abstract: A poker game based on an Aces and 8's legend pays a high multiple of the amount bet for the highest winning hand containing two pair of aces and 8's, and pays a lower multiple of the amount bet for the second highest winning hand containing two pair other than aces and 8's. A hand of less than a pair and neither an ace nor an 8 wins the amount bet, and all other hands lose. Dealing and betting rules can vary, and the game is adaptable to machine play.

Abstract: A basin generally for use in health-care industries for debridement and/or irrigation of wound areas. The basin is best used for treatment of wounds on extremities and comprises a stable basin having contoured seats on opposing side walls and a filtering device to prevent clogging of the drainage hole and tubing.

Abstract: A thermoelectric heating and cooling system which includes a load plate, one or more thermoelectric devices and a heat sink. The load plate includes a housing having a hollow cavity filled with a fluid which changes temperature slower than the load plate housing to thereby act as a sustaining phase change reservoir to help maintain the desired temperature on the load plate. Each thermoelectric device is separated from the heat sink by a spacer formed of material having high thermal conductivity. The spacers, in conjunction with material having low thermal conductivity which separates the load plate from the heat sink, forms a spacer duct for the passage of fluid between the load plate and the heat sink and around the spacers. A housing surrounds the exterior surfacer of the heat sink to form a heat sink duct for channeling fluid across the fins provided on the heat sink. The heat sink duct and the spacer duct are interconnected, whereby a single fan can force fluid through both.

Abstract: A method of forming optical quality surfaces in optical material is described. In particular, high optical quality end face surfaces are provided in diffused channel waveguides formed on LiNbO.sub.3 crystal material, or the like. A T-shaped trench is first formed by laser ablation. The top of the "T" bisects a plane orthogonal to and passing through the waveguide. The lower part of the "T" is centered on the longitudinal axis of the waveguide and retains an optical fiber abutting the end face.A diamond polishing wheel is inserted in the top trench to polish the end face prior to affixing the fiber optic.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved capstan which is used in a magnetic tape transport system, to accelerate a length of magnetic tape. The capstan includes a cylindrical post, adapted to be connected to a drive shaft of a capstan motor in a magnetic tape transport system, a pair of discs, each of which has a set of outer holes disposed adjacent to and distributed about its periphery and a set of inner holes disposed adjacent to and distributed about its central axis, coupled together by the cylindrical post disposed about their central axes. The capstan also includes a first set of cylindrical posts, coupling the inner holes of one disc to the inner holes of the other disc, and a second set of cylindrical posts, coupling some of the outer holes of one disc to some of the outer holes of the other disc. The capstan further includes a cylindrical tape band, which has a set of grooves running concentrically with the discs and the other edges of which are joined to the peripheries of the discs.

Abstract: The invention is a tape path of a magnetic tape which is incorporated in a tape transport system. The tape path includes a file reel and a machine reel, each reel driven by a drive motor, a capstan, a magnetic head and a control system for controlling the two drive motors and the capstan. The tape path also includes a pair of vacuum chambers disposed in a V with the vertex of the V formed at their closed ends, a pair of auxiliary vacuum chambers disposed adjacent to each vacuum chamber, and a set of rollers and air bearings to guide the magnetic tape along the tape path.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved capstan which is used in a magnetic tape transport system, to accelerate a length of magnetic tape. The capstan includes a cylindrical post, adapted to be connected to a drive shaft of a capstan motor in a magnetic tape transport system, a pair of discs, each of which has a set of outer holes disposed adjacent to and distributed about its periphery and a set of inner holes disposed adjacent to and distributed about its central axis, coupled together by the cylindrical post disposed about their central axes. The capstan also includes a first set of cylindrical posts, coupling the inner holes of one disc to the inner holes of the other disc, and a second set of cylindrical posts, coupling some of the outer holes of one disc to some of the outer holes of the other disc. The capstan further includes a cylindrical tape band, which has a set of grooves running concentrically with the discs and the other edges of which are joined to the peripheries of the discs.