Abstract: A portable toilet requires no water supply and is configured to allow solid waste collection by an upper solid waste chamber having a solid waste tray slidingly disposed within the upper waste chamber. A disposable matting member is placed within the solid waste tray to collect solid waste. Liquid waste percolates through the solid waste tray and the disposable matting member into a liquid waste chamber disposed beneath the solid waste tray.

Abstract: A machine which transports and positions joints of line pipe has a trailer member having at least two ground engaging wheels and a distributor box disposed within the trailer member. The distributor box has a top, a bottom, a front and a back, where a longitudinal axis is defined between the front and the back. A shaft is rotationally supported between the front and the back, where the shaft has an axis coinciding with the longitudinal axis. A plurality of spaced-apart disks are mounted on the rotatable shaft, where each disk has a plurality of slots radially extending to a circumferential edge of the disk, where each slot is open-ended at the circumferential edge and each disk of the plurality of spaced-apart disks has a slot in axial alignment with a slot of the other spaced-apart disks. The group of the axially aligned slots is adapted to receive a joint of the line pipe.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to processing of gestures to cause computation of measurements of a line using a touch screen. A system includes a processor, a touch screen coupled to the processor, a gesture module coupled to the processor for executing a gesturing method. The method includes determining a gesture shape and whether the gesture shape selects a first line segment by intersecting the first line segment. When the gesture shape selects a first line segment, it is then determined whether the gesture shape also selects an additional line segment different from the first line segment. When an additional line segment is not selected, the method calculates the length measurement from the beginning point of the segment to the end point of the selected first line segment. The method further displays the length measurement on a display.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to processing of gestures to cause computation of measurements of a line using a touch screen. A system includes a processor, a touch screen coupled to the processor, a gesture module coupled to the processor for executing a gesturing method. The method includes determining a gesture shape and whether the gesture shape selects a first line segment by intersecting the first line segment. When the gesture shape selects a first line segment, it is then determined whether the gesture shape also selects an additional line segment different from the first line segment. When an additional line segment is not selected, the method calculates the length measurement from the beginning point of the segment to the end point of the selected first line segment. The method further displays the length measurement on a display.

Abstract: A label construction including a substrate has a first and second opposite side. The substrate includes a layer of microporous film and a layer of elastomeric film. The layer of microporous film and the layer of elastomeric film are laminated together. The label construction further includes one or more layers of functional materials disposed on either or both of the first and second sides of the substrate.

Abstract: A method including generating first images and/or text on a plurality of items, printing a plurality of unique identifiers, each unique identifier being printed over the images and/or text on a corresponding one of the plurality of items, capturing a plurality of second images, each second image including a corresponding one of the plurality of unique identifiers, and storing the captured plurality of second images in a computer readable memory.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to processing of gestures to cause computation of measurements of a line using a touch screen. A system includes a processor, a touch screen coupled to the processor, a gesture module coupled to the processor for executing a gesturing method. The method includes determining a gesture shape and whether the gesture shape selects a first line segment by intersecting the first line segment. When the gesture shape selects a first line segment, it is then determined whether the gesture shape also selects an additional line segment different from the first line segment. When an additional line segment is not selected, the method calculates the length measurement from the beginning point of the segment to the end point of the selected first line segment. The method further displays the length measurement on a display.

Abstract: A method and a system for processing gestures to cause computation of measurements of an angle or a segment using a touch screen are disclosed. The system includes a processor, a touch screen coupled to the processor, and a gesture module coupled to the processor for executing a gesturing method. The method includes determining a gesture shape. For example, when the gesture shape is an arc or a line between two touching lines, the method calculates the measurement of the angle between the touching lines and behind the gestured line or arc. When the gesture is a line crossing a segment, the method calculates the measurement from the beginning of the segment to the end of the segment. The method further displays the calculated measurement of at least one of the angle or the segment.

Abstract: Structures within a service controller portion of a collaboration system collect and store content captured by a client service module operating within each collaborator's computing device. From commands received from a collaboration director's portable computing device, the service controller selects individual collaborator computing devices from which to capture screen content at selected rates. Collaborator content is sent to the director's portable computing device to be monitored by the director. Under command from the director's portable computing device, the service controller may also send collaborator content to a public display computing device. The collaboration director may designate one or more collaborative participants as “live presenter(s).” A live presenter's screen content may be captured and publicly displayed at higher frame rates and in real time in order to simulate a white board or slide presentation.

Abstract: A method including generating first images and/or text on a plurality of items, printing a plurality of unique identifiers, each unique identifier being printed over the images and/or text on a corresponding one of the plurality of items, capturing a plurality of second images, each second image including a corresponding one of the plurality of unique identifiers, and storing the captured plurality of second images in a computer readable memory.

Abstract: A method and a system for processing gestures to cause computation of measurements of an angle or a segment using a touch screen. The system includes a processor, a touch screen coupled to the processor, a gesture module coupled to the processor for executing gesturing method, the method includes determining a gesture shape, when the gesture shape is an arc between two touching lines, calculating the angle between the touching lines behind the gestured line or arc, when the gesture is a line crossing a segment, calculating the measurement from the beginning of the segment to the end of the segment, and displaying the calculated measurement of at least one of the angle or the segment.

Abstract: A window is displayed on a display device. The window includes at least first and second portions thereof. In response to a user selecting the first portion of the window on the display device, a first set of keys are displayed on the display device. The first set of keys are operable by the user to specify a first type of information within the first portion of the window. In response to the user selecting the second portion of the window on the display device, a second set of keys are displayed on the display device. The second set of keys are operable by the user to specify a second type of information within the second portion of the window. The second type of information includes at least some information that is unsupported by operation of the first set of keys.

Abstract: A graphical object is displayed on a display screen of a student device. The student device may then display one or more data elements pertaining to the graphical object on a display screen of the student device. An expression entered by the student may then be displayed on the display screen of the student device. Variables in the expression may be determined by parsing the expression. A sequence of prompts is presented by the student device to associate each of the variables of the expression with one of the data elements. In response to each prompt, a data element is selected and associated with a variable in response to user input to the student device.

Abstract: A lead management and literature delivery system includes: a controller configured to: receive information identifying a user, the information received including electronic contact information; receive a selection of one or more electronic items to be provided to the identified user; electronically deliver the one or more selected electronic items to the user using the electronic contact information; assign a relationship between the identified user and a sales representative; and automatically notify the sales representative of the assigned relationship, information relating to the user identification and the electronic items delivered to the user.

Abstract: A lead management and literature delivery system includes: a controller configured to: receive information identifying a user, the information received including electronic contact information; receive a selection of one or more electronic items to be provided to the identified user; electronically deliver the one or more selected electronic items to the user using the electronic contact information; assign a relationship between the identified user and a sales representative; and automatically notify the sales representative of the assigned relationship, information relating to the user identification and the electronic items delivered to the user.

Abstract: A composite tag comprises a woven fabric substrate having a surface, a smooth, pliable urethane coating disposed on the surface of the substrate, a pressure or heat sensitive adhesive disposed on the urethane coating, and a face stock disposed on the adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a security device for resisting counterfeiting and verifying the authenticity of an article and, more particularly, to a nanoparticle containing coating composition applied thereon to produce a reflective layer for use with diffractive security devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a secure indicator label device for use on an article or container which includes a visual indicator, tamper-evident and/or anti-counterfeit features. Also provided are methods for indicating whether an article or the contents of a container have been exposed to a particular environment and a method for reducing the likelihood of improper re-use of a single-use article or container.

Abstract: A method for purifying a spent acid catalyst from an acid catalyzed chemical reaction that generates a mixture of a product, spent add and tar, includes the steps of separating the mixture of product, spent acid, and tar into a product fraction and a spent acid fraction, said spent acid fraction comprising a mixture of spent acid and tar, and separating the spent acid fraction, by flotation separation, centrifugation, or liquid-liquid coalescence, into a tar fraction and a de-tarred spent acid fraction. The fluidized tar and the de-tarred spent acid can each be further processed to produce concentrated acid.

Abstract: There is a process for removing by-product tar during the manufacture of isopropyl alcohol. The process comprises the following: a) reacting propylene with concentrated sulfuric acid and water to form isopropyl alcohol and a spent acid having a by-product tar; b) capturing at least a portion of the isopropyl alcohol; c) contacting the spent acid with a gas in bubble form; d) allowing a least a portion of the tar to separate from the remainder of the spent acid to form a layer of tar and a layer of cleaned acid solution; e) capturing the tar; and h) recycling the cleaned acid solution to step a) as a source of sulfuric acid. There is also a process for removing by-product tar during the manufacture of methyl ethyl ketone. The process is substantially the same except that 1-butene is substituted for propylene. There is also a process for removing tar from a spent acid.