Abstract: A hair dyeing process which utilizes a hair dye in combination with a heat application means. By applying heat to a person's head, immediately after the dye has been applied, the hair can be quickly and efficiently dyed and hair damage is minimized. The heat application means (12) is disclosed in five designs: the first utilizes a conventional, hand-held, hot-air blower (14) in combination with a plastic head cap (18) such as a shower cap (20); the second utilizes the plastic head cap (16) having attached a light flexible hose (24) that is connected to a heat source (26); the third consists of a hot, moistened towel (32); the fourth consists of a corded, electric heating pad (40); the fifth consists of a cordless heating pad (42) that has inserted a multiplicity of heat absorbing elements (50). When the pad (42) is heated in a microwave oven the elements (50) allow the pad (42) to retain heat for an extended period of time.

Abstract: A Universal Interactive Service system which allows sponsors of electronic media advertising (such as radio, television advertising) to interact with its audience in real time that are exposed to their advertising and to facilitate the purchasing and selection of electronic media advertising by advertising buyers, such as advertisers and ad agencies. This is accomplished through a number of methods and devices, which include a Universal Interactive Service (UIS) that is used with the Internet and a wireless service provider. An improved method of multiphase prioritized user registration technique (M-PURT) for easier user registration and meaningful sentence query logic (MSQL) for a buyer to search for advertising defined by a specific search criteria are also included as part of these systems and methods.

Abstract: A transmission wheel for a platform transmission apparatus includes a wheel frame having a disk with a central hole for fixing to a drive axle, and a plurality of ball rollers carried on each side of the disk by supports which extend axially. The ball rollers on each side of the disk each have a circular arc camber which lies on a common circle concentric to the axis, the rollers on each side being evenly spaced apart and staggered from the rollers on the other side. The supports include concave portions which correspond to the circular arc camber and also enhance the rigidity of the wheel frame.