Abstract: A system and method is provided for providing targeted advertising to a user of a printer assembly having at least one printer device and having data communication capabilities. The printer assembly may include a grid which includes a plurality of printers that share resources and workloads. The aggregator server includes a processor for receiving and storing ad generation criteria from at least one advertiser, receiving target information from at least one printer assembly, and executing a series of programmable instructions. The instructions provide for matching the received target information with stored ad generation criteria, generating ads when a match is found, and delivering ads to the printer assembly for output to a user. Delivery or use of the ad may be verified. Charges may be levied on the advertiser for verified ads and the printer assembly may be credited accordingly, e.g., for subsidizing operating costs associated with the printer assembly.

Abstract: A method and system for producing a personalized dimensional document having a packaging label may include receiving, at a printing device, a dimensional document configured to be assembled into a three-dimensional package. A personalized object may be determined and printed on the dimensional document. Similarly, a packaging label may be printed, the packaging label including addressing information for a recipient of the dimensional document. The packaging label may be removably affixed to the dimensional document.

Abstract: A method and system for producing a personalized dimensional document having a packaging label may include receiving, at a printing device, a dimensional document configured to be assembled into a three-dimensional package. A personalized object may be determined and printed on the dimensional document. Similarly, a packaging label may be printed, the packaging label including addressing information for a recipient of the dimensional document. The packaging label may be removably affixed to the dimensional document.

Abstract: A method and system for generating a monotonic classifier are disclosed. A plurality of feature vectors may be mapped to a plurality of ordered classes. Each feature vector may map to a corresponding class. For each class other than the lowest-ordered class, a binary classifier may be trained to distinguish between the class and a directly preceding class in the order. The binary classifiers may be ordered based on the class corresponding to each classifier. The binary classifiers may be ordered in the form of a decision tree, which may be either balanced or unbalanced. A new feature vector pertaining to an individual may then be classified using the binary classifiers.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for providing targeted advertising to a user of a printer assembly having at least one printer device and having data communication capabilities. The printer assembly may include a grid which includes a plurality of printers that share resources and workloads. The aggregator server includes a processor for receiving and storing ad generation criteria from at least one advertiser, receiving target information from at least one printer assembly, and executing a series of programmable instructions. The instructions provide for matching the received target information with stored ad generation criteria, generating ads when a match is found, and delivering ads to the printer assembly for output to a user. Delivery or use of the ad may be verified. Charges may be levied on the advertiser for verified ads and the printer assembly may be credited accordingly, e.g., for subsidizing operating costs associated with the printer assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of providing variant fills in a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of trenches by providing a semiconductor substrate with a first set of trenches and a second set of trenches, filling all the trenches with a first fill material, masking the second set of trenches in a manner effective in resisting an etching of said first fill material, etching the first fill material in the first set of trenches to a depth effective in permitting the first set of trenches to be plugged, plugging the first set of trenches with a material resistant to an etching of the first fill material, etching the first fill material from the second set of trenches; and then filling the second set of trenches with a second fill material. The process may be generalized to more than two fill materials.