Abstract: A method and apparatus wherein a software scheduling agent resides on a communication network and/or client device, such as location-aware wireless communication appliances, television set top boxes, or other end user client devices is disclosed. The software scheduling agent is part of a probabilistic modeling system in which the scheduler operates to perform constrained random variation with selection. Digital content is generated, organized, and stored on the communication network and/or the client devices. An electronic digital content wrapper, which holds information in the form of data and metadata related to the digital content is associated with each item of digital content. Contextual profiles for each user and each item of digital content are established by the users and the network and maintained by a service provider on the communication network.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for controlling a temperature of a component of a processing system comprising one or more thermoelectric devices disposed in thermal conduction with the component and a thermal fluid passage disposed in thermal conduction with the thermoelectric device. To regulate the temperature of the component, the thermoelectric device is connected to an electrical power, and a thermally conductive fluid is flowed through the thermal passage. The invention further provides an apparatus for removing particles comprising one or more thermoelectric devices disposed on a gas exhaust line. To remove particles from a processing system, the thermoelectric devices are connected to an electrical power source to create a cold trap within the gas exhaust on which particles condense.