Abstract: A system and method for online marketing, comprises reading, by an electronic device, a machine-readable code corresponding to an object of interest or interpreting one or more characteristics of the object of interest itself in order to identify it; generating a request to a designated computer server for content related to the object of interest in response to processing a decoded address on the machine-readable code or the value of the one or more characteristics of the object of interest; and outputting a link to the content or outputting the content itself to a device in response to a receipt of the request.

Abstract: A system and method for online marketing, comprises reading, by an electronic device, a machine-readable code corresponding to an object of interest or interpreting one or more characteristics of the object of interest itself in order to identify it; generating a request to a designated computer server for content related to the object of interest in response to processing a decoded address on the machine-readable code or the value of the one or more characteristics of the object of interest; and outputting a link to the content or outputting the content itself to a device in response to a receipt of the request.

Abstract: An enhanced prediction model utilizing product life cycle segmentation and historic prediction data for generating more accurate future failure rates. Input data is segmented into groups based on failure modes of a corresponding life cycle. A prediction model such as Weibull analysis is implemented for each segmented group. Historical prediction data is also segmented into groups. Prediction parameters for each group of segmented historical prediction data are compared with one another and the comparisons are then used to adjust the prediction parameters generated from the segmented groups of input data. Updated parameters for the input data are then output thereby generating a new future failure rate.

Abstract: An enhanced prediction model utilizing product life cycle segmentation and historic prediction data for generating more accurate future failure rates. Input data is segmented into groups based on failure modes of a corresponding life cycle. A prediction model such as Weibull analysis is implemented for each segmented group. Historical prediction data is also segmented into groups. Prediction parameters for each group of segmented historical prediction data are compared with one another and the comparisons are then used to adjust the prediction parameters generated from the segmented groups of input data. Updated parameters for the input data are then output thereby generating a new future failure rate.

Abstract: A system and method for online marketing, comprises reading, by an electronic device, a machine-readable code corresponding to an object of interest or interpreting one or more characteristics of the object of interest itself in order to identify it; generating a request to a designated computer server for content related to the object of interest in response to processing a decoded address on the machine-readable code or the value of the one or more characteristics of the object of interest; and outputting a link to the content or outputting the content itself to a device in response to a receipt of the request.

Abstract: A system and method for online marketing, comprises reading, by an electronic device, a machine-readable code corresponding to an object of interest or interpreting one or more characteristics of the object of interest itself in order to identify it; generating a request to a designated computer server for content related to the object of interest in response to processing a decoded address on the machine-readable code or the value of the one or more characteristics of the object of interest; and outputting a link to the content or outputting the content itself to a device in response to a receipt of the request.

Abstract: A system and method for online marketing, comprises reading, by an electronic device, a machine-readable code corresponding to an object of interest or interpreting one or more characteristics of the object of interest itself in order to identify it; generating a request to a designated computer server for content related to the object of interest in response to processing a decoded address on the machine-readable code or the value of the one or more characteristics of the object of interest; and outputting a link to the content or outputting the content itself to a device in response to a receipt of the request.

Abstract: Machine-readable codes are read, decoded and resolved by a messaging system in order to perform a desired function. If the code is not native to that (home) messaging system, then a resolution request is made to a central messaging interchange system to determine which other (destination) messaging system is native to and can resolve that code. The messaging interchange system then either returns the appropriate routing information back to the home messaging system (in which case the home messaging system sends the resolution request directly to the destination messaging system) or forwards the resolution request to the destination messaging system itself. The destination messaging system transmits a resolution response message to the home messaging system, either directly or via the messaging interchange system.

Abstract: Machine-readable codes are read, decoded and resolved by a messaging system in order to perform a desired function. If the code is not native to that (home) messaging system, then a resolution request is made to a central messaging interchange system to determine which other (destination) messaging system is native to and can resolve that code. The messaging interchange system then either returns the appropriate routing information back to the home messaging system (in which case the home messaging system sends the resolution request directly to the destination messaging system) or forwards the resolution request to the destination messaging system itself.

Abstract: A structure comprises: a substrate; at least one conductor on the substrate; at least one contact pad on the substrate; a mask over the conductor (wherein the mask comprises an opening over the contact pad and wherein the mask comprises a bottom surface contacting the substrate and a top surface opposite the bottom surface); and a contact pad plating layer on the contact pad and within the opening of the mask. The contact pad plating layer comprises a bottom surface contacting the contact pad and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, and the top surface of the contact pad plating layer is coplanar with the top surface of the mask.

Abstract: An IC chip package having a glass reinforced outermost epoxy layers and related method are disclosed. In one embodiment, the IC chip package includes an IC chip; and a substrate coupled to the IC chip, the substrate including a glass fiber reinforced epoxy core, a plurality copper circuitry containing, particle reinforced epoxy layers symmetrically-oriented to each surface of the glass fiber reinforced epoxy core, and an outermost glass fiber reinforced epoxy layer on each surface of the plurality of layers, wherein the IC chip is coupled to copper circuitry bonded to one of the outermost glass fiber reinforced epoxy layer.

Abstract: A mount for attaching a portable fan to the awning support arm on a recreational vehicle is provided. The attachment includes a channel shaped bracket which can be positioned and locked at a desired location on any standard support arm of a retractable awning, a block with several angled upper surfaces enabling the fan to be held in an upright position regardless of the angle of the support arm, and a stud which extends into the base of the fan to allow it to be removably attached to the block.

Abstract: A process for underfilling a chip-under-chip module. The module comprises a first larger chip, a second smaller chip attached to the underside of the first chip, a substrate having a top surface to which the first chip is mounted, a cavity into which the second chip fits when the first chip is mounted on the top surface, and an access channel connecting the cavity to the top surface. Underfill is disposed under the first chip between the first chip and the substrate, between the first and second chips, within the cavity, and within the access channel. The process for underfilling such a module comprises the steps of forming the substrate having the cavity and access channel in the substrate, connecting the first chip to the substrate, and dispensing underfill through the access channel.

Abstract: A chip-under-chip module and a substrate for making the module. The module comprises a first larger chip, a second smaller chip attached to the underside of the first chip, a substrate having a top surface to which the first chip is mounted, a cavity into which the second chip fits when the first chip is mounted on the top surface, and an access channel connecting the cavity to the top surface. Underfill is disposed under the first chip between the first chip and the substrate, between the first and second chips, within the cavity, and within the access channel. A process for manufacture of such a module comprises the steps of forming the substrate having the cavity and access channel in the substrate, connecting the first chip to the substrate, and dispensing underfill through the access channel.