Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a two-alarm security device that will alarm if the security device is forcibly removed from an article or item without detachment by a corresponding detachment device, and the security device will cause the pedestals in a store to alarm if the article or item is passed through the pedestals with the device still attached. The two-alarm security device comprises a slider operatively movable along a stop piece and a spring-biased engagement member that is operatively moveable into the housing of the stop piece. As the slider and engagement member move from an open position to a closed position, the security device alarm is actuated. A pressure pad attached to the engagement member assists in gently, but sufficiently securing an article between the slider and engagement member. If the article is improperly removed from the security device or otherwise tampered with, the spring-biased engagement member will cause a micro-switch to alarm.

Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, for example, a method and/or system is provided to at least authenticate a mobile subscriber that has been registered via a registration process comprising. A current international mobile subscriber identifier (IMSI) associated with a mobile telephone number received electronically via a network is queried. A database entry created via the registration process including an IMSI associated with a received mobile telephone number at the time of mobile subscriber registration is also queried. At least the current IMSI and the IMSI of the database entry are compared. Account status of the mobile subscriber based at least in part on a match between the current IMSI and the IMSI of the database entry is verified. Verifying the account status includes determining creditworthiness with respect to the account of the mobile subscriber.

Abstract: Disclosed is a two-alarm security device that will alarm if the security device is forcibly removed from an article or item without detachment by a corresponding detachment device, and the security device will cause the pedestals in a store to alarm if the article or item is passed through the pedestals with the device still attached. The two-alarm security device comprises a slider operatively movable along a stop piece and a spring-biased engagement member that is operatively moveable into the housing of the stop piece. As the slider and engagement member move from an open position to a closed position, the security device alarm is actuated. A pressure pad attached to the engagement member assists in gently, but sufficiently securing an article between the slider and engagement member. If the article is improperly removed from the security device or otherwise tampered with, the spring-biased engagement member will cause a micro-switch to alarm.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.

Abstract: A transition piece can include: an inner transition piece providing a gas channel; a plurality of cooling rings disposed on the inner transition piece; a plurality of film holes formed on the inner transition piece; and a plurality of impingement holes formed on the plurality of cooling rings, wherein the plurality of film holes are arranged to correspond to the plurality of cooling rings. Each of the plurality of cooling rings includes a cavity such that the plurality of film holes connect the cavity to the gas channel and the plurality of impingement holes connect the cavity to an outside of the inner transition piece.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases utilizing a mobile subscriber account.

Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, for example, a method and/or system is provided to at least authenticate a mobile subscriber that has been registered via a registration process comprising. A current international mobile subscriber identifier (IMSI) associated with a mobile telephone number received electronically via a network is queried. A database entry created via the registration process including an IMSI associated with a received mobile telephone number at the time of mobile subscriber registration is also queried. At least the current IMSI and the IMSI of the database entry are compared. Account status of the mobile subscriber based at least in part on a match between the current IMSI and the IMSI of the database entry is verified. Verifying the account status includes determining creditworthiness with respect to the account of the mobile subscriber.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.

Abstract: A transition piece can include: an inner transition piece providing a gas channel; a plurality of cooling rings disposed on the inner transition piece; a plurality of film holes formed on the inner transition piece; and a plurality of impingement holes formed on the plurality of cooling rings, wherein the plurality of film holes are arranged to correspond to the plurality of cooling rings. Each of the plurality of cooling rings includes a cavity such that the plurality of film holes connect the cavity to the gas channel and the plurality of impingement holes connect the cavity to an outside of the inner transition piece.

Abstract: A system for designing a resonator to dampen acoustic energy in a combustion system includes a design module configured to generate a resonator design to dampen a target frequency and acceptable damping, a system analysis module configured to evaluate the resonator design within a modeled combustion system environment to determine a damping effect of the resonator design on the combustion system as a whole, and a system optimization module configured to adjust the resonator design to optimize an overall effect on the combustion system as a whole.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.

Abstract: A resonator in a combustor of a gas turbine comprises a flow sleeve defining an air path to provide air flow to a combustion chamber of the combustor, and one or more impingement holes disposed on the flow sleeve tuned to a damping frequency.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.

Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a home country associated with a current mobile telephone number for a mobile subscriber is identified. Other countries, such as the following are also identified: a country in which the mobile subscriber is using the internet; a country in which the mobile subscriber is roaming, is operating a current mobile telephone associated with the mobile subscriber's mobile provider account or is operating a current mobile telephone having a SIM card associated with the mobile subscriber's mobile account; a country in which a merchant for a transaction is located; and/or a country in which goods in the transaction, if any, are being shipped. The countries are compared and scoring is employed to facilitate identification of a suspicious transaction.

Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a mobile subscriber is registered for authentication. Registering the mobile subscriber, in an embodiment, includes querying the mobile service provider of the mobile subscriber for an international mobile subscriber identifier (IMSI) of the mobile subscriber at the time of registration and creating an authentication database in which a database entry includes at least: a mobile telephone number for the mobile subscriber and the IMSI of the mobile subscriber.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device.