Abstract: The present invention relates to a coin card which enables the at least one user to create an exclusive commercial bank account in a commercial bank and the user is either provided with a computationally implemented method by the commercial bank or installs the computationally implemented method onto his/her smart device, wherein, the computationally implemented method enables the at least one user to create a profile. Herein, the user is enabled to scan his/her coin card issued by the commercial bank in the scanning machine and transfer the remaining currency after conducting a transaction with the remitter party or the cashier. The user is further enabled to look into his/her coin account by logging into his/her profile.

Abstract: A method includes presenting, at a called communication device, first location information corresponding to a first location of a caller communication device. The first location information is presented before an incoming communication is answered. The method also includes presenting, at the called communication device, second location information in response to the incoming communication being answered. The second location information corresponds to a second location of the called communication device.

Abstract: A method includes presenting, at a called communication device, first location information corresponding to a first location of a caller communication device. The first location information is presented before an incoming communication is answered. The method also includes presenting, at the called communication device, second location information in response to the incoming communication being answered. The second location information corresponds to a second location of the called communication device.

Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method includes presenting, at a first communication device, first location information after an incoming communication is answered. The first location information corresponds to a first location of the first communication device. The method further includes presenting updated first location information, at the first communication device, prior to the incoming communication being terminated.

Abstract: A system and method for providing location information is provided. The system may include a communication device. The communication device may include a communication interface to receive a notice of an incoming communication. The communication device may also include a display to display a representation of a present location of a calling party and to display a representation of a location of the communication device.

Abstract: A system and method for providing location information is provided. The system may include a communication device. The communication device may include a communication interface to receive a notice of an incoming communication. The communication device may also include a display to display a representation of a present location of a calling party and to display a representation of a location of the communication device.

Abstract: A composition is for use with fabricating a ceramic composite stiffening member that defines a T-section. The stiffening member includes a web portion, at least one flange portion, a radius region disposed between the web portion and the at least one flange portion, and a skin member that is secured to the at least one flange portion and the radius region. The composition is a pliable mixture of refractory particles, plasticizers, silica-yielding polymers, and solvents that is applied along the radius region.

Abstract: The present invention is an integral composite structural (ICS) material comprising an open metal structure having at least one external side and internal surfaces defining a plurality of open shapes with a ceramic matrix composite bonded to at least one external side and the surfaces of at least a substantial portion of the plurality of open shapes and occupying at least a substantial portion of the plurality of open shapes. The open metal structure, independent of the ceramic matrix composite, has a total metal volume percent in the range of about 10% to about 90%, with no dimension of any open shape being greater than about ¾ inch. The ceramic matrix layer covers a substantial portion of at least one external side of the open metal structure.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for constructing and repurposing rhetorical content. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a content management system (400) having a database (404), and a controller (402) for managing the database. The controller can be programmed to construct (606) one or more rhetorical and structural elements from a rhetorical library and rhetorical content associated with the rhetorical library by functional attributes, and generate (610) a schematic expression from a combination of the one or more rhetorical and structural elements. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An inseparable assembly includes a body including a ceramic matrix composite material, and a cover including a metallic wire mesh. The cover is bonded to the body so that the cover overlaps at least a portion of the body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for interactively vending products and services related to a video program. The invention provides for a video program to be displayed on a user display platform, the video program comprising vendible objects for which information is available in an object information database. An object selection device, which may comprise a user display platform, is used for selecting an object related to the video program. A processor correlates this user-selected object with the vendible object from the database, which may then be available for purchase. A communication network may link the processor with the object information database. Interactive menus delivered to the user display platform present information related to the selected vendible object.

Abstract: A body restraint apparatus includes first and second torso straps each having first and second ends, a first strap adjustment device coupled to the first torso strap, and a second strap adjustment device coupled to the second torso strap. The apparatus further includes a first connecting strap coupled to the first strap adjustment device and to a first connector, and a second connecting strap coupled to the second strap adjustment device and to a second connector. The apparatus further includes a main ring coupled to the second ends of the first and second torso straps, and a first ring coupled to the first torso strap between the main ring and the first adjustment device.

Abstract: Methods are provided for producing a ceramic matrix composite by slurry infiltration. The methods involve placing a desized ceramic cloth lay-up into a non-ceramic cloth bag, sealing the bag to form a bagged ceramic preform, infiltrating the bagged ceramic preform with a ceramic-containing slurry, and sintering the preform to convert the slurry to a ceramic while decomposing the non-ceramic bag. The methods of the present invention maximize slurry infiltration of the ceramic cloth tow bundle while minimizing damage to the ceramic cloth.

Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structure, and method of forming same, the structure having internal air flow channels and cooling holes created by the process of sewing or stitching a fugitive fiber or thread into plies of ceramic cloth, preferably prior to consolidation of the ceramic cloth with a CMC slurry, followed by heating to convert the slurry material to a hardened ceramic component part of a predetermined shape. Upon heating the infiltrated and consolidated ceramic cloth to about between 1100 and 2100 degrees Fahrenheit, such as by hot pressing the structure containing the fugitive fibers therein, the fugitive fibers disintegrate, leaving channels and cooling holes wherever the stitched fugitive fiber or thread was previously located. Thus, the channels and cooling holes flow between plies as well as across the surface of the top and bottom plies.

Abstract: A composition is for use with fabricating a ceramic composite stiffening member that defines a T-section. The stiffening member includes a web portion, at least one flange portion, a radius region disposed between the web portion and the at least one flange portion, and a skin member that is secured to the at least one flange portion and the radius region. The composition is a pliable mixture of refractory particles, plasticizers, silica-yielding polymers, and solvents that is applied along the radius region.

Abstract: The present invention is an integral composite structural (ICS) material comprising an open metal structure having at least one external side and internal surfaces defining a plurality of open shapes with a ceramic matrix composite bonded to at least one external side and the surfaces of at least a substantial portion of the plurality of open shapes and occupying at least a substantial portion of the plurality of open shapes. The open metal structure, independent of the ceramic matrix composite, has a total metal volume percent in the range of about 10% to about 90%, with no dimension of any open shape being greater than about ¾ inch. The ceramic matrix layer covers a substantial portion of at least one external side of the open metal structure.

Abstract: An inseparable assembly includes a body having a plurality of plies stacked in face to face relation and bonded together, wherein each of the plurality of plies includes a ceramic matrix composite material having a first predetermined ductility. The assembly further includes a reinforcement including a metallic wire mesh bonded to said body so that at least a portion of the metallic wire mesh is positioned between two adjacent plies in the body. The metallic wire mesh has a second predetermined ductility greater than the first ductility.

Abstract: An inseparable assembly includes a body including a ceramic matrix composite material, and a cover including a metallic wire mesh. The cover is bonded to the body so that the cover overlaps at least a portion of the body.

Abstract: An apparatus for exercising the lower back muscles of a user includes a frame, an arrangement mounted to the frame for resisting forward movement of the user's hips while maintaining the user's gluteus maximus and hamstring muscles in a relatively relaxed condition, a lever assembly mounted to the frame in a disposition for engagement by the upper back of a user for backward and forward user induced movement of the lever assembly for exercise of the user's lower back muscles and a resistance assembly operatively connected to the lever assembly for resisting the user induced exercise movement with a predetermined resistive force.