Abstract: A method for preventing damage caused by a fire includes extinguishing the fire by applying a fireproof composition to the fire. The fireproof composition is constituted as an aqueous composition comprising at least one sugar and magnesium chloride (MgCl2). The fire can be a forest, domestic, or industrial fire. The composition can also be applied to protect a product against fire.

Abstract: A fireproof composition is constituted as an aqueous composition and has at least one sugar and magnesium chloride. The fireproof composition can be used for application to products to protect against fire, and can also be used for extinguishing forest, domestic, and/or industrial fires. A method for the preparation of the fireproof composition includes dissolving the at least one sugar and the magnesium chloride in water to form a solution, and adjusting the pH of the solution to between 6.0 and 7.5.

Abstract: The invention is a retrievable downhole oil tool which can travel beyond and set beneath a restriction in casing which has a larger inner diameter than that of the restriction. The tool can later unset and travel back up past the restriction to be retrieved. Design of the tool allows for a larger inner diameter than existing tools with the same outer diameter; slips which reach out further than those of existing tools, from the outer diameter of the tool to the inner diameter of the casing; and several features which prevent damage to the tool while it squeezes through a restriction.

Abstract: Downhole oil tools such as anchors and packers with mechanical setting and sealing mechanisms are not able to travel through narrower casing and then set in wider casing. This invention is a sealing mechanism which can expand enough to set a tool in a wider casing, but still travel through the narrower casing or tight spot above.

Abstract: The invention transfers a data element from a device to a handheld computer. In general, the method receives a device-based data element at a docking station based co-processor, performs a driver conversion to convert the device-based data element into a bus-enabled data element, and places the bus-enabled data element on a handheld compatible bus. The method may also transform a data packet by detecting an input packet, retrieving a packet identifier (ID) from the input packet, and dispatching the input packet to a device driver based on the packet ID, the device driver capable of converting the input packet from a handheld computer packet type to a device packet type. The invention is also the systems that enable the method. As a device, the invention is an intelligent docking station.

Abstract: This invention is a system and method for managing contract labor data elements. Preferably, the contract labor data management method is embodied as a system that maintains safety, qualification, background, and insurance data elements for contract labor employees. The system comprises a data aggregation service provider having a data collection system, a data management system, a data storage system, and data retrieval system and comprises at least one subscriber, contract labor provider, data collection service provider, and job site. The contract labor data management system provides an method for collecting and providing real time access of contract labor employee data elements to the subscriber, job site, or contract labor provider. A subscriber is an individual or company that audits a contract labor employee at a job site. A data collection service provider is any individual or company that collects and/or provides data about a contract labor employee to the data aggregation service provider.

Abstract: The invention is an intelligent docking station integrated within a keyboard form factor that enables a user to input data into a handheld computer and access network connectivity.

Abstract: The invention transfers a data element between a universal docking station and a handheld computer.

Abstract: The invention transfers a data element from a device to a handheld computer. In general, the method receives a device-enabled data element at a docking station enabled co-processor, performs a driver conversion to convert the device-enabled data element into a bus-enabled data element, and places the bus-enabled data element on a handheld compatible bus. The method may also transform a data packet by detecting an input packet, retrieving a packet identifier (ID) from the input packet, and dispatching the input packet to a device driver enabled on the packet ID, the device driver capable of converting the input packet from a handheld computer packet type to a device packet type. The invention is also the systems that enable the method. As a device, the invention is an intelligent docking station.

Abstract: The invention transfers a data element from a device to a handheld computer. In general, the method receives a device-based data element at a docking station based co-processor, performs a driver conversion to convert the device-based data element into a bus-enabled data element, and places the bus-enabled data element on a handheld compatible bus. The method may also transform a data packet by detecting an input packet, retrieving a packet identifier (ID) from the input packet, and dispatching the input packet to a device driver based on the packet ID, the device driver capable of converting the input packet from a handheld computer packet type to a device packet type. The invention is also the systems that enable the method. As a device, the invention is an intelligent docking station.

Abstract: The invention transfers a data element from a device to a handheld computer. In general, the method receives a device-enabled data element at a docking station enabled co-processor, performs a driver conversion to convert the device-enabled data element into a bus-enabled data element, and places the bus-enabled data element on a handheld compatible bus. The method may also transform a data packet by detecting an input packet, retrieving a packet identifier (ID) from the input packet, and dispatching the input packet to a device driver enabled on the packet ID, the device driver capable of converting the input packet from a handheld computer packet type to a device packet type. The invention is also the systems that enable the method. As a device, the invention is an intelligent docking station.

Abstract: The invention transfers a data element from a device to a handheld computer. In general, the method receives a device-based data element at a docking station based co-processor, performs a driver conversion to convert the device-based data element into a bus-enabled data element, and places the bus-enabled data element on a handheld compatible bus. The method may also transform a data packet by detecting an input packet, retrieving a packet identifier (ID) from the input packet, and dispatching the input packet to a device driver based on the packet ID, the device driver capable of converting the input packet from a handheld computer packet type to a device packet type. The invention is also the systems that enable the method. As a device, the invention is an intelligent docking station.