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A method to easily, quickly and visually identify experts, relevant tags, information associated with the experts, important topics, and emerging trends without some of the disadvantages of the prior art is disclosed. The present invention provides a novel user interface that connects general queries, users, tags, and information sources together.

A method is disclosed that enables a telecommunications terminal user who is on hold during a call to determine which audio segments, such as musical compositions, are to be played, without some of the costs, disadvantages, and limitations of techniques in the prior art. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention provides a controllable music-on-hold capability that allows the user to enter commands via the user's telecommunications terminal keypad. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a structure for storing computer files, referred to as an “audio segment box,” is established in a data-processing system. The audio segment box is similar to a “voice mail box” used in voice mail systems, except that the audio segment box is designated for audio segments that include musical compositions.

A method and apparatus of playing a game provides a player with at least one option for playing at least one round of the game in accordance with at least one advantage and / or disadvantage. For example, a player may agree to play a current round of play and / or at least one future round of play in accordance with a revised rule.

The growth and expansion of the Internet has encouraged companies as well as consumers to use the Internet for all kinds of purpose ranging from advertising to e-commerce to online shopping to blogging and news dissemination. The Internet is currently the fastest media to spread information. With the advent of the wireless age and proliferation of mobile devices, the Internet is projected to grow even more especially in the mobile wireless application arena. Increasingly, it is becoming a mammoth task for end-users to keep track of new events and updates on the Internet. Current event update management systems that allow mobile service users to keep track of updates from websites of their interest suffer from various inflexibilities and disadvantages. A disclosed embodiment of the disclosure describes a system and a method to address the problems faced by existing event update management systems.

The invention discloses a high-altitude drill positioning method of a building, which comprises a high-altitude marking device, a high-altitude drilling device and a high-altitude tightening device. The high-altitude drill positioning method comprises the following steps that when a plurality of fixing holes need to be drilled in the top surface of the building, the length of an adjustment rod of the high-altitude marking device is adjusted to be equal to the distance between any two fixing holes; a support rod of the high-altitude marking device is adjusted, so that the altitude from the top end of a marking rod to the ground is equal to the altitude from the fixing holes to the ground; the marking end head is pressed to the top surface, so as to draw marking points of the two fixing holes; the high-altitude drilling device is placed below the fixing holes, and a handle is pressed downward, so that a drill which is fixedly arranged on drilling equipment aligns with the marking points of the fixing holes; the drilling equipment is turned on to drill the holes which conform to a size; one end of an expansion bolt, which is provided with a nut, is inserted into the top end of the high-altitude tightening device; the expansion end of the bolt is inserted into a drilled fixing hole, and then a handle of the high-altitude tightening device is rotated to tighten the expansion bolt; and the steps are repeated, so as to complete the drill tightening operation of the remaining fixing holes. According to the high-altitude drill positioning method, the disadvantages of low construction quality and large difficulty because no reliable application point exists at high altitude are overcome, the construction quality is guaranteed, various potential safety hazards due to high-altitude construction of construction personnel are avoided, and the construction efficiency is greatly increased.

A method, computer program product, and data processing system for circumventing profiling and targeting of World Wide Web users is disclosed. A number of fictitious web “personae” are established. A user wishing to perform a particular web transaction assumes a persona that best fits the user's current needs. The user's actions are then attributed to the persona, rather than the user. When the user wishes to perform another transaction, a different persona may be assumed, depending upon the circumstances, so that any disadvantage attributable to performing the same web transaction multiple times may be eliminated. This has the dual advantage of both protecting the user's privacy and taking advantage of special offers and incentives that may be targeted to first-time customers.

The present invention provides for an electronic exchange that provides a marketplace for the trading and settling of currency futures contracts, having methods and systems that include features such as an enhanced execution facility, clearing facility and futures contracts to facilitate such market without the disadvantages of the existing foreign exchange market centers and currency futures contract markets.

A plural sided cleaning article optionally removably attachable to a handle. The cleaning article may have a layered construction. The construction may comprise a sheet, to accommodate optional and removable attachment to a handle, intermediate tow fibers, and a non-planar structure extending outwardly from the side of the tow fibers opposite the sheet. This arrangement avoids the disadvantage of strips according to the prior art while increasing the surface area of the tow fibers.

Embodiments of the present invention provide software products and methods of managing content that substantially eliminate or reduce the disadvantages of previously developed content management systems and methods. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention includes a set of computer instructions stored on a computer readable medium that are executable to associate a rule with a rule condition, determine if the rule is applicable based on the state of the rule condition, receive a user interaction based on a set of content (e.g., web site content) and, if the rule is determined to be applicable, apply the rule to the user interaction. In one embodiment of the present invention, the rule condition can be metadata that is accessible by the computer instructions. The metadata can change dynamically and, consequently, whether or not the rule applies can change dynamically.

The present invention overcomes many of the disadvantages of prior art mobile oil field heat exchange systems by providing an oil-fired heat exchange system. The present invention is a self-contained unit which is easily transported to remote locations. The present invention includes a single-pass tubular coil heat exchanger contained within a closed-bottom firebox having a forced-air combustion and cooling system. The rig also includes integral fuel tanks, hydraulic and pneumatic systems for operating the rig at remote operations in all weather environments. In a preferred embodiment, the oil-fired heat exchanger system is used to heat water on-the-fly (i.e., directly from the supply source to the well head) to complete hydraulic fracturing operations. The present invention also includes systems for regulating and adjusting the fuel / air mixture within the firebox to maximize the combustion efficiency. The system includes a novel hood opening mechanism attached to the exhaust stack of the firebox.

The invention relates to a driving behavior warning method based on vehicle bus data. The driving behavior warning method based on vehicle bus data is characterized by comprising an iOBD terminal and an iOBD monitoring platform, wherein the iOBD terminal provides the following data according to the driving state: sudden brake times (b), sudden acceleration times (a), sudden turning times (t), rotating speed (r), average speed (v) and driving distance (d); the iOBD terminal transmits the data information to the iOBD monitoring platform; the iOBD monitoring platform performs statistics and analysis on the driving behavior data of a user and determines the comprehensive driving behavior score of the user; and the iOBD monitoring platform transmits the comprehensive driving behavior score of the user to a mobile phone of the user to serve as the basis of judging advantages and disadvantages of long-term driving behavior, prompts according to the score and triggers warning according to the real-time data. By the driving behavior warning method based on vehicle bus data, the driving behavior score of the user is calculated according to the preset user driving behavior statistics analysis model. The driving behavior warning method based on vehicle bus data has the advantages that the advantages and the disadvantages of the driving behavior of the user can be judged; an analysis report is formed and transmitted to the user; and the driving safety of the user is greatly improved.