Disclosed is a system for payment data exchange comprising a payment terminal device (10) for coupling to a point of sale device and to a mobile phone (14), an authorization center (1) for coupling to a mobile voice network (5) and to a financial information system, the mobile phone (14) for coupling to the mobile voice network (5) and to the payment terminal device (10). The payment data exchange...

An electronic commerce system features a website that permits a customer to request information, request a proposal, and/or to order equipment, and to request accounting information on pending or existing orders. The website also enables monitoring of the status of manufacturing, delivery, and installation at the plant of and ordered device. Controllers situated at the installation site communicat...

A control and monitoring system for chemical system for chemical treatment of an oilfield well is presented. In accordance with the present invention, a chemical injection monitoring and control system includes the placement of one or more sensors downhole in a producing zone for measuring the chemical properties of the produced fluid as well as for measuring other downhold parameters of interest....

Downhole tools and systems can be actuated chemically by placing a chemical sensor downhole and introducing a chemical slug into fluids being pumped downhole. When the slug reaches the sensor a reaction in the sensor may be employed to trigger an event (e.g., actuation) or may cause a count to increase by one on its way to a full count and actuation of a tool or system downhole.

PURPOSE: A recording/reproducing method of an optical information recording medium, a recording/reproducing device, and a recording method and a recording device are provided to make a ratio between a recording mark interval and a recording mark length bigger than 1, with regards to a mark string recorded on a front side among marks recorded in a synchronous signal, thereby suppressing deteriorati...

PURPOSE: A superconducting cable is provided to achieve improved productivity and reduce costs by eliminating the taping process for winding an aluminum tape for constituting a multi-layer insulation. CONSTITUTION: A superconducting cable(20) comprises an inner coating layer(40) formed at the outer surface of an inner corrugated metal pipe(32), and which shields an external radiant heat; and a spa...

A method and apparatus for creating a phase shifting mask and a structure mask for shrinking integrated circuit designs. One embodiment of the invention includes using a two mask process. The first mask is a phase shift mask and the second mask is a single phase structure mask. The phase shift mask primarily defines regions requiring phase shifting. The single phase structure mask primarily define...

A process for the manufacture of a decorative surface element, which element comprises a base layer, a decor and a wear layer of a UV or electron beam curing lacquer. One or more structured surfaces, forming embossing surfaces of one or more rollers or moulds, are positioned on top of the decorative lacquered surface, possibly after having cured the lacquer to a desired viscosity, and are continuo...

FIELD: mechanical engineering. ^ SUBSTANCE: differential transmission has outer differential, central internal differential, which form the central sectional differential (3), two side differentials (4), and two power distributors. The central internal differential is mounted inside the central outer differential and they have the common axle (5). Two side differentials (4) are connected in series...

An apparatus is described, for the characterisation of pigmented skin lesions, which comprises an instrument for the acquisition of a plurality of images of the lesion, filmed with lighting at different wavelengths, means designed to segment and parameterise each of said images, means designed to extrapolate a data set from said images and input said data into a neural network system, means design...

Bicyclo-pyrazole compounds of formula (I), as herein defined, are useful for treating diseases linked to disregulated protein kinases.

The present invention relates to the use, in humans, of inactivated parapoxviruses for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases which are accompanied by an increased deposition of collagen, with it being possible for both internal organs, such as the liver, and the skin and its appended structures, to be affected. The invention relates, in particular, to liver fibrosis and/or liver cirrhosis cons...

A porous carrier having interconnected porosity is loaded with drug or other material for controlled release of the drug or other material.

PURPOSE: A method for sharing a server load based on foreign port distribution, specifically processing a request from a client is provided to prevent bottle neck by dividing a foreign port range into sub-sets and assigning the sub-sets to different servers. CONSTITUTION: If receiving an incoming connection request from a client, an operating system kernel selects a socket having matched local por...

The wheelchair has a drive wheel, which can be removed from the axis, and has an electromotor with a stator and a rotor. The torque take-up (10) and the torque transmitter (150) form a torque support with a positive fit grip when the wheelchair is operating, as a torque transmission and prevents rotation of the stator against the wheelchair frame. The two torque transmission units (10,150) are pre...

A filter for molten metal is an open-pored porous material comprising particles of refractory material embedded in and bonded together by a carbon matrix bonding material. The filter can be made by forming a porous article from refractory particles, e.g. refractory oxide, carbide or graphite, and a carbon-rich binder, e.g. tar, pitch or an organic (preferably aromatic) polymer that degrades to for...

The present invention provides improved well cementing methods for use in cold environment, where the circulating temperature of the cement is typically within the range of 5 to 20° C. The improved well cementing methods include forming compositions that are essentially comprised of an aqueous fluid, a hydraulic cement binder and a set-accelerating admixture comprising an alkali or alkaline earth ...

The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, formulated for injectable administration, which comprises a testosterone ester, in particularly testosterone undecanoate, in a vehicle comprising castor oil and a co-solvent. Upon injecting the compositions according to a particular administration scheme, reliable levels of testosterone in serum in the normal physiological range is achi...

PURPOSE: A semiconductor chip having a test pad and a tape carrier package using the same are provided to reduce the size of the semiconductor chip by arranging test pads in a main circuit region. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor chip includes an active region having a main circuit region(11) in which an IC is formed and a peripheral region(12) in which a plurality of chip pads(13) connected to the I...

PURPOSE: A method for molding a semiconductor module and a PCB for the same are provided to improve the productivity and reduce the manufacturing cost by using a both-sided molding method. CONSTITUTION: The first semiconductor chip is loaded on the first side of a PCB. The second semiconductor chip is loaded on the second side of PCB corresponding to the first side of the PCB. The PCB is loaded in...