Das beschriebene System und Verfahren zur Lieferung von Waren nach der Aufgabe einer Bestellung bei einem Online-Kaufhaus durch einen Besteller (16) umfasst die folgenden Schritte: Anweisen eines Versenders (20), den Auslieferungsvorgang der bestellten Waren zu bearbeiten, Abholen der bestellten Waren aus einem Lagerhaus (23) durch den Versender (20), Versenden der abgeholten Waren in eine verschl...

A system for checking the life of a food product, comprising the steps o f: detecting an identification element which is applied to the product; accessing a data communications network by means of the identification element; accessing, by means of the data communications network, a plurality of information items related to the life of the product, ranging from the raw materials used to produce the...

A supply or database of programs is made accessible on a public data network, with the programs accessible via an individual access code. A program is selected from the available choice with the launched program running for a predetermined time and with the access code enabling access a predetermined number of times. Independent claims are made for a consumer article with main and additional use a...

The invention relates to a method for producing foam bitumen from bitumen, water and additives. The invention is characterised in that at least one silicon compound of general formula (I) is applied as an additive, wherein R , R1 and R2 can be the same or different in the average molecule and represent an alkyl radical with 1 - 30, preferably 8 - 22 carbon atoms or the radical Z- (-CnH2nO-)mR3, wh...

A carcass alignment system for holding and positioning a carcass for splitti ng by an automated saw while the carcass is suspended and continuously moving along a carcass rail includes back rollers for contacting the back and upper sides of the carcass, guide rollers for contacting the backbone on the inner side of the carcass and guide sleds that slide along the sides of the backbo ne and preposi...

Techniques for dispensing postage from a kiosk (104) using a communications network (108). A method for obtaining a postage stamp at a kiosk (104), wher e the kiosk (104) includes a computer system (300) and a printer (310), includ es a user inputting a request for the postage stamp into the kiosk (104). The request is sent to a server (102) via a communications network (108). The kiosk then recei...

A method and system (700) for displaying advertisements on an electronic display is disclosed. This includes using an electronic display (706) that i s attached to a processor (708) that receives advertising files and informatio n via a data storage or data transfer device such as a global computer network , e.g. Internet. The appropriate advertising is then downloaded by a particula r machine and...

A method of predicting expected performance of a processing center system is provided. The method includes receiving performance information from a performance monitoring system associated with the processing center system. A computer model of the processing center system is developed (305) based on t he performance information (310). The method further includes generating predictions based on the...

One aspect of the present invention provides an interactive digital claim submission system for providing multiple digital claim data files by a digit al device to a network. The system comprises: a user interface for producing th e data files from a predetermined claim data set, wherein the user interface provided by the digital device is connectable to the network. The system als o uses a digita...

Toughened biaxially oriented polyamide films prepared by dry blending i) a polyamide homopolymer, copolymer, or blends thereof; and ii) a functionalize d polyolefin terpolymer comprising maleic anhydride, ethyl acrylate, and an olefin, to thereby form a dry mixture. The dry mixture is melted to form a polymer blend, which is then formed into a polymer film. The edges of the fi lm are pinned to a c...

Fibers comprising one or more thermoplastic hydroxy-functionalized polyethers or polyesters, prepared by the reaction of a dinucleophilic monomer with a diglycidyl ether, a diglycidyl ester or epihalohydrin and, optionally a polymer which is not a hydroxy-functionalized polyether or polyester, including polyolefin, polyester, polyamide, polysaccharide, modified polysaccharide or naturally-occurrin...

Bei einem Verfahren zur Herstellung von im Stackprinzip aufgebauten ferroelektrischen Kondensatoren zur Anwendung in integrierten, Halbleiterspeicherbausteinen weisen die einzelnen Kondensatormodule (10, 11) eine Sauerstoffbarriere (4a, 4b) zwischen einer unteren Kondensatorelektrode (5a, 5b) und einem elektrisch leitenden Plug (1a, 1b) auf. Eine unstrukturierte Hafschicht (3) wird dort wo sie nic...

A continuous processing apparatus by plasma polymerization having a plurality of chambers to perform a surface processing by plasma polymerization on the surface of a substance being moved into a chamber, includes at least one vertical chamber in which a substance is vertically moved and at least one electrode is included therein. Since the vertical chamber can be possibly formed solely or by plur...

At least one diffusion region exists between a plurality of resistors formed on an element isolation layer, and the plurality of resistors and the diffusion regions are arranged such that all distances between the respective resistors and the diffusion regions around the corresponding resistors are equal to each other.

The invention involves a radiological image detection system capable of cooperating with a scanning X-ray generator (10) designed to produce X-ray radiation (1) scanning a surface (2) to be imaged. The scanning X-ray radiation (1) irradiates, portion (2') after portion, the surface (2) to be imaged. The X-ray radiation from a portion (2') carries a radiological image of said portion. The detection...

Methods and systems are provided for making a coated plastic container, such as for packaged beverages, possessing a gas barrier and having enhanced resistance to loss in barrier due to handling abuses expansion of walls of the container. The system comprises a vacuum cell, a coating source in the vacuum cell for supplying a coating vapor to an external surface of a plastic container positioned wi...

A method for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of low vapor monomeric materials. The method includes flash evaporating a polymer precursor forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge polymer precursor plasma from the evaporate, and cryocondensing the glow discharge polymer precursor on a substrate as a cryocondensed polymer precursor ...

A powder of a barrier material (B) is, after having been melted, applied to a substrate of a polyolefin (A) according to flame spray coating process to give a shaped article, in which the barrier material (B) firmly adheres to the polyolefin (A) even when the surface of the substrate is not subjected to primer treatment. The shaped article is favorable to components to fuel containers, fuel tanks ...

A method for fabricating a high density ferroelectric memory device is disclosed in which the burden of etching a storage electrode and a plate electrode is alleviated, and a ferroelectric capacitor module is made highly dense. A seed layer and a sacrificial layer are sequentially formed on a semiconductor substrate. The sacrificial layer is selectively etched to form a loop-shaped sacrificial lay...

A capacitor including a first electrode selected from a group consisting of transition metals, conductive metal-oxides, alloys thereof, and combinations thereof. The capacitor also includes a second electrode and a dielectric between the first and second electrodes. The present invention may be used to form devices, such as memory devices and processors. The present invention also includes a metho...