摘要:
A financial institution can provide a best price guarantee to debit or credit card account holders. By providing a consolidated system including automatic price monitoring of purchased products and automatic claim form generation upon identifying a lower price, the consumer is relieved of the burden typically associated with conventional price matching. An exemplary method comprises receiving, by a server, purchase information from a financial customer, wherein the purchase information comprises a purchase price and purchased product description and wherein the customer has a credit or debit card issued by the financial institution; storing, by the server, the purchase information in a first database; locating, by the server, from a second database, stored product information corresponding to the received purchased product description, wherein the stored product information comprises a lowest price datum; comparing, by the server, the lowest price datum to the purchase price; and, if the lowest price datum is less than the purchase price, generating a claim form for the financial customer.
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Methods of forming hybrid aerogels are described. The methods include forming a hybrid aerogel from a metal oxide precursor and a branched telechelic copolymer, e.g., co-hydrolyzing and co-condensing the metal oxide precursor and the branched telechelic copolymer. Aerogels and aerogel articles, including hydrophobic aerogels and hydrophobic aerogel articles are also described.
摘要:
A multicompartment cup may include an upper compartment with a conical cross-section and a lower compartment with a rectangular cross-section. The upper compartment may include a main food product such as cereal, oatmeal, grits, any milled grain product, yogurt, etc. and the lower compartment may include toppings and other enhancements for the main food product. The two compartments may be separated by a divider and a seal may cover the top of the upper compartment. In addition, a foldable eating utensil may be affixed to the multicompartment cup so that a user may eat the food products inside the multicompartment cup anywhere.
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Materials are provided that may be useful as ionomers or polymer ionomers, including compounds including bis sulfonyl imide groups which may be highly fluorinated and may be polymers.
摘要:
A composition comprises surface-modified nanoparticles of at least one metal phosphate. The nanoparticles bear, on at least a portion of their surfaces, a surface modification comprising at least one organosilane surface modifier comprising at least one organic moiety comprising at least about six carbon atoms.
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A technique for managing the streaming of digital video content to multiple clients involves identifying an attribute of a content element that is streamed to a client and selecting a protection mechanism for the content element as a function of the attribute, wherein the protection mechanism enables streaming of the content element to the clients in the event of a resource failure. In an example, the identified attribute is an indication of the popularity of the content element (e.g., as measured by the number of active streams), such that the protection mechanism is selected as a function of the popularity of the content element. In an embodiment, protection mechanisms that offer a higher level of protection are selected for the more popular content elements and protection mechanisms that offer a lower level of protection are selected for the less popular content elements.
摘要:
A technique for streaming digital video content to multiple clients involves establishing a logical group of IP-connected stream servers, generating state information at multiple stream servers within the logical group, sharing the state information amongst stream servers in the logical group, and using the shared state information to respond to resource failures within the logical group. By sharing state information within the logical group of stream servers, stream servers with the shared state information can quickly take over the active streams from a failed stream server within the logical group. The quick transition of responsibility from one stream server to another enables the streaming network to provide continuous streaming of digital video content to the viewer without interruption.
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A red phosphor composition in combination with a semiconductor light emitting device (e.g., VCSEL, LED, or LD), preferably a GaN based device, that emits light at a bright violet-blue light range, i.e., having a wavelength in the range of 400 nm to 600 nm, which can be further combined with green and blue phosphors. The red phosphor composition in the combination is a vanadate combined with yttrium, gadolinium and/or lanthanum and activated with trivalent Eu3+, Sm3+ and Pr3+, or any combination thereof, with or without Tb3+ as a co-dopant, has the general formula: BixLn1−xVO4:A where x=0 to 1, Ln is an element selected from the group consisting of Y, La and Gd, and A is an activator selected from Eu3+, Sm3+ and Pr3+, or any combination thereof, with or without Tb3+ as a co-dopant. Novel red phosphor compositions are provided when x is greater than 0 and less than 1, preferably 0.05 to 0.5.
摘要翻译:一种红色磷光体组合物,与发光在明亮的紫 - 蓝光范围的半导体发光器件(例如,VCSEL,LED或LD)(优选GaN基器件)结合,即具有波长在 400nm至600nm,其可以进一步与绿色和蓝色荧光体组合。 组合中的红色荧光体组合物是与钇,钆和/或镧结合的钒酸盐,并用三价Eu 3+,Sm 3+和Pr 3 + /或其任何组合,具有或不具有作为共掺杂剂的Tb 3+,具有以下通式:Bi x L 1 N 1 - 其中x = 0至1,Ln是选自Y,La和Gd的元素,A是选自Eu, 3 +,+ 3 +和/或+ 3+,或其任何组合,具有或不具有Tb 3+ 多糖 当x大于0且小于1,优选为0.05至0.5时,提供新的红色荧光粉组合物。
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Calcium phosphate particles are described comprising a surface treatment wherein the surface treatment comprises at least one sugar alcohol, at least one glycerophosphoric acid compound, or mixture thereof. Also described are various oral care compositions comprising surface treated calcium phosphate particles and methods of surface treating calcium phosphate particles.