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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7302488 | Parental controls customization and notification A method, system, and computer readable medium are provided for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions. The computer receives a user request to perform ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7159370 | Modular fiberglass reinforced polymer structural pole system This invention is a modular pole assembly comprised of corner pieces and panel members. Panel members are slidably engaged to the corner pieces and are retained in a direction normal to the engagement direction by a track in each slot that nests within a groove in e... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149705 | Computer-related product user management and service system A user information general management unit for generally managing user registration information and using status information transmitted from a user side of a computer-related product is provided at a system manager side, for example, a user registration centre. A u... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7082416 | Method of using prepaid cash card for making purchases on the world wide web A method for making on-line purchases includes purchasing a card having a unique identification code and a predetermined cash balance and activating an associated account. Goods or services offered by a seller through a web-site are selected and the identification c... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7020690 | Inactivity timer for an internet client In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a client application for enabling access to an online service and displaying advertisements while the user is accessing the online service. The client application receives play lists from the online service... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018141 | Earth retaining system such as a sheet pile wall with integral soil anchors A soil retaining system combining flat sheet pile walls in an open cell configuration includes integral soil anchors to provide an earth retaining system. A method of designing and installing a soil retaining system with an open sheet pile cell structure having inte... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6840189 | Method and apparatus for enabling work to be carried out on a submerged portion of a vessel The apparatus comprises a generally cylindrical or sleeve-like or tubular housing 2 having an opening at one end which is locatable to be in sealing engagement with the outer surface of part of the hull 3 of a submarine with said housing 2 formi... | 01/11/2005 |
| 5806043 | Method for providing customer on-line support via prepaid internet access A method for a sponsor/vendor to provide customer on-line help support for consumer products such as software includes providing a prepaid Internet access account which is supplied with the consumer product. Upon accessing the Internet the customer is "ho... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5595459 | Cofferdam for 4', 8' and 12' diameter tanks A hole shoring device that includes a support frame, a first hollow octagonal shaped sleeve, a frame linkage, a hollow second octagonal shaped sleeve, a first linkage, a second hollow octagonal shaped sleeve, a second linkage, a third hollow octagonal sha... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5061122 | Method of constructing a man-made sea defense system in the open ocean A man-made sea defense system is constructed using floatable sea-defense caissons which are floated in the ocean to a pre-selected ocean site and then sunk to the ocean floor and connected in end-to-end relation to form a line of sea-defense caissons whos... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4991996 | Work enclosure for servicing marine structures A work enclosure for servicing a marine structure which is adapted to be positioned around a support member of the marine structure to enclose the member and at least one riser which extends parallel thereto. The enclosure is watertight and open at the to... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4963058 | Protective barrier for the protection of offshore marine works, and method of installation of the same Protective barrier consisting of at least two ballastable elements (3, 4) adapted to surround at least partially the work to be protected (1). The height of the individual elements is greater than the water depth. The elements comprise a connection device perm... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4648752 | Marine template retaining wall and method of construction A template retaining wall for use in marine environments is composed of a plurality of interconnected, piled, prefabricated templates. Each template comprises a series of vertically extending, horizontally spaced apart legs and a series of battered, horiz... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4527926 | Method for building a protective wall when constructing an underwater base An underwater construction which includes a concrete base slab and a protective wall. The lower end of the protective wall remains somewhat in the concrete cast of the base slab. The protective wall is formed by vertically extending elements. Water may be... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4386872 | Dredge environ protection assembly A method and assembly for temporarily isolating an area within a waterway preparatory to dredging in order to prevent disturbed sediment from spreading throughout said waterway. A plurality of spaced support column assemblies are lowered from a barge oute... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4273468 | Tunnelling shields and like moveable apparatus Corrections to be applied to the motion of a tunnelling shield to maintain or restore motion of the shield along a predetermined path are determined by directing a beam of collimated light in a direction parallel to or at a fixed angle with the axis of sa... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4242012 | Method for constructing a multiseason ice platform An ice platform suitable for multiseason use is constructed in a cold offshore region by accumulating ice on a portion of a floating natural ice sheet until the ice mass formed thereby becomes grounded on the marine bottom. A rigid wall element is driven ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4202647 | Buoyant base for marine platforms The open infrastructure of a marine platform-support is made water-tight on at least a part of its height by means of removable elements. These elements are placed between the vertical columns of the support, forming a cylindrical or lobed screen.... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4110990 | Method and structure for rehabilitating sheet pile cellular coffer dams To repair a pair of adjacent corroded sheet pile coffer dam cells a vertical metal plate is welded to the joint between the adjacent arches of sheet piling in alignment with the diaphragm between the cells which is also connected to the joint. A precast, ... | 09/05/1978 |
