Digital content distribution methods, systems and devices are provided. The digital content distribution utilizes a content distribution server for providing a user device access to digital content. In certain embodiments, the content distribution server: (a) receives a check-out request from a user device via a content access device; (b) provides metainfo to the user device via the content access device; (c) receives an open content command comprising an identifier of the digital content and an identifier for a user from the user device; (d) determines from the open content command whether the user device is authorized to view the digital content; and (e) provides a license response to the user device based on the user device being authorized to view the digital content, the license response comprising a license and the digital content.
An ice making apparatus is provided for making ice of the nugget-forming type from ice shavings that are compacted, wherein inlet water is provided to a freezing chamber having a rotatable auger therein, for flow of the inlet water and water squeezed from ice leaving the freezing chamber at the discharge end thereof along the auger, for flow of water through the freezing chamber, to a water reservoir at an opposite end of the freezing chamber, whereby ice flow through the freezing chamber is in one direction, and water flow through the freezing chamber is in an opposite direction. Dissolved minerals are thereby substantially removed from the ice being discharged from the freezing chamber, and are conveyed from a zone of lesser water volume to a zone of higher water volume where they are more substantially dispersed. Water is flushed from the freezing chamber, by dispensing water containing dissolved minerals from a reservoir of greater volume than the volume of water at the water inlet end of the freezing chamber.
F25C 1/14 - Producing ice by freezing water on cooled surfaces, e.g. to form slabs to form thin sheets which are removed by scraping or wedging, e.g. in the form of flakes
F25C 1/22 - Construction of mouldsFilling devices for moulds
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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(1) Software as a service (SAAS) services, namely, hosting software for use by others in analyzing public library data to improve collection performance and material selection
(2) Software as a service (SAAS) services, namely, hosting software for use by others for use of analyzing public library data to improve collection performance and material selection
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Software as a service (SAAS) services, namely, hosting software for use by others in analyzing public library data to improve collection performance and material selection.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT
A method and system for distributing digital content to customers at a plurality of points of transaction that allows each content provider to use its own method of digital rights management. A master digital catalog is used to load product data from a plurality of different content providers. The catalog contents are provided to retailers and other points of transaction. A digital activation broker processes customer orders from the points of transaction and provides information that allows the customer access to the content. The content may be provided by the digital activation broker or through a third-party website. In some embodiments, a payment processor is used to process payments submitted by the customers. The digital activation broker may also void transactions and look up lost authorization codes.
A low profile ice maker/dispenser and water dispenser having a high ice making capacity, for ice nugget manufacture is provided, wherein ice nuggets are metered out of a storage bin via a nugget dispenser outlet, and whereby water is dispensed via a water dispenser outlet. A refrigeration cycle is used, wherein an auger compresses ice on a wall of an evaporator and delivers the ice to the ice bin, breaking it into nuggets along the way. An outer wall of the evaporator is comprised of part of the water reservoir. A baffle in the ice bin facilitates metering of the amount of ice discharged. The system comprises a closed system that enables efficient cleaning of the system.
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Software as a service (SAAS) services, namely, hosting software for use by others for use of analyzing public library data to improve collection performance and material selection
Apparatus transports rod(s) of ice of flaked or chipped ice through a tube to a remote ice bin, in which the ice is broken into nuggets. A method of cleaning the transport tube is also provided in which ice pushes a dry conformable article and a wet conformable articles carrying sanitizing solution through the tube, with the conformable articles preferable being sponges, and with the wet article sanitizing algae, bacteria, etc. during movement through the tube, and with the dry conformable article scraping debris from wall(s) of the tube during transport.
F25C 1/14 - Producing ice by freezing water on cooled surfaces, e.g. to form slabs to form thin sheets which are removed by scraping or wedging, e.g. in the form of flakes
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Computer software for data entry, sales analysis, inventory analysis and purchasing, price calculations, inventory management of bundled book sets, management of buyback programs, cash management reconciliation, and business activities, namely, cost accounting and record keeping, all in the field of college and university bookstores
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EDUCATION SERVICES; NAMELY, DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR OTHERS IN THE FIELDS OF LITERATURE, COMMUNICATIONS, PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATION, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY, BIOLOGY, HOME ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURE, HISTORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, FINE ARTS, MATH, STATISTICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, PHYSICS, ENGINEERING, CHEMISTRY, GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCE, BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING, ECONOMICS, SECRETARIAL, MEDICINE AND LAW, PROVIDED BY MEANS OF A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK
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ANIMAL DETERRENT PREPARATION APPLIED TO AFFECTED AREA OF DOG'S COAT TO PREVENT FUR BITING, HAIR CHEWING, AND SKIN SCATCHING [ ; AN ANIMAL REPELLANT FOR APPLICATION TO FURNITURE ]
