Abstract

There is described a system for delivering hot water to a sanitary appliance. The system generally has a geothermal unit having an input port, an output port, and an underground circuit in fluid communication between the input port and the output port, and a pump moving water from the input port, along the underground circuit, towards the output port, said moving cooling the water below a first temperature; a first conduit in fluid communication with the output port of the geothermal unit and receiving water therefrom; a computer processing unit having a plurality of computing devices generating heat when operating, the computer processing unit in thermal exchange communication with the water of the first conduit, said thermal exchange communication cooling the plurality of computing devices while heating the water to a second temperature greater than the first temperature; and a sanitary appliance receiving the water at the second temperature.

IPC Classes  ?

• F24D 17/00 - Domestic hot-water supply systems
• E03C 1/02 - Plumbing installations for fresh water
• F24T 50/00 - Geothermal systems
• H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating

Abstract

There is described an infrastructure generally having a reservoir having a base having a first periphery, a wall having a first wall portion hermetically mounted to the first periphery of the base, the first wall portion upwardly protruding to a second wall portion defining a second periphery, and a top surface hermetically mounted to the second periphery of the wall, inner surfaces of the base, the wall and the top surface collectively forming a closed cavity for receiving liquid, the top surface having a depression forming an open cavity for receiving liquid. There is described a method of operating the infrastructure by at least one of heating and maintaining liquid confined within the closed cavity to a first temperature; and the liquid confined within the closed cavity at least one of heating and maintaining liquid received within the open cavity to a second temperature lower than the first temperature.

IPC Classes  ?

• F24D 11/00 - Central heating systems using heat accumulated in storage masses
• E04H 4/12 - Devices or arrangements for circulating water
• F24S 60/30 - Arrangements for storing heat collected by solar heat collectors storing heat in liquids

Abstract

There is described an infrastructure generally having a reservoir having a base having a first periphery, a wall having a first wall portion hermetically mounted to the first periphery of the base, the first wall portion upwardly protruding to a second wall portion defining a second periphery, and a top surface hermetically mounted to the second periphery of the wall, inner surfaces of the base, the wall and the top surface collectively forming a closed cavity for receiving liquid, the top surface having a depression forming an open cavity for receiving liquid. There is described a method of operating the infrastructure by at least one of heating and maintaining liquid confined within the closed cavity to a first temperature; and the liquid confined within the closed cavity at least one of heating and maintaining liquid received within the open cavity to a second temperature lower than the first temperature.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04H 7/02 - Containers for fluids or gasesSupports therefor
• E04H 4/00 - Swimming or splash baths or pools
• E04H 4/14 - Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for
• F24H 7/00 - Storage heaters, i.e. heaters in which the energy is stored as heat in masses for subsequent release
• F24S 60/30 - Arrangements for storing heat collected by solar heat collectors storing heat in liquids

Abstract

There is described a computer-implemented method of forwarding contact data associated with a potential customer. The method comprising has: receiving customer purchase data from the potential customer, the customer purchase data comprising the contact data and mortgage preference data; publishing a purchase interest notification on an Internet-based live data stream accessible by a plurality of lenders via Internet, the purchase interest notification including the mortgage preference data of the customer purchase data; receiving a plurality of interest notices associated with the purchase interest notification from interested ones of the plurality of lenders; and forwarding the contact data of the potential customer to at least one privileged lender based on said reception.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 30/0601 - Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• G06Q 10/107 - Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• G06F 16/955 - Retrieval from the web using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• H04L 65/611 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for multicast or broadcast
• H04L 65/401 - Support for services or applications wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• H04L 65/612 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for unicast

Abstract

There is described a wine supply system. The wine supply system generally has a tank in a source building, the tank containing wine; a plurality of ducts extending between the tank and a corresponding plurality of dispensing buildings remote from the source building and from one another, at least some wine being forcingly guided from the tank to the dispensing buildings via the plurality of ducts; and a temperature maintaining device disposed along the plurality of ducts outside of the source building and the plurality of dispensing buildings, the temperature maintaining device configured for at least one of heating and cooling said ducts to maintain the wine within a given temperature range.

IPC Classes  ?

• B67D 3/00 - Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes

Abstract

The computer-implemented method of forwarding contact data associated with a potential customer generally has the steps of: receiving customer purchase data from the potential customer, the customer purchase data comprising the contact data and preference data; communicating a purchase interest notification to a plurality of vehicle dealers via a communication network, the purchase interest notification including the preference data; receiving a plurality of interest notices associated with the purchase interest notification from interested ones of the plurality of vehicle dealers; and forwarding the contact data of the potential customer to at least one privileged vehicle dealer based on said reception, in which the step of forwarding includes forwarding the contact data to at least one privileged vehicle dealer associated with a make different from the make associated with the vehicle make data of the customer purchase data.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 30/06 - Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• G06Q 10/10 - Office automationTime management
• G06F 16/955 - Retrieval from the web using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• H04L 65/611 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for multicast or broadcast
• H04L 65/401 - Support for services or applications wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• H04L 65/612 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for unicast
• G06Q 30/0601 - Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• G06Q 10/107 - Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

The computer-implemented method of forwarding contact data associated with a potential customer generally has the steps of: receiving customer purchase data from the potential customer, the customer purchase data comprising the contact data and preference data; publishing a purchase interest notification on an Internet-based live data stream accessible by a plurality of vehicle dealers via Internet, the purchase interest notification including the preference data; receiving a plurality of interest notices associated with the purchase interest notification from interested ones of the plurality of vehicle dealers; and forwarding the contact data of the potential customer to at least one privileged vehicle dealer based on said reception.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 30/06 - Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• G06Q 30/02 - MarketingPrice estimation or determinationFundraising