1. A method, comprising:
receiving user information and a user agnostic identifier;
providing an access element configured to provide access to content from a content provider based on the user information and the user agnostic identifier;
receiving, from the content provider, a notification indicative of a user interaction with the content based on a user accessing the content; and
tracking user behavior based on at least one of the user information, the user agnostic identifier, the access element, and the notification.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user agnostic identifier is associated with a marketing campaign.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user information and the user agnostic identifier is based on at least one of a user interaction with an interface element, a user login, and user tracking data.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction comprises at least one of an interaction with a playback control associated with the content, sharing the content, favoriting the content, bookmarking the content, commenting on the content, reviewing the content, ranking the content, and an interaction ending access to the content.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein tracking user behavior comprises generating an event history associated with the user information and the user agnostic identifier.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining timing information indicative of at least one of the user interaction and a request for content resulting in the receiving of the user information and the user agnostic identifier, wherein at least one of, the access element is provided based on the timing information and the notification comprises the timing information.
7. A method, comprising:
receiving user information and a user agnostic identifier;
providing an access element for content based on the user information and the user agnostic identifier;
receiving an interaction with the content; and
providing a notification of the interaction.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user agnostic identifier is associated with a marketing campaign.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising accessing information indicative of the marketing campaign, wherein the information indicative of the marketing campaign is based on the notification.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein receiving the user information and the user agnostic identifier is based on at least one of a user interaction with an interface element, a user login, and user tracking data.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the interface element is provided on a social media feed.
12. The method of claim 7, wherein the interaction with the content comprises at least one of an interaction with a playback control associated with the content, sharing the content, favoriting the content, bookmarking the content, commenting on the content, reviewing the content, ranking the content, and an interaction ending access to the content.
13. The method of claim 7, wherein the interaction with the content is an interaction with an advertisement provided with the content.
14. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining timing information indicative of at least one of the interaction and a request for content resulting in the receiving of the user information and the user agnostic identifier, and wherein at least one of, the content is selected based on the timing information and the notification comprises the timing information.
15. A method, comprising:
receiving a plurality of requests for content from a plurality of users based on an interface element configured to provide a user agnostic identifier and user information;
providing a first access element to a first portion of the plurality of users to access the content from a first content provider,
providing a second access element to a second portion of the plurality of users to access the content from a second content provider; and
receiving a plurality of notifications indicative of user interactions with the content from at least one of the first content provider and the second content provider.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the user agnostic identifier is associated with a marketing campaign.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising providing access to information indicative of the marketing campaign, wherein the information is based on at least a portion of the plurality of notifications.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the user interactions comprise at least one of an interaction with a playback control associated with the content, sharing the content, favoriting the content, bookmarking the content, commenting on the content, reviewing the content, ranking the content, and an interaction ending access to the content.
19. The method of claim 15, further comprising tracking user behavior based on the plurality of notifications.
20. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining timing information indicative of at least one of a user interaction and a request for content, and wherein at least one of, the first access element is provided based on the timing information and a notification comprises the timing information.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An ion transport device, comprising:
one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses electrically coupled to a first electrode that comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes that in combination with said one or more electro-dynamic focusing or electro-static lenses, define an ion channel along which ions may be directed;
an ion transfer device having an outlet end configured so that said outlet end is moveably positioned between a flush position with the front surface of the first of said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses and before the back surface of a desired said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses; and
an oscillatory voltage source configured to apply oscillatory voltages to at least a portion of said one or more electro-dynamic lenses and said plurality of electrodes or a DC voltage source configured to apply a DC voltage to at least a portion of said one or more electro-static lenses, said one or more electro-static lenses being coupled to said plurality of electrodes having applied oscillatory voltages;
wherein at least one of (i) the spacing between adjacent electrodes, and (ii) the amplitude of the applied oscillatory voltages of said plurality of electrodes increases in the direction of ion travel.
2. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein an RF is applied to said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses equal in amplitude and frequency but out of phase with respect to the first electrode of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes.
3. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein an RF is applied to said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses equal in amplitude and frequency but in-phase with respect to the first electrode of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes.
4. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein a frequency applied to said first electrode of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes is of a different frequency applied to said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses.
5. The ion transport device of claim 4, wherein said different frequency is twice the frequency.
6. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein a DC is applied to said one or more electro-static lenses having a fixed DC voltage that is related to the peak RF amplitude applied to said first lens of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes encountered along the longitudinal direction.
7. The ion transport device of claim 6, wherein said outlet end of said ion transfer device is moveably positioned before the front surface of the first of said one or more electro-static focusing lenses.
8. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses comprises a plurality of electro-dynamic focusing lenses having a same phase relationship.
9. The ion transport device of claim 8, wherein said same phase relationship is provided by a physical coupling.
10. The ion transport device of claim 8, wherein said same phase relationship is provided by a capacitive coupling.
11. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses or said one or more electro-static lenses comprises a single electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lens having a thickness from about 0.6 mm up to about 8.0 mm.
12. The ion transport device of claim 1 wherein each of said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses comprises a thickness from about 0.5 mm up to about 1.0 mm with said one or more electro-dynamic lenses or one or more electro-static lenses providing a collective length of up to about 8 mm.
13. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein said ion transfer device comprises a lateral andor angular offset with respect to the center of said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses.
14. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein the oscillatory voltage source is a radio-frequency (RF) voltage source.
15. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein the amplitude of the applied oscillatory voltages to said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes increases in the direction of travel.
16. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes comprises a first set of electrodes arranged in an interleaved relation with a plurality of a second set electrodes, wherein the oscillatory voltage applied to said first set of electrodes is opposite in phase to the oscillatory voltage applied to said second set of electrodes.
17. The transport device of claim 1, wherein the apertures of said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses and said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes define at least one ion channel selected from: a substantially straight ion channel, an S-shaped ion channel, and an arcuate ion channel.
18. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein the spacing between adjacent electrodes of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes increases in the direction of ion travel.
19. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein said ion transfer device comprises at least one elongated capillary for carrying ions from the ion source.
20. The ion transport device of claim 1, wherein said ion transfer device comprises at least one elongated capillary for carrying ions from the ion source having an outlet end adapted to a position before said one or more electro-static lenses.
21. The ion transport device of claim 19, wherein said at least one elongated capillary comprises multiple ion flow channels.
22. The ion transport device of claim 19, wherein said at least one elongated capillary defines at an outlet end, a flow axis being angled andor laterally offset with respect to the central longitudinal axis of said ion transport device.
23. A mass spectrometer, comprising:
an ion source;
a mass analyzer; and
an ion transport device located intermediate in an ion path between the ion source and the mass analyzer, the ion transport device further comprising:
one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses electrically coupled to a first electrode that comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes that in combination with said one or more electro-dynamic focusing or electro-static lenses, define an ion channel along which ions may be directed;
an ion transfer device having an outlet end configured so that said outlet end is moveably positioned between a flush position with the front surface of the first of said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses and before the back surface of a desired said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses; and
an oscillatory voltage source configured to apply oscillatory voltages to at least a portion of said one or more electro-dynamic lenses and said plurality of electrodes or a DC voltage source configured to apply a DC voltage to at least a portion of said one or more electro-static lenses, said one or more electro-static lenses being coupled to said plurality of electrodes having applied oscillatory voltages;
wherein at least one of (i) the spacing between adjacent electrodes, and (ii) the amplitude of the applied oscillatory voltages of said plurality of electrodes increases in the direction of ion travel.
24. The mass spectrometer, of claim 23, wherein an RF is applied to said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses equal in amplitude and frequency but out of phase with respect to the first electrode of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes.
25. The mass spectrometer, of claim 23, wherein an RF is applied to said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses equal in amplitude and frequency but in-phase with respect to the first electrode of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes.
26. The mass spectrometer, of claim 23, wherein a frequency applied to said first electrode of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes is of a different frequency applied to said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses.
27. The mass spectrometer, of claim 26, wherein said different frequency is twice the frequency.
28. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein a DC is applied to said one or more electro-static lenses having a fixed DC voltage that is related to the peak RF amplitude applied to said first lens of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes encountered along the longitudinal direction.
29. The mass spectrometer of claim 28, wherein said outlet end of said ion transfer device is moveably positioned before the front surface of the first of said one or more electro-static focusing lenses.
30. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses comprises a plurality of electro-dynamic focusing having a same phase relationship.
31. The mass spectrometer of claim 30, wherein said same phase relationship is provided by a physical coupling.
32. The mass spectrometer, of claim 30, wherein said same phase relationship is provided by a capacitive coupling.
33. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses comprises a single ion optic focusing lens having a thickness from about 0.6 mm up to about 8.0 mm.
34. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein each of said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses comprises a thickness from about 0.5 mm up to about 1.0 mm with said one or more electro-dynamic lenses providing a collective length of up to about 8 mm.
35. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein said ion transfer device comprises a lateral andor angular offset with respect to the center of said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses.
36. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein the oscillatory voltage source is a radio-frequency (RF) voltage source.
37. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein the amplitude of the applied oscillatory voltages to said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes increases in the direction of travel.
38. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes comprises a first set of electrodes arranged in an interleaved relation with a plurality of a second set electrodes, wherein the oscillatory voltage applied to said first set of electrodes is opposite in phase to the oscillatory voltage applied to said second set of electrodes.
39. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein the apertures of said one or more electro-dynamic or electro-static focusing lenses and said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes define at least one ion channel selected from: a substantially straight ion channel, an Shaped ion channel, and an arcuate ion channel.
40. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein the spacing between adjacent electrodes of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes increases in the direction of ion travel.
41. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein said ion transfer device comprises at least one elongated capillary for carrying ions from the ion source adapted to a position within said one or more electro-dynamic.
42. The mass spectrometer of claim 23, wherein said ion transfer device comprises at least one elongated capillary for carrying ions from the ion source having an outlet end adapted to a position before said one or more electro-static lenses.
43. The mass spectrometer of claim 41, wherein said at least one elongated capillary comprises multiple ion flow channels.
44. The mass spectrometer of claim 41, wherein said at least one elongated capillary defines at an outlet end, a flow axis being angled andor laterally offset with respect to the central longitudinal axis of said ion transport device.
45. A method for transporting and focusing ions within a low vacuum or atmospheric pressure region of a mass spectrometer, comprising:
providing one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses electrically coupled to a first electrode that comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes that in combination with said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses, define an ion channel along which ions may be directed;
positioning an outlet end of an ion transfer device between a flush position with the front surface of the first of said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses and before the back surface of a desired said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses;
applying oscillatory voltages to said one or more electro-dynamic focusing lenses and said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes to generate an electric field that radially confines ions within the ion channel; and
increasing the radial electric field penetration in the direction of ion travel.
46. A method for transporting and focusing ions within a low vacuum or atmospheric pressure region of a mass spectrometer, comprising:
providing one or more electro-static lenses electrically coupled to a first electrode that comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes that in combination with said one or more electro-static focusing lenses, define an ion channel along which ions may be directed;
positioning an outlet end of an ion transfer device between a flush position with the front surface of the first of said one or more electro-static focusing lenses and before the back surface of a desired said one or more electro-static focusing lenses;
applying RF oscillatory voltages to said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes;
applying a DC voltage to said one or more electro-static focusing lenses having a fixed DC voltage that is related to the peak RF amplitude applied to said first lens of said plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes and thus generate an electric field that radially confines ions within the ion channel; and
increasing the radial electric field penetration in the direction of ion travel.