1. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for performing a method for tracking service personnel of a subscriber, the method comprising:
associating a portable wireless device with a service person;
acquiring location information obtained from the wireless device so as to track at least one actual location visited by the service person;
utilizing a schedule containing one or more entries corresponding to predetermined visit sites, each entry in the schedule corresponding to a location to be visited, the service information utilized for comparison purposes with respect to the schedule;
utilizing thresholds in part to determine service information about the service person, one threshold corresponding to a distance threshold and another threshold corresponding to a time threshold;
determining a difference distance between the actual location visited and a location associated with an entry in the schedule, and also determining a difference time between the time threshold and an actual time duration of a visit to a particular location;
confirming the visit if the difference distance is less than the distance threshold and if the actual time duration is greater than the time threshold; and
generating a service person track report based in part on the specific location information.
2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises acquiring the information based upon a predetermined event.
3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises preparing a bill based on the service person track report.
4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises determining the difference distance only with respect to a subset of the predetermined locations having an expected time of arrival that falls within a predetermined time window of the present time of determining the difference distance.
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.-7. (canceled)
8. A polymer blend, comprising:
A) alkoxysilane-terminated polymer(s) (A) having a main chain and at least one end group of the formula (1)
-A-(CH2)m\u2014SiR1a(OR2)3-a\u2003\u2003(1)
\u2003where
A each independently is a divalent linker group selected from the group consisting of \u2014O\u2014, \u2014S\u2014, \u2014(R3)N\u2014, \u2014O\u2014CO\u2014N(R3)\u2014, \u2014N(R3)\u2014CO\u2014O\u2014, \u2014N(R3)\u2014CO\u2014NH\u2014, \u2014NH\u2014CO\u2014N(R3)\u2014, and \u2014N(R3)\u2014CO\u2014N(R3)\u2014,
R1 is an optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or aryl radical having 1 up to 10 carbon atoms,
R2 is an alkyl radical having 1-6 carbon atoms or an w-oxaalkyl-alkyl radical having in total 2-10 carbon atoms,
R3 is hydrogen, an optionally halogen-substituted cyclic, linear or branched C1 to C18 alkyl or C2 to C18 alkenyl radical or a C6 to C18 aryl radical,
a is an integer from 0 to 2, and
m is an integer from 1 to 6,
B) fumed or precipitated silica having a BET surface area of at least 50 m2g, and
C) a catalyst with not more than 0.05% by weight of amino compounds, and no other fillers.
9. The polymer blend of claim 8, wherein a main chain of the alkoxysilane-terminated polymers (A) comprises a polysiloxane, polysiloxane-ureaurethane copolymer, polyurethane, polyurea, polyether, polyester, polyacrylate, polymethacrylate, polycarbonate, polystyrene, polyamide, polyvinyl ester, or polyolefin copolymer, or a mixture of at least one of these with another polymer.
10. The polymer blend of claim 8, wherein the polymers (A) are obtained by reaction of silanes of the formula (3)
OCN\u2014(CH2)m\u2014SiR1a(OR2)3-a\u2003\u2003(3)
where
m is 1 or 3,
with a polyester polyol, polyether polyol, or mixture thereof.
11. The polymer blend of claim 8, wherein R2 is an alkyl radical having 1-3 carbon atoms.
12. The polymer blend of claim 8, in which at least one m is 1.
13. The polymer blend of claim 8, wherein the silicas (B) have been hydrophobicized by treatment with organosilanes, organosilazanes or organosiloxanes or by etherification of hydroxyl groups to alkoxy groups
14. The polymer blend of claim 8, wherein at least one catalyst (C) is selected from the group consisting of tin compounds; Lewis acid compounds of the transition metals titanium, zirconium, hafnium, zinc, boron, aluminum, and bismuth; carboxylic acids; phosphoric acids; partial esters of phosphoric acids; phosphorous acids; partial esters of phosphorous acids; toluenesulfonic acids; and mineral acids.
15. The polymer blend of claim 8, which does not exhibit yellowing upon storage or exposure to light.