1. An intelligent cache server operable within an Internet Protocol (IP) network, comprising:
a processor component;
memory coupled to the processor component; and
logic to be executed by the processor component to:
receive a content request from a mobile device having both a cellular transceiver and a non-cellular RF transceiver, the content request indicative of recurring IP content data of interest to the mobile device;
retrieve the requested IP content data from one or more content servers;
queue the requested IP content data in a buffer associated with the mobile device;
automatically download or receive the queued IP content data to the mobile device to be stored in cache memory only when the mobile device is connected to a non-cellular IP network access point.
2. The intelligent cache server of claim 1, the logic to:
receive non-cellular IP network connectivity information associated with the mobile device;
predict, based on the received non-cellular IP network connectivity information, when the mobile device can be expected to be connected to a non-cellular IP network access point; and
attempt to perform the automatically downloading or receiving the queued IP content data step at a time when the mobile device is predicted to be connected to a non-cellular IP network access point.
3. The intelligent cache server of claim 1, the logic to:
wait until the mobile device is connected to a non-cellular IP network access point before automatically downloading or receiving the queued IP content data.
4. The intelligent cache server of claim 1, the logic to:
store the downloaded or received IP content data in cache memory on the mobile device that is associated with an application on the mobile device wherein the cache memory would have downloaded the IP content data if the download had been manually initiated by a user.
5. The intelligent cache server of claim 1, wherein the non-cellular IP network access point is one of a WiFi IP network access point, a WiMax IP network access point, and a whitespace IP network access point.
6. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device cause the computing device to:
receive a content request from a mobile device having both a cellular transceiver and a non-cellular RF transceiver, the content request indicative of recurring IP content data of interest to the mobile device;
retrieve the requested IP content data from one or more content servers;
queue the requested IP content data in a buffer associated with the mobile device;
automatically download or receive the queued IP content data to the mobile device to be stored in cache memory only when the mobile device is connected to a non-cellular IP network access point.
7. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, comprising instructions that in response to being executed on the computing device cause the computing device to:
receive non-cellular IP network connectivity information associated with the mobile device;
predict, based on the received non-cellular IP network connectivity information, when the mobile device can be expected to be connected to a non-cellular IP network access point; and
attempt to perform the automatically downloading or receiving the queued IP content data step at a time when the mobile device is predicted to be connected to a non-cellular IP network access point.
8. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, comprising instructions that in response to being executed on the computing device cause the computing device to:
wait until the mobile device is connected to a non-cellular IP network access point before automatically downloading or receiving the queued IP content data.
9. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, comprising instructions that in response to being executed on the computing device cause the computing device to:
store the downloaded IP content data in cache memory on the mobile device wherein the cache memory is associated with an application on the mobile device that would have downloaded the IP content data if the download had been manually initiated by a user.
10. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the non-cellular IP network access point is one of a WiFi IP network access point, a WiMax IP network access point, and a whitespace IP network access point.
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. A crystallization apparatus, comprising:
an agitation tank;
a liquid circulation means for circulating a liquid or a slurry along a wall of the agitation tank; and
one or more temperature difference creation means capable of creating a temperature difference at the wall of the agitation tank,
wherein the temperature difference creation means is installed to the agitation tank.
2. A crystallization apparatus, comprising:
an agitation tank provided with a liquid spouting device made of a rotation shaft and one or more liquid feeding means mounted to the rotation shaft; and
one or more temperature difference creation means capable of creating a temperature difference at a wall of the agitation tank.
3. The crystallization apparatus of claim 2, wherein the temperature difference creation means is one or more heating means or cooling means.
4. The crystallization apparatus of claim 2 or 3, wherein the temperature difference creation means is a heating means, which is provided at a region where liquid or slurry spouted by rotating the liquid spouting device contacts the wall of the agitation tank or a region below that region, and which increases the temperature of the spouted liquid or slurry above the temperature of surrounding liquid or slurry.
5. The crystallization apparatus of claim 2 or 3, wherein the temperature difference creation means is a cooling means, which is provided at a region where liquid or slurry spouted by rotating the liquid spouting device contacts the wall of the agitation tank or a region below that region, and which decreases the temperature of the spouted liquid or slurry below the temperature of surrounding liquid or slurry.
6. The crystallization apparatus of claim 2 or 3,
wherein the temperature difference creation means includes two cooling means and one heating means;
wherein the heating means is arranged below the two cooling means; and
wherein a liquid or slurry is spouted against a portion between the two cooling means or against a portion of the lower cooling means by rotating the liquid spouting device.
7. The crystallization apparatus of any of claims 2 to 6, wherein the liquid feeding means is a gutter-shaped body, a pipe body, a plate-shaped body, or a conically shaped hollow truncated corn body.
8. The crystallization apparatus of any of claims 2, 3, 4 or 7, wherein the crystallization apparatus is a cooling crystallization apparatus.
9. The crystallization apparatus of any of claims 2, 5, 6 or 7, wherein the crystallization apparatus is a concentration crystallization apparatus.
10. A method for controlling crystal polymorphism, comprising concentrating a liquid for generating crystals while circulating the liquid along a tank wall provided with a temperature difference.
11. A method for controlling crystal polymorphism, comprising:
spouting a liquid or a slurry from a liquid spouting device containing a rotation shaft and one or more liquid feeding means mounted to the rotation shaft; and
contacting the spouted liquid or slurry with a tank wall whose temperature is different from the temperature of the liquid or slurry and circulating the liquid or slurry.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the spouted liquid or slurry is contacted with a tank wall whose temperature is higher than the temperature of the liquid or slurry.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the spouted liquid or slurry is contacted with a tank wall whose temperature is lower than the temperature of the liquid or slurry.
14. A method for growing crystals with large average crystal diameter, comprising:
spouting a liquid or a slurry from a liquid spouting device containing a rotation shaft and one or more liquid feeding means mounted to the rotation shaft; and
contacting the spouted liquid or slurry with a tank wall whose temperature is different from the temperature of the liquid or slurry and circulating the liquid or slurry.