1. A method for storing and distributing full-length movies to the customer on a portable non-volatile solid-state storage device in a permanent or non-permanent state, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) Digitizing and compressing the audiovisual data corresponding to an entire movie into a Movie Data File (MDF).
(b) Storing the Movie Data File (MDF) to a Movie Database Computer System (MDCS).
(c) Storing the Movie Data File (MDF) on the portable non-volatile solid-state storage device.
(d) Reading the Movie Data File (MDF) from the portable non-volatile solid-state storage device with a portable non-volatile solid-state storage device reader wherein the portable non-volatile solid-state storage device reader has the means to read and convert the Movie Data File (MDF) to audio and video signals compatible with an output display.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the preliminary step to create the Movie Data File (MDF), containing the audiovisual data corresponding to an entire movie, is to digitize and compress the audiovisual data from a film, video cassette, or Digital Video Disc and store the Movie Data File (MDF) to a Movie Database Computer System (MDCS).
3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the Movie Data File (MDF) can be encrypted with a security feature wherein the portable non-volatile solid-state storage device reader has the means to decrypt the Movie Data File (MDF) prior to converting the audiovisual content to audio and video signals compatible with an output display.
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 method for producing detergent granules, comprising the step of dry-neutralizing a liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant prepared by a SO3 gas sulfonation method, with a water-soluble, solid, alkali inorganic substance, wherein a dry-neutralizing step is carried out in the presence of 0.1 to 1.0 mole of a sulfuric acid per mole of said liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant;
wherein the amount of sulfuric acid preexisting in the liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant is 0.05 mole or less per mole of said liquid acid precursor;
wherein the sulfuric acid and the liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant are added separately to the starting material components; and
wherein the resulting detergent granules contain the non-soap, anionic surfactant in an amount of 28% by weight or more and less than 50% by weight, and have a molar ratio of (inorganic salt undetectable by x-ray diffraction method)(non-soap, anionic surfactant) of from 0.1 to 1.0, and the inorganic salt undetectable by x-ray diffraction method is sodium sulfate.
2. A method for producing detergent granules, comprising the step of dry-neutralizing a liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant prepared by a SO3 gas sulfonation method, with a water-soluble, solid, alkali inorganic substance, wherein a dry-neutralizing step is carried out in the presence of 0.3 to 1.0 mole of a sulfuric acid per mole of said liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant;
wherein the amount of sulfuric acid preexisting in the liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant is 0.05 mole or less per mole of said liquid acid precursor;
wherein the sulfuric acid and the liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant are added separately to the starting material components; and
wherein the resulting detergent granules contain the non-soap, anionic surfactant in an amount of 10% by weight or more and less than 28% by weight, and have a molar ratio of (inorganic salt undetectable by x-ray diffraction method)(non-soap, anionic surfactant) of from 0.3 to 1.0, and the inorganic salt undetectable by x-ray diffraction method is sodium sulfate.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of adding a free-flowing aid after the dry-neutralizing step, to surface modify the detergent granules.
4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of adding a liquid component after the dry-neutralizing step.
5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of adding a free-flowing aid after the step of adding a liquid component, to surface-modify the detergent granules.
6. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant is a linear alkylbenzenesulfonic acid obtained by a SO3 gas sulfonation method.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dry-neutralizing step is carried out in the presence of 0.3 to 0.8 mole of said sulfuric acid per mold mole of said liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dry-neutralizing step is carried out in the presence of 0.35 to 0.7 mole of said sulfuric acid per mole of said liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant.
9. The method according to claim 2, wherein the dry-neutralizing step is carried out in the presence of 0.3 to 0.8 mole of said sulfuric acid per mole of said liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant.
10. The method according to claim 2, wherein the dry-neutralizing step is carried out in the presence of 0.35 to 0.7 mole of said sulfuric acid per mole of said liquid acid precursor of a non-soap, anionic surfactant.