1-9. (canceled)
10. A method of reducing a titanium oxide in a solid state in an electrolytic cell which includes an anode, a cathode formed at least in-part from the titanium oxide, and a molten electrolyte which includes cations of a metal that is capable of chemically reducing the cathode titanium oxide, said method includes:
operating the cell at a potential that is above a potential at which cations of the metal that is capable of chemically reducing the cathode titanium oxide deposit as the metal on the cathode, whereby the metal chemically reduces the cathode titanium oxide; and
operating the cell at constant current and refreshing the electrolyte in later stages of the operation of the cell as required having regard to reactions occurring in the cell and a concentration of oxygen in the titanium oxide in the cell in order to produce high purity titanium (\u03b1Ti).
11. The method defined in claim 10, wherein the metal deposited on the cathode is soluble in the electrolyte and can dissolve in the electrolyte and thereby migrate to the vicinity of the cathode titanium oxide.
12. The method defined in claim 10, wherein the electrolyte is a CaCl2-based electrolyte that includes CaO as one of a plurality of constituents of the electrolyte.
13. The method defined in claim 12, wherein the cell potential is above a decomposition potential of CaO, at which potential Ca metal can deposit on the cathode.
14. The method defined in claim 12, wherein the cell potential is below the decomposition potential of CaCl2.
15. The method defined in claim 12, wherein a graphite anode is employed, and said cell is operated at a temperature in the range of 600-1100\xb0 C., with the cell potential being between 1.3 and 3.5V.
16. The method defined in claim 12, wherein the CaCl2-based electrolyte is a commercially available source of CaCl2 that partially decomposes on heating and produces CaO or otherwise includes CaO.
17. The method defined in claim 12, wherein the CaCl2-based electrolyte includes CaCl2 and CaO that are added separately or pre-mixed to form the electrolyte.
18. The method defined in claim 10, wherein the anode is graphite or an inert anode.
19. A method of reducing titanium oxide in a solid state in an electrolytic cell in order to produce high purity titanium (\u03b1Ti), the electrolytic cell including an anode, a cathode formed at least in-part from the titanium oxide, and a molten electrolyte which includes cations of a metal that is capable of chemically reducing the cathode titanium oxide, the method comprising:
operating the cell at a potential that is above a potential at which cations of the metal that is capable of chemically reducing the cathode titanium oxide deposit as the metal on the cathode, whereby the metal chemically reduces the cathode titanium oxide;
operating the cell at a constant current; and
refreshing the electrolyte in the cell based on a concentration of oxygen present in the titanium oxide at different stages of the titanium oxide reduction.
20. The method defined in claim 19, wherein the metal deposited on the cathode is soluble in the electrolyte and can dissolve in the electrolyte and thereby migrate to the vicinity of the cathode titanium oxide.
21. The method defined in claim 19, wherein the electrolyte is a CaCl2-based electrolyte that includes CaO as one of a plurality of constituents of the electrolyte.
22. The method defined in claim 21, wherein the cell potential is above a decomposition potential of CaO, at which potential Ca metal can deposit on the cathode.
23. The method defined in claim 21, wherein the cell potential is below the decomposition potential of CaCl2.
24. The method defined in claim 21, wherein a graphite anode is employed, and said cell is operated at a temperature in the range of 600-1100\xb0 C., with the cell potential being between 1.3 and 3.5V.
25. The method defined in claim 21, wherein the CaCl2-based electrolyte is a commercially available source of CaCl2 that partially decomposes on heating and produces CaO or otherwise includes CaO.
26. The method defined in claim 21, wherein the CaCl2-based electrolyte includes CaCl2 and CaO that are added separately or pre-mixed to form the electrolyte.
27. The method defined in claim 19, wherein the anode is graphite or an inert anode.
28. A method of operating an electrolytic cell in order to produce high purity titanium (\u03b1Ti) by reducing titanium oxide in a solid state in the electrolytic cell, the electrolytic cell including an anode, a cathode formed at least in-part from the titanium oxide, and a molten electrolyte which includes cations of a metal that is capable of chemically reducing the cathode titanium oxide, the method comprising:
operating the operating the cell at a potential that is above a potential at which cations of the metal that is capable of chemically reducing the cathode titanium oxide deposit as the metal on the cathode, whereby the metal chemically reduces the cathode titanium oxide;
operating the cell at a constant current; and
refreshing the electrolyte andor changing the electrolyte composition in the electrolytic cell in order to remove oxygen from partially reduced titanium oxide at later stages of the reduction process.
29. The method defined in claim 28, wherein the high purity titanium is obtained without processing the titanium oxide outside of the electrolytic cell.
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 non-transitory computer storage medium having instructions that when executed by a computer perform a method of monitoring transactions associated with a person’s real property, comprising the steps of:
storing information in a database pertaining to a public record transaction affecting the real property,
receiving from a subscriber and storing in the database subscriber information, said subscriber information including a property address of the real property to monitor;
iteratively monitoring the database by a processor-implemented search process for an occurrence of the property address stored in the database to find a first match; and
identifying via a processor an indication of the public record transaction stored in the database associated with the property address and the first match.
2. The computer storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:
sending a request for information about a name of the real property owner to the database.
3. The computer storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:
comparing the indication of the public record transaction to a list of transactions to find a second match, the list of transactions include a plurality of public record transaction types and a degree of seriousness rating corresponding to each of the plurality of public record transactions; and
retrieving a degree of seriousness rating corresponding to the second match in the list of transactions, wherein the degree of seriousness rating being selected from a group having least three gradations of seriousness.
4. The computer storage medium of claim 1, wherein the public record transaction is a tax lien.
5. The computer storage medium of claim 1, wherein the public record transaction is a lien against the real property, and the lien having a property address associated with the real property.
6. The computer storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:
comparing the indication of the public record transaction with a list of transactions to find a second match, the list of transactions including a plurality of public record transaction types and a remedy associated with each of the plurality of public record transaction types; and
retrieving the remedy corresponding to the second match in the list of transactions, wherein the remedy is selected from a group of remedies including
an adding of a subsequent transaction remedy associated with a first transaction type,
a correction of the transaction remedy associated with a second transaction type, and
a removal of the transaction remedy associated with a third transaction type, wherein the plurality of public record transaction types include
the first transaction type
the second transaction type, and
the third transaction type.
7. The computer storage medium of claim 3, further comprising assigning a default degree of seriousness rating to the public record transaction after the second match for the public record transaction is not found in the list of transactions.
8. A non-transitory computer storage medium having instructions that when executed by a computer perform a method of retrieving an information regarding a tax lien associated with a property, comprising the steps of:
obtaining property information pertaining to a property from a third party source;
storing the property information in a database;
receiving an address of the property to monitor;
transmitting a property information request including the address to the database;
iteratively searching with a processor the property information for a first match with the address;
retrieving information regarding a tax lien associated with the first match;
comparing the tax lien with a list of tax liens for a second match;
retrieving a degree of seriousness rating corresponding to the second match in the list of tax liens; and
transmitting the tax lien to a device to notify a property owner of the tax lien related to their property,
wherein the degree of seriousness rating being selected from a group having at least three gradations of seriousness.
9. The computer storage medium of claim 8, further comprising the step of comparing the tax lien to a list of tax liens for a second match and retrieving a remedy corresponding to the second match in the list of tax liens.
10. The computer storage medium of claim 8, further comprising the step of assigning a default degree of seriousness rating to the transaction after the second match cannot be found in the list of tax liens.
11. A non-transitory computer storage medium having instructions that when executed by a computer perform a method of monitoring an absence of a tax lien associated with a person’s real property comprising the steps of:
storing information pertaining to the real property in a database;
receiving a request from a subscriber to monitor for the tax lien, the request including a property address associated with the public record transaction, the request including a datum transaction associated with the tax lien;
iteratively monitoring the database with a processor for the tax lien; and
transmitting a notification to a device if the tax lien has not occurred within a predetermined time period relative to the datum transaction.
12. A computer-based method of monitoring a database for an occurrence of a lien event, comprising:
extracting loan data from a client loan portfolio;
defining the lien event relatable to the loan data by one or more lien-related criterion;
iteratively monitoring with a processor for an occurrence of the lien event; and
notifying a client of the occurrence of the lien event.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the loan data comprises borrower identification data, property data, or combinations thereof.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the lien event being a tax lien.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the lien event database comprises a public record database, a credit reporting database, or combinations thereof, and wherein the lien event database is updated periodically to reflect changes pertinent to the loan data.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein the notifying comprises:
generating a report that records the occurrence of the lien event.
17. A computer-based method of monitoring a database for an occurrence of a lien event relatable to a property, comprising:
receiving, using a processor, loan data from a client loan portfolio and one or more lien-related criterion from a client;
automatically iteratively monitoring, using the processor, the database for lien events defined by the one or more lien-relatable criterion;
generating, using the process, a lien event report based on the automatically monitoring; and
storing, using a memory, the lien event report.