1. A transfer system comprising:
tubing which is configured to transfer analyte to an ionizer; and
a transfer line in communication with the tubing wherein the transfer line provides a carrier for the analyte, and wherein the transfer line is at an angle of about 30 degrees to about 60 degrees with respect to a portion of the tubing.
2. The transfer system of claim 1, wherein the carrier is a gas.
3. The transfer system of claim 1, wherein the carrier is argon gas.
4. The transfer system of claim 1, wherein the carrier is helium.
5. The transfer system of claim 1, wherein the carrier is nitrogen.
6. The transfer system of claim 1, wherein the carrier is ammonia.
7. The transfer system of claim 1, wherein the transfer line is a gas line.
8. The transfer system of claim 1, wherein the transfer line is Teflon tubing.
9. The transfer system of claim 1, wherein the transfer line has an inner diameter of 532 of an inch.
10. A conveyance system comprising:
transfer tubing which is configured to transfer analyte to an ionizer;
a gas line; and
a connector that interconnects a portion of the transfer tubing with the gas line, the connector configured to inject gas into the transfer tubing, wherein the gas line is angled with respect to the connector at an angle that ranges from approximately 30 degrees to approximately 60 degrees.
11. The conveyance system of claim 10, wherein the connector is a hole in the transfer tubing that mates with the gas line.
12. The conveyance system of claim 10, wherein the connector is a compression fitting.
13. The conveyance system of claim 10, wherein the connector is welded to the transfer tubing.
14. The conveyance system of claim 10, wherein the connector is fusion welded to the transfer tubing.
15. The conveyance system of claim 10, wherein the connector is a nipple.
16. The conveyance system of claim 10, wherein the connector is a Teflon nipple.
17. A transfer system comprising:
connector tubing which is configured to connect to an input of an ionization system; and
a gas line in communication with the connector tubing, the gas line angled at an angle of about 30 degrees to about 60 degrees relative to the connector tubing, wherein the gas line is configured to inject a gas into the connector tubing.
18. The transfer system of claim 17, wherein the connector tubing comprises a first section which is in mechanical communication with the gas line.
19. The transfer system of claim 18, wherein the first section comprises polytetrafluorethylene tubing.
20. The transfer system of claim 18, wherein the first section comprises perflouroalkoxy (PFA) tubing.
21. The transfer system of claim 20 further comprising a compression fitting that interconnects the second section with the gas line.
22. The transfer system of claim 17, wherein the connector tubing comprises a first section that is configured to connect to a spray chamber.
23. The transfer system of claim 22, wherein the connector tubing further comprises a second section that is in communication with the first section, and with the gas line.
24. The transfer system of claim 23, wherein the second section comprises Teflon.
25. The transfer system of claim 23, wherein the second section is Teflon (PFA) pipe.
26. An ionizer transport system comprising:
tubing that is configured to connect to an input of an ionization system;
a gas transfer line in mechanical communication with the tubing, wherein the gas transfer line injects a carrier into the tubing; and
a connector that interconnects the tubing with the gas transfer line, wherein the gas transfer line is angled at an angle that ranges between approximately 30 degrees to approximately 60 degrees with respect to the tubing.
27. The ionizer transport system of claim 26, wherein the connector is configured to interconnect the gas transfer line at an angle relative to a portion of the tubing.
28. The ionizer transport system of claim 26, wherein the connector is configured to interconnect the gas transfer line at a 45-degree angle relative to a portion of the tubing.
29. The ionizer transport system of claim 26, wherein the connector is configured to interconnect the gas transfer line at an angle ranging from 30 degrees to 60 degrees relative to a portion of the tubing.
30. A method for transferring an aerosol through a transfer line, the method comprising adding a transfer gas to a transfer line at an angle with respect to a portion of the transfer line, wherein the angle is between approximately 30 degrees to approximately 60 degrees.
31. A method for measuring a sample in a semiconductor processing system, comprising:
converting a sample into an aerosol;
filtering the aerosol;
transferring the filtered aerosol in a transfer tube to an ionizer; and
injecting gas into the transfer tube, wherein the gas is injected at an angle that ranges between about 30 degrees to about 60 degrees relative to a portion of the transfer tube.
32. The method of claim 31, wherein the gas is injected at a 45 degree angle relative to a portion of the transfer tube.
33. A method of transferring an analyte comprising supplying a carrier gas an angle that ranges between approximately 30 degrees to approximately 60 degrees with respect to tubing that transfers the analyte from a spray chamber to an ionizer.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein the carrier gas is argon gas.
35. The method of claim 33, wherein the carrier gas is helium gas.
36. The method of claim 33, wherein the carrier gas is nitrogen gas.
37. The method of claim 33, wherein the carrier gas is ammonia gas.
38. The method of claim 33 further comprising interconnecting a carrier gas line to the tubing such that the carrier gas line supplies the carrier gas.
39. A transfer system comprising:
first means for transferring analyte to an ionization system; and
second means for injecting a gas into the first means, wherein the second means is angled at an angle that ranges between approximately 30 degrees to approximately 60 degrees with respect to the first means.
40. The transfer system of claim 39, further comprising a third means for interconnecting the first means with the second means.
41. The transfer system of claim 40 wherein the third means interconnects a portion of the first means with a portion of the second means at an angle relative to the portion of the second means.
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 locating lost or stolen electronic devices, the method comprising:
deploying a software agent on a first mobile electronic device;
receiving by the software agent a message from a remote server, the message including an identifier of a lost or stolen electronic device;
operating the first mobile electronic device, by the software gent, as an open wireless access point that creates an open wireless network accessible to one or more second collocated mobile electronic devices including lost or stolen electronic devices;
using the received device identifier to search by the software agent on the open wireless network created by the first mobile electronic device, for the lost or stolen electronic device among a plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the open wireless network;
if the lost or stolen electronic device is located among the plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the open wireless network, collecting by the software agent information about the located lost or stolen electronic device; and
transmitting by the software agent the collected information to one of the remote server or an owner of the lost or stolen electronic device.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the lost or den electronic device includes a physical address of at least one network interface of the lost or stolen device.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the physical address of a network interface includes a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of the electronic device.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein searching for the lost or stolen electronic device includes: searching for the identifier of the lost or stolen device in a list of identifiers of second mobile electronic devices that communicated through the network with the first mobile electronic device.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the list of identifiers is an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table stored in a memory of the first electronic device.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein searching for the lost or stolen electronic device includes: broadcasting by the first electronic device ARP queries to the plurality of second mobile electronic devices in the network, and receiving ARP responses from one or more of the plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the network, wherein each response includes an identifier of a second mobile electronic device, which transmitted said response.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the collected information includes one or more of time of detection of the lost or stolen electronic device, local network address of the lost or stolen electronic device, gateway address of the lost or stolen electronic device, external network address of the lost or stolen electronic device, and geographic location of the of the lost or stolen electronic device.
8. A computer system for locating lost or stolen electronic devices, the system comprising:
a first mobile electronic device comprising a processor and a memory;
the memory storing a software agent executable by the processor and configured to:
receive a message from a remote server, the message including an identifier of a lost or stolen electronic device;
operate the first mobile electronic device as an open wireless access point that creates an open wireless network accessible to one or more second collocated mobile electronic devices, including lost or stolen electronic devices,
using the received device identifier to search on the open wireless network created by the first mobile electronic device, for the lost or stolen electronic device among a plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the open wireless network;
if the lost or stolen electronic device is located among the plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the open wireless network, collect information about the located lost or stolen electronic device; and
transmit the collected information to one of the emote server or an owner of the lost or stolen electronic device.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the identifier of the lost or stolen electronic device includes a physical address of at least one network interface of the lost or stolen device, wherein the physical address includes a Medium Access Control (MAC) address.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein to search for the lost or stolen electronic device, the software agent being further configured to search for the identifier of the lost or stolen device in a list of identifiers of second mobile electronic devices that ccarrarnunicated through the network with the first mobile electronic device, wherein the list of identifiers is an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table.
11. The system of claim 8, wherein to search for the lost or stolen electronic device, the software went being further configured to broadcast ARP queries to the plurality of second mobile electronic devices in the network, and receive ARP responses from one or more of the plurality of second mobile electronic devices, wherein each response includes an identifier of a second mobile electronic device, which transmitted said response.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein the collected information includes one or more of time of detection of the lost or stolen electronic device, local network address of the lost or stolen electronic device, gateway address of the lost or stolen electronic device, external network address of the lost or stolen electronic device, and geographic location of the of the lost or stolen electronic device.
13. A computer program product embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for locating lost or stolen electronic devices, the instructions for:
deploying a software agent on a first mobile electronic device;
receiving by the software agent a message from a remote server, the message including an identifier of lost or stolen electronic device;
operating the first mobile electronic device, by the software agent, as an open wireless access point that creates an open wireless network accessible to one or more second collocated mobile electronic devices, including lost or stolen electronic devices;
using the received device identifier to search by the software agent on the open wireless network created by the first mobile electronic device, for the lost or stolen electronic device among a plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the open wireless network;
if the lost or stolen electronic device is located among the plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the open wireless network, collecting by the software agent information about the located lost or stolen electronic device; and
transmitting by the software agent the collected information to one of the remote server or an owner of the lost or stolen electronic device.
14. The product of claim 13, wherein the identifier of the lost or stolen electronic device includes a physical address of at least one network interface of the lost or stolen device, wherein the physical address includes a Medium Access Control (MAC) address.
15. The product of claim 13, wherein instructions for searching for the lost or stolen electronic device include instructions for searching for the identifier of the lost or stolen device in a list of identifiers of second mobile electronic devices that communicated through the network with the first mobile electronic device, wherein the list of identifiers is an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table.
16. The product of claim 13, wherein instructions for searching for the lost or stolen electronic device include instructions for broadcasting by the first mobile electronic device ARP queries to the plurality of second mobile electronic devices in the network, and receiving ARP responses from one or more of the plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the network, wherein each response includes an identifier of a second mobile electronic device, which transmitted said response.
17. The product of claim 13, wherein the collected information includes one or more of time of detection of the lost or stolen electronic device, local network address of the lost or stolen electronic device, gateway address of the lost or stolen electronic device, external network address of the lost or stolen electronic device, and geographic location of the of the lost or stolen electronic device.