1. A consumer product information catalog system for operation on the World Wide Web (WWW), said consumer product information catalog system comprising;
a database management subsystem including a relational database containing (i) a plurality of Universal Product Numbers (UPNs) uniquely associated with a plurality of consumer products offered for sale in a stream of commerce, and (ii) a plurality of categorized Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) symbolically linked to each one of said plurality of UPNs, wherein each said categorized UPN points to a consumer product related information resource published on the World Wide Web (WWW) supported by the infrastructure of the Internet;
said database management subsystem providing means for manufacturers andor their agents to dynamically update said relational database,
a Consumer Product Information Request (CPIR) enabling servlet tag containing information related to the location of a computer executable servlet;
a first Internet information server for publishing a library of the CPIR-enabling Servlet tags on the Internet,
said first Internet information server with means for providing to a user’s browser, HTML-encoded documents publishable on the WWW with at least one of the CPIR enabling Servlet tags embedded within one of said HTML-encoded documents;
a second Internet information server operably connected to said database management subsystem and the infrastructure of the Internet, with means for
detecting when at least one of said CPIR-enabling Servlet tags embedded in one of said HTML-encoded documents has been selected, and means for activating said computer executable servlet;
wherein said means for activating activates said computer executable servlet, automatically executing a method comprising:
loading and running classes so as to perform a UPN-directed search on said database management subsystem,
conducting a UPN-directed search carried out within said database management subsystem, and
displaying within an Internet-enabled browser, program results from said UPN-directed search,
said displaying including a GUI in the form of a menu of categorized URLs pointing to consumer product related information resources published on said WWW and symbolically linked to the UPN corresponding to the selected CPIR-enabling Servlet tag, and
said results including a menu of categorized URLs pointing to consumer product related information resources.
2. The consumer product information catalog system of claim 1, which further comprises:
license-related information specifying the terms and conditions of use of the system and the conditions under which said computer executable servlet shall operate on domains of the Internet.
3. The consumer product information catalog system of claim 1, wherein said first Internet information server is a Java-enabled information server.
4. The consumer product information catalog system of claim 1, wherein said first Internet information server is an HTTP-type information server.
5. The consumer product information catalog system of claim 1, wherein said first Internet information server is implemented on a first computing system, and said second Internet information server is implemented on a second computing system.
6. The consumer product information catalog system of claim 1, wherein said classes and said method are expressed in the Java programming language.
7. The consumer product information catalog system of claim 1, wherein said GUI is implemented as a Web-based GUI.
8. The consumer product information catalog system of claim 1, wherein said GUI is implemented as a Java-based GUI.
9. The consumer product information catalog system of claim 1, wherein said HTML-encoded document contains a graphical image of the consumer product uniquely associated with the UPN corresponding to the selected CPIR-enabling Servlet tag.
10. The consumer product information catalog system of claim 1, wherein the consumer selects said CPIR-enabling Servlet tag by performing a mouse-clicking operation.
11. The consumer product information catalog system claim 1, wherein said second Internet information server is an HTTP-type information server.
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 wireless energy transfer system for energizing power tools, the system comprising:
at least one source resonator, configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field; and
at least one power tool component attached to at least one device resonator,
wherein the at least one device resonator is configured to wirelessly receive energy from the at least one source resonator via the oscillating magnetic field, and
wherein the at least one power tool component can receive energy at multiple positions relative to the at least one source.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one power tool component is a removable battery pack adapted to be removably attached to said at least one power tool component.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one power tool component is a built-in battery pack mounted at least one of on and within a power tool.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one power tool component is an energy storage unit.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one power tool component is powered directly.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one power tool component is trickle charged.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one power tool component is charged by the at least one source resonator via the oscillating magnetic field at substantially the same rate as when plugged into a power supply using a power cord.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the distance between the at least one power tool component and the at least one source is approximately 5 cm.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the distance between the at least one power tool component and the at least one source is approximately 10 cm.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the distance between the at least one power tool component and the at least one source is approximately 20 cm.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the distance between the at least one power tool component and the at least one source can vary while the at least one device resonator is receiving energy.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one power tool component receives energy while at least one other resonator also receives energy from the at least one source.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one other resonator energizes a battery.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one other resonator energizes a computer.
15. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one other resonator energizes a communication device.
16. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one other resonator energizes a light.
17. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one other resonator energizes a game controller.
18. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one other resonator energizes a radio.
19. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one source resonator is integrated in a work bench.
20. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one source resonator is integrated in a tool box.
21. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one source resonator is integrated in a wireless extension cord.
22. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one source resonator energizes a work area.
23. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one source resonator is behind a panel.
24. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one source resonator is in a vehicle.
25. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one source resonator is outdoors.
26. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one source resonator is underground.
27. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one device resonator both transmits and receives power wirelessly.
28. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one device resonator comprises wire.
29. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one device resonator comprises a trace on a printed circuit board.
30. The system of claim 1 wherein the source resonator has a resonant frequency of approximately 6.78 MHz.
31. The system of claim 1 wherein the source resonator has a resonant frequency of approximately 13.56 MHz.
32. The system of claim 1 further comprising a control mechanism for controlling the amount of wireless power received by the at least one device resonator.
33. The system of claim 1 further comprising any of an amplifier circuit, a rectifier circuit, a filter circuit, and a feedback circuit.