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What is claimed is:

1. A method for monitoring the status of an electronic network, said method comprising:
executing a first program on at least one portion of said electronic network;
receiving first data resulting from the execution of said first program;
analyzing said first data to determine if said at least one portion of said network is not operating within a preselected specification;
executing a second program on said at least one portion of said electronic network if the analysis of said first data indicates that said at least one portion of said electronic network is not operating within said preselected specification;
receiving second data resulting from the execution of said second program; and
analyzing said first data and second data to determine the cause of said at least one portion of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said executing a first program comprises measuring the latency associated with said at least one portion of said electronic network.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one portion of said network has a connector associated therewith, said connector storing a management information base, and wherein said executing a first program comprises measuring data stored in said management information base.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said executing a first program comprises performing at least two measurements of a parameter of said network, and wherein said first data provides an indication of said network not operating within a preselected specification if the difference of said at least two measurements exceeds a preselected amount.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said first program stores correlations between previous network conditions and previous network problems, and wherein said executing a first program comprises comparing present network conditions to stored network conditions and determining a network problem based at least in part on the comparison.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said executing said first program comprises running at least one trace route routine on said at least one portion of said network, said trace route routine measuring the latency of said at least one portion of said network.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said executing said first program comprises running a trace route routine a first time and a second time on said at least a portion of said network, said trace route routine measuring the latency of said at least one portion of said network, said first data corresponding to the difference between the latency measured said first time and said second time said trace route routine is run.
8. The method of claim 1 and further comprising displaying a graphical user interface representative of said network, said graphical user interface indicating said portion of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said graphical user interface further displays information relating to at least one cause of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
10. A device for evaluating the operational status of an electronic network, said device comprising a computer operatively connected to said network, said computer comprising a computer-readable medium having instructions for operating said computer and evaluating said network by:
executing a first program on at least one portion of said electronic network;
receiving first data resulting from the execution of said first program;
executing a second program on said at least one portion of said electronic network if the analysis of said first data indicates that said at least one portion of said electronic network is not operating within said preselected specification;
receiving second data resulting from the execution of said second program; and
analyzing said first data and second data to determine the cause of said at least one portion of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein said executing a first program comprises measuring the latency associated with said at least one portion of said electronic network.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein said at least one portion of said network has a connector associated therewith, said connector storing a management information base, and wherein said executing a first program comprises measuring data stored in said management information base.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein said executing a first program comprises performing at least two measurements of a parameter of said network, and wherein said first data provides an indication of said network not operating within said preselected specification if the difference of said at least two measurements exceeds a preselected amount.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein said first program stores correlations between previous network conditions and previous network problems, and wherein said executing a first program comprises comparing present network conditions to stored network conditions and determining a network problem based at least in part on the comparison.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein said executing said first program comprises running at least one trace route routine on said at least one portion of said network, said trace route routine measuring the latency of said at least one portion of said network.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein said executing said first program comprises running a trace route routine a first time and a second time on said at least a portion of said network, said trace route routine measuring the latency of said at least one portion of said network, said first data corresponding to the difference between the latency measured said first time and said second time said trace route routine is run.
17. The method of claim 10 and further comprising displaying a graphical user interface representative of said network, said graphical user interface indicating said portion of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein said graphical user interface further displays information relating to at least one cause of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
19. A device for monitoring the status of an electronic network, said device comprising:
first diagnostic means for executing a first diagnostic program on at least one portion of said electronic network, said first diagnostic program generating first data representative of the status of said at least one portion of said electronic network;
first analysis means for analyzing said first data;
second diagnostic means for executing a second diagnostic program on at least one portion of said electronic network if said first analysis means determines that said at least one portion of said electronic network is not operating within a preselected specification, said second diagnostic program generating second data representative of the status of said at least one portion of said network; and
second analysis means for analyzing said first data and said second data, said second analysis means generating an indication representative of the cause of said at least one portion of said electronic network not operating within said preselected specification.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-15. (canceled)
16. An apparatus for depositing a battery active material on a surface of a substrate comprising:
a substrate conveyor system for transporting the substrate within the apparatus;
a material spray assembly disposed above the substrate conveyor system, the material spray assembly having a 2-D array of nozzles configured to electrospray an electrode forming solution on the surface of the substrate; and
a first heating element disposed adjacent to the material spray assembly above the substrate conveyor system configured to heat the substrate.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a first nozzle disposed at an edge of the material spray assembly and a second nozzle disposed inward of the first nozzle, the first nozzle having an inward inclination relative to the second nozzle.
18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
an edge zone and a center zone, the edge zone having a density of nozzles different than that of the center zone.
19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
an edge zone and a center zone, the edge zone having nozzles about 5 to about 10 mm closer to the substrate than nozzles disposed in the center zone nozzle.
20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
a manifold having the plurality of nozzles extending therefrom; and
an extractor plate positioned between the nozzles and substrate conveyor, wherein the extractor plate further comprises a plurality of apertures formed in the extractor plate aligning with the nozzles formed in the manifold.
21. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
air curtain generator configured to direct deflect a trajectory of spray exiting adjacent nozzles inward.
22. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
at least one dummy nozzle disposed on the material spray assembly outward of the 2-D array of nozzles.
23. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a column of edge nozzles located along an edge of the material spray assembly, the edge nozzles having a spray trajectory angled inward towards a center of the material spray assembly.
24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a plurality of zones configured to provide independent control of deposition attributes.
25. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a row of nozzles having nozzle to nozzle spacing of between about 9 mm to about 30 mm.
26. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a plurality of columns, each column comprising multiple nozzles.
27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the plurality of columns comprises:
a first column offset from a second column.
28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the plurality of columns comprises:
a first column offset from a second column by a distance of up to about 15 mm.
29. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles are spaced from the conveyor system by a distance between about 10 mm to about 60 mm.
30. An apparatus for depositing a battery active material on a surface of a substrate comprising:
a substrate conveyor system for transporting the substrate within the apparatus;
a plurality of material spray assemblies disposed above the substrate conveyor system, the material spray assemblies each having a 2-D array of nozzles configured to electrospray an electrode forming solution on the surface of the substrate while disposed on the conveyer system, at least one of the 2-D array of nozzles having a row of nozzles having nozzle to nozzle spacing of between about 9 mm to about 30 mm; and
a plurality of heating elements disposed between the material spray assembly above the substrate conveyor system configured to heat the substrate.
31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles on at least one of the material spray assemblies further comprises:
a first nozzle disposed at an edge of the material spray assembly and a second nozzle disposed inward of the first nozzle, the first nozzle longer relative to the second nozzle.
32. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein at least one of the material spray assemblies further comprises:
a plurality of dummy nozzles disposed on the material spray assembly outward of the 2-D array of nozzles.
33. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles on at least one of the material spray assemblies further comprises:
a first column offset from a second column.
34. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein at least one of the material spray assemblies further comprises:
air curtain generator configured to direct or deflect a trajectory of spray exiting adjacent nozzles inward.
35. A method for depositing a battery active material on a surface of a substrate, comprising:
electrospraying an electrode forming solution from at least one material electrospray dispenser assembly onto a substrate; and
heating the deposition materials disposed on the substrate by a plurality of heaters disposed adjacent to the material electrospray dispenser assembly.

1. A method for an engine cooling system, comprising:
responsive to an engine operating condition, adjusting each of a bypass shut-off valve and a heater shut-off valve of the cooling system to stagnate a first amount of coolant at an engine block while circulating a second amount of coolant at a thermostat.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first amount of coolant is stagnated in a first loop of the cooling system, and wherein the second amount of coolant is circulated in a second loop of the cooling system, the second loop including a heater core upstream of the thermostat.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the engine operating condition includes an engine cold-start condition.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the adjusting includes, during an engine cold-start condition, closing the bypass shut-off valve and opening the heater shut-off valve to increase the first amount of coolant stagnated at the engine block relative to the second amount of coolant circulated at the thermostat.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the adjusting is performed for a duration to raise a first coolant temperature of the first amount of stagnated coolant above a threshold temperature, a second coolant temperature of the second amount of coolant remaining below the threshold temperature over the duration.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the duration is based on an engine speed, a torque demand, and a vehicle cabin heating request.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein while the bypass shut-off valve is closed, the second coolant temperature is estimated by a temperature sensor at the thermostat, and the first coolant temperature is estimated based on each of a radiator fan speed, a vehicle speed, an ambient air temperature and the second coolant temperature.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising, after the duration has elapsed, opening the bypass shut-off valve while maintaining the heater shut-off valve open so that the first amount of coolant is also circulated at the thermostat.
9. A method for an engine cooling system, comprising:
during an engine cold-start condition,
closing each of a first valve in a first coolant loop and a second valve in a second coolant loop between an engine and a thermostat to stagnate warmer coolant at the engine while circulating cooler coolant at the thermostat.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein stagnating warmer coolant at the engine while circulating cooler coolant at the thermostat includes disabling coolant flow at a radiator.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjusting is performed for a duration to raise a first coolant temperature of coolant stagnating at the engine above a threshold temperature while maintaining a second coolant temperature of coolant circulating at the thermostat below the threshold temperature, the duration based on each of an ambient air temperature, an engine speed, and a vehicle cabin heating request.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising, while stagnating coolant at the engine for the duration, intermittently opening the first valve in response to a pressure in the first coolant loop rising above a threshold pressure.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising, after the duration has elapsed, opening the first valve so that coolant stagnating in the first loop is circulated at the thermostat.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising, in response to a cabin heating request, opening the second valve so that coolant stagnating in the second loop is circulated at the thermostat.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein circulating coolant stagnating in the second loop andor first loop at the thermostat includes enabling coolant flow at the radiator.
16. A vehicle system, comprising:
an engine block;
an engine cooling system coupled to the engine block via each of a first loop and a second loop, the first loop including a first valve, the second loop including a second valve, the first and second loops intersecting at a thermostat;
a controller with computer readable instructions for:
during an engine cold-start,
closing one or more of the first and second valves to stagnate coolant at the engine and raise a first coolant temperature at the engine above a second coolant temperature at the thermostat.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the cooling system further includes a radiator having a fan, and wherein the first coolant temperature at the engine is inferred based on each of a radiator fan speed, a vehicle speed, an ambient air temperature and the second coolant temperature
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the controller includes further instructions for, after the first coolant temperature is above a threshold temperature, opening at least the first valve to enable coolant at the first coolant temperature to be circulated at the thermostat, the threshold temperature based on an exhaust catalyst temperature.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the controller includes further instructions for, after the first coolant temperature is above the threshold temperature, opening the second valve responsive to a vehicle cabin heating request.
20. The system of claim 18, wherein the controller includes further instructions for, while the first coolant temperature is below the threshold temperature, intermittently opening the first valve in response to a coolant pressure in the first loop engine being higher than a threshold pressure.

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 of managing a plurality of assets, comprising:
connecting, by a processor, a smart card with a compute subsystem, the smart card having a database and an identifier of the compute subsystem thereon;
receiving, by the processor, a request to access an asset of the compute subsystem;
verifying, by the processor, that a feature of the database is enabled in response to the request by querying the database, the feature corresponding to the asset; and
granting, by the processor, the request to access the asset upon the verifying of the feature.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
associating the smart card with the compute subsystem by installing the database on the smart card and embedding the identifier of the compute subsystem.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier directly corresponds to the compute subsystem;
wherein the identifier uniquely associates the smart card with the compute subsystem.
4. The method of claim 1, verifying that the feature of the database is enabled in response to the request further comprising:
detecting the smart card via a card reader of the processor;
verifying that an identifier passed in on an application programming interface to the smart card matches the identifier of the compute subsystem; and
in response to the verifying of the identifier passed in on the application programming interface to the smart card, querying the database for a status of the feature corresponding to the asset, the status indicating whether the feature is enabled or disabled.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
updating the database with merge data and removal of features in the database.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
mirroring the database from the smart card, which is a first smart card, to a second smart card, the second smart card being associated with the compute subsystem.