Author: claimsbot

1. A data processing method comprising:
using a computer, receiving a first electronic document, wherein the first electronic document is structured according to a document structure, contains a plurality of content elements separate from the document structure, and contains a plurality of field identifiers and field values;
using the computer, generating, based only upon the document structure and not using the content elements, a fingerprint value for the first electronic document by applying a hash function over a document object model (DOM) of the first electronic document;
using the computer, determining whether the fingerprint value is in a stored fingerprint map of known fingerprint values;
using the computer, generating an intermediate template based upon the first electronic document, and receiving input specifying one or more modifications to the intermediate template, wherein the modifications specify changes to the field labels, and storing the final template based upon the modifications;
using the computer, when the fingerprint value is in the fingerprint map, retrieving the final template and a document parser from a plurality of parsers, each of which is associated with a different fingerprint value, parsing the first electronic document using the document parser to identify the field identifiers and field values, and storing the field values in a record in a database;
using the computer, when the fingerprint value is not in the fingerprint map, creating and storing a new final template associated with the fingerprint value for the first electronic document, wherein the new final template comprises field labels corresponding to the field identifiers of the first electronic document, and creating and storing a new document parser associated with the new final template that is configured to locate other field identifiers in other electronic documents that match the field identifiers of the first electronic document, and to extract other field values associated with the other field identifiers.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the final template comprises a plurality of regular expressions.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first electronic document is an electronic receipt.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first electronic document is in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format, is structured according to the document object model (DOM) and contains the plurality of content elements separate from the DOM.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the modifications comprises a selection of a range of text and a key-value pair specifying the field label associated with the range of text and a label value indicated at the field label.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the modifications comprises a selection of a link and a key-value pair specifying the field label associated with the link and a link value indicated at the field label.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the first electronic document comprises HTML source code and further comprising generating the final template by substituting, in a copy of the first electronic document, the field labels for one or more tag values in the HTML source code and storing, in the database, one or more records specifying the field labels and one or more attributes of the field labels.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the document parser comprises data extraction logic that is configured to identify the field identifiers and field values, and normalization logic that is configured to normalize the field values after identification and extraction.
9. A data processing system comprising:
one or more processors;
a document buffer coupled to the one or more processors and that is configured to receive a plurality of electronic documents from a distributed plurality of user computers;
one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media storing fingerprint generating instructions that are programmed to perform, using the one or more processors:
receiving a first electronic document from the document buffer, wherein the first electronic document is structured according to a document structure, contains a plurality of content elements separate from the document structure, and contains a plurality of field identifiers and field values;
generating, based only upon the document structure and not using the content elements, a fingerprint value for the first electronic document by applying a hash function over a document object model (DOM) of the first electronic document;
determining whether the fingerprint value is in a stored fingerprint map of known fingerprint values;
generating an intermediate template based upon the first electronic document, and receiving input specifying one or more modifications to the intermediate template, wherein the modifications specify changes to the field labels, and storing the final template based upon the modifications;
when the fingerprint value is in the fingerprint map, retrieving the final template and a document parser that are associated with the fingerprint value, parsing the first electronic document using the document parser to identify the field identifiers and field values, and storing the field values in a record in a database;
using a parser generator, when the fingerprint value is not in the fingerprint map, creating and storing a new final template for the first electronic document, wherein the new final template comprises field labels corresponding to the field identifiers, and creating and storing a new document parser that is configured to locate other field identifiers in other electronic documents that match the field identifiers of the first electronic document, and to extract other field values associated with the other field identifiers.
10. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the final template comprises a plurality of regular expressions.
11. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the first electronic document is an electronic receipt.
12. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the first electronic document is in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format, is structured according to the document object model (DOM) and contains the plurality of content elements separate from the DOM.
13. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein each of the modifications comprises a selection of a range of text and a key-value pair specifying the field label associated with the range of text and a label value indicated at the field label.
14. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein each of the modifications comprises a selection of a link and a key-value pair specifying the field label associated with the link and a link value indicated at the field label.
15. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the first electronic document comprises HTML source code and further comprising generating the final template by substituting, in a copy of the first electronic document, the field labels for one or more tag values in the HTML source code and storing, in the database, one or more records specifying the field labels and one or more attributes of the field labels.
16. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the document parser comprises data extraction instructions that are configured to identify the field identifiers and field values, and normalization instructions that are configured to normalize the field values after identification and extraction.

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. An epoxy-capped polythioether comprising:
a reaction product of n moles (i) a dithiol and divinyl ether reaction product; and n+1 moles (ii) a monoepoxy olefin, wherein the dithiol and divinyl ether reaction product was formed by reacting n+1 moles of a dithiol having a structure HS\u2014R1\u2014SH and n moles of a divinyl ether having a structure CH2\u2550CH\u2014O\u2014\u2014R5\u2014O\u2014m\u2014CH\u2550CH2,
wherein R1 and R5 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C2-6 n-alkylene, C3-6 branched alkylene, C6-8 cycloalkylene, C6-10 alkylcycloalkylene, and \u2014\u2014(CHR3)p\u2014X\u2014q\u2014(CHR3)r\u2014, wherein
each R3 is independently selected from H, and \u2014CH3,
each X is independently selected from O, S, \u2014NH\u2014, and \u2014NR4\u2014,
R4 is selected from H, and \u2014CH3,
p is an integer from 2 to 6,
q is an integer from 1 to 5,
r is an integer from 2 to 10, and
m is an integer from 1 to 10.
2. The epoxy-capped polythioether of claim 1, wherein the dithiol is selected from the group consisting of dimercaptodioxaoctane, and dimercaptodiethylsulfide.
3. The epoxy-capped polythioether of claim 1, wherein the divinyl ether is selected from the group consisting of an alkylene having from 3 to 5 carbon atoms, and an oxyalkylene having from 3 to 5 carbon atoms.
4. The epoxy-capped polythioether of claim 1, wherein the divinyl ether comprises at least one alkylene oxy group.
5. The epoxy-capped polythioether of claim 1, wherein the monoepoxy olefin has a structure
wherein R2 is an olefinic group.
6. The epoxy-capped polythioether of claim 1, which is free of hydrolizable chlorine.
7. The epoxy-capped polythioether of claim 1, having an epoxy-equivalent weight range less than 300.
8. A method for making the epoxy-capped polythioether of claim 1, comprising:
reacting n moles (i) a dithiol and divinyl ether reaction product; with n+1 (ii) a monoepoxy olefin, wherein the dithiol and divinyl ether reaction product was formed by reacting n+1 moles of a dithiol having a structure HS\u2014R1\u2014SH and n moles of a divinyl ether having a structure CH2\u2550CH\u2014O\u2014\u2014R5\u2014O\u2014m\u2014CH\u2550CH2,
wherein R1 and R1 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C2-6 n-alkylene, C3-6 branched alkylene, C6-8 cycloalkylene, C6-10 alkylcycloalkylene, and \u2014\u2014(CHR3)p\u2014X\u2014q\u2014(CHR3)r\u2014, wherein
each R3 is independently selected from H, and \u2014CH3,
each X is independently selected from O, S, \u2014NH\u2014, and \u2014NR4\u2014,
R1 is selected from H, and \u2014CH3,
p is an integer from 2 to 6,
q is an integer from 1 to 5,
r is an integer from 2 to 10, and
m is an integer from 1 to 10.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the dithiol and divinyl ether reaction product is formed in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a free radical catalyst, and ultraviolet light.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the catalyst does not comprise an acidic or basic compound and does not produce acidic or basic compounds upon decomposition.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the catalyst comprises a free radical catalyst.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the free radical catalyst is selected from the group consisting of azo catalysts, and alkyl peroxides.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the azo catalyst is an azobis(isobutyronitrile) catalyst.
14. The epoxy-capped polymer of claim 1, wherein the divinyl ether is diethylene glycol divinyl ether.
15. The epoxy-capped polymer of claim 5, wherein the monoepoxy olefin is selected from the group consisting of allyl glycidyl ether, 1,2-epoxy-5-hexene, 1,2-epoxy-7-octene, 1,2-epoxy-9-decene, 4-vinyl-1-cyclohexene 1,2-epoxide, butadiene monoepoxide, isoprene monoepoxide, and limonene monoepoxide.
16. The epoxy-capped polymer of claim 2, wherein the dithiol comprises dimercaptodioxaoctane.
17. The epoxy-capped polymer of claim 15, wherein the monoepoxy olefin comprises allyl glycidyl ether.

1. An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium by ejecting droplets onto the recording medium, said apparatus comprising:
(a) a head assembly including (a-1) a plurality of recording heads having respective nozzle opening surfaces in each of which a plurality of nozzles open such that the droplets can be ejected through said nozzles toward the recording medium, and (a-2) a head frame supporting said recording heads;
(b) a plurality of annular protrusions each of which is to be brought into contact with said head assembly, so as to surround said plurality of nozzles opening in a corresponding one of said nozzle opening surfaces exposed in said head frame, upon contact of each of said annular protrusions with said head assembly;
(c) a supporting tray supporting said annular protrusions, and elongated in a supporting-tray longitudinal direction in which each of said nozzle opening surfaces of said recording heads is also elongated, such that a dimension of said supporting tray as measured in the supporting-tray longitudinal direction is larger than a dimension of said supporting tray as measured in a supporting-tray width direction which is perpendicular to the supporting-tray longitudinal direction and which is parallel to an opening surface plane that contains said nozzle opening surfaces,
(d) a movement mechanism configured to move at least one of said head assembly and said supporting tray, so as to selectively establish a contact state in which said annular protrusions are in contact with said head assembly and a non-contact state in which said annular protrusions are not in contact with said head assembly; and
(e) a first pin projecting from a first pin-located portion of said supporting tray, in a direction perpendicular to the opening surface plane,
wherein said first pin-located portion of said supporting tray is outside said annular protrusions that are disposed on said supporting tray, and is located in a center of said supporting tray in the supporting-tray longitudinal direction,
wherein said head frame has a first hole, into which said first pin is to be introduced upon contact of each of said annular protrusions with said head assembly,
wherein said image recording apparatus further comprising at least one second pin projecting from a second-pin-located portion of said supporting tray in the direction perpendicular to said opening surface plane,
wherein said second-pin-located portion is outside said annular protrusions that are disposed on said supporting tray, and is distant from said first pin-located portion,
wherein said head frame further comprises at least one second hole, into which said at least one second pin is to be introduced upon contact of each of said annular protrusions with said head assembly,
wherein said at least one second hole, into which said at least one second pin is to be introduced, has an elongated-shaped opening that is elongated in an elongated direction, which is parallel to a line passing through said first pin and said at least one second pin when said contact state is being established,
wherein each of said first and second pins has a circular cross-sectional shape,
wherein said first hole, into which said first pin is to be introduced, has a circular-shaped opening that is different in shape from said elongated-shaped opening of said at least one second hole,
wherein said first pin is to be fitted in said first hole, without clearance between said first pin and said first hole, and
wherein said at least one second pin is to be introduced in said at least one second hole, with clearance between said at least one second pin and said at least one second hole in said elongated direction.
2. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a tray assembly including a plurality of supporting trays each of which consists of said supporting tray, such that said plurality of supporting trays each supporting said plurality of annular protrusions are arranged in the supporting-tray width direction;
wherein said head assembly includes a plurality of head frames each of which consists of said head frame, such that said plurality of head frames each supporting said plurality of recording heads are arranged in the supporting-tray width direction.
3. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a conveyor configured to convey the recording medium in a recording-medium conveying direction while the image is being recorded on the recording medium,
wherein said first-pin-located portion of said supporting tray is located in the center of said supporting tray in a direction which is parallel to said opening surface plane and which is perpendicular to the recording-medium conveying direction.
4. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said annular protrusions cooperates with a corresponding one of said nozzle opening surfaces and said supporting tray, to define an enclosed space upon contact said each of said annular protrusions with said head assembly.
5. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said head frame has a plurality, of through-holes located in respective positions in which said recording heads are positioned such that each of said nozzle opening surfaces is exposed through an opening of a corresponding one of said through-holes.
6. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first pin-located portion is a central portion of said supporting tray.
7. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein said at least one second pin consists of a plurality of second pins located in respective second-pin-located portions each of which consists of said second-pin-located portion,
and wherein said second-pin-located portions are symmetrical, with respect to said first-pin-located portion.
8. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein said at least one second hole is distant from said first hole in a nozzle-opening-surface longitudinal direction in which said nozzle opening surfaces are elongated,
and wherein said at least one second hole is elongated in said nozzle-opening-surface elongated direction.
9. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein said supporting tray is elongated in the supporting-tray longitudinal direction,
and wherein said at least one second pin consists of a plurality of second pins located in end portions of said supporting tray that are opposite to each other in the supporting-tray longitudinal direction.
10. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first pin has a distal end that is positioned relative to a distal end of each of said annular protrusions, such that a distance between said distal end of said first pin and said opening surface plane is smaller than a distance between said distal end of each of said annular protrusions and said opening surface plane when said non-contact state is being established.
11. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said first and second pins has a distal end that is positioned relative to a distal end of each of said annular protrusions, such that a distance between said distal end of each of said first and second pins and said opening surface plane is smaller than a distance between said distal end of each of said annular protrusions and said opening surface plane when said non-contact state is being established.
12. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one second hole is adjacent, in said opening surface plane, to a corresponding one of said nozzle opening surfaces.
13. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first pin has a higher hardness than that of each of said annular protrusions.
14. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said first and second pins has a higher hardness than that of each of said annular protrusions.
15. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said annular protrusions, said supporting tray and said first and second pins cooperate to constitute a cap unit, which is formed by a double injection molding such that said annular protrusions are made of a material while said supporting tray and said first and second pins are made of another material.
16. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a seal member that is attached to one of said first pin and said first hole andor a seal member that is attached to one of said second pin and said second hole, such that a gap between said first pin and hole andor a gap between said second pin and hole are sealed when said contact state is being established.
17. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein said first pin is fitted in said first hole without clearance between said first pin and said first hole, in said contact state in which said annular protrusions are in contact with said head assembly, and
wherein said at least one second pin is introduced in said at least one second hole with clearance between said at least one second pin and said at least one second hole in said elongated direction, in said contact state.

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 wildlife containment apparatus comprising:
a base member;
a selectively extensible support member attached to said base member, wherein said extensible support member is selectively extensible between a retracted position wherein an end of said extensible support member is disposed generally adjacent said base member, and an extended position wherein said end of said extensible support member is longitudinally spaced away from said base member; and
a lid attached to said extensible support member;
wherein said lid cooperates with said base member and said extensible support member to define a first volume when said extensible support member is in said retracted position, and said extensible support member cooperates with said base member to define a second volume when said extensible support member is in said extended position, said second volume being at least equal to said first volume; and
wherein said lid defines at least a portion of said first volume, and said lid defines a viewing panel permitting viewing of said portion of said first volume when said extensible support member is in said refracted position.
2. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said extensible support member includes a flexible bellows.
3. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said lid is selectively removable from said extensible support member.
4. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said viewing panel extends about a perimeter of said lid.
5. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 4, wherein said viewing panel is generally seamless about said perimeter.
6. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said extensible support member and said base member form a generally fluid-tight interface when said extensible support member is extended such that a liquid included in said first volume is contained within the extensible support member, thereby permitting removal of said lid when said extensible support member is in said extended position.
7. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a gasket disposed on one of said lid and said extensible support member, said gasket operable to generally seal an interface between said lid and said extensible support member.
8. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said lid includes a hatch operable to provide access to an interior of said lid when said lid is attached to said extensible support member.
9. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said lid includes at least one aperture for allowing ventilation of an interior of said lid when said lid is secured to said extensible support member.
10. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of said lid and said extensible support member has at least one attachment member for engaging the other of said lid and said extensible support member to selectively secure said lid to said extensible support member.
11. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 10, wherein said at least one attachment member includes a post operable to engage a keyhole slot disposed on said other of said lid and said extensible support member.
12. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said base member has at least one retention mechanism operable to retain said extensible support member in a retracted position.
13. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 12, wherein said at least one retention mechanism includes a clamp.
14. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a spring biasing said extensible support member into an extended position.
15. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said extensible support member generally mirrors a shape of said base member.
16. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said base member includes a storage compartment.
17. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said lid defines substantially all of said first volume.
18. The wildlife containment apparatus of claim 1, wherein said viewing panel extends along substantially all of a longitudinal extent of said lid to permit lateral viewing through substantially all of said portion of said first volume when said extensible support member is in said retracted position.
19. A wildlife containment system, comprising:
a base member;
a selectively extensible support member attached to said base member; and
a lid attached to said extensible support member, said lid selectively removable from said extensible support member;
wherein said lid cooperates with said base member and said extensible support member to define a first volume when said extensible support member is in a first position; and
wherein said extensible support member cooperates with said base member to define a second volume when said extensible support member is in a second position, said second volume being at least equal to said first volume;
wherein an end of said extensible support member is disposed generally adjacent said base member when said extensible support member is in said first position, and said end of said extensible support member is spaced away from said base member when said extensible support member is in said second position; and
wherein said lid defines at least a portion of said first volume, and said lid defines a viewing panel permitting viewing of said portion of said first volume when said extensible support member is in said first position.
20. A wildlife containment system, comprising:
a base member, said base member having a cavity disposed on an upper surface of said base member;
a selectively extensible support member attached to said base member;
a lid attached to said extensible support member;
a propeller shaft disposed at least partially within said cavity;
a propeller fixed at an end of said propeller shaft; and
a magnet disposed proximate said cavity; said magnet operable to create a magnetic field about said propeller shaft.