Author: claimsbot

1. A control system for a displacement on demand engine comprising:
an engine having a crankshaft;
a pedal position sensor that generates a pedal position signal based on a position of an accelerator pedal;
a flywheel starter generator (FSG) that communicates with said crankshaft; and
a controller that communicates with said engine, said pedal position sensor and said FSG and that initiates cylinder deactivation during engine operation, wherein said FSG adjusts torque output to said crankshaft to reduce engine speed variation during cylinder deactivation based on said pedal position signal.
2. The control system of claim 1 wherein said FSG operates at a predetermined speed based on engine speed.
3. The control system of claim 1 wherein said controller adjusts current to said FSG to increase torque when engine sag is detected.
4. The control system of claim 1 wherein said controller adjusts current to said FSG to decrease torque when engine boost is detected.
5. A method for operating a vehicle having an engine with a crankshaft and cylinders and a flywheel starter generator (FSG) that communicates with said crankshaft, comprising:
transitioning between an activated operating mode wherein all of the cylinders are operating and a deactivated operating mode wherein less than all of the cylinders are operating;
determining if an accelerator pedal has changed position; and
adjusting torque output to said crankshaft using said FSG to reduce engine speed variation caused by an unrequested change in engine speed in said deactivated mode based on said determination.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising operating said engine at idle speed.
7. The method of claim 5 further comprising operating said FSG at a steady state speed based on said engine speed.
8. A method for operating a vehicle having an engine with a crankshaft and cylinders and a flywheel starter generator (FSG) that communicates with said crankshaft, comprising:
operating the FSG at engine speed;
operating the engine in one of a first mode wherein all of the cylinders are operating and a second mode wherein less than all of the cylinders are operating;
operating the engine in the other of the first mode and second mode defining a transition;
determining if an accelerator pedal has changed position; and
adjusting torque output to said crankshaft using said FSG to reduce engine speed variation caused by an unrequested change in engine speed during said transition wherein adjusting said torque output is based on said determination and includes adjusting current to said FSG.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of adjusting torque includes adjusting current to said FSG to increase torque when engine sag is detected.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the step of adjusting torque includes adjusting current to said FSG to decrease torque when engine boost is detected.

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 process for the production of acetic acid which process comprises contacting ethane andor ethylene with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in a fluid bed reactor in the presence of a microspheroidal fluidised particulate solid oxidation catalyst, wherein at least 90% of said catalyst particles are less than 300 microns.
2. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least 95% of the catalyst particles are less than 300 microns.
3. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein ethane is contacted with a catalyst comprising molybdenum.
4. A process as claimed in claim 3 whereas the catalyst is MoaWbAgcIrdXeYf wherein
X is selected from the group elements Nb and V
Y is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of
Cr, Mn, Ta, Ti, B, Al, Ga, In, Pt, Zn, Cd, Bi, Ce, Co, Rh, Ir, Cu, Ag, Au, Fe, Ru, Os, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zr, Hf, Ni, P, Pb, Sb, Si, Sn, Tl, U, Re and Pd;
a, b, c, d, e and f represent the gram ratios of elements such that
0<a\u22661, 0\u2266b<1 and a+b=1
0<(c +d)\u22660.1
0<e\u22662 and
0<f\u22662.
5. A process as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein ethylene is contacted with a catalyst composition comprising metallic palladium, and a heteropoly-acid or salt thereof.
6. A process as claimed in claim 5 wherein the catalyst composition comprises a metal selected from Group IB, IVB, VB and VIB of the Periodic Table.
7. A process as claimed in claim 6 wherein the metal is selected from copper, silver, tin, lead, antimony, bismuth, selenium and tellurium.
8. A process as claimed in claim 5 wherein the catalyst comprises (1) metallic palladium, (2) phosphotungstic acid, silicotungstic acid or at least one of the lithium sodium or copper salts thereof; (3) at least one of bismuth, selenium and tellurium.
9. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises a binder material selected from the group silica, titania, alumina, zirconia, or a mixture thereof in a concentration of at least 10 wt % of the catalyst composition.
10. A process as claimed claim 1 carried out at a temperature of 130 to 500\xb0 C.
11. A process as claimed in claim1 carried out under a pressure of 1 to 50 bara.
12. An integrated process for the production of acetic acid andor vinyl acetate which comprises:
(a) contacting in a first reaction zone a feedstock comprising ethylene andor ethane and optionally steam with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a microspheroidal fluidised particulate solid oxidation catalyst wherein at least 90% of said catalyst particles are less than 300 microns for the oxidation of ethylene to acetic acid andor ethane to acetic acid to produce a first product stream comprising acetic acid, water and ethylene (either as unreacted ethylene andor as co-produced ethylene) and optionally also ethane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide andor nitrogen; and
(b) contacting in a second reaction zone in the presence or absence of additional ethylene andor acetic acid at least a portion of the first gaseous product stream comprising at least acetic acid and ethylene and optionally also one or more of water, ethane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide andor nitrogen with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst active for the production of vinyl acetate to produce a second product stream comprising vinyl acetate, water, acetic acid and optionally ethylene.
13. An integrated process as claimed in claim 12 which comprises the further steps of:
(c) separating the product stream from step (b) by distillation into an overhead azeotrope fraction comprising vinyl acetate and water and a base fraction comprising acetic acid; and
(d) either (i) recovering acetic acid from the base fraction separated in step (c) and optionally recycling the azeotrope fraction separated in step (c) after partial or complete separation of the water therefrom to step (c),
or (ii) recovering vinyl acetate from the azeotrope fraction separated in step (c) and optionally recycling the base fraction separated in step (c) to step (b),
or (iii) recovering acetic acid from the base fraction separated in step (c) and recovering vinyl acetate from the overhead azeotrope fraction recovered in step (c).
14. A process as claimed in claim 3 wherein the catalyst comprises a binder material selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, alumina, zirconia, and a mixture thereof in a concentration of at least 10 wt % of the catalyst composition.
15. A process as claimed in claim 4 wherein the catalyst comprises a binder material selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, alumina, zirconia, and a mixture thereof in a concentration of at least 10 wt % of the catalyst composition.
16. A process as claimed in claim 5 wherein the catalyst comprises a binder material selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, alumina, zirconia, and a mixture thereof in a concentration of at least 10 wt % of the catalyst composition.
17. A process as claimed in claim 6 wherein the catalyst comprises a binder material selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, alumina, zirconia, and a mixture thereof in a concentration of at least 10 wt % of the catalyst composition.
18. A process as claimed in claim 7 wherein the catalyst comprises a binder material selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, alumina, zirconia, and a mixture thereof in a concentration of at least 10 wt % of the catalyst composition.
19. A process as claimed in claim 8 wherein the catalyst comprises a binder material selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, alumina, zirconia, and a mixture thereof in a concentration of at least 10 wt % of the catalyst composition.

1. A method of communication between mobile devices comprising:
a) at a first mobile device, receiving a first textual message from a second mobile device;
b) at the first mobile device, identifying a first visual element related to the first textual message;
c) at the first mobile device, presenting the first visual element on a touchscreen display; and
d) at the first mobile device, presenting the first textual message over the first visual element.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first textual message was received in a first instant message.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first visual element was received in the first instant message.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
e) at the first mobile device, receiving a second textual message from the second mobile device; and
f) at the first mobile device, presenting the first and second textual messages together on the touchscreen display as a message stream.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first and second textual messages are both presented over the first visual element.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
g) at the first mobile device, upon receiving an instruction to clear the message stream from the first visual element, removing the message stream and thereby displaying the first visual element on the touchscreen display without presenting the first and second textual messages.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the instruction to clear the message stream is a swiping gesture received on the touchscreen display.
8. The method of claim 4, further comprising, at the first mobile device, identifying a second visual element related to the second textual message; further wherein the message stream is presented over the second visual element.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first textual message is displayed in a first message bubble that also includes a first thumbnail depiction of the first visual element and the second textual message is displayed in a second message bubble that also includes a second thumbnail depiction of the second visual element.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second visual element includes a non-static component chosen from a set comprising an animation or video content; further wherein the second message bubble further includes control interface elements to control a presentation of the non-static component of the second visual element.
11. The method of claim 4, further comprising:
g) identifying a second visual element related to the second textual message; and
h) at the first mobile device, receiving selection input from the touchscreen display selecting one of the first textual message and the second textual message, wherein when the first textual message is selected the message stream is displayed over the first visual element, and further wherein when the second textual message is selected the message stream is displayed over the second visual element.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the selection input is a scrolling of the message stream, wherein textual messages are selected based on their location on the touchscreen display during the scrolling.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
e) at the first mobile device, after receiving the first textual message, receiving user text input for a response textual message;
f) at the first mobile device, receiving image alteration input to alter the first visual element into an altered visual element;
g) at the first mobile device, transmitting the response textual message and data sufficient to render the altered visual element to the second mobile device.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the data sufficient to render the altered visual element is metadata describing the image alteration input.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the data sufficient to render the altered visual element is a rendered image file.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first textual message includes a message identifier, and wherein the step of identifying the first visual element related to the first textual message comprises:
i) at the first mobile device, submitting a query to a remote server requesting data relating to the message identifier, and
ii) at the first mobile device, receiving the first visual element related to the first textual message from the remote server in response to the query.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first visual element received from the remote server comprises a visual image and instructions for modifying the visual image, wherein the step of presenting the first visual element further comprises modifying the visual image according to the instructions for modifying.
18. A method of communication between mobile devices comprising:
a) at a first mobile device, receiving a selection of a first visual element through user input on a touchscreen display;
b) at the first mobile device, receiving a first textual message through the touchscreen display;
c) at the first mobile device, determining a first message identifier;
d) at the first mobile device, transmitting a first instant message to a second mobile device, the first instant message comprising the first visual element and the first textual message; wherein the first instant message further comprises the first message identifier; and
e) at the first mobile device, transmitting a first server message to a remote server, the first server message comprising the first message identifier, the first textual message, and the first visual element.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of receiving the selection of the first visual element further comprises:
i) receiving a selection of a first image,
ii) receiving first augmentation instructions to augment the first image, and
iii) creating a first rendered image by applying the first augmentation instructions to the first image.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first visual element transmitted in the first instant message comprises the first rendered image, further wherein the first visual element in the first server message comprises the first image and the first augmentation instructions, thereby allowing remote creation of the first rendered image using the data in the first server message.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:
f) at the first mobile device, receiving a second instant message from the second mobile device, the second instant message comprising a second message identifier and a second textual message.
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
g) at the first mobile device, displaying the first textual message and the second textual message on the touchscreen display as a message stream presented over the first visual element.
23. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
g) at the first mobile device, submitting a query to the remote server requesting data relating to the second message identifier;
h) at the first mobile device, receiving from the remote server a second visual element relating to the second textual message; and
i) at the first mobile device, displaying the first textual message and the second textual message on the touchscreen display as a message stream presented over the second visual element.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the second visual element received from the remote server comprises second augmentation instructions to augment the first image, further comprising, at the first mobile device, applying the second augmentation instructions to the first image to create the second visual element displayed on the touchscreen display.
25. A mobile device comprising:
a) a touchscreen display;
b) a processor;
c) a network interface;
d) non-transitory, physical memory;
e) a cellular interface for communicating cellular messages with a remote mobile device; and
f) programming on the non-transitory, physical memory providing instructions that program the processor to:
i) receive over the cellular interface a first instant message from the remote mobile device, the first instant message containing a first textual message and a message identifier;
ii) submit a query over the network interface to a remote server requesting visual image data relating to the message identifier;
iii) receive a first visual element from the remote server in response to the query; and
iv) present on the touchscreen display the first textual message over the first visual element.
26. The mobile device of claim 25, wherein the first visual element received from the remote server is a first image and instructions to augment the first image, wherein the programming instructs the processor to render the first visual element by applying the instructions to augment to the first image.
27. The mobile device of claim 25, wherein the programming further comprises instructions that program the processor to:
v) receive a response textual message via a user interface presented over the touchscreen display;
vi) identify a response message identifier for the response textual message; and
vii) transmit over the cellular interface a response instant message to the remote mobile device, the response instant message containing the response textual message and the response message identifier.
28. The mobile device of claim 27, wherein the programming further comprises instructions that program the processor to:
viii) receive augmentation instructions via the user interface for augmenting the first visual element;
ix) transmit over the network interface a server message to the remote server, the server message comprising the augmentation instructions and the response message identifier.

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 downhole tool for engagement with an existing tubular downhole, comprising:
a body having a longitudinal axis and defining an innermost bore therethrough said innermost bore also being the innermost bore of the tool;
at least one slip mounted to said body, said body and slip insertable into the tubular downhole and defining a clearance therebetween, said slip actuated to move radially with respect to said longitudinal axis into initial or enhanced contact with the existing tubular in response to a longitudinal dimension change of said body resulting from stress from expansion of said body.
2. The tool of claim 1, wherein:
the length of said body is reduced to move said slip radially.
3. The tool of claim 1, wherein:
said stress applied to said body first reduces the length of said body to move said slip radially to the extent allowed by said clearance, whereupon expansion of the diameter of said body under said slip pushes the slip into a firmer engagement with the downhole tubular.
4. The tool of claim 3, wherein:
said slip comprises a surface treatment to enhance penetrating grip into the downhole tubular;
said slip comprises an open ring having at least one segment.
5. The tool of claim 1, wherein:
said longitudinal dimension change is at least 5% of the original unrestrained length of said body.
6. The tool of claim 1, wherein:
said body supports a tubing string.