International Business Machines Corporation

Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Barry Alan Kritt

Sarbajit Kumar Rakshit

Thomas S Mazzeo

Douglas Alan Law

Shawn Konrad Sremaniak

Rodney Edward Shepard, Ii

Paul Allen Roberts

Eric Erhard Blouin

Kuldip Nanda

Sumeet Kochar

William Bradley Schwartz

Joseph Allen Kirscht

Pamela Annette Morse

Anthony Cappa Spielberg

Juan F Vargas

Steven Charles Erickson

Randolph Scot Kolvick

William Robert Taylor

Jeffrey Buchanan Williams

Brian Jules Jaeger

Ryuji Orita

Kenneth Wayne Roberson

Karen April Taylor

Charles David Bauman

James Keith Mackenzie

Thomas R Mazzeo

John Gary Harper

Linda Reed Newton

Jeremy K Holland

Thomas A Mazzeo

At an application executing using a processor in a touch-sensitive device, a detection is made that the touch-based gesture does not correspond to a perimeter defining a action, wherein the touch-based gesture is made relative to the touch-sensitive device. A set of possible actions intended by the touch-based gesture is determined. Using a disambiguation rule, an action is selected from the set of possible actions, wherein the selected action matches an action computed using the disambiguation rule. The selected action is caused to occur at the touch-sensitive device.

Disambiguation of touch-based gestures

An apparatus for presenting search results includes a content module that gathers user-generated content from a plurality of users of a social networking service, the user-generated content relating to one or more of an event and an activity, a cluster module that identifies a cluster of related user-generated content from the location information of the gathered user-generated content, the cluster comprising a plurality of items of user-generated content relating to one or more of a common event and an activity that have a geographically similar location, an area module that determines an area containing the cluster of related user-generated content, a search module that receives a search query, the search query related to one or more of the common event and activity of the cluster, and a map display module that presents, on an electronic map, a boundary for the determined area.

User generated data based map search

Provided are techniques for the placement of a code on an object that does not interfere and is not displayed in a captured visual image of the object. Also provided are techniques for capturing a first image of an object in the visual light spectrum; capturing a second image of the object in a non-visual light spectrum; extracting metadata, stored in the non-visual light spectrum corresponding to the object from the second image; and storing the first image in conjunction with the metadata. Also provided are techniques for storing the metadata in conjunction with the object in the non-visual light spectrum, wherein the metadata is stored in a quick response (QR) code or a bar code and the non-visible light spectrum is ultraviolet light or infrared light.

Use of security ink to create metadata of image object

The present invention addresses the deficiencies of the art in respect to data security control and provides a method, system and computer program product for securing confidential data through transient on-demand data security control. In one embodiment of the invention, a method of securing confidential data can be provided. The method can include decrypting confidential data in a document, determining a subset of the confidential data specified by an author of the document, rendering a view of the confidential data including the subset, and, in response to detecting when an authorized viewer of the document no longer views the document, concealing the subset of the confidential data while maintaining a view of the confidential data not included in the subset.

Temporary concealment of a subset of displayed confidential data

Embodiments of the invention relate to file sharing, and more specifically to sharing image files based on a social networking relationship. A digital image and associated file are created with geotag data that defines an image capture. Data associated with the image capture is stored as image metadata associated with the image file. A hyperlink to a preferred viewing URL is created and established based on a match produced from a comparison of the image file image capture data with at least one physical location identified in an index of cached data. The hyperlink is associated with the image file and directs a viewer to the physical and/or virtual location where the image was captured.

Propagation of photographic images with social networking

Mandatory and optional consumption points are identified to support management of power allocation. A mandatory consumption point is a consumption point required to function at a given time and an optional consumption point is a discretionary consumption point. The energy required for mandatory consumption points to complete their designated functions is calculated. An energy quota is designated for power allocation to the optional consumption points in response to the mandatory consumption point calculation, and the identification of available energy. Energy required for optional consumption points to complete their designated functions is calculated. The optional consumption points are dynamically prioritized and power is allocated to the optional consumption points responsive to this prioritization and with respect to the designated energy quota.

Dynamic power allocation among points of energy consumption for attaining an objective

Social media and recordation of programs scheduled to be broadcast is provided. Media content, including feedback data, is gathered and associated tags are extracted. A correlation of the extracted tags with digital content is performed to identify a scheduled broadcast that is related to the digital content. A time duration that a digital media content matching the digital content is present in the identified scheduled broadcast is measured. The time duration is compared to a defined value. A recording device identifier is registered with at least one social networking account. The identified schedule broadcast is matched with at least one device identifier based on a comparison of the time duration to a define value and the feedback data. A recording device associated with the matching identifier is automatically set to capture the scheduled broadcast in a data storage medium.

Integrating social media with recordation of broadcast data

Selectively applying format attributes of a source to the content of a destination. The format attributes defining the format of one or more source objects are captured, and from among the captured attributes, format attributes are selected. A destination object is formatted such that selected format attributes are copied to the content of the destination, and the copied format attributes are applied to the destination object as a destination format.

Interactive format manipulation and replication

A method, system, and computer program product for unobtrusive sizing and placement of pop-ups are provided in the illustrative embodiments. In a method for displaying a pop-up graphical user interface (GUI), using a device to detect eye movements, a first area of a display device is detected where a content is being displayed, the first area being where an attention of a user is focused. A change in the attention of the user to a second area during a future period is predicted. A third area is identified on the display device, wherein the third area excludes the first and the second areas. The pop-up GUI is displayed in the third area.

Unobtrusive sizing and placement of pop-ups

The types and locations of particular types of content in a video are visually summarized in a way that facilitates understanding by a viewer. A method may include determining one or more semantic segments of the video. In addition, the method may include determining one or more emotion objects for at least one of the semantic segments. Further, the method may include generating a user interface on a display screen. The user interface may include one window, and in another embodiment, the user interface may include two windows. Moreover, the method may include displaying first indicia of the emotion object in a first window. The horizontal extent of the first window corresponds with the temporal length of the video and the first indicia are displayed at a location corresponding with the temporal appearance of the emotion object in the video.

Visual summarization of video for quick understanding by determining emotion objects for semantic segments of video

A method includes determining that an error has occurred. The error includes a hardware error in a computer, a network error in a network connected to the computer and/or a software error for software executing on the computer. The computer determines that the error has occurred. The method includes identifying a type of computer system in which the error has occurred. The computer system type includes a manufacturer and/or a brand for the computer. The method includes identifying, in response to determining that the error has occurred, an advertisement for a product or service relating to resolution of the error and to the type of computer system. The computer identifies the advertisement and generates an error message. The error message includes the advertisement and information regarding the error. The computer displays the error message with the advertisement on an electronic display connected to the computer.

Error-specific advertisement display in electronic device

An approach is provided for managing power usage in a mobile device upon predicting a natural calamity. The approach calculates a total power requirement and a next possible recharge time of the mobile device based on the predicted natural calamity characteristics. The approach further restricts one or more services on the mobile devices to reduce battery consumption by the mobile device. The restriction of services on the mobile device being based on the calculated total power requirement and the next possible recharge time.

Power reserve based on predicted natural calamity

Methods provide advertisement delivery to a cluster of mobile devices with computer readable program code, when read by a processor, configured for identifying, among a plurality of mobile devices associated with a network, a cluster of two or more mobile devices. The identification may be based at least in part on a relative displacement of the two or more mobile devices during a period of time being less than a maximum relative displacement. The methods may further include displaying an advertising message on each mobile device in the cluster.

Mobile device cluster advertisement delivery

Embodiments of the invention relate to social media and recordation of programs scheduled to be broadcast. Media content on one or more sites are gathered and characteristic data, such as associated tags, are extracted. A correlation of the media content with scheduled television programming is performed to identify any television programs that are related to the extracted content. In response to at least one match, a television program associated with the match is selected for a scheduled recording so that it may be viewed at a later point in time.

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Barry Alan Kritt