International Business Machines Corporation

David L Wright

Ronald Earl Van Buskirk, Ii

Bryan John Wright

Ronald E Van Buskirk

In one embodiment, a computer program product for storing data to a storage network includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a computer to cause the computer to receive a plurality of data identifiers (IDs) from multiple data providers, each data ID being associated with one of a plurality of files, store the plurality of data IDs to a database, identify any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the plurality of files associated with the plurality of data IDs are non-confidential, receive one of the files having a duplicate data ID, and store the file having the duplicate data ID to a storage network.

Systems, methods, and computer program products for secure multi-enterprise storage

In one embodiment, a computer program product for storing data to a storage network includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code including computer readable program code configured to receive a plurality of data identifiers (IDs) from multiple data providers, each data ID being associated with one of a plurality of files, computer readable program code configured to store the plurality of data IDs to a database, computer readable program code configured to identify any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the plurality of files associated with the plurality of data IDs are non-confidential, computer readable program code configured to receive one of the files having a duplicate data ID, and computer readable program code configured to store the file having the duplicate data ID to a storage network.

Virtual worlds seamless object drop integration enables users to obtain products in a virtual world by dragging a product image icon off of an e-commerce web page and on to a virtual world client. The drag-and-drop movement is initiated by the user from a browser window on a display screen. The browser calls an underlying system service to pass an image tag corresponding to the product image icon on to the virtual world client. The image tag includes a unique identifier. The virtual world client checks the image tag to see if the corresponding product has a price, and asks the user if they want to buy it. A product purchase transaction is completed by a virtual world network server and a payments network server that is called in for the financial authorizations. The seller's web page and payments network server are addressed by their respective Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

Virtual worlds seamless object drop integration

A method in one embodiment includes receiving a data identifier (ID) associated with each of a plurality of files from multiple data providers; storing the data ID associated with each of the plurality of files to a database; identifying any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the plurality of files associated with the data IDs are non-confidential; querying one of the data providers which provided the file having the duplicate data ID to determine; receiving a response from the data provider indicating whether or not to store the file having the duplicate data ID to the storage network; receiving one of the files having a duplicate data ID from the data provider; storing the file having the duplicate data ID to the storage network; and causing deletion of the file having the duplicate data ID that is stored to the storage network.

Methods for secure multi-enterprise storage

A technique for advertising in a virtual-world includes installing an advertising gesture in an inventory of a user that has an associated avatar. The user is credited with a predetermined payment when the associated avatar performs the advertising gesture and the associated avatar is viewable on-screen when the advertising gesture is performed.

Virtual-world avatar-based advertising with gestures and predetermined payments

Anomaly-driven software for capturing and automating responses to computer anomalies is disclosed. Computer anomalies are processed by identifying the occurrence of an anomaly and correcting the computer anomaly by initiating a stored corrective action based on a user's input for resolving the anomaly.

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Folsom, CA, United States of America

David L Wright