International Business Machines Corporation

Dhandapani Shanmugam

Siddique M Adoni

Yethish G Venkataramanachari

Siddique A Mohammed

David Nahamoo

Shubhadip Ray

Aveek N Chatterjee

Bharath Ganesh

Tuhin Sharma

Gregory J Boss

Victor S Moore

Norbert Herman

Manjunatha D

Suman Mitra

Rahul Chenny

Jothi Subramani

Pamela Ann Nesbitt

Scott J Broussard

Mayank Jain

Robyn Ruth Schwartz

Alan George Cole

Jayashree Shamkoor Kumar

Dinesh G Venkatraman

Scott Duby

Sandeep K Matada

Pralhad Dhruvaraj Galagali

Michael A Gilfix

Amit Mohan Mangalvedkar

Sivananthan Perumal

Gerin Jacob

Priyansh Dixit

The method includes receiving a location of a client device and one or more items of interest to a user of the client device. The method further includes determining that the location of the client device is within a threshold distance of an item of the one or more items of interest. The method further includes generating a communication with the user of the client device. The method further includes receiving a response from the user of the client device. The method further includes determining if the received response indicates an intent to purchase the item. In one embodiment, the method further includes identifying a sales representative to assist the user of the client device, responsive to determining that the received response indicates an intent to purchase the item.

Sales assistance based on purchasing prediction

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product to optimize sleep quality by inducing sleep stages. The method includes: determining a total sleep time; calculating, using the total sleep time, a cycle duration for a sleep cycle, where the sleep cycle includes a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sleep stage; calculating a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth stage time for the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sleep stages respectively; generating a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth external parameter for the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sleep stages respectively, where the external parameters are parameters to facilitate a transition between sleep stages; and executing the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth external parameters upon reaching the calculated stage time for the corresponding sleep stages.

Cognitively inducing sleep cycles by leveraging wearables

A method, computer system, and computer program product for cognitively adjusting a notification alert delivery time are provided. The embodiment may include receiving a message notification from a sender. The embodiment may also include determining an importance of the received message notification based on a plurality of notification attributes and a plurality of person attributes that are each associated with the received message notification. The embodiment may further include, in response to determining to alert a user of the received message notification based on the determined importance, identifying a current user sleep stage. The embodiment may also include, in response to determining the current user sleep stage will minimally impact the user, transmitting the received message notification to a user device.

Enabling wearables to cognitively alter notifications and improve sleep cycles

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for generating a schedule for promotions using promotional windows. A set of product data associated with a plurality of products is received. Promotion data is received, and a plurality of intensity scores are calculated for the associated promotional data. A set of target product data associated with a target product is determined. A set of target promotional attributes is determined and a plurality of promotion windows are generated for display. A confidence value is determined for each generated promotion window of the plurality of promotion windows. An order list is generated for display. In response to receiving a second set of promotion data, the determined confidence value is modified for each generated promotion window of the plurality of promotion windows.

Mitigation of perishable product waste through promotion recommendation

A method, computer program product, and visual display apparatus include a processor(s) obtaining data indicating that a user wearing the apparatus (which included an image capture device, and a projection device, communicatively coupled to the processor(s)), perceives displayed text with consistent character differences. The processor(s) obtains, from the image capture device, an image of a visual display within a visual range of the image capture device; the image includes textual elements. Based on the data, the processor(s) transforms the image into the new image that includes the textual elements with pre-defined character substitutions, based on the consistent character differences. The processor(s) displays, via the projection device, the new image, to the user, wherein based on viewing the new image, the user views the textual elements without the consistent character differences.

Altering text of an image in augmented or virtual reality

Cognitive display device for virtual correction of consistent character differences in augmented or virtual reality

A method and system for automatically implementing vehicular implemented projection improvement process is provided. The method includes directing flying vehicles to a location comprising a projection apparatus. The vehicles are directed such that each vehicle is periodically positioned within a perimeter surrounding the location with respect to multiple lines of sight of the projection device. The location is monitored and obstructions and associated positions with respect to each line of sight are determined. Resulting parameters associated with the projection device, weather conditions, projection content, and the obstructions and associated positions are determined and a virtual visibility fence associated with an area for viewing the projection content on the projection device is generated. Specified projection content for projecting on a specified portion of the projection device is determined and projected.

Vehicular implemented projection

Character input error correction is provided by receiving from a keyboard character input by a user. The character input includes character input errors by the user, the character input errors being input of incorrect characters by the user via the keyboard. The character input errors of the character input are automatically identified and classified into character error classification(s). Each character error classification corresponds to a respective visual transformation of input characters. It is determined that a frequency of the identified and classified character input errors exceeds a predefined threshold confidence level for triggering application of keyboard corrections for user input. Based on the determining, keyboard corrections are applied for user input. The applying keyboard corrections includes applying a correction to character(s) displayed for or input by the user. The applied correction is based on at least one of the classification(s) into which the character input errors are classified.

Character input error correction

Embodiments determine historical geographic travel data of a vehicle over a contaminant exposure time period that is inclusive of a present time; identify a contaminant that is likely located on an external surface of the vehicle as a function of historic meteorological and terrain data of the historical geographic travel data of a vehicle over a contaminant exposure time period; select a cleaning solution that is appropriate for use in cleaning the identified contaminant from the external surface of the vehicle; and drive a vehicle wash system nozzle to use the selected cleaning solution to wash the identified contaminant from the external surface of the vehicle.

Wash related to contaminant exposure time

Systems and methods for determining advertisement content based on cluster density analysis of advertisement targets within a dynamic visibility fence are disclosed. A computer-implemented method includes determining, by an advertisement determination device, a dynamic visibility fence for a time, the dynamic visibility fence defining a first set of advertisement targets, determining, by the advertisement determination device, an advertisement to display based on cluster analysis of the first set of advertisement targets, and displaying, by the advertisement determination device, the determined advertisement.

Determining advertisement content based on cluster density within dynamic visibility fence

Approaches presented herein enable recipient-actualized internal vehicle-to-vehicle honking. More specifically, an action of a first vehicle is monitored and a communication is obtained from a second vehicle. In response to the obtainment of the communication, it is determined whether the action of the first vehicle violates a rule. In the case that the action of the first vehicle violates a rule, responsive to the communication, a honk indication, perceptible to an occupant of the first vehicle, is actualized inside the first vehicle. In the case that the action of the first vehicle does not violate a rule, the communication from the second vehicle is rejected, and the honk indication is not actualized inside the first vehicle. A response can be transmitted to the second vehicle indicating if the honk indication was actualized inside the first vehicle.

Cognitively filtered and recipient-actualized vehicle horn activation

A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for configuring an image capture device. A target activity context for a target object in an image is received by a computer system from the image capture device. A set of photographers for the target object is identified using target activity context. The set of photographers identified is sent to the image capture device. Responsive to receiving a selection of a photographer from the set of photographers from the image capture device, an inbound activity context for the photographer for the target object is sent to the image capture device, wherein the image capture device is configured to capture the image of the target object using the inbound activity context.

Automated image capture system with expert guidance

Generating recommendations for an individual based on a mood of the individual. Receiving information corresponding to one or more activities associated with an individual over a period of time. The received information corresponding to the one or more activities associated with the individual is processed to detect a mood of the individual. A recommendation is generated for the individual based on the detected mood of the individual and a future event associated with the individual. The future event has an occurrence at a later time instance.

Recommendation for an individual based on a mood of the individual

A computer-implemented method comprising: presenting, by a computing device, an advertisement on a first device; monitoring, by the computing device, viewing activity by a user of the advertisement, wherein the monitoring comprises tracking an amount of time that the user actively views the advertisement on the first device; and continuing, by the computing device, playback of the advertisement on one or more second devices until the user has actively viewed the advertisement for a target impression time based on the monitoring.

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Dhandapani Shanmugam