Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Other

Douglas Warren Robinson

Mark Charles Davis

Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki

Rod D Waltermann

Debra Kay Kobs-Fortner

Russell Speight VanBlon

Scott Edwards Kelso

Suzanne Marion Beaumont

Carlos Munoz-Bustamante

Fergal Clarke

A card can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to: decrypt a private key of a payor stored in memory of the card, where the private key is associated with digital cryptocurrency; use the decrypted private key to generate a signed message to transfer the digital cryptocurrency to an address of a payee; and output the signed message.

Biometric account card

An embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, with an image sensor, an image of a user; detecting, using a processor, at least one open eye of the user within the image; and responsive to said detecting, maintaining display of video content for a predetermined time. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Automated video content display control using eye detection

One embodiment provides a method, including: allocating, at a node within a local network, availability to a broader network into one or more units; associating, using a processor, one or more tokens with the one or more units; distributing, over a network, the one or more tokens to a requesting node; receiving, over a network, the one or more tokens from the requesting node, where the one or more tokens have been associated with network payload; confirming, using the processor, that the one or more tokens are valid; and in response to the confirming, sending the network payload onto the broader network. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Allocation of broader network bandwidth within a local network

A method provides a band, including: placing an energy harvesting mechanism within a deformable band; the energy harvesting mechanism being placed to transform deformation of the deformable band into stored energy; and providing a connection element to the energy harvesting mechanism; said connection element offering a coupling of the stored energy of the deformable band to a device. In an embodiment, a force is applied to deform a deformable band along a length dimension of the deformable band. The force acts to move an energy harvesting mechanism of the deformable band such that the energy harvesting mechanism transforms deformation of the deformable band into stored energy. The stored energy may be used, e.g., to collect information using a sensor of said deformable band. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Activity powered band device

For communicating a localized building alert, a processor detects an emergency event. In response to detecting the emergency event, the processor communicates a localized building alert through a lighting system. The localized building alert is restricted to a location of one of an aid recipient and an aid giver.

Communicating a localized building alert

An aspect provides a method, including: detecting a received communication at a device; detecting, using a device orientation sensor, orientation data relating to device orientation; the orientation data being associated in time with the received communication; determining, using the orientation data, a value for a magnitude of a notification of the received communication; and adjusting, using a processor of the device, the magnitude of the notification of the received communication according to the value. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Device notification adjustment dependent on user proximity

An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a device, user input; identifying, using a processor, elements included in the user input; determining, using a processor, that at least one of the identified elements renders the user input ambiguous; identifying, using a processor, a source of context data; accessing, using a processor, context data associated with the user input from the source of context data; disambiguating, using a processor, the user input based on the context data associated with the user input; and forming, using a processor, an altered input based on the disambiguating. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Processing natural language user inputs using context data

A device can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a touchscreen display operatively coupled to the processor; a sensor operatively coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to render targets to the touchscreen display, receive, via the touchscreen display, pattern information associated with the targets, receive sensor information via the sensor, and transition the device from a locked state to an unlocked state based at least in part on stored pattern information, the received pattern information and the received sensor information.

Swipe mechanism

An apparatus can include a display; memory that stores biometric information and account information for at least one account; a biometric sensor that senses biometric information; authentication circuitry that authenticates sensed biometric information at least in part via a comparison to stored biometric information; display circuitry that renders account information to the display responsive to authentication of sensed biometric information; selection circuitry that selects one of said at least one account associated with account information rendered to the display; and a field generator that generates an output session that outputs at least one magnetic field that represents account information for the selected one of said at least one account. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

An apparatus can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a touch-sensitive display operatively coupled to the processor; and a tactile braille panel operatively coupled to the processor where the tactile braille panel overlays at least a portion of the touch-sensitive display.

Tactile interface for visually impaired

An embodiment provides a band, including: an energy harvesting mechanism that stores energy in response to deformation of the band; a device; and a connection coupling the stored energy of the band to the device. In an embodiment, a force is applied to deform a deformable band along a length dimension of the deformable band. The force acts to move an energy harvesting mechanism of the deformable band such that the energy harvesting mechanism transforms deformation of the deformable band into stored energy. The stored energy may be used, e.g., to collect information using a sensor of said deformable band. Other aspects are described and claimed.

A device can include memory that stores information; a sensor that senses information; authentication circuitry that authenticates sensed information; and a field generator that outputs at least one magnetic field based at least in part on a portion of stored information responsive to authentication of sensed information. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Biometric authentication stripe

A device can include a display; memory that stores biometric information and commercial information; a sensor that senses biometric information; authentication circuitry that authenticates sensed biometric information at least in part via a comparison to stored biometric information; and display circuitry that renders at least one graphic to the display based at least in part on a portion of the commercial information responsive to authentication of sensed biometric information. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Biometric authentication display

A system for removing a plastic wrapper from a package using a device including a horizontal panel having a planar upper surface and a planar lower surface. An abrasive sheet is secured to the planar upper surface of the horizontal panel. The package is rubbed against the abrasive sheet to tear and break the plastic wrapping so that it can be removed from the package.

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Douglas Warren Robinson