International Business Machines Corporation

Elia Tufarolo

Leonardo Rosati

Alice Guidotti

Fabio Cerri

Bernardo Pastorelli

Francesco Lecciso

Agostino Sturaro

Ivonne Elizabeth Vereau Tolino

Emiliano Nuccilli

A tool for distress management. The tool determines a level of distress associated with a user. The tool identifies a next action to be performed by the user. The tool determines a level of distress associated with the next action. The tool determines whether the associated level of distress exceeds a predetermined threshold. Responsive to a determination that the associated level of distress exceeds the predetermined threshold, the tool alerts the user of an impact to the level of distress associated with the user.

Detecting non-evident contributing values

The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for identifying potentially fraudulent usage of a user identifier of an information or communication service. The method comprises: receiving from a user device at least one address book entry related to a person. The address book entry includes the user identifier. The address book entry may he stored. Behavior information about the person's behavior when using at least one service in combination with the user identifier may be received from the user device. It may be determined based on a change of the behavior information whether or not the user identifier has been assigned to a different person and, if so, a warning indication may he generated for indicating that the user identifier is potentially used fraudulently.

Method for identifying potentially fraudulent usage of a user identifier

A method and system for controlling operation of a computing device. One or more applicable settings among settings of one or more features of the computing device are determined. The settings are indicated by policies provided by two or more providers according to priorities of corresponding providers for application of corresponding policies of the providers. The policies include an indication of corresponding settings of the one or more features of the computing device. The providers are validated with at least one authority. The at least one authority certified the priorities of the providers and permissions of the providers to set the features of the policies. The computing device is configured to operate according to the applicable settings of the features.

Controlling operation of computing devices

In one implementation, the present invention is directed to a method for controlling access to a software application using one or more processors configured by code, the method comprising repeating a usage verification cycle continually during a usage session of the software application, wherein each repetition of the usage verification cycle includes receiving a digital image of an access area used to access the software application, identifying a representation of one or more persons in the digital image, estimating an age of each one of the persons within the digital image, and comparing the estimated age of each one of the persons within the digital image to a predetermined age value provided in a usage policy dataset associated with at least of one of the persons within the digital image. The method further comprises interrupting the usage of the software application in response to the age of at least one of the persons within the digital image exceeding the predetermined age value provided in a usage policy dataset.

Access control of software applications based on biometric identifiers

A method and system for controlling operation of a computing device. An indication of policies provided by providers having corresponding priorities are received. The policies include an indication of corresponding settings of one or more features of the computing device. The providers are validated with at least one authority having certified the priorities and permissions of the providers to set the features of the policies. One or more applicable settings among the settings of the features of the policies are determined according to the priorities of the corresponding providers. The computing device is configured to operate according to the applicable settings of the features.

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