International Business Machines Corporation

Emmanuel Barajas Gonzalez

Shaun E Harrington

Harry R McGregor

Christopher B Moore

Benjamin K Rawlins

Gary Anna

Dimitri Apokatanidis

David C Reed

Max D Smith

Richard Albert Welp

Jeffrey P Brown

Jason E Willerup

Shawn M Bramblett

Joseph M Swingler

Edward Lin

Lourie Goodall

Tram Thi Nguyen

Mara Miranda Bautista

Ezra Hartz

Carlos Andres Martinez Vazquez

Larry Hogan, Jr

Franklin D Watkins, Jr

Alan Dash

Ben K Rawlins

Aditya G Surampudi

Jesus A Gonzalez Dominguez

Harry Mcgregor

Irving Yukio Hayashi Leon

Embodiments for, in an object storage environment, managing data replication between first and second sites of a distributed computing environment by one or more processors. A first pass metadata hash is calculated for each of the objects in an object-set that is subsequently transferred from the first to the second site. Responsive to the second site, a second pass metadata hash is calculated for remaining objects of the object-set that are identified by the second site at a sub-object level using a predetermined size.

Advanced object replication using reduced metadata in object storage environments

A system and method for providing music track recommendations for a geographical location is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving biometric data corresponding to one or more users in a geographical location from a biometric sensor and receiving environmental data corresponding to the geographical location from an environmental sensor. The method further includes determining an opinion of the one or more users with respect to a current music track being played in the geographical location based on an analysis of the biometric data and the environmental data, and providing an instruction relating to the current music track being played based on the determined opinion.

Cognitive music selection system and method

A method for resynchronizing data repositories in a high availability storage environment includes maintaining, in a first gateway server, a first journal that records operations that are performed for a first set of objects. The method further maintains, in a second gateway server, a second journal that records operations that are performed for a second set of objects. The method communicates, from the first gateway server to the second gateway server, any operations that are performed by the first gateway server for objects in the second set, so that these operations may be recorded in the second journal. The method further communicates, from the second gateway server to the first gateway server, any operations that are performed by the second gateway server for objects in the first set, so that these operations may be recorded in the first journal. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.

Data synchronization in high availability storage environments

In one general embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes determining attributes of a plurality of objects in an object-based storage environment, grouping the objects into clusters based on similarities of the attributes using a clustering algorithm, storing indication of which objects are in which clusters, detecting occurrence of a trigger event associated with an object, determining to which cluster the object belongs using the clustering algorithm in response to detecting the trigger event, and performing a deduplication process for the object against other objects in the cluster to which the object belongs. In another general embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se. The program instructions are readable and/or executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform the foregoing method.

Grouping of objects into clusters in an object-based storage environment

A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes monitoring commands sent from a computer to a remote system and monitoring responses sent by the remote system to the computer in reply to the commands. The computer-implemented method includes determining delays corresponding to amounts of time for the remote system to send the responses to the commands, and storing the commands, information from the responses, and the delays in a database in association with the commands. A computer-implemented method according to another embodiment includes receiving a command from a computer, the command being for execution by a remote system. The computer-implemented method includes searching a database for an entry matching the command. The computer-implemented method includes selecting response data corresponding to the command and a delay value corresponding to the command, and sending the selected response data to the computer after a time delay corresponding to the delay value.

Virtual environments generator

Embodiments for, in a shared storage environment, managing data replication between first and second sites of a distributed computing environment by one or more processors. Metadata is pre-seeded from the first to the second site as an assembled metadata map. Data blocks corresponding to the pre-seeded metadata not currently stored at the second site are determined by the second site using the metadata map within a deduplication environment. A transfer request for the data blocks is returned by the second site to the first site.

Accelerated deduplication block replication

Provided are techniques for increasing security of objects in cloud environments by using a two-part encryption scheme. Objects to be stored in a cloud node are received. A number of keys to be used is determined. That number of keys are obtained. A sequence for the keys is obtained. The keys are concatenated using the sequence to form a concatenated key. The concatenated key is hashed to form an encryption key. Each of the objects is encrypted using the encryption key to form encrypted objects.

Increasing security of objects in cloud environments by using a two-part encryption scheme

Embodiments for integration of social interactions in shared media by a processor. The social interactions are mapped in real time according to a predetermined preference. Duplicate ones of the social interactions are managed according to a data deduplication operation. The shared media is analyzed in view of the mapped social interactions to generate placement or duration display attributes for the social interactions such that the mapped social interactions and the shared media may be concurrently viewed on a particular display without obfuscating content of the shared media at a particular time.

Integration of social interactions into media sharing

A computer-implemented method comprises analyzing an advertisement presented to a user during a first time period to identify a plurality of ingredients; and analyzing documents related to a medical condition of the user to determine a respective first relevance rank for each ingredient. The method further comprises selecting a subset of the ingredients having a highest number of occurrences based on the respective first relevance rank for each of the ingredients; performing sentiment analysis of the documents for the selected subset; determining a respective second relevance rank for each of the ingredients in the selected subset based on the sentiment analysis; and computing a product risk score based on the respective second relevance rank for each of the ingredients in the subset. The method further comprises modifying a display on a device associated with the user such that the display indicates the product risk score during the first time period.

Automated product health risk assessment

A computer program product for adapting user interfaces includes code that monitors a plurality of user interactions with one or more resources within a user interface of an electronic device or software application, analyzes the plurality of user interactions to determine and store one or more usage patterns, determines whether a user interaction with a resource accessible within the user interface corresponds to a stored usage pattern, and adapts the user interface in response to determining that the user interaction corresponds to a stored usage pattern, where adapting the user interface includes displaying the resource within the user interface with the corresponding physical aspect of the resource in the stored usage pattern.

Modifying display of objects on a user interface for a computing device based on detected patterns of user interaction

Embodiments for managing social commentary as applicable to social media by a processor. A spectrum of weights is assigned to individual portions of the social commentary as a function of a determined measured characteristic. Those of the individual portions having a higher weight than a predetermined threshold are selected to be displayed through the social media in a hierarchy corresponding to a position in the spectrum of weights, while those of the individual portions having a lower weight than the predetermined threshold are selected to be withheld from display. A deduplication operation is applied to individual portions of the social commentary. Those of the individual portions determined to be repetitive greater than a predetermined number are used to assist in formulating weights of the individual portions.

Various embodiments for management of object-based storage by a processor. A relationship-based analysis of attributes of an object in the storage is performed. A repository of the attributes is maintained, and a modification to the object insofar as any of the attributes change, is tracked. An object-based storage architecture is organized for the object using the attributes and their relationships.

Optimization of object-based storage

A method for managing a storage system. The method includes one or more computer processors receiving a first set of data associated with a storage system. The method further includes determining whether to service the storage system based on utilizing one or more models associated with the storage system to analyze the first set of data. In response determining to service the storage system, the method further includes generating a set of notifications based, at least in part, on information from the one or more models associated with the storage system analyzing the first set of data. The method further includes initiating a pre-service activity associated the storage system based, at least in part, on information within the set of notifications.

Managing maintenance of tape storage systems

For modifying travel estimates, a memory stores maps and a plurality of travel records. A measurement circuit determines travel parameters. A current schedule anxiety is calculated as a difference between a nonzero constant value and the relative arrival time. The memory stores the travel parameters to a travel record of the plurality of travel records each time a specified driver drives to a location. A modification circuit modifies an arrival time travel estimate based on a driver profile for the specified driver calculated from the travel parameters and the plurality of travel records. The modification circuit further updates the driver profile in the memory with the current schedule anxiety and the speed based on current schedule anxiety. A display presents the modified arrival time estimate.

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Emmanuel Barajas Gonzalez