International Business Machines Corporation

Erik W Hochstedt

Dana Lea Price

Wendell Jack Bouknight, Jr

Thai T La

Harry Hoots

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining item search query data from one or more mobile client computer device and location data associated to the item search query data, wherein the location data specifies a location of at least one of the one or more mobile client computer device when initiating an item search query; processing the item search query data and the location data; performing augmentation of an item inventory list in response to the processing indicating that a search query for an item has been initiated by a client computer device located at a venue currently operating as a vending venue; and providing one or more output in dependence on the performing augmentation.

Item inventory locating from search queries

A method for adjusting a display of an electronic device includes performing, in iterations, a current execution of icon processing for icons on the display. Each iteration includes selecting, as a candidate for appearance adjustment, one of the icons, where the selected icon has not been previously selected as a candidate in the current execution and selecting an appearance for the candidate based on at least one of the icons neighboring the candidate. The selecting the appearance includes selecting between changing and not changing the appearance in response to comparing an average quantitative hue of the candidate to the at least one of the neighboring icons and changing the appearance of the candidate responsive to selecting to change the appearance. Changing the appearance includes changing the average quantitative hue of the candidate. The method includes repeating the iterations until all the icons have been selected as candidates for appearance adjustment.

Adjusting appearance of icons in an electronic device

Adjusting appearance of icons in an electronic device includes determining, for icons proximate to one another on a display of the electronic device, a visual property of each icon, wherein the determining includes a computer system computing a quantitative indication of the visual property for each icon. The visual properties of the icons are compared, wherein the comparing includes the computer system determining at least one quantitative difference for the visual properties of the icons. The visual property of at least one of the icons is changed by the computer system responsive to a comparison of the at least one quantitative difference to a predetermined threshold quantity, such that the at least one of the icons is more visually distinct.

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Erik W Hochstedt