International Business Machines Corporation

Hcl Technologies Italy S.p.a

Francesco Lecciso

Luigi Pichetti

Luisa Attanasio

Stefano Sidoti

Giuseppe Ciano

Giancarlo Carbone

Antonio Secomandi

Sandro Piccinini

Marco Secchi

Gianluca Mariani

Gianluca Gigliarelli

Leonardo Rosati

Paolo Salerno

Alice Guidotti

Luca Balestrazzi

Domenico D'Alterio

Elia Tufarolo

Ivonne Elizabeth Vereau Tolino

Fabiana Alessandro

Emiliano Nuccilli

The present disclosure relates to system(s) and method(s) for generating an automatic virtual photo album. The system receives a signal. The signal is configured to enable a rear camera and a front camera of a device to click a set of images. The set of images comprise a subset of front images and a subset of rear images. The subset of front images is further analysed. Based on the analysis, the system extracts a photographer mood. The system further links the photographer mood with the subset of rear images. Upon the linking, the system generates an automatic photo album.

Generating an automatic virtual photo album

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

Predetermined multimedia services are provided to a plurality of users through a IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). A request is received at a placement server of a multimedia service by at least one user, and the placement server retrieves on a presence server information about the at least one user. The placement server identifies application servers including a multimedia application capable of providing the requested multimedia service, and the placement server selects an application server that is located a minimum average distance from at least one user. In response to the minimum average distance being greater than a predetermined threshold, a local application server is selected with an average distance from the user that is less than the predetermined threshold. A virtual image of the multimedia application is created on the selected local application server, and a connection is established between the user and the selected local application server.

Optimization of multimedia service over an IMS network

A method, system and computer program product for managing system management agent configurations which include agent system management programs and program parameters in a distributed environment. A configuration management server sends upon request from the agents installed on the distributed system a description of their configuration. To this effect, the configuration management server maintains a database storing the agent configuration information, this database being usually updated by a system management administrator. The agents get from the server the list of peer distributed systems having the same agent configuration and their configuration from one distributed system of the list or obtain an agent configuration directly from the configuration management server if the peer distributed systems have modified their configuration. The agents advise the system management server when a new configuration has been installed.

Managing configurations of system management agents in a distributed environment

An embodiment directed to a method for providing a specified state at a premises to which a user travels. Comprises determining a time of operation needed by a device located at the premises to provide the specified state, after device activation. One or more positions of the user are detected when the user is within a boundary, the boundary being determined in part by the time of operation. Detected user positions are used to determine a time of arrival of the user at the premises. A time to activate the device is computed from the arrival time and time of operation, collectively, wherein activating the device at the computed time causes the specified state to be provided at a time that coincides with arrival of the user at the premises.

Monitoring user position to determine a time for providing a specified state at a user premises

A method includes connecting a communications device to an Internet Multimedia Subsystem network. The method includes transmitting presence information indicating multimedia capabilities of the communications device and requesting multimedia content from a multimedia server to cause the multimedia server to transmit multimedia content. The method includes detecting connection of a peripheral device to the communications device and determining that the multimedia capabilities have increased due to the connection of the peripheral device. The method includes updating the presence information to indicate the increased multimedia capabilities and transmitting the updated presence information to cause the multimedia server to transmit the multimedia content adjusted for the increased multimedia capabilities indicated in the updated presence information. The method includes receiving the multimedia content adjusted for the increased multimedia capabilities and presenting at least some of the adjusted multimedia content on the peripheral device.

Dynamically optimizing delivery of multimedia content over a network

A request from an installer of a software application to configure the computer system for installation of the software application is received at a configuration client. Upon receiving the request, a message is sent to a local agent of the computer system to request a configuration for the installation of the software application. The message includes an identifier of the software application used by a configuration management server to identify the configuration corresponding to the software application. A configuration element is received from the local agent in response to the message. The configuration element includes a variable for holding a value that represents a characteristic of the computer system. The value of the variable is configured as a function of the computer system. The configuration element, including the configured variable value, is provided to the installer of the software application and is used for the installation of the software application.

Configuring a computer system for a software package installation

A method of managing a shared electronic mail account co-owned by at least two owners includes intercepting electronic mail account configuration settings received from the at least two owners; combining the intercepted electronic mail account configuration settings based on a shared electronic mail account profile so as to generate shared e-mail account configuration settings; and applying the shared e-mail account configuration settings so as to affect the operation of the shared electronic mail account.

Method and system for managing a shared electronic mail account

Communication device capabilities may change during an established multimedia session due to connection of a peripheral device. For example, a user listens to an Internet radio service on a mobile phone through a set of headphones. Later, the user connects the mobile phone to stereo system in a car. The mobile phone can leverage the car's stereo system to present higher quality audio than it could present with the headphones. Functionality can be implemented in a communication device to detect connection of a peripheral device and determine multimedia capabilities of the peripheral device. The communication device updates its presence information to indicate the multimedia capabilities of the peripheral device. In response, a multimedia server determines multimedia capabilities indicated in the presence information have changed and optimizes delivery of multimedia content based on the updated multimedia capabilities.

A heterogeneous environment having applications and application enablers operating on application servers organized as a cluster is managed. The application servers are managed by a cluster management application. A system management application permits access to computing performance data provided by an operating system and reported to the system management application. Performance data of the applications and application enablers is collected from an application agent through the application servers. Topology information regarding the application servers is collected via the cluster management application. The performance data and the topology information are retrieved and sent to the system management application. Access to the performance data via the system management application is permitted. The system management application links to the computing performance data using the topology information.

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Francesco Lecciso