International Business Machines Corporation

Globalfoundries U.S. Inc.

Kyndryl, Inc.

Gary Paul Noble

Peter John Stretton

Volker W Fricke

Wendy Ann Trice

Johnny Meng-Han Shieh

Susann Marie Keohane

Adam J Storm

Richard John Nash

Andrew Tinsley

Maurice James Perks

Charlotte Newton

Daniel Bailey

Christopher Peter Drabble

Timothy A Graham

Rick A Hamilton, Ii

Brian M O'Connell

James W Seaman

Igor Arsovski

John Maxwell Cohn

Samuel Scott Adams

Suparna Bhattacharya

Chih-Hsiung Liu

Joey H Y Tseng

June-Ray Lin

Chih-Wen Su

Krishnan Santhana Rengarajan

Naveen Lamba

David Alexander Barker

Melissa Jane Bailey

William Richard Jinks

Melissa Jane Tongue

Mathieu Joseph Robert Glachant

Paul Beedham

An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a smart note, to a blockchain configured to store Bitcoins (BTCs) of a user on a ledger, displaying, by the smart note, a value of a BTC read from the ledger on a display screen located on the smart note, detecting, by the smart note, a press of a button located on the smart note, generating, by the smart note, a BTC address pair in response to the detecting of the press of the button, checking, by the smart note, if a private key associated with the smart note has been used, in response to a confirmation that the private key has not been used, generating and displaying, by the smart note, a trusted symbol indicating to the user of the smart note that the private key has not been used, and transferring, by the smart note, the value of the BTC to the blockchain using the private key associated with the smart note.

Secure smart note

An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a smart note, to a blockchain configured to store an asset of a user on a ledger, acquiring, by a smart note, a value of the asset from the ledger, displaying, by a smart note, the value on a display screen located on the smart note in response to a detection of a smart note button press event, generating, by a smart note, an asset address key pair, checking, by a smart note, a status of a private key associated with the smart note, and displaying, by a smart note, a trusted symbol next to the value on the display screen, if the status of the private key indicates that the private key has never been used.

An example operation may include one or more of configuring a blockchain network comprising first and second blockchain nodes, providing, by the first blockchain node, a data reference to the second blockchain node, accessing a document, by the second blockchain node, from the first blockchain node, and providing by the second blockchain node, a proof of receipt for the document to a shared blockchain ledger.

Document transfer processing for blockchains

A method and apparatus for providing location specific information. Event data pertaining to an event is received. The event data includes location identification data from which a location of the event may be determined and event description data that describes the event. At least one geofence associated with the location identification data is identified from the location identification data in the received event data. A topic associated with the event type data and associated with the identified at least one geofence is identified. Subscribers having a subscription to the topic in association with the geographic area are identified. The subscription entitles the subscribers to be notified about events pertaining to the topic in association with the selected geographic area. The event description data is published to each subscriber.

Providing location specific information

A method, system, and program product for implementing intelligent cache preloading is provided. The method includes monitoring current usage of a system of record (SOR) system. Historical data associated with historical usage of the SOR system is retrieved and analyzed based on the current usage. A ranked list of data items configured to be loaded within a cache structure of the cache system is generated and currently requested data items from the SOR system are loaded into the cache structure via a throttling process. A malfunction associated with operation of the SOR system is detected and access to the currently requested data items is enabled. The currently requested data items are organized within the cache structure in accordance with an order of the ranked list and access to the currently requested data items is enabled, during the malfunction, in accordance with the order of the ranked list.

Intelligent cache preloading

Methods and systems are provided for streaming digital content. A content stream and metadata relating to the content stream are provided, and the content stream is encrypted with an encryption dependent on at least some of the metadata to provide an encrypted content stream. The metadata is embedded in readable form in the encrypted content stream and the encrypted content stream is transmitted together with the metadata in readable form such that the metadata is readable during transmission of the encrypted content stream and the readable metadata necessary for use in decryption of the encrypted content stream is provided.

Streaming digital content with content metadata

The present disclosure relates to techniques for helping targeted users determine whether it is safe to supply personal information requested by a web site. In one embodiment, a method generally includes extracting textual content from a web page that requests information from a user and determining, based on the textual content, the type of information requested. A service type the web page provides is also determined based on the textual content. The service type and the information type are then compared to a set of predefined rules to determine a risk level associated with the web page. A visual indicator of the risk level is then displayed with the web page.

Security-risk plugin to help targeted users interact with web pages and applications

A scoped search engine is disclosed. The scoped search engine includes a memory unit storing reference data records. The scoped search engine also includes a data comparison unit that searches the reference data records using different searches. The scoped search engine further includes a match analysis unit that combines result data from the different searches and determines a scope for a subsequent search based on the combined result data.

Scoped search engine

A method and apparatus for providing location specific information. Event data pertaining to an event is received from an event reporting system that has gathered the event data from a data gathering means. The event data includes location identification data, event type data, and event description data. At least one geofence associated with the location identification data is identified from the location identification data in the received event data. Each geofence of the at least one geofence has a geometric shape located within a geographic area. A topic associated with the event type data and associated with the identified at least one geofence is identified. Subscribers having a subscription to the topic in association with the geographic area are identified. The subscription entitles the subscribers to be notified about events pertaining to the topic in association with the selected geographic area. The event description data is published to each subscriber.

Method and apparatus for providing location specific information

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for controlling the disclosure time of information by a publisher to one or more recipients. A trusted body generates an asymmetrical key pair for a specified date and time of disclosure with an encryption key and a decryption key. The trusted body provides a digital certificate signed with a private key of the trusted body providing the publisher with the encryption key prior to the specified date and time. The publisher uses the encryption key to encrypt data and a recipient obtains the encrypted data at any time prior to the specified date and time. The trusted body then makes the decryption key available to the recipient at or after the specified date and time.

Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling the disclosure time of information

A system for providing an indication of the proximity of a moveable device. The system comprises at least a first moveable device having a transmitting means for transmitting data comprising an identification of the first device and a second device having a receiving means for receiving data from the first device and a transmitting means for transmitting data including the identification of the first device together with an indication of the proximity of the identified device. A further device with a receiving means for receiving the data transmitted by the second device can be used in order to obtain an indication of the proximity of the first device. The indication of the proximity of the first device is a scale value which degrades as the first device moves away from the second device.

System for providing an indication of the proximity of a moveable device

A client-side on-board computing device is partitioned into a trusted computing module, and a private computing platform. When a metric report is required, the private computing platform retrieves an original data file and transfers the original data file to the trusted computing module. The original data file includes a global positioning system coordinate stream and time information. Communication between the private computing platform and the trusted computing module is via an unencrypted serial link. The private computing platform applies at least one billing algorithm to the original data file to determine a billing charge. The private computer platform signs and hashes the billing charge using a private key of a public-private endorsement key pair to create a signed metric report. The private computer platform forwards the signed metric report to the trusted computing module via the unencrypted serial link. The trusted computing module then forwards the signed metric report by the trusted computing module to a billing authority.

Vehicle usage-based tolling privacy protection architecture

A data logging system that utilizes a schedule of data transfer periods for transferring data from devices to a server. A communication of an actual data transfer size of stored data in a first device of the devices is obtained by the server from the first device. A corresponding future data transfer size of the stored data is estimated by the server, based on a historic data transfer size for data previously transferred from the first device to the server. The schedule is currently based on the historic data transfer size for the first device. The server updates the schedule if the server has determined that a difference exists between the actual data transfer size and the corresponding estimated future data transfer size. A transmission from the first device of the data actually stored in the first device is received by the server in accordance with the schedule.

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Gary Paul Noble