International Business Machines Corporation

Globalfoundries Inc.

Gerald G Tomkins

Corville O Allen

Henri Fouotsop Meli

Richard Gerald Bowers

Lisa M Bradley

Lisa M W Bradley

Joel Duquene

Thomas G Tomkins

Electronic sensors co-locate two subject-related persons. A first positioning system on a first communication device determines a first location of a first person within a physical retail store at which a particular type of product is displayed. The first communication device receives a message from a second communication device describing a second location of a second person, who has been predetermined to have used the particular type of product that is displayed at the first location. The first communication device transmits a message to the second communication device requesting that the second person meet the first person at the first location to discuss products being displayed at the first location. The first communication device receives a responsive message indicating an agreement from the second person to meet the first person at the first location, and then transmits, to the second communication device, navigational directions from the second location to the first location.

Method, medium, and system for co-locating subject-related persons

In dynamically adjusting a keyboard mapping, a collaborative session in which a participant device is involved is detected. A conversation between participants during the collaborative session is captured, and topics being discussed during the conversation are identified using textual analysis. The topics are compared with a plurality of rules, each of which associates a topic with a keyboard mapping. From the rule that has a topic matching the identified topics, the keyboard mapping associated with the topic is obtained. The keyboard is then displayed using the keyboard mapping on the participant device. In determining the rule with the matching topic, a history of rules applied in prior collaborative session where the same or similar topics were discussed, or a profile of a participant, is considered. In this manner, keyboard mappings are dynamically adjusted, allowing for easier access to relevant keys.

Dynamic collaborative adjustable keyboard

A method, system or computer usable program product for dynamically changing transparency of portions of a vehicle transparent material including determining a location of a bright light with respect to a vehicle; determining a driver location within the vehicle; selectively changing a transparency of a selected portion of the vehicle transparent material to obscure the bright light from the driver's eyes, while allowing a majority of the vehicle transparent material to remain normally transparent; and repeating the above steps continually to adjust a location of the selected portion of the vehicle transparent material as the vehicle changes orientation with respect to the bright light.

Dynamically managing vehicle glass dimming

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Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

Gerald G Tomkins