International Business Machines Corporation

Hisham Emad Elshishiny

Amr F Yassin

Shady S M Samaan

Sherif Sabry

Mohamed S Salem

Aya R A Elgebeely

Ahmed T Sayed Gamal El Din

Hatim Ahmed

Mahmoud Rashad Ibrahim

Pavel Volkov

Sivananthan Perumal

Ahmed Hazem El-Mahdy

Ossama Shokry

Ali A El-Moursy

Alexander Troussov

Ali A S A Elgamal

Alexey Nevidomskiy

Ghada H Selim

Edel Greevy

Pai-Fang Franny Hsiao

Mohamed M El-Khouly

Sherif Magdy Mohamed Mahmoud Ali

Mariam M R A Eltantawi

Ola Abdelwahab Dessouky Ahmed Elabbady

Su Liu

Ahmed M A Nassar

Mohamed Fathy Deyab

Ali Asa Elgamal

Ahmed M M Ragheb Salem

Text is intelligently annotated by first creating a topic map summarizing topics of interest of the user. A data structure is created. The topic map is used to create two linked user dictionaries, a topic dictionary reflecting topic names and a traversal dictionary reflecting the knowledge structure of a topic. Actions may be linked with topic types. When the text to be annotated is being read, the topic data structure of the topics found in the text are automatically instantiated using the dictionaries and any actions previously linked to topic types. Instantiated topic data structures are automatically attached to the text being annotated. A user GUI may be created to allow the user to access and interact with the text annotations.

Intelligent text annotation

Auditing shelf space of an outlet of a retailer using a device comprising: a computer, a camera, a global positioning system receiver and a repository. The device is authenticated using the time and date of the audit, and a location of the audit at the outlet of the retailer. Once the device is authenticated, images of displays within the outlet and audit information relating to the display and the outlet of the retailer are captured and audit information is embedded into the captured image. The captured image is encrypted and sent to a remote computer of a checker company for a compliance check.

Display and shelf space audit system

Systems and methods for generating a customized visual map for a user are presented. The computer-implemented method may include extracting content from each of the plurality of sources, and analyzing the content by identifying and extracting at least knowledge information and topic information from the content. The computer-implemented method may further include generating a generic map from the content extracted from the plurality of content sources, creating a user profile based on preexisting skills and knowledge of the user, and generating the customized visual map representing a knowledge base for the user based on the generic map and the user profile.

Generating customized visual maps from a plurality of content sources and user profiles

Methods and systems for testing base text direction (BTD) include comparing one or more images from an end-user system to a respective reference image associated with a respective text test case. Each of the one or more images includes respective text test case information. It is determined whether the end-user system produces BTD errors based on the comparison in accordance with one or more BTD error rules.

On demand testing as a service for base text direction verification testing

Methods and systems for locale verification include converting a set of expected locale responses into a normalized format based on a locale data template. A user's filled locale data template in the normalized format is compared to the normalized set of expected locale responses using a processor. A report is generated that identifies mismatches between the received locale data template and the set of expected locale responses.

On-demand automated locale seed generation and verification

A communication access server may provide a client service for communication access services. The communication access server may authenticate a user having an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and registering user credentials. The communication access server may activate a communication interception service at a communication service provider (CSP) system for the IMSI. The communication access server may receive an intercepted communication from the CSP system and send the intercepted communication to the client service for access by a user.

Communication access services for mobile phones

A computer processor determines the backward compatibility of a software component. The processor identifies one or more programming interfaces that are exposed by a first version of a software component by: converting attributes of exposed programming interfaces into corresponding operations such that attributes of the exposed programming interfaces are converted into corresponding operations such that a flag is added to a converted attribute indicating whether the attribute is an optional or mandatory attribute. The processor determines a backward compatibility of the first version of the software component by comparing the operations of the first version of the software component to one or more operations of a second version of the software component.

Verification of backward compatibility of software components

In an approach for changing a password. Aspects of an embodiment of the present invention include an approach for changing a password, wherein the approach includes a processor identifies a resource protected by a password. A processor discovers at least one information source containing information relevant to a process for changing the password of the resource. A processor constructs a set of procedures to change the password using the information relevant to the process for changing the password. A processor alters the password of the resource according to the constructed set of procedures.

Automatically altering and encrypting passwords in systems

Methods and systems for testing base text direction (BTD) include receiving one or more images captured by an end-user system. Each of the one or more images displays respective text test case information. Each of the one or more images is compared to a respective reference image associated with a respective text test case. It is determined whether the end-user system produces BTD errors based on the comparison in accordance with one or more BTD error rules.

A method for tone-mapping a High Dynamic Range (HDR) data video stream encoded in MPEG format, the method comprising decoding the data video HDR data stream to generate decoded I-frames, auxiliary decoded data related to P-Frames, and auxiliary decoded data related to B-Frames, the method further comprising applying a tone mapping function to each decoded I-Frame to provide a tone-mapped I-Frame according to a tone mapping operator, for each P-frame depending on a reference I-frame, computing the tone-mapped P-frame from the tone-mapped I-Frame previously determined for the reference I-frame, the reference I-Frame, and the auxiliary decoding data related to the P-Frame; and, for each B-frame, computing the tone-mapped B-frame from the tone mapped I-frame previously determined for the reference I-frame, the tone mapped P-frame previously determined for the reference P-frame, and the auxiliary decoding data related to the B-Frame.

High dynamic range video tone mapping

A computer system for improving the presentation of social media data from multiple social network feeds is provided. The computer system may include aggregating social media content received from the multiple social network feeds. The computer system may also include generating filtered data by eliminating repetitive data from among the received aggregated social media content. The computer system may further include analyzing the filtered data for determining at least one data category and presenting a digest of social media content based on the determined at least one data category.

Preference based system and method for multiple feed aggregation and presentation

A method for improving the presentation of social media data from multiple social network feeds is provided. The method may include aggregating social media content received from the multiple social network feeds. The method may also include generating filtered data by eliminating repetitive data from among the received aggregated social media content. The method may further include analyzing the filtered data for determining at least one data category and presenting a digest of social media content based on the determined at least one data category.

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Hisham Emad Elshishiny