International Business Machines Corporation

Nuance Communications, Inc.

Howard Neil Anglin

Debbie A Anglin

Yvonne M Young

Su Liu

Frank Anthony Nuzzi

Irgelkha Mejia

Nicholas J Ruegger

Joey Allen Perry

Chao M Beck

Reginald Ford Ratcliff, Jr

Randal A Anders

Barry Edward Willner

Travis M Grigsby

Yu Liu

Leigh Allen Williamson

Emily Jane Ratliff

Shi Kun Li

John J Thomas

Daniel E Morris

Erik Dean Anderson

Jan Rogoyski

Juan Francisco Obas

Anthony J Arcuri

Nyralin Novella Kline

Fehmina Merchant

James C Palistrant

Vijay Ekambaram

Wei Shan Dong

Cheng Xu

Harigovind Venkatraj Ramasamy

Sumit Patel

Shinoj Zacharias

Wing L Leung

Roger Snook

Elizabeth Silvia

Ravithej Chikkala

Charles Vaughn Rankin

Leucir Marin, Jr

Nduwuisi Emuchay

Elizabeth Silva

Chaitanya Kandagatla

Christopher M Crane

Reginald F Ratcliff, Jr

Kandagatla Chaitanya

Nicholas Joseph Ruegger

Yvonne Marie Young

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for multilingual simultaneous interpretation using a distributed ledger are disclosed. A multilingual interpretation server determines that a new word has been added to a first language node, the first language node corresponding to a first language, and broadcasts, to a plurality of other language nodes, a request to interpret the new word, wherein each of the plurality of other language nodes corresponds to a different language. Each of the plurality of language nodes interprets the new word into a particular language and adds the new word and one or more interpretations of the new word to an entry in a dictionary ledger. A multilingual interpretation service provides simultaneous multilingual translations of from a source language to a plurality of target languages using the shared distributed dictionary ledger. A multilingual interpretation client is provided for accessing services provided by the multilingual interpretation service.

Multilingual simultaneous interpretation using a distributed ledger

A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for presentation delivery. The mechanism delivering a presentation content to a group of users and receives a plurality of questions concerning the presentation content from the group of users. The mechanism stores the plurality of questions in a question history database and clusters the plurality of questions in the question history database into one or more question clusters. The mechanism determines a topic for each of the one or more question clusters to form one or more question topics and generates feedback for updating the presentation content based on the one or more question topics.

Enhanced knowledge delivery and attainment using a question answering system

An example operation may include one or more of authorizing a blockchain for a video file, generating a first tracking value for an entry block referencing the video file, the first tracking value generated based on first data and the video file, receiving second data for each of additional blocks in the blockchain, generating second tracking values based on the second data of the additional blocks, forming the additional blocks including the second tracking values, respectively, appending the additional blocks to the entry block, the entry block and the additional blocks cryptographically linked in an ordered sequence, each of the additional blocks referencing a version of the video file which corresponds to an original version of the video file as referenced by the entry block or a processed version of the video file, the second data in each of the additional blocks indicative of processing performed on the version of the video file in that block, and tracing through the blockchain based on the first and second tracking values to confirm an auditable and immutable chain-of-custody of the video file.

Chain-of-custody of digital content in a database system

A method and system for tracking and targeting particular energy sources in an electrical grid is provided. A processor stores information regarding units of produced energy as transactions in a blockchain. A processor receives, from an endpoint device of a plurality of endpoint devices connected to a power grid, a request for a unit of energy represented in the blockchain. A processor sends an indication, to the endpoint device, that the endpoint device is permitted to consume the unit of energy from the power grid. A processor updates the blockchain to record the consumption of the unit of energy.

Targeting energy units in a blockchain

Some example embodiments include a method for recharging a number of battery electric vehicles. The method include receiving (by a control module configured to control an electrical grid system that include a number of recharging stations that are configured to recharge the number of battery electric vehicles and from the number of battery electric vehicles) usage data that comprises a current charge level, a current location, and a planned itinerary that includes a destination. The method includes determining anticipated electrical loads in the number of sectors of the electrical grid system based on the usage data of the number of battery electric vehicles. The method also includes redistributing the electrical supply on the electrical grid system to at least one recharging station of the number of recharging stations based on the anticipated electrical loads, prior to actual usage defined by the usage data by the number of battery electric vehicles.

Recharging of battery electric vehicles on a smart electrical grid system

A method, apparatus and computer program product for dynamically grouping browser tabs in a web browser user interface is described. The web page content of a plurality of open web page tabs in a web browser displayed on a display of a computer are analyzed. Sets of tab group criteria, each set of tab group criteria for a respective tab group and based on user intent are used to evaluate the web page content. Based on the analyzing, which ones of the plurality of open web page tabs respectively satisfy a set of tab group criteria are determined. The plurality of open web page tabs is grouped into respective tab groups based on the determination. The tab groups are presented in the web browser display. Each tab group display contains tabs representing a subset of the plurality of open web page tabs which satisfy a respective set of tab group criteria.

Enhanced browser tab management

A method of estimating an indoor lighting condition includes acquiring an image from a camera at a location within an indoor space at a selected time, determining the location from which the image is taken, and estimating an outdoor sunlight density based on the location and the selected time. The method also includes collecting a plurality of daylight factors, each daylight factor of the plurality of daylight factors corresponding to a characteristic of the indoor space, calculating an indoor daylight index for the indoor space in real time based on the outdoor sunlight density and the plurality of daylight factors, and presenting the indoor daylight index to a user in real time.

Real time estimation of indoor lighting conditions

An image of a building may be received from a client device, and the building in the image may be geo-located and identified. Based on the geo-location, a set of attributes for the building may be determined. A user query may be received from the client device, and based on a property of the user query, a unit in the building may be identified. A daylight livability index (DLLI) for the unit may be determined, based on the identified unit and the set of attributes for the building, and the user may be notified of the DLLI.

Daylight livability index from images

A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s) monitors activities of a user operating a vehicle with a navigational device providing route guidance, via a first route, to a geographic destination. The processor(s) identifies driving patterns of the user to generate a driver profile for the user, including a baseline activity pattern. The processor(s) determines, at a given time, that the monitored activities of the user are outside of the baseline activity pattern and enables an integrated image capture device in the vehicle and captures images of an environment outside of a the vehicle. The processor(s) utilizes the image capture device, to capture images and derives data describing environmental conditions, based on performing a semantic analysis of the images. The processor(s) transmits the data to a repository and generates a second route to the destination, based on the driver profile and relevant data from the repository data.

Spatio-temporal re-routing of navigation

An example operation may include one or more of hashing a password received from a user device to create one or more password hash values, determining whether the one or more password hash values match any internal password hash values of an internal password history chain stored in a blockchain, and providing an access level to the user device assigned to the matched one or more internal password hash values.

Password management and verification with a blockchain

An example operation may include one or more of determining whether one or more password strings are related to a password, the password strings are transmitted from a user device, hashing the one or more password strings to create one or more password hash values, determining whether the one or more password hash values match any internal password hash values of an internal password history chain stored in an internal blockchain, determining whether the one or more password hash values match any external password hash values of an external password history chain stored in an external blockchain, and responsive to determining the one or more password hash values do not match any internal password hash value and any external password hash values, storing a new password in one or more of the internal blockchain and the external blockchain.

A method for recharging an electric vehicle includes receiving, by a control module and from the vehicle in transit along a route having a number of stops for passenger pickup, a current charge level and a current location. The stops include recharging stations for recharging the vehicle. The method includes receiving from a next stop, an anticipated stop time at the next stop for the vehicle. The method includes determining a power output to be supplied to the vehicle by a recharging station at the next stop based on the current charge level. The power output comprises an amount of power to be supplied at the next stop, the amount of power for satisfying a minimum amount of charge to enable the vehicle to arrive at a subsequent stop after the next stop. The method includes transmitting, to the recharging station at the next stop, the power output.

A resource reservoir is provided. The resource reservoir is a pool of resources that are allocated to and shared between a plurality of reserve virtual machines. A reserve virtual machine of the plurality of reserve virtual machines corresponds to a primary virtual machine from a plurality of primary virtual machines. Each reserve virtual machine of the plurality of reserve virtual machines fulfills a resource requirement from the resource reservoir. The sum of the resources requirements of the plurality of reserve virtual machines is greater than a sum of total resources within the resource reservoir. In response to determining a decrease in performance of the primary virtual machine, at least a portion of workload of the primary virtual machine is applied to the corresponding reserve virtual machine. The resources used by the reserve virtual are indicated as unavailable to the remaining reserve virtual machines from the resource reservoir.

Optimization of virtual machines

A computer program product for recharging a number of battery electric vehicles includes computer usable program code. The computer usable program code is configured to receive, from the number of battery electric vehicles that are to recharge at a number of recharging stations, usage data. The usage data includes a current charge level, a current location, and a planned itinerary that includes a destination. The computer usable program code is configured to determine anticipated electrical loads in the number of sectors of the electrical grid system based on the usage data of the number of battery electric vehicles. The computer usable program code is configured to redistribute the electrical supply on the electrical grid system to at least one recharging station of the number of recharging stations based on the anticipated electrical loads, prior to actual usage defined by the usage data by the number of battery electrical vehicles.

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Howard Neil Anglin