International Business Machines Corporation

James D Creasman

Barry Joseph Pellas

Adrian Vrouwenvelder

Nathan A Baker

Matthew T Pellas

Matthew Kevin Thomas

Jeffrey K Johnson

Paul A Titus

Kevin D Dillard

Jeffrey Robert Hoy

Joshua A Alger

Alan Richard Buss

Ronald Eugene Craig

Robert A Gibson

John A Poetzinger

A method and technique for utilizing user feedback of product installation includes initiating, on a client computing system by a user, an install module of a product to install an instance of the product on the client computing system according to a default installation process. The install module interfaces with a server system and retrieves feedback data collected by the server system in connection with prior installations of the product. The install module creates a modified installation sequence for the product on the client computing system from the default installation process based on the retrieved feedback data and then installs the instance of the product on the client computing system according to the modified installation process.

Dynamic product installation based on user feedback

A method and technique for utilizing user feedback of product installation includes receiving, by a first install module executing on a server, feedback data associated with an installation of a first instance of a product on a first client computing system. The first install module assesses the feedback data and, based on the assessment of the feedback data, modifies a default installation sequence for the product to create a modified installation sequence. The first install module receives a communication from a second client computing system installing a second instance of the product on a second client computing system and interfaces with a second install module provided by the product executing on the second client computing system to communicate the modified installation sequence for installing the second instance of the product on the second client computing system by the second install module.

Mechanisms are provided for controlling air quality within an interior of a vehicle. Air quality data is received from a vehicle mounted sensor of the vehicle, and at least one of a sensor of another vehicle, an external environment sensor, or a remotely located information source system. A first air quality measure is determined for an external environment exterior to the vehicle and a second air quality measure of an internal environment of the vehicle is determined based on the air quality data. At least one control signal to send to a climate control system of the vehicle is determined based on the determined first air quality measure and determined second air quality measure. Air quality within the internal environment of the vehicle is controlled by sending the at least one control signal to the climate control system.

Automatic vehicle climate control based on predicted air quality

Disconnection protection for command-line remote terminal may be provided. A command-line remote terminal session may be created at the first computer for interacting with the second computer. A command entered in the command-line remote terminal session may be intercepted. A disconnect protection may be injected into the command. The disconnect protection may comprise at least redirecting output from the command into a session log file. The output of the command may be tracked to simulate the command as an active process in the command-line remote terminal session at the first computer. Responsive to detecting a disconnect in the remote network connection with the second computer, the remote network connection with the second computer may be automatically recovered by restarting the remote network connection with the second computer based on information stored in the session log file at a point of the disconnect.

Disconnect protection for command-line remote terminals

A method and technique for utilizing user feedback of product installation disclosed. The technique includes: initiating an installation process to install an instance of a product, by an install module of the product, on a client computing system of a first user; interfacing, by the install module, with a server system to retrieve install path data defining a default installation path for the product, the default installation path based on previous feedback data received from at least a second user previously installing another instance of the product; modifying, by the install module, a default installation path for the product on the client computing system of the first user using the install path data; during the installation process, obtaining current feedback data from the first user corresponding to the installation process on the client computing system of the first user; and transmitting the current feedback data to the server system.

A mobile device controls content partitioning at a separate renderable content storage device of an item of renderable content into multiple partitioned content segments that are each less in size than the entire item of renderable content and that each fit within available memory of the mobile device. The mobile device renders on a display device of the mobile device multiple received content partition identifiers that each identify one partitioned content segment. The mobile device retrieves from the separate renderable content storage device a partitioned content segment of the item of renderable content identified by a user-selected content partition identifier. The mobile device renders the partitioned content segment. The mobile device automatically retrieves, in response to completion of rendering of the partitioned content segment, a second partitioned content segment using a second content partition identifier of the received multiple content partition identifiers.

Renderable content partitioning and portability

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an approach is provided in which a diagnostic system retrieves encrypted utilization data from an electronic system that were generated from utilization data corresponding to the electronic system's usage. The diagnostic system decrypts the encrypted utilization data and determines whether the decrypted utilization data are valid. When the decrypted utilization data are valid, the diagnostic system displays the decrypted utilization data on a display. In another embodiment, the diagnostic system retrieves cryptographically-protected utilization data from the electronic system and determines the authenticity of the cryptographically-protected utilization data. Once the cryptographically-protected utilization data are authenticated, the diagnostic system displays the corresponding utilization data on a display.

Encrypted warranty verification and diagnostic tool

A storable duration of renderable content, based upon available memory for storage of renderable content associated with a mobile device, is determined in response to detecting a request for a portion of renderable content via an input device. The request for the portion of the renderable content based upon the storable duration is sent to a renderable content storage device, where the renderable content is identified by a content identifier. A content partition identifier and the portion of the renderable content having a duration less than or equal to the storable duration is received at the mobile device in response to the request. The content identifier, the content partition identifier, and the portion of the renderable content are stored within the available memory for storage of renderable content associated with the mobile device.

A service, which in one embodiment is a fashion social network, applies pre-defined criteria to items proposed for selection by a user, in order to determine if the proposed items are compatible with descriptive attributes and/or current possessions of the user.

Coherency of related objects

A method for automatically retrieving interaction information between objects, including: with a server, transforming a first image and a second image submitted to said server from a source into first and second sets of parameters, respectively; searching a database for an interaction relationship between the first and second images using the first and second sets of parameters; and returning a representation of the interaction relationship to the source.

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Apex, NC, United States of America

James D Creasman