International Business Machines Corporation

Joel Viale

Zsolt Szalai

Frederic J Bauchot

Jacques Cresp

Fabrice Livigni

Richard Sert

Frédéric Bauchot

Alain Siles

Joaquin Picon

Mathews Thomas

Pierre Secondo

Michael Edward Alexander

Olivier Oudot

Denis Aubert

Philippe Bazot

Amandeep Singh

Vaibhav Jain

Luca Marchi

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: counting of crossings of a mobile client with one or more neighboring mobile client during performance of a trip.

Collaborative social distancing

Provided is a method for tracking items using tag-to-tag communication. The method comprises receiving, from a tag, a list of nearby tags. The list of nearby tags was generated by the tag communicating with neighboring tags. The method further comprises comparing the list of nearby tags to a reference list that includes all expected tags. The method further comprises determining whether the list of nearby tags matches the reference list.

Item tracking using tag-to-tag communications

In an approach to collaborative accident prevention, that a first vehicle is approaching an intersection is detected. A first vehicle information vector is broadcast from the first vehicle, where the first vehicle information vector contains at least a first vehicle speed, a first vehicle position, and a first vehicle direction. Responsive to receiving a second vehicle information vector from a second vehicle, an optimal order to cross the intersection is calculated based on the first vehicle information vector and the second vehicle information vector. A first adjusted vehicle speed is signaled to the first vehicle and a second adjusted vehicle speed is signaled to the second vehicle based on the optimal order to cross the intersection.

Collaborative accident prevention

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: receiving request data from a first mobile UE device, the request data requesting installation of an instance of a client software installation package on the first mobile UE device; and responsively to the request data from the first mobile UE device, deploying a first instance of the client software installation package to the first mobile UE device for installation on the first mobile UE device, wherein the client software installation package is configured so that when the client software installation package is installed on a respective mobile client, the respective mobile client is operative for counting of crossings of the respective mobile client with one or more neighboring mobile client during performance of a trip.

An example operation may include one or more of submitting a part replacement request to replace a first part of a device, qualifying a second part and repair resources, issue a part replacement transaction to the blockchain network, endorse the part replacement transaction by the plurality of blockchain peers, and replace the first part with the second part. The first part includes a blockchain peer of a plurality of blockchain peers and the device includes a blockchain network including a plurality of parts each corresponding to one of the plurality of blockchain peers.

Device-based database system

A computer-implemented method for indicating to a user an amount of an item to dispense from a bulk item dispenser is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes detecting a real-world scale located on the bulk item dispenser. The computer-implemented method further includes overlaying an augmented scale onto the bulk item dispenser, wherein the augmented scale is positioned with respect to the real-world scale located on the bulk item dispenser.

Automatic bulk item dispenser measurement system

Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining information based on a received image. The method includes one or more processors receiving image data from a computing device. The method further includes one or more processors identifying an object included in the received image data. The method further includes one or more processors determining a value that corresponds to the identified object included in the received image data. The method further includes one or more processors determining whether the determined value corresponds to a defined action. Another aspect of the present invention discloses an apparatus that includes a foreground label overlaying a background label, and a measurement device coupled to the foreground label. The measurement device is capable of movement in response to observing measurement data.

Generating measurement data using image data

In a method for calculating a location of a traffic incident a processor receives a first alarm message. The alarm message has a device identification, an event time stamp indicating detection of an incident, and a first distance vector. The processor calculates first isodistance information from the first distance vector and receives a second alarm message that has the device identification, the event time stamp, and a second distance vector. The processor calculates a second isodistance information for the second alarm message, and calculates a location of the incident based on the first isodistance information and the second isodistance information.

Incident location reporting using isodistance

An example operation may include one or more of collecting, by a transaction manager node, consensus data from a plurality of peers of a blockchain network, identifying, by the transaction manager node, a conditional consensus for a coordinated transaction based on the consensus data, storing, by the transaction manager node, context data of a coordinated process associated with the coordinated transaction, and updating, by the transaction manager node, the context data in response to a detection of an interim transaction associated with the coordinated process.

Context data update in a blockchain network

A method for restoring a pointer position within an application in response to a user switching between applications. The method includes one or more computer processors identifying a set of applications executing on a computing device of a user. The method further includes determining a series of pointer positions within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application of the set of executing applications in response to the user interfacing with the first application. The method further includes determining that the user pauses interfacing with a second application and resumes accessing the first application. The method further includes determining a pointer position from among the series of pointer positions respectively associated with the GUI of the first application. The method further includes responding to determining that the user resumes accessing the first application by positioning the pointer within the GUI of the first application at the determined pointer position.

Tracking and restoring pointer positions among applications

An example operation may include one or more of storing state information of a system component via a data block included among a hash-linked chain of data blocks of a blockchain, the state information identifying operating features of the system component at a first point in time, receiving, from the system component, re-computed state information of the system component captured at a second point in time that is subsequent to the first point in time, determining an integrity of the system component based on the re-computed state information and the previously stored state information of the system component stored among the hash-linked chain of data blocks, and transmitting information about the determined integrity to a computing system associated with the system component.

Security platform for multi-component system and services thereof

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for dynamically updating an input language of a smart physical keyboard. A local computer receives an indication that a remote session has been started, where starting the remote session includes the local computer accessing a remote computer. The local computer determines a keyboard input language for the remote session. The local computer then updates one or more keys of a smart physical keyboard to display the keyboard input language for the remote session.

Dynamically updating a smart physical keyboard

A computer-implemented method and computer program for proving a short message service (SMS) message was sent and received. The computer-implemented method includes: designating a message type for the SMS message, wherein the message type includes a normal type and a legal type; in response to designating a legal type for the SMS message, changing a header for the SMS message, wherein the header indicates that the SMS message should be stored; storing the SMS message with a trusted authority; and sending the SMS message, from a sender, to a receiver.

Short message service system

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for handling identification information emitted by a radio frequency device, and a radio frequency device for emitting identification information. The method receives and stores identification information transmitted by the radio frequency device, retrieves the identification information from the first mobile communication device, and inserts the identification information into the communication. The system includes a first mobile communication device, a second communication device, and an inserting means. The computer program product includes computer program instructions for carrying out the steps of the method. The radio frequency device includes an antenna adapted to operate in UHF frequency bands, an energy storage means adapted to be charged with energy captured through the antenna, an information storage means adapted to store information, and a transmission means adapted to transmit the information using the energy from the energy storage means.

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