International Business Machines Corporation

Globalfoundries Inc.

John Anthony Feller

Al Chakra

Trudy L Hewitt

Francesco Carmine Schembari

John Kenyon Gerken, Iii

Hank Ibell

William Lucy

Mark D Vickstrom

Harsha V Krishnareddy

Christopher Meyer

Lee Michael Surprenant

Kerry Arella Moffo

Joseph Marrero Corchado

Ryan E Soley

Christopher K Waldon

A method for contextual data visualization includes receiving data selected by a user and meta-data associated with the data. The data is analyzed, using a processor of a computing device, to determine content and structure attributes of the data that are relevant to visualization of the data. The meta-data is analyzed, using a processor of the computing device, to determine a context in which the visualization of the data will be used. A database comprising an aggregation of visualization records from a plurality of users is accessed and at least one template from the data visualization records that matches the data attributes and context is selected. A data visualization is created by applying at least one template to the data.

Contextual data visualization

Presenting a link label for multiple hyperlinks includes presenting a layered data element in an electronic message with a link label that represents multiple hyperlinks in a display, designating an active hyperlink from the multiple hyperlinks based on specific criteria associated with a recipient of the electronic message, and directing the recipient of the electronic message to an online location of the active hyperlink in response to user input selecting the link label.

Presenting a link label for multiple hyperlinks

A method for monitoring a physical area for unauthorized access by a user of a wireless device, includes scanning for signals from a wireless device, detecting a wireless signal from a wireless device, determining a wireless device ID associated with the wireless signal, determining whether the wireless device ID matches a wireless ID in an authorized or unauthorized ID list and in response to determining that the wireless device ID matches a wireless ID in the unauthorized wireless ID list, activate a security alert. The method may further include in response to determining, that the wireless device ID does not match a wireless ID in the authorized wireless ID list nor the unauthorized wireless ID list, receiving, signal strength information associated with the detected wireless signal for a predetermined time interval and determining a pattern as a function of time of the received signal strength.

Detecting unauthorized physical access via wireless electronic device identifiers

Approaches presented herein enable obscuring a query from an external web service provider. More specifically, a user-submitted query is split into at least two non-identical, secondary search queries. The non-identical search queries are submitted to an external web services provider separately, at different times spread throughout a search timeframe, from different virtual locations, thereby obscuring the original search query from the external web services provider. An internal system receives and merges the search results of the non-identical secondary queries from the external web services provider. The internal system then performs a second search on the merged results using the original user-submitted search query to find the results within the merged results that are most relevant to the original query. These relevant results are then presented to the user.

Obscuring internet searches from external web service providers

Monitoring a physical area for detection of a wireless device includes scanning for signals from a wireless device within a scanning range defining the physical area, detecting a wireless signal from a wireless device within the scanning range, determining a wireless device ID associated with the wireless device detected within the scanning range and determining whether the wireless device ID is unknown. In response to determining that the wireless device ID is unknown, analyzing the wireless signal to determine scan data representative of the wireless signal, monitoring the scan data over time, determining a scan data pattern as a function of time based on the monitored scan data, comparing the scan data pattern to scan data patterns stored in a database and in response to determining that the scan data pattern based on the monitored scan data matches a scan data pattern in the database, activate a first alert.

Monitoring a physical area for unauthorized access by a user of a wireless device includes setting a wireless signal scanning range using at least one wireless scanning device, detecting a wireless signal within the scanning range, determining a status of the wireless device of authorized, unauthorized or unknown, monitoring scan data obtained from the scanning device during the time the wireless signal remains within the scanning range. A scan data pattern based on the monitored scan data is determined and compared to a scan data pattern database containing scan data patterns indicative of suspicious behavior and determining whether the monitored scan data pattern matches a suspicious scan data pattern based on the comparison. The system identifies the wireless device as unauthorized in response to a match with a suspicious scan data pattern and activates a security alert.

Methods and systems may provide for receiving a set of attributes that identify a pegged area of a page delivered to a user interface during a first browsing session and storing the set of attributes. Additionally, the set of attributes may be used to conduct a subsequent delivery of the pegged area to a user interface during a second browsing session, wherein the subsequent delivery of the pegged area excludes portions of the page that are outside the pegged area. In one example, the subsequent delivery is conducted further based on the type of client device participating in the second browsing session.

Loading pegged page objects based on predefined preferences

An approach is described for creating an audio file sample based upon user preferences. An associated method may include detecting selection of an audio file by a user, wherein the selection of the audio file occurs via a communications network and indexing the audio file to create a plurality of indexed segments based upon audio analysis. The method further may include selecting at least one segment among the plurality of indexed segments based upon a profile of the user and incorporating the at least one selected segment into an audio sample having a designated length. Indexing the audio file to create a plurality of indexed segments based upon audio analysis may include, for each audio characteristic among a plurality of designated audio characteristics, creating from the audio file at least one indexed segment corresponding to the audio characteristic.

Creating an audio file sample based upon user preferences

A method, a system and a computer program product provide responses to inquiries residing within text processed by an application. An inquiry is identified within text being processed by the application, and a context of the identified inquiry is determined. One or more available data sources is searched to produce a series of responses to the identified inquiry, and the series of responses is evaluated to rank and determine an accuracy level value for each response. The ranked responses along with associated accuracy levels can be displayed.

Automatic determination of question in text and determination of candidate responses using data mining

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining an unmarked questionnaire form and creating form metrics data of the unmarked questionnaire form, receiving a selection marked form having freehand marks and determining selections data by quantifying a center point of a freehand mark and by comparing the center point with the form metrics data. Selections data may be adjusted according to positional consistency amongst the freehand marks if one mark is ambiguous as to the distances to answer choices.

Selection determination for freehand marks

A method for sharing a view presented on a touchscreen of a processing system. Whether a show gesture state is enabled on the processing system and whether a gesture event gate is open on the processing system are determined. The show gesture state determines whether a gesture detected by the touchscreen is depicted onto a version of the view shared with another processing system. The gesture event gate determines whether a corresponding gesture event is passed to an application that is active in the view.

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Cary, NC, United States of America

John Anthony Feller