International Business Machines Corporation

Lewis Alexander Morrow

Peter Kenneth Malkin

John Thomas Richards

James Edward Christensen

Claus Michael Olsen

Wendy Anne Kellogg

Rhonda Rosenbaum

A method provides for access to an electronic profile of a first client to a second client. The method comprises creating a network accessible electronic profile of the first client, wherein the electronic profile is accessible by an active object, wherein the active object is bound to the electronic profile. The method further comprises defining an access right of the second client, wherein the access right determines a portion of the electronic profile of available to the second client via the active object. The method verifies an identity of the second client, and provides access to the portion electronic profile to the second client via the active object, wherein the active object is transferable.

System and method for providing access and utilization of context information

A method for providing sales support includes issuing a customer a mobile device and a corresponding identification, wherein the mobile device issues an electronic service request including a customer purchase order for a product having a product identifier, receiving the electronic service request including the customer purchase order, tracking a location of the mobile device issued to the customer, and delivering the product to a checkout register according to the location to which the mobile device is tracked.

Method for delivering a product to a register according to a tracked location of a mobile device

The energy consumption of a computing system is reduced by incorporating two or more processing units with diverse energy efficiencies and diverse processing capabilities. A scheduler intercepts an interrupt(s) from I/O space, resolves the interrupt to a task, retrieves energy and performance attributes for the task, and schedules the task for execution on the processing units such that the task will consume the least amount of energy while executing in a timely fashion.

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Lewis Alexander Morrow