International Business Machines Corporation

Mark J Lawrence

Caroline Jane Thomas

James Hewitt

Martin Andrew Ross

Colin Ian Holyoake

Aaron James Collins

Christopher John Swales

Tymoteusz Gedliczka

Matthew J Clarke

Benjamin Graham Thompson

Stephen J Haskey

Adam P Coulthard

Erhan Mengusoglu

Heather Pollard

Charlie Parker

Radosław Kopeć

A method includes determining a state of the user that is any one of an attention state and an attention absence state. If the user is in the attention absence state, the indication by the progress indicator is modified to indicate a first fake progress of the execution of the task slower than the current real task progress. If the state of the user is the attention state for a time period longer than a transition time period after a last transition of the state of the user from the attention absence state back to the attention state, a current progress of the execution of the task is indicated by the progress indicator, otherwise the indication by the progress indicator during the transition time period is modified to indicate a second fake progress of the execution of the task faster than the current real task progress.

Method to improve perception of progress with a progress indicator

Disclosed is a method, system, and computer program product for preserving actions taken after a snapshot. One embodiment of the method may comprise capturing a snapshot of a virtualized container environment (VCE), the VCE comprising one or more applications-of-interest. The method may further comprise intercepting an event-of-interest directed to an application-of-interest within the VCE. The method may further comprise automatically storing the intercepted event in an action database. The method may further comprise, in response to a user instruction to revert the VCE to a prior snapshot, generating an automated script from the intercepted events, wherein the automated script comprises actions that occurred in the VCE after capture of the selected snapshot; and executing the automated script.

Preserving changes when reverting back to a snapshot

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for writing and checking functions of a code file in interactive development environments. The method may include, responsive to determining the function matches a historical function in a log of previously executed functions and their corresponding execution responses, identifying the execution response corresponding to the matching historical function in the log. The method may also include determining an expected result of the function based on the identified execution response.

Function result prediction

One or more computer processors receive a message, with a message device, from a server, wherein the message device and at least one other nearby message device belong to a shared chat group. The one or more computer processors, responsive to determining that the at least one other nearby message device has received and emitted a notification associated with the message, suppress the notification associated with the message.

Suppressing message notifications

A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a user device, a first touch gesture at a display of the user device visually displaying a virtual object; defining, by the user device, an anchor point of the virtual object visually displayed on the display based on the first touch gesture; receiving, by the user device, a second touch gesture at the display; determining, by the user device, an anchor area and a scrolling area based on the anchor point and the second touch gesture; defining, by the user device, a first layer corresponding to the anchor area and a second layer corresponding to the scrolling area; and stacking, by the user device, the first layer over the second layer.

Creating and manipulating layers on a user device using touch gestures

A resource allocation system is provided that includes a memory configured to store at least one executable, user-given instruction and a data processor unit operatively coupled to the memory and configured to effectuate running of a given application by executing a corresponding user-given instruction stored in the memory. The system further includes a display interface operatively coupled to the data processor unit and configured to accommodate a given virtual desktop comprising a given application running according to a user-given instruction processed by the data processor unit. The system further includes a policy configurator operatively coupled to the data processor unit and configured to generate a given user-defined policy regarding at least a designated display interface such that a predefined share of a given system resource is allocated to the designated display interface.

System resource allocation in respect of display interfaces

Concepts for managing code copied from a source repository to a target repository are proposed. Example embodiments comprises generating metadata relating to code copied from the source repository. At the target repository, source repository is monitored to determine if the code copied from the source repository has been modified within the source repository based on the metadata. Responsive to determining the code copied from the source repository has been modified within the source repository, a notification relating to the modification is generated at the target repository.

Re-use of code

A power distribution unit (PDU) having a connector to connect to an input power supply and a plurality of power outlet sockets for receiving plugs having a number of pins. Each power outlet socket has a mechanical locking mechanism movable between a locked position and an unlocked position when a plug is inserted into the power outlet socket to lock and unlock a plug pin in the power outlet socket. Absent actuation the locked position is adopted. Each power outlet socket includes an externally, manually actuatable, first release element, and an internally, electrically actuatable, second release element. A power sensor detects whether or not power is being drawn and, for power outlet sockets which currently host a plug and are not drawing power, the second release element is actuated by the PDU so as to unlock the mechanical locking mechanism, thereby freeing up the associated plugs for removal.

Power distribution unit having a releasable lock

A wireless controller for a video game playing device includes electrically conductive contacts on portions of the surface of the controller positioned so that a first contact is contactable by one hand of the user and a second contact is contactable by the other hand of the user during operation of the controller. Electrical circuitry applies a voltage between the first contact and the second contact so that when the one hand contacts the first contact and the other hand contacts the second contact an electrical current flows through the user's body completing an electrical circuit. Further electrical circuitry enables power supply to the controller electronic control circuitry responsive to completion of the electrical circuit, and disables electrical power supply to the controller electronic control circuitry responsive to breaking of the electrical circuit.

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Mark J Lawrence