International Business Machines Corporation

Intermec IP Corporation

Activision Publishing, Inc.

Other

Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation

Inkrmec IP Corp.

Paul Andrew Moskowitz

Clifford A Pickover

Rick A Hamilton, Ii

Michael John Brady

Brian M O'Connell

Stephen Joy Boies

Robert J Von Gutfeld

James W Seaman

Sastry Duri

Samuel Dinkin

Philip Shi-lung Yu

Alejandro Gabriel Schrott

Dah-Weih Duan

Harley K Heinrich

William Grey

Anthony Tom Levas

Thomas Anthony Cofino

Keith R Walker

Charles Philippe Tresser

George Frederick Walker

Richard Joseph Gambino

Xuan Liu

Jung-Mu Tang

Philip Murphy

Daniel Joseph Friedman

David Perry Greene

Moninder Singh

Stephane Herman Maes

Paul William Coteus

Philip Shilung Yu

Thomas Mario Cipolla

Timothy C Reiley

Jennifer Ceil Lai

Han Chen

Herbert Scott McFaddin

Te-Kai Liu

Venkata S R Kodukula

Ruthie D Lyle

Christopher J Dawson

Ali Afzali-Ardakani

Sung Kwon Kang

Ronald Perez

Glen Walden Johnson

Edith Gail Schonberg

Peter G Ledermann

Paul Bao-Luo Chou

Edith H Stern

Sampath Purushothaman

Eugene John O'Sullivan

Terrence Robert O'Toole

Claudius Feger

Praveen Chaudhari

Rene D Martinez

Michael J Palmer

Mark B Ritter

Kiyoshi Maruyama

Robert H Katyl

Abraham P Ittycheriah

Ali Afzali-ardakani

James Campbell Colson

Marco Martens

Harry R Bickford

Guenter Karjoth

Neal J Alewine

Alan George Cole

Mark F Bregman

Francois Guindon

David A Wood

Sadeg Mustafa Faris

Timothy Joseph Chainer

Barry Edward Willner

James Peter Ward

Lawrence Shungwei Mok

Chai Wah Wu

James Gardner Ryan

Mark B Ketchen

Gerhard Ingmar Meijer

Jonathan Paul Munson

Ponani S Gopalakrishnan

Young Hoon Kwark

Dale L Scott

Erick G Walton

James Edward Christensen

Jan Sedivy

John Frederick Morar

Rodney T Hodgson

Arnold Halperin

Paul R Hoffman

Peter George Capek

Peter Richard Duncombe

Pedro A Chalco

Caroline A Kovac

George A Sai-Halasz

Rose Marie Williams

Stephen Dale Linam

Michael R Scheuermann

Jean-Marc Halbout

Roger Alan Pollak

Claude Alexander Greengard

Stefan G Hild

A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to provide a shopping cart for a shopper, and segment items in the shopping cart based on the carbon footprint associated with each item. Additionally, the method may include displaying substitute or complementary items in the shopping cart for selection by the user to reduce total carbon values, and awarding carbon certificates.

System and method for segmenting items in a shopping cart by carbon footprint

In various embodiments, the proximity of an avatar with respect to a designated focal point object within a virtual universe is determined, and information associated with the designated focal point object is identified. A first of a plurality of representations of the information is selected based, at least in part, on the determined proximity of the avatar with respect to the designated focal point object. The first representation of the information is then transmitted to the avatar. Proximity-based transmission of information can disseminate relevant information to avatars, and can be used by virtual universe businesses to encourage avatars to move near the designated focal point object within the virtual universe so that the avatars can be exposed to products and advertisements.

Proximity-based broadcast virtual universe system

Aspects provide digital media content as a function of embedded environmental impact data. When a digital multimedia item is received, an embedded environmental impact value is decoded and the item is utilized as a function of the decoded embedded environmental impact value. Some aspects account for amounts and types of energy used in creating the item to calculate an environmental impact value for the item, and the calculated environmental impact value is embedded within digital data of the item.

Digital media usage in response to impact data

A system and method is provided for avoiding duplication of effort in drafting documents and, in particular, to a system and method for avoiding duplication of effort in preparing patent related submissions. The method is implemented on a computer infrastructure comprises storing disclosure information related to non-public proprietary innovation and receiving terms associated with an innovation. The method further comprises matching the terms with the stored disclosure information and providing an alert to a user that certain of the terms overlap with the stored disclosure information.

System and method for avoiding duplication of effort in drafting documents

In various embodiments, the number of virtual universe avatars within a predetermined proximity from a designated first object in a virtual universe is determined. A condition that affects a load on a server computer supporting the designated first object in the virtual universe is determined. A second object is dynamically spawned within the virtual universe in response to determining that the number of virtual universe avatars within the predetermined proximity from the designated first object is greater than a first predetermined threshold and that the determined condition on the server computer is greater than a second predetermined threshold. The second object is associated with transmissions of information within the virtual universe.

Dynamic spawning of focal point objects within a virtual universe system

Described herein are processes and devices that coalesced and/or collapse areas in a region of a virtual universe to conserve computing resources. Some embodiments are directed to detecting an indication to reduce usage of a computing resource in the virtual universe and, in response, determining the first area of the virtual universe for coalescing and collapsing into the second area of the virtual universe. In some embodiments, the first area comprises a plurality of virtual universe objects. Some embodiments are further directed to selecting a first set of the plurality of virtual universe objects for moving from the first area into the second area, coalescing the first set of the plurality of virtual universe objects into the second area from the first area, and, in response, collapsing the first area of the virtual universe.

Collapsing areas of a region in a virtual universe to conserve computing resources

The invention provides a method, system, and program product for reducing use of one or more computer resources. In one embodiment, the invention includes monitoring a user's interaction with a virtual universe, determining whether the user's interaction with the virtual universe is consistent with the user's attention being diverted from the virtual universe, determining whether a computer resource allocated to the user should be reduced, and in the case that the computer resource should be reduced, reducing the computer resource.

Reduction of computer resource use in a virtual universe

A system that enables individuals or companies to allow an avatar's transits and communications within a virtual universe. The system enables the selection of regions and/or content. Additionally, companies can use this system to prevent accidental communication of proprietary material. Also provided are a method and a computer readable medium containing a program product including the method to enable individuals or companies to allow an avatar's transits and communications within a virtual universe.

Rule-based content filtering in a virtual universe

Methods and arrangements of modifying spaces in virtual universes are discussed. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to receive data from a software agent in a virtual universe, directly or indirectly. The data may be based upon information automatically gathered from data stores outside the virtual universe, including account data and user profile data. The embodiment may also involve developing a user profile of the user in the virtual universe, based upon the data received from the software agent. An embodiment may also involve automatically gathering information from data stores external to the virtual universe. The information may include user account data and user profile information. The embodiment may also include aggregating data for generating the user profile in the virtual universe, based upon the information; and transmitting the data directly or indirectly to the virtual universe.

Modifying spaces in virtual universes

A rail car sensor network, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes at least one rail car having a main body portion including a first and section, a second end section and an intermediate portion. The rail car network further includes a sensor assembly mounted to the rail car. The sensor assembly includes at least one sensor positioned to detect a rail car parameter, and a wireless communication device configured to transmit data corresponding to the rail car parameter. A receiver assembly, mounted remote from the at least one rail car, includes a wireless communication monitor configured to receive the data corresponding to the rail car parameter from the wireless communication device.

Rail car sensor network

Described herein are some embodiments that use smart objects in a virtual universe to conserve computing resources. Some embodiments describe detecting that a virtual object of the virtual universe enters a resource conservation area in the virtual universe. Some embodiments further include, in response to determining that the virtual object enters the resource conservation area, detecting that the virtual object has a setting that enables automatic reduction of display quality of the virtual object from a first display quality level. Some embodiments further include, in response to determining that the virtual object has the setting that enables the automatic reduction in display quality from the first display quality setting, automatically reducing the display quality of the virtual object from the first display quality level to a second display quality level less than the first display quality level.

Modifying virtual universe display quality of virtual objects according to encoded virtual object settings and fee payment status

Described herein are processes and devices that modify a display quality of an area of a virtual universe. Some embodiments include operations to determine a number of avatars that occupy the area, determine a display quality of the area that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area and modify the display quality of the area proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area. The operations can further modify usage of a computing resource to process data to present the area in response to modification of the display quality of the area.

Modifying a display quality of an area in a virtual universe according to avatar characteristics

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