International Business Machines Corporation

Globalfoundries Inc.

Trend Micro Inc.

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Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Nuance Communications, Inc.

Green Market Square Limited

Susann Marie Keohane

Gerald Francis McBrearty

Jessica Kelley Murillo

Shawn Patrick Mullen

Johnny Meng-Han Shieh

Johnny Menh-Han Shieh

Maureen Elizabeth Kraft

James R Kraemer

Marc Kevin Johlic

Herman Rodriguez

Shunguo Yan

Samuel Scott Adams

Brent N Shiver

Holly Lee Nielsen

Brian John Cragun

Jeb R Linton

Adam J Storm

Scott N Gerard

Gary Paul Noble

Aliza Rivka Heching

Louis Thomas Fuka

Mary Jo Mueller

Khwaja Jawahar Jahangir Shaik

Mohammad Arif Ul Alam

Jessica C Murillo

Gerald Francis Mcbrearty

Fang Lu

Eric Philip Fried

Cristi Nesbitt Ullmann

David K Wright

Kurt Russell Taylor

Danling Shi

Emi K Olsson

Nicola Palmarini

Tiffany Cross

Sharon D Snider

Virginia Ann Wigginton

Karthik Pallapothu

Johnny M H Shieh

Kember Anne-Rivers Forcke

Patrick Shawn Mullen

Jennifer R T Dietrich

Jessica Carol Murillo

A computer-implemented process, computer program product, and system for dynamic change of a password under a brute force attack. A computer processor determines a quantity of consecutive unsuccessful attempts to access the targeted item protected by a password. Responsive to the quantity of consecutive unsuccessful attempts to access the targeted item exceeding a predefined threshold, the computer processor acquires a new password for access to the targeted item, wherein the new password is based on a more complex set of password generation rules than a current password. The computer processor changing the current password of the targeted item to the new password, and in response to changing the current password of the targeted item to the new password, the computer processor sends an encrypted message regarding the new password to a user associated with the targeted item.

Dynamic protection from detected brute force attack

Techniques for automatically collecting data and updating social media profiles based on sensor data are discussed herein. A system can comprise an activity identification component that based on sensor data received by the activity identification component, identifies an activity associated with an entity of a mobile device, resulting in an identified activity. Additionally, the system can comprise an updating component that based on the identified activity, updates a social media profile associated with the activity with activity data related to the identified activity.

Dynamic collection and distribution of contextual data

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for determining cognitive issues. The method includes building, by a processor device with social network data, a patient model for social interactions between a patient and other people. The method also includes computing, by the processor device, changes between the patient model and new social network data. The method additionally includes evaluating, by the processor device, the changes between the patient model and new social network data to generate evaluated changes. The method further includes determining, by the processor device, a patient metric score responsive the evaluated changes. The method also includes controlling an operation of a processor-controlled device responsive to the patient metric score.

Cognitive evaluation determined from social interactions

A method and system to interpret sensor transmission patterns to analyze anomalies in a smart environment include obtaining a map of the smart environment, the map including an indication of obstructions and openings. The method includes determining an initial location of each sensor of a plurality of sensors in the smart environment. Each sensor emits a transmission after each detection. The method also includes identifying an initial transmission pattern associated with each sensor, and identifying a change in the initial transmission pattern of a sensor among the plurality of sensors. The change is interpreted to determine whether the change in the initial transmission pattern of the sensor among the plurality of sensors is due to movement or obstruction of the sensor. Action is taken based on a determination that the sensor among the plurality of sensors is obstructed or removed.

Interpreting sensor transmission patterns to analyze anomalies in a smart environment

A third party intermediary and a data protection method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include executing a program, via the processor, using zero-knowledge verifiable computing to remove private content from a pre-approved version of a content to ensure privacy of a condition of a user from a provider of the content.

System, method, and recording medium for preventing back propogation of data protection

Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for modifying IoT device settings based on changes in user abilities. A processor may detect a plurality of IoT devices associated with one or more users. The processor may determine an ability baseline for the one or more users when interacting with the plurality of IoT devices. The processor may monitor interactions of the one or more users with the plurality of IoT devices. The processor may detect a change in the ability baseline for the one or more users when interacting with at least one IoT device of the plurality of IoT devices. In response to detecting the change, the processor may adjust one or more settings related to the at least one IoT device. The processor may propagate the adjustment to the one or more settings of the IoT device to the other IoT devices of the plurality.

Modification of device settings based on user abilities

A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for presentation delivery. The mechanism receives a search request comprising one or more search terms from a user. The mechanism determines the current stage of a project of the user. The mechanism determines a user role and skill level of the user. The mechanism searches a corpus of information to generate search results based on the one or more search terms. The mechanism presents the search results to the user based on the current stage of the project, the user role and skill level of the user.

Providing search result content tailored to stage of project and user proficiency and role on given topic

A system and method for performing liquid volume determination in a smart environment, the method comprising involve determining that a liquid is being poured. The method includes identifying the liquid, and determining the liquid volume of the liquid being poured based on sound analysis of audio sensed by a microphone. A scenario in which the liquid is being poured is analyzed, and an action is determined based on the scenario. The action includes triggering an actuator of the smart environment, obtaining additional information about the liquid, or issuing an alert.

Liquid volume determination to affect functionality of a smart environment

A first processor may receive a first request, from a first user, to initiate a first application. The first processor may initiate a first recording device. Initiating the first recording may include executing firmware embedded in the first recording device. The first processor may validate the identity of the first user using the first recording device. The first processor may initiate the first application. Initiating the first application may include loading and executing a first operating system associated with the first application.

Enabling/disabling applications using face authentication

A method, computer program product, and system for dynamic change of a password under a brute force attack. A computer processor monitors a password protected account. A frequency of access attempts to the account is determined and in response to the frequency of access attempts exceeding a first threshold, a brute force password attack against the account is determined. A quantity of consecutive unsuccessful access attempts is tracked and responsive to the unsuccessful access attempts exceeding a second predefined threshold, a new password of the account is acquired, in which the new password follows a more complex set of password generation rules than the current password. An encrypted message regarding the new password is sent to a user of the account, the password of the account is reset to the new password, and the quantity of consecutive unsuccessful attempts to access the account is reset to zero.

Dynamic protection from detected to brute force attack

According to one or more embodiments described herein, a computer-implemented method includes detecting a trigger event occurring at a physical space. The method further includes generating, by the processing system, a temporary network and a temporary authorization code to permit access to the physical space based at least in part on an analysis of information associated with the detected trigger event. The method further includes transmitting, by the processing system, information about the temporary network and the temporary authorization code to a second processing system. The method further includes implementing, by the processing system, an automation routine responsive to detecting the trigger event.

Authenticating access to a physical space

The present disclosure relates to techniques for helping targeted users determine whether it is safe to supply personal information requested by a web site. In one embodiment, a method generally includes extracting textual content from a web page that requests information from a user and determining, based on the textual content, the type of information requested. A service type the web page provides is also determined based on the textual content. The service type and the information type are then compared to a set of predefined rules to determine a risk level associated with the web page. A visual indicator of the risk level is then displayed with the web page.

Security-risk plugin to help targeted users interact with web pages and applications

Aspects of the disclosure provide for a system. In some examples, the system comprises a first sensor associated with first and second attributes and a second sensor associated with the second attribute and a third attribute. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the first and second sensors. The processor is configured to identify a number of activations of the first sensor within a time window, identify a number of activations of the second sensor within the time window, and construct a sensor vector identifying a number of first attribute activations based on the first number of activations of the first sensor, a number of second attribute activations based on the number of activations of the first sensor and the number of activations of the second sensor, and a number of third attribute activations based on the number of activations of the second sensor.

Sensor vectors based on activations of sensors with attributes

Virtual machine volumes may be migrated between software defined storage (SDS) systems by an orchestration engine configured to manage one or more virtual machines. The orchestration engine may identify one or more volumes associated with the one or more virtual machines and resident in a first SDS system to migrate to a second SDS system, and for each identified volume among the one or more identified volumes, the orchestration engine may create a replacement volume for the identified volume on the second SDS system, map the replacement volume to the associated virtual machine for the identified volume, cause the associated virtual machine to discover the replacement volume, mirror data from the identified volume to the replacement volume, unmap the identified volume from the associated virtual machine, and delete the identified volume from the first SDS system.

Virtual machine migration between software defined storage systems

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