Doapp, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Ubody, Inc.

Wade Beavers

David Borrillo

Joseph Sriver

Joe Sriver

Ryan Pendergast

James Michael Kozlowski

Christopher Wurtz

Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for smart weight-lifting devices. A weight-lifting pin may be configured for insertion into a weight plate of a weight-lifting machine, the weight-lifting pin comprising a radio transmitter, a movement sensor, and a distance sensor.

Smart weight-lifting pin

A method and system for displaying targeted advertisements. The method includes executing a monitoring application on a mobile device, the mobile device configured with a sensor. The method includes detecting a start of a user purchase decision making process via a sensor reading, wherein the sensor reading includes at least one of: a search query, a user command for the mobile device, a user geographical location, a local time, a user phone call, a user local environment, and a user behavior history. The method includes selecting a relevant ad based on the start of the user purchase decision making process and the sensor reading. The method includes displaying the selected ad to the user during the user purchase decision making process.

Method and system for improved mobile device advertisement

A method and system for processing purchases from a wireless device. The method includes, responsive to a search command received from the wireless device, executing a search in a retailer database. The method includes transmitting a search result to the wireless device for display. The method includes, responsive to a purchase command received from the wireless device, processing a sales transaction with a selected retailer.

Method and system for providing purchasing on a wireless device

Portion of a computer screen with an image of a keyboard

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for managing federated search results in a heterogeneous environment. A user enters a search term and the search term is submitted to multiple selected search engines. Search results are gathered from each selected search engine. A search ring is generated including a ring section to represent each of the selected search engines for enabling the user to view search results from one or more of the selected search engines.

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Rochester, MN, United States of America

Wade Beavers