Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method for recommending services based upon a home inspection in a data processing system, the method for use in a processor of the data processing system, the method including the steps of: receiving, by the data processing system, an identification of a provider of a home inspection service from an acquirer of home inspection services; forming a first contract between the acquirer of home inspection services and the provider of the home inspection service, wherein the acquirer of home inspection services and the provider of home inspection service are individuals, with a user profile, or organizations, which include a user or a plurality of users with user profiles and wherein the user profiles for the user is associated with multiple organizations; receiving a home inspection report; analyzing the home inspection report by a report analyzer tool to produce a list of recommended services based upon the inspection report; identifying a provider of a recommend service selected

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method and apparatus automated production management, the system including a storage device configured to store data and program instructions; and a processor configured to receive data from a production asset and process the data, detect an event from the data, add a record to an edge blockchain, determine whether an action is required based on the event, communicate the action to the production asset, add a record to the edge blockchain and transmit edge blockchain to an enterprise information system to be stored in a core blockchain.

Abstract: Various embodiments related to an aptitude management system for assessing and validating an aptitude assertion by a user, the system including: receive a request from a user to establish a multi-user aptitude assessment and validation group; identify candidates to join the multi-user aptitude assessment and validation group; transmit a message to identified candidates with an invitation to join a multi-user aptitude assessment and validation group; create the multi-user aptitude assessment and validation group based upon a first minimum number of candidates accepting the invitation to join; generate an aptitude assessment and validation model based upon suggestions from members of the multi-user aptitude assessment and validation group; and publish the multi-user aptitude assessment and validation model.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method and apparatus automated production management, the system including a storage device configured to store data and program instructions; and a processor configured to receive data from a production asset and process the data, detect an event from the data, add a record to an edge blockchain, determine whether an action is required based on the event, communicate the action to the production asset, add a record to the edge blockchain and transmit edge blockchain to an enterprise information system to be stored in a core blockchain.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method for extended workforce management, the method including the steps of identifying, by an acquirer of services, of a provider of service and forming a contract between the acquirer of services and the provider of service, wherein the acquirer of services and the provider of service are individuals, with a user profile, or organizations, which include a user or a plurality of users with user profiles and the user profiles for the user is associated with multiple organizations.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method for extended workforce management, the method including the steps of identifying, by a provider of services, of an acquirer of services, forming a contract between the provider of services and the acquirer of services wherein the acquirer of services and the provider of service are individuals, with a user profile, or organizations which include a plurality of users with user profiles and wherein the user profiles for the user is associated with multiple organizations.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for confirming the identity of a person for access using an image of that person. The system includes a camera, a data storage device, a subject identification device, and a processor to compare a plurality of current images of the subject to a plurality of stored images of that subject and confirm that the subject live and an approved subject.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for enabling collaboration between people and organizations. A collaboration method includes receiving a collaboration request from a first user, transmitting the collaboration request to a second user, receiving a collaboration response from the second user, transmitting the collaboration response to the first user, creating a Talk thread that includes the collaboration request and response, receiving a link to a remotely stored document related to the collaboration requested, the remotely stored document being accessible to the computer system through a network, receiving a modification to the remotely stored document related to the collaboration and storing that modification in a data storage device coupled to the computer system, and communicating the document link to the first user and the second user.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for confirming the identity of a person for access using an image of that person. The system includes a camera, a data storage device, a subject identification device, and a processor to compare a plurality of current images of the subject to a plurality of stored images of that subject and confirm that the subject live and an approved subject.

Abstract: According to methods, apparatuses, and computer program products described by way of non-limiting examples presented herein, a computer system operates as an intelligent node in a distributed network. In one or more embodiments, the installation and execution of a node operating computer program product (“node software”) on a computer system configures that computer system to operate as an intelligent node in a distributed network. The computer system may reside at the edge of the network and thus may include a number of physical world sensors and/or actuators that represent valuable but hard-to-reach data sources/sinks from the perspective of the network at large. The node software operates the computer system as an edge application server and enterprise service bus, intelligently processing data from sensors, actuators, and other edge systems and devices. Other applications, such as server-based data processing and storing, are also easily implemented via the node software.

Abstract: A reconfigurable, hierarchical component-based architecture and framework for rapidly developing sensor device enabling software applications can have a rule-based data structuring system, a series table system, and a system of acquiring data from a data provider. User defined relationships can be established to enable exchange of data between the rule-based data structuring system, the series table system, the system of acquiring data, another rule-based data structuring system, an object oriented wrapping system, a data filtering system, a data structure grouping and merging system, a data device writer system, and a network communications system.

Abstract: A system for deploying component-based software systems for the implementation of desired sensor data process flows makes use of a toolset of software components specially tailored for building sensor data process flows. In one or more embodiments, the system comprises a front-end application operative to generate system specifications from user input, each system specification defining a desired component-based software system of one or more sensor components and their corresponding configurations in accordance with sensor component class definitions (e.g., the toolset) for a predefined set of sensor components tailored for building desired sensor data process flows.