Abstract: One embodiment relates to an apparatus, comprising logic, at least partially incorporated into hardware, to receive, by a primary communication device, an update image associated with a smart device, and initiate sending of the update image to the smart device, wherein a bootloader of the smart device is configured to update a memory of the smart device with the update image. The logic is further to determine whether the updating of the memory of the smart device with the update image has been interrupted, and responsive to determining that the updating of the memory of the smart device with the update image has been interrupted, send a first message to the smart device to instruct the bootloader of the smart device to resume updating of the memory of the smart device.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to an apparatus, comprising logic, at least partially incorporated into hardware, to determine whether a first device priority associated with a first smart device is greater than a second device prority associated with a second smart device; and responsive to a determination that the first device priority is greater than the second device priority: send first data associated with the first smart device from the first smart device to a primary communication device; and send a first message from the first smart device, the first message including a first indication that the second smart device is to transmit second data associated with the second smart device to the primary communication device.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to an apparatus, comprising logic, at least partially incorporated into hardware, to receive a notification message from a primary communication device by a smart device using a first communication protocol, the notification message including notification information received at an operating system layer of the primary communication device; determine, by the smart device, whether the notification message meets predetermined criteria; and responsive to a determination that the notification message meets the predetermined criteria, send, by the smart device, a loopback notification message including a representation of at least a portion of the notification information to the primary communication device using a second communication protocol.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to an apparatus, comprising logic, at least partially incorporated into hardware, to: receive first sensor data associated with a first sensor of a first smart device; determine a first reliability factor associated with the first sensor data; receive second sensor data associated with a second sensor of a second smart device; and determine a second reliability factor associated with the second sensor data. The logic is further to determine a sensor data reporting plan based upon the first reliability factor and the second reliability factor, the sensor data reporting plan indicating whether each of the first sensor and the second sensor are to subsequently send their respective sensor data to a primary communication device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for regulating alerts in a wearable device are disclosed. The alerts may be generated from a mobile device or a wearable device communicatively coupled to the mobile device. The system may include an alert storage module that receives alerts of various types, and generate a plurality of alert heaps each including respective one or more alerts. The system may determine for an alert a respective cost value associated with issuing a notification of the alert. The alert heaps may be merged to produce a cost-biased leftist heap including prioritized alerts based on the cost values of the alerts. The system may generate a queue of notification commands based on the prioritized alerts, and transmit the commands to the wearable device.

Abstract: Solutions for producing an image on an irregular surface are described. A graphical object is identified from an image to be displayed on the irregular surface. Objects according to at least one shape function are distorted to compensate for irregularities in the irregular surface. Previously-distorted instances of objects may be added to a distortion-compensated image.

Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a companion device. The companion device includes pattern recognition logic to construct a reference graph model based, at least in part, on a plurality of events captured from at least one of the companion device and a wearable device. The reference graph model includes at least one path, each path including one trigger node, at least one event node and a respective edge incident to each event node, a first edge coupling the trigger node and a first event node, a weight associated with each edge corresponding to a likelihood that a second event will follow a first event within a minimum trigger time interval.

Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a wearable device. The wearable device includes a knowledge base, a user interface and automatic response logic. The knowledge base includes at least one data structure. Each data structure includes a plurality of ranked possible user responses. The automatic response logic is to select one data structure of the at least one data structure in response to a received communication. The selecting is based, at least in part, on an event type and based, at least in part, on a contact identifier. The communication is received from a communication partner device via a companion device. The automatic response logic is further to provide at least one ranked possible user response from the selected data structure to a user via the user interface.

Abstract: The amount of analysis performed in determining the validity of a property of a digital circuit is measured concurrent with performance of the analysis, and provided as an output when a true/false answer cannot be provided e.g. when stopped due to resource constraints. In some embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that a given property that is being checked will not be violated within a distance N from an initial state from which the analysis started. Therefore, in such embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that the analysis has implicitly or explicitly covered every possible excursion of length N from the initial state, and formally proved that no counter-example is possible within this length N.

Abstract: Systems and methods for regulating alerts in a wearable device are disclosed. The alerts may be generated from a mobile device or a wearable device communicatively coupled to the mobile device. The system may include an alert storage module that receives alerts of various types, and generate a plurality of alert heaps each including respective one or more alerts. The system may determine for an alert a respective cost value associated with issuing a notification of the alert. The alert heaps may be merged to produce a cost-biased leftist heap including prioritized alerts based on the cost values of the alerts. The system may generate a queue of notification commands based on the prioritized alerts, and transmit the commands to the wearable device.

Abstract: Technology described herein provides methods whereby a two-level indexing/hashing structure is used to efficiently coordinate storage of sensor measurements between local digital memory (e.g., at a mobile device) and remote digital memory (e.g., at a cloud storage system). The first level of the two-level indexing/hashing structure may be include an array of first-level nodes that are sorted according to priority values. The priority values may be determined based on user data-querying activity. The second level of the two-level indexing/hashing structure may include second-level hash tables wherein buckets are associated with memory blocks of a predefined size. Sensor measurements that were taken during a specific time period may be stored near each other in memory and may be downloaded for local storage if user activity suggests that the user frequently has interest in data from that time period.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with display of visual assets on a device are described. Specifically, the device may include a display screen. The device may further include a visual asset scheduler. The visual asset scheduler may include a screen predictor, a queue, and a visual asset loader. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: The amount of analysis performed in determining the validity of a property of a digital circuit is measured concurrent with performance of the analysis, and provided as an output when a true/false answer cannot be provided e.g. when stopped due to resource constraints. In some embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that a given property that is being checked will not be violated within a distance N from an initial state from which the analysis started. Therefore, in such embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that the analysis has implicitly or explicitly covered every possible excursion of length N from the initial state, and formally proved that no counter-example is possible within this length N.

Abstract: The amount of analysis performed in determining the validity of a property of a digital circuit is measured concurrent with performance of the analysis, and provided as an output when a true/false answer cannot be provided e.g. when stopped due to resource constraints. In some embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that a given property that is being checked will not be violated within a distance N from an initial state from which the analysis started. Therefore, in such embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that the analysis has implicitly or explicitly covered every possible excursion of length N from the initial state, and formally proved that no counter-example is possible within this length N.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to determine that an unobtrusive gesture has been received on a first electronic device and send a signal to a second electronic device in response to the unobtrusive gesture. The first electronic device can also be configured to receive a signal from the second electronic device, determine an unobtrusive output in response to the signal, and generate an unobtrusive notification in response to the received signal. In an example, the first electronic device is a part of jewelry worn by a user.

Abstract: Described is a twistable and connectable block. The block includes a first half and a second half. Each of the first half and second half having protrusions and recessions. The protrusions and recessions are formed to connect with other protrusions and recessions. Each of the halves is connectable with the other using a connection device. The connection device includes a post on one half that can fit in a corresponding hole in the other half. Thus, through the connection device, the two halves are twistable with respect to one another.

Abstract: The amount of analysis performed in determining the validity of a property of a digital circuit is measured concurrent with performance of the analysis, and provided as an output when a true/false answer cannot be provided e.g. when stopped due to resource constraints. In some embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that a given property that is being checked will not be violated within a distance N from an initial state from which the analysis started. Therefore, in such embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that the analysis has implicitly or explicitly covered every possible excursion of length N from the initial state, and formally proved that no counter-example is possible within this length N.