Abstract: A system, method and computer program for performing voice commands on a mobile device and presenting the results on an interactive timeline is disclosed. A user may utter a voice command into the microphone of their mobile device while an application is running. The voice command is processed to derive the intention of the user, specifically by determining the domain, at least one task and at least one parameter for the task from the voice command. A services component performs the task identified and presents the results on the mobile device screen. In various embodiments, the results are presented on a timeline and may be grouped together by domains and sorted by the time that the results were obtained. A search history view may also be viewed that includes search results sorted chronologically each of which is represented graphically by an icon that represents the category of each search.

Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and a memory accessible to the at least one processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the at least one processor to determine that a virtual machine (VM) at the device is in an at least partially idle state and pause the VM in response to the determination that the VM is in an at least partially idle state.

Abstract: For temporal message ordering, a method is disclosed that includes receiving an inbound text message from one or more remote devices, transmitting an entered outbound text message, and ordering the inbound text message and the outbound text message based on an order wherein the outbound text message is ordered before the inbound text message based on the inbound text message having a reception time after an entry start time for the outbound text message.

Abstract: An aspect provides a plug including: a connection element for connecting to a port of an information handling device; a detection element disposed within the plug; and an illumination source disposed within the plug; the detection element controlling illumination of the illumination source via detecting the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: implementing, using a processor, a current language setting for an input component of an electronic device; detecting, using a processor, a language context using data accessible to the electronic device; determining, using a processor, if the language context is mismatched with the current language setting; and responsive to the determining, automatically switching, using a processor, the current language setting to a language setting matching the language context detected. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: Some implementations provide automatic display mode selection for a device, such as a mobile display device, according to a hierarchy of criteria. Each display mode may correspond with a set of display parameter settings, which may include a color depth setting, a brightness setting, etc. In some examples, one of the criteria may correspond with a software application being executed on the device. Some implementations involve creating a display device user profile and controlling a display of a mobile display device according to the user profile. The user profile may be built gradually over some number of days/weeks/months after the first use of the device. In some implementations, display parameter setting information or other device setting information corresponding to data in a user profile, including but not limited to demographic data, may be received by a mobile display device from another device, such as a server.

Abstract: A method includes detecting when a call is placed on hold on a call enabled device by another party on the call, performing an action via the call enabled device based on detection that the call has been placed on hold, and detecting when the call is taken off of hold. A user of the call enabled device may be notified when the call has been taken off of hold.

Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a battery, a display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to detect a rate of charge of the battery or a rate of discharge of the battery and, based at least in part on the detected rate, actuate at least one of the display and a light on the device other than the display to indicate the detected rate. The display and/or light are actuated based on the detected rate without user input to actuate the display or the light to indicate the detected rate, and without user input to detect or determine the rate of charge of the battery or discharge of the battery.

Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a battery, a display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to detect a rate of charge of the battery or a rate of discharge of the battery and, based at least in part on the detected rate, actuate at least one of the display and a light on the device other than the display to indicate the detected rate. The display and/or light are actuated based on the detected rate without user input to actuate the display or the light to indicate the detected rate, and without user input to detect or determine the rate of charge of the battery or discharge of the battery.

Abstract: Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for recovering resource connections using persistent subscriptions. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises subscribing to an event of a predefined resource to create a persistent subscription, wherein upon receiving notification of the event indicating the predefined resource is unavailable, and responsive to receiving the notification, reconnecting to the predefined resource. The method further comprises creating a new listener for receiving event notifications from the predefined resource, obtaining subscription information related to the predefined resource from the persistent subscription, and re-subscribing to the event of the predefined resource.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for calibrating and adjusting the white point of a display. The techniques for calibrating and adjusting the white point of a display may receive data indicative of a target color temperature for a white point of a display, and provide one or more user interface components that allow a user to select between multiple different candidate white points where each of the of the candidate white points has a correlated color temperature that corresponds to the target color temperature Different target white points for a display may exhibit different levels of luminance loss and/or tint. The techniques for calibrating and adjusting the white point of a display may allow a user to evaluate the trade-off between the luminance loss characteristics and/or tint characteristics of different white points.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving input via a sensor positioned within a vehicle; determining, using the senor input, a passenger is within the vehicle; and analyzing the input received via the sensor to selectively disable a feature of an information handling device within the vehicle. In some embodiments, different sets of instruments or features thereof may be selectively disabled depending on the presence of a driver and/or passenger. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: For preventing clearing of a display, a method is disclosed that includes receiving input from a non-tactile sensor, determining user activity based on the input from the sensor, and preventing a display from clearing in response to determining the user activity.

Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving audio input via an audio receiver of an information handling device; matching, using a processor, the audio input to a predetermined audio; and providing a non-audio notification matched to the predetermined audio. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for using a mobile device to visualize physical objects in an environment are described herein. An embodiment includes receiving a three-dimensional model of an environment, detecting, using a sensor on the mobile device, an identifier identifying a physical object and retrieving, using the detected identifier, a three-dimensional model of the physical object. An embodiment further includes displaying, on the mobile device, the three-dimensional model of the physical object within the three-dimensional model of the environment and, in response to user gestures on the mobile device, displaying the physical object at different places within the environment.

Abstract: For maintaining firmware, a firmware module determines whether installed firmware for a device matches firmware information during a boot of the device. The firmware information may be stored at a specified storage location. A management module mitigates a difference between the installed firmware and the firmware information.

Abstract: A first server includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to determine that a server is present that has not had settings other than at most default settings applied to a basic input output system (BIOS) executable by the server to boot the server. The instructions are also executable by the processor to, based at least in part on a determination that the server is the same model of server as the apparatus, has the same BIOS version as the apparatus, and/or has the same baseboard management controller (BMC) version as the apparatus, facilitate over a peer to peer server network at least some settings in the apparatus to be provisioned to the server to establish the at least some settings in the server.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating inflammatory diseases (e.g., chronic inflammatory diseases) comprising administering an antagonist of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1. The invention also provides ligands that contain an immunoglobulin single variable domain (domain antibody, dAb) monomer that binds Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1, and methods of using the ligands. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the ligands, recombinant host cells and methods for preparing the ligands.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a system, including: one or more processors; a network interface for communication with a remote bank of available storage; a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) operatively coupled to the one or more processors; and a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to: ascertain at least one unavailable hard disk drive (HDD) of the RAID; determine an available remote storage target; dynamically update a storage destination for data to be stored from the at least one unavailable HDD of the RAID to the available remote storage target; and send the data over the network interface to the available remote storage target. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A VCI (visual context indicator) color is assigned deterministically and proactively at runtime to user data contexts, and is not stored in the database, spreadsheet, or other context. VCI colors can be high contrast friendly colors. The same color is assigned to a given context each time the application runs unless the context's identifying property has changed. Color assignments are not made by users or by the application's designer, but are done instead by hashing from a context's identifying property into a VCI color palette containing, e.g., eight to sixteen colors. Unlike text-selection coloring, VCI coloring is based on the user data context's identifying property. The color assignment visually indicates context by displaying the context's name in the VCI color, or by displaying a graphical element in the VCI color near the context name. VCI color assignment also shows the occurrence and result of changes in user data context.