Abstract: Providing information about digital certificate validity includes ascertaining digital certificate validity status for each of a plurality of digital certificates in a set of digital certificates, generating a plurality of artificially pre-computed messages about the validity status of at least a subset of the set of digital certificate of the plurality of digital certificates, where at least one of the messages indicates validity status of more than one digital certificate and digitally signing the artificially pre-computed messages to provide OCSP format responses that respond to OCSP queries about specific digital certificates in the set of digital certificates, where at least one digital signature is used in connection with an OCSP format response for more than one digital certificate. Generating and digitally signing may occur prior to any OCSP queries that are answered by any of the OCSP format responses.

Abstract: Providing a distributed application on a plurality of personal devices of a user includes providing a first portion of the distributed application on a first personal device and providing a second portion of the application on a second personal device different from the first personal device, where the second personal device is wearable by the user and where the second portion of the distributed application operates on data that is inaccessible to the first personal device to provide a result thereof to the first portion of the distributed application. The first personal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet, or a personal computer. The second personal device may be a smart glasses, a wearable camera, a smart watch, a wristband, smart earwear, gloves, a necktie, a smart carrying bag, a smart backpack, a smart clothing or smart shoes. The second personal device may be a wearable activity tracking monitor.

Abstract: Automatically generating people reminders for a user of a mobile device includes obtaining information for each of the people reminders, the information indicating a specific event with at least one other person, detecting proximity of the at least one other person, and, in response to the other person being proximal to the user, providing the user with a notification. In response to the at least one other person being proximal to the user, the user may also be provided with an action item. The action item may be transferring a thing, providing a financial transaction, discussing certain subjects, and/or sharing a document. The reminder may be provided independent of any date and time. The at least one other condition includes proximity to a specific location and/or a particular time of day. The at least one other individual may be a member of a target group of individuals.

Abstract: Providing information to a participant of an upcoming meeting includes determining a list of participants of the meeting, determining an agenda of the meeting, analyzing a content collection to determine relevant portions of the collection that relate to the meeting, and providing the relevant portions of the content collection to the participant prior to the meeting. Providing the relevant portions may include causing the relevant portions to be displayed on smart glasses of the participant. Providing the relevant portions may include causing the relevant portions to be sent to a mobile device of the participant. The mobile device may use an operating system selected from the group consisting of: iOS, Android OS, Windows Phone OS, Blackberry OS and mobile versions of Linux OS. The relevant portions of the content collection may be provided automatically to the participant.

Abstract: Communicating information about a product includes associating a tag with the product, where the tag provides information to a smartphone of a user that interacts with the product and the tag, sending product identification information from the smartphone of the user to a back end processing system, where the information indicates an owner of the product, the back end processing system sending product sales information to the smartphone of the user in response to receiving the product identification information, the user interacting with the back end system through the smartphone to purchase the product, and the back end system recording the owner of the product and the sale to the user. The tag may be visual and may include a decorative pattern and/or a QR code. The tag may be implemented using smart fabric. The tag may be photographed using the smartphone. The tag may be an NFC tag.

Abstract: Gathering information related to a meeting includes confirming that the meeting has occurred, analyzing an item submitted to a content collection to determine if the item relates to the meeting, and, if the item relates to the meeting, adding the item to a cluster of materials associated with the meeting, the cluster of materials being part of the content collection. The item may be a document created during a meeting at a meeting location using at least one of the following: a traditional whiteboard, an electronic whiteboard, an Easel Pad, an IdeaPaint wall, a dry erase surface, a presentation, and materials posted online by meeting participants. The item may include as least one photograph of handwritten materials created during the meeting and added to the content collection. Analyzing an item may include determining similarities between the item and the meeting.

Abstract: Presenting content includes selecting a subset of content items from a content collection, where at least some of the subset of content items includes a plurality of objects selected from the group of categories consisting of: text, images, web clips, HTML clips, audio clips, video clips, links to external web content, document attachments, and multimedia attachments and includes displaying content items from the subset of content items on a presentation screen, where intelligent navigation facilitates scanning through objects included with each of the content items. The intelligent navigation may use a dedicated button, a keyboard shortcut and/or a multi-touch gesture for scanning through objects. The intelligent navigation may allow scrolling through objects by category. Presenting content may also include automatically forming a first cover note having a first table of contents listing titles of at least a first portion of the subset of content items and corresponding links thereto.

Abstract: Integrating an application and a chat session includes a first user identifying content from the application, wherein the application is independent of any chat session, the first user initiating the chat session with at least a second user that is remote from the first user by transmitting the content from the first user to the second user, where the first and second user establish the chat session in response to the content being transmitted, and the first user and the second user sharing the content in connection with the chat session. The content may be a portion of a photograph, a portion of an image, a portion of text from a document, and/or a portion of a screen. The portion may be automatically identified following the user pointing and marking up the content. The first user may mark up the content before transmitting it to the second user.

Abstract: Sharing content includes verifying occurrence of an event, determining participants of the event, gathering related content generated by the participants, where the related content corresponds to the event, and disseminating the related content to the participants. The event may be a business meeting. Verifying occurrence of an event may include determining scheduled participants, scheduled location, and scheduled time of the event using an electronic calendar of one of the scheduled participants. Participants may include the scheduled participants and other participants that are not listed in the electronic calendar where the other participants attend the event. Verifying occurrence of an event may also include confirming that at least an event organizer is at the scheduled location at the scheduled time and there is at least one other one of the participants. The content may include documents, photos, scanned images, audio clips, video clips, types notes, and/or handwritten notes.

Abstract: Protecting a fragment of a document includes automatically detecting the fragment without user intervention based on the content of the fragment and/or the context of the fragment within a set of documents, selectively encrypting the fragment to prevent unauthorized access, and providing an alternative view of the fragment that prevents viewing and access of content corresponding to the fragment unless a decryption password is provided. Automatically detecting the fragment may include detecting numbers and alphanumeric sequences of sufficient length that do not represent commonly known abbreviations, detecting generic terms, detecting proper names, detecting terms signifying a type of content, detecting mutual location of terms and sensitive content, and/or detecting user defined terms. The generic terms may correspond to password, passcode, credentials, user name, account, ID, login, confidential, and/or sensitive. The proper names may be names of financial organizations and security organizations.

Abstract: A computer learning system includes a computer screen, a cover that selectively covers and reveals different amounts of the computer screen and a computer processor that senses an amount of the computer screen that is revealed by the cover. The processor causes a first learning segment to be displayed on the computer screen in response to the cover revealing a first portion of the computer screen and causes a second learning segment to be displayed on the computer screen in response to the cover revealing a second portion of the computer screen. The first learning segment may be a question and the second learning segment may be an answer to the question. The computer processor and the computer screen may be provided by a tablet computer. The table computer may be an iPad® 2 tablet computer.

Abstract: Identifying at least one object in data for photographed images includes detecting a reference pattern in the data, locating the reference pattern in a table of patterns, and identifying the at least one object according to the reference pattern. The pattern may be located on the at least one object. The at least one object may be a greeting card. The pattern may categorize the greeting card by season and/or occasion. The pattern may identify a sender of the greeting card. The pattern may be provided on an item that is separate from the at least one object. The table of patterns may include a record for at least some of the patterns and the record may include additional information associated with the pattern. The additional information may include tasks that are performed in connection with the pattern. The additional information may include geometric and color parameters of the pattern.

Abstract: Adjusting data for photographed images includes detecting a reference image in the data, where the reference image contains a detectable uniformity and adjusting the data according to the reference image. The reference image may be a uniform grid pattern of dots preprinted on paper. A paper type may be determined prior to adjusting the data according to the reference image. The paper type may be determined according to spacing and/or patterns of the dots, and/or layout of page areas covered with dots. Adjusting the data may include removing effects corresponding to a folded corner, a removed corner, an obstructed corner, lens flare spots, and/or a shadow. Positional coordinates of the data may be adjusted by normalizing the grid through a non-linear transformation that eliminates curvature of the grid and/or distortions based on perspective.

Abstract: Extracting an optimal subset of facial photographs includes obtaining an initial set of facial photographs, removing from the initial set photographs any photographs that are of unacceptable quality, grouping a remaining set of photographs according to view angle, removing from the remaining set of photographs any photographs having an undesirable facial expression to provide a limited set of representative facial photographs, and, selecting, from the limited set of facial photographs, an optimal subset of facial photographs. Obtaining the initial set of photographs may include using a video camera while diversifying view angles and controlling recording quality. Obtaining the initial set of photographs may include obtaining a series of still images. The still images may be self-recorded by a person with a smartphone front-facing camera.

Abstract: Electronically selecting a date and time includes scrolling a series of panels, each panel corresponding to a number of days grouped together, where visually the panels appear to be rotating about a first axis coplanar with a screen of an electronic device, selecting at least one of the panels, selecting a day on one of the panels, scrolling a time band having positions thereon corresponding to a time of day, where visually the time band appear to be rotating about a second axis coplanar with a screen of the electronic device, and selecting a position on the time band corresponding to a particular time by stopping the time band from rotating. Each panel may correspond to a month. Each panel may include a banner having visual clues indicating a corresponding month. The time band may include visual clues indicating time of day.

Abstract: Displaying relevant data subsets of at least one data collection includes providing an input data subset, determining a plurality of partial relevance values for different characteristics of each of the plurality of data subsets of the at least one data collection with respect to the input data subset according to a term frequency of terms in the input data subset and term in each of the plurality of data subsets of the at least one data collection and according to an inverse document frequency of the terms, determining a relevance of each of the plurality of data subsets of the at least one data collection based on the partial relevance values of the different characteristics, and displaying at least a portion of the data subsets of the at least one data collection in order of relevance.

Abstract: A pen for annotating an electronic screen includes a shell, a tip provided at one end of the shell, and a haptic generator, provided in the shell, that provides vibration of the tip and the shell to emulate resistance of different simulated writing surfaces. The vibration provided by the haptic generator may correspond to friction, abrasion, and flexure of the simulated writing surfaces. The vibration provided by the haptic generator may be based on pre-recorded feedback that is reproduced by the haptic generator. The vibration provided by the haptic generator may be based on a dynamic position of the tip on the electronic screen. The pen may also include an inductor/capacitor, disposed within the shell, that interacts with antenna coils of the electronic screen to provide the dynamic position of the tip on the electronic screen.

Abstract: Adapting a mobile user interface to unfavorable usage conditions includes detecting undesirable motion of the mobile device and providing adaptations to the mobile device user interface according to the undesirable motion, where the adaptations include at least one of: enlarging graphical elements of the mobile device, providing digital stabilization of images on the mobile device, providing additional warnings and user input options for critical operations, using modified gesture recognition algorithms, and adjusting system response to typing and drawing. The undesirable motion may be momentary or persistent. The adaptations that are provided may vary according to whether the undesirable motion is momentary or persistent. Undesirable motion that is momentary may be a bump, a dive and/or a sharp road turn. Undesirable motion that is persistent may include railroad vibration, plane vibration, and/or vessel pitching. The undesirable motion may be categorized by intensity as low, medium and high intensity.